Alex Zettle, Carson Foster Set Up 200 Free Duel at Junior Nationals During Day Four Prelims

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The fourth morning of prelims at Speedo Junior Nationals in East Meadow, N.Y., featured two swims in the 1:50-range in the men’s 200 free, as Alex Zettle and Carson Foster, each event winners earlier in the week, set up a tight duel in the final.

Elsewhere, Easop Lee put up a strong swim in the women’s 200 free, as did Daniel Roy in the men’s 200 breast. Read below for full coverage of the morning session.

Full results

Women’s 200 Free

North Baltimore’s Easop Lee paced the field in the women’s 200 free with a top time of 2:01.33, just topping the 2:01.39 recorded by Enfinity’s Olivia Carter in an early heat. Lee finished 20th in the event at the FINA World Championships last month while representing South Korea, while Carter won the 200 fly at Juniors on night one.

La Mirada Armada’s Taylor Ault, the 400 free winner Thursday night, qualified third in 2:01.45, just ahead of Gator’s Isabel Ivey (2:01.48).

Other A-finalists in a strong field included Pleasanton’s Miranda Heckman (2:01.61), Brea Aquatics’ Kenisha Liu (2:01.81), Lakeside’s Lauren Pitzer (2:01.90) and Austin Swim Club’s Dakota Luther (2:01.97). Liu has already picked up the 100 free win this week, while Luther set a meet record in the women’s 100 fly Thursday night.

Magnolia’s Lucie Nordmann (2:02.03) and Greater Tampa’s Morgan Tankersley (2:02.22) both just missed out on the final.

The meet record in this event is 1:58.26, set by Olympian Lia Neal in 2011. With both Lee and Ivey having been 1:58s in the past, that record could be challenged in the evening.

Event 20  Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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     Jr World: W 1:56.12  8/20/2014 Shen Duo, China
         Meet: M 1:58.26  8/11/2011 Lia Neal, Asphalt Green Un
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
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                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Lee, Easop       17 North Baltimore-  1:58.64    2:01.33  q807  
    r:+0.77  28.29        59.03 (30.74)
        1:30.24 (31.21)     2:01.33 (31.09)
  2 Carter, Olivia   17 Enfinity Aquatic  2:04.99    2:01.39  q806  
    r:+0.71  28.18        58.96 (30.78)
        1:30.51 (31.55)     2:01.39 (30.88)
  3 Ault, Taylor     18 La Mirada Armada  2:00.18    2:01.45  q805  
    r:+0.75  28.99        59.64 (30.65)
        1:30.70 (31.06)     2:01.45 (30.75)
  4 Ivey, Isabel     16 Gator Swim Club-  1:58.94    2:01.48  q804  
    r:+0.77  28.23        58.95 (30.72)
        1:30.07 (31.12)     2:01.48 (31.41)
  5 Heckman, Mirand  16 Pleasanton Seaha  2:00.80    2:01.61  q801  
    r:+0.84  28.56        59.44 (30.88)
        1:30.51 (31.07)     2:01.61 (31.10)
  6 Liu, Kenisha     18 Brea Aquatics-CA  2:01.98    2:01.81  q797  
    r:+0.64  28.45        59.46 (31.01)
        1:30.62 (31.16)     2:01.81 (31.19)
  7 Pitzer, Lauren   18 Lakeside Aquatic  1:59.83    2:01.90  q796  
    r:+0.73  27.88        58.69 (30.81)
        1:30.27 (31.58)     2:01.90 (31.63)
  8 Luther, Dakota   17 Austin Swim Club  2:01.58    2:01.97  q794  
    r:+0.77  28.60        59.65 (31.05)
        1:30.81 (31.16)     2:01.97 (31.16)

Men’s 200 Free

Lakeside’s Alex Zettle, fresh off a win Thursday night in the 400 free, topped prelims of the 200-meter distance in 1:50.03, but he will have to work hard in the final to hold off Mason Manta Rays’ Carson Foster. Foster, the 200 fly and 200 back champion at Juniors, qualified in 1:50.48 after anchoring his team’s 800 free relay Thursday night in 1:49.99.

North Texas Nadadores’ Jack LeVant finished third in prelims in 1:51.04, ahead of Team Greenville’s Tal Davis (1:51.47) and Nation’s Capital’s Lane Stone (1:51.61). Nitro’s Shaine Casas, the 100 fly winner from Thursday, took sixth in 1:51.65.

Securing the outside lanes for the final were Irvine Novaquatics teammates Andrew Koustik (1:52.11) and Owen Kao (1:52.30).

Event 21  Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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     Jr World: W 1:47.10  8/7/2015  Maxime Rooney, USA
         Meet: M 1:49.37  8/12/2010 Clay Youngquist, Lakeview Aquatic
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Zettle, Alexand  17 Lakeside Aquatic  1:50.24    1:50.03  q796  
    r:+0.77  25.70        53.23 (27.53)
        1:21.37 (28.14)     1:50.03 (28.66)
  2 Foster, Carson   15 Mason Manta Rays  1:51.37    1:50.48  q786  
    r:+0.73  25.98        53.56 (27.58)
        1:22.03 (28.47)     1:50.48 (28.45)
  3 LeVant, Jack     17 North Texas Nada  1:48.70    1:51.04  q775  
    r:+0.74  25.44        53.10 (27.66)
        1:21.43 (28.33)     1:51.04 (29.61)
  4 Davis, Tal       18 Team Greenville-  1:52.35    1:51.47  q766  
    r:+0.72  26.72        54.84 (28.12)
        1:23.09 (28.25)     1:51.47 (28.38)
  5 Stone, Lane      18 Nation's Capital  1:51.63    1:51.61  q763  
    r:+0.73  26.01        54.06 (28.05)
        1:22.66 (28.60)     1:51.61 (28.95)
  6 Casas, Shaine    17 Nitro Swimming-S  1:53.68    1:51.65  q762  
    r:+0.71  26.02        54.83 (28.81)
        1:23.52 (28.69)     1:51.65 (28.13)
  7 Koustik, Andrew  18 Irvine Novaquati  1:54.61    1:52.11  q753  
    r:+0.68  25.88        54.20 (28.32)
        1:23.68 (29.48)     1:52.11 (28.43)
  8 Kao, Owen        17 Irvine Novaquati  1:51.96    1:52.30  q749  
    r:+0.70  26.14        54.58 (28.44)
        1:23.18 (28.60)     1:52.30 (29.12)

Women’s 200 Breast

15-year-old Claire Donan from Triton Swimming recorded the top time in the women’s 200 breast prelims at 2:31.18, about ofur tenths ahead of Texas Ford’s Rachel Ramey (2:31.57). Crow Canyon’s Zoe Hartman, who opened her week at Juniors with a win in the 100 breast, was third in 2:32.17.

Chelsea Piers’ Kaki Christensen qualified fourth in 2:33.55, followed by Lakeside’s Emma Garfield (2:33.62), Waves Bloomington’s Noelle Peplowski (2:33.94), Terrapins’ Emily Lo (2:33.99) and Lake Erie Silver Dophin’s Laura Goettler (2:34.94).

Event 22  Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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     Jr World: W 2:19.64  8/30/2015 Viktoria Gunes, Turkey
         Meet: M 2:26.35  8/13/2012 Allie Szekely, Central Bucks Sw
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Donan, Claire    15 Triton Swimming-  2:32.10    2:31.18  q779  
    r:+0.66  34.25      1:12.35 (38.10)
        1:51.04 (38.69)     2:31.18 (40.14)
  2 Ramey, Rachel    18 Texas Ford Aquat  2:30.43    2:31.57  q773  
    r:+0.73  34.77      1:13.40 (38.63)
        1:52.27 (38.87)     2:31.57 (39.30)
  3 Hartman, Zoie    16 Crow Canyon Coun  2:32.22    2:32.17  q763  
    r:+0.77  35.24      1:13.90 (38.66)
        1:53.39 (39.49)     2:32.17 (38.78)
  4 Christensen, Ka  17 Chelsea Piers Aq  2:33.33    2:33.55  q743  
    r:+0.78  35.01      1:14.02 (39.01)
        1:53.69 (39.67)     2:33.55 (39.86)
  5 Garfield, Emma   17 Lakeside Aquatic  2:35.55    2:33.62  q742  
    r:+0.69  35.32      1:14.57 (39.25)
        1:53.96 (39.39)     2:33.62 (39.66)
  6 Peplowski, Noel  17 Waves Bloomingto  2:34.12    2:33.94  q737  
    r:+0.72  34.20      1:13.19 (38.99)
        1:53.04 (39.85)     2:33.94 (40.90)
  7 Lo, Emily        16 Terrapins Swim T  2:36.96    2:33.99  q737  
    r:+0.77  35.13      1:14.11 (38.98)
        1:53.39 (39.28)     2:33.99 (40.60)
  8 Goettler, Laura  15 Lake Erie Silver  2:35.66    2:34.94  q723  
    r:+0.71  34.24      1:12.98 (38.74)
        1:53.13 (40.15)     2:34.94 (41.81)

Men’s 200 Breast

King’s Daniel Roy put on a show in prelims as he powered his way to a 2:12.31, narrowly missing the meet record of 2:12.17 set by Reece Whitley two years ago. Roy, who won the 100 breast Tuesday in 1:01.42 and will join Whitley in the 200 breast at the World Junior Championships later this month, has a lifetime best time of 2:11.92.

Mason Manta Rays’ Jake Foster, the 400 IM winner from Wednesday, qualified second in 2:14.97, and Ridgefield’s AJ Bornstein qualified third in 2:15.75.

Team Rebel’s Zane Backes edged out Crimson’s Calvin Yang for the No. 4 seed, 2:16.34 to 2:16.59, and others making the A-final included Backes’ teammate AJ Pouch (2:17.59), Portland’s Josh Bottleberghe (2:17.60) and King’s Ethan Deng (2:17.80).

Event 23  Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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     Jr World: W 2:09.64  8/6/2015  Anton Chupkov, Russia
         Meet: M 2:12.17  8/2/2015  Reece Whitley, Penn Charter Aqu
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Roy, Daniel      17 King Aquatic Clu  2:11.92    2:12.31  q884  
    r:+0.63  30.73      1:03.56 (32.83)
        1:37.81 (34.25)     2:12.31 (34.50)
  2 Foster, Jake     16 Mason Manta Rays  2:15.67    2:14.97  q833  
    r:+0.73  30.93      1:04.96 (34.03)
        1:39.51 (34.55)     2:14.97 (35.46)
  3 Bornstein, AJ    17 Ridgefield Aquat  2:14.28    2:15.75  q819  
    r:+0.64  30.96      1:05.50 (34.54)
        1:40.75 (35.25)     2:15.75 (35.00)
  4 Backes, Zane     18 Team Rebel Aquat  2:17.29    2:16.34  q808  
    r:+0.75  31.14      1:05.74 (34.60)
        1:41.46 (35.72)     2:16.34 (34.88)
  5 Yang, Calvin     17 Crimson Aquatics  2:15.06    2:16.59  q804  
    r:+0.65  31.57      1:05.70 (34.13)
        1:40.66 (34.96)     2:16.59 (35.93)
  6 Pouch, AJ        16 Team Rebel Aquat  2:17.00    2:17.59  q786  
    r:+0.76  30.78      1:04.62 (33.84)
        1:40.22 (35.60)     2:17.59 (37.37)
  7 Bottelberghe, J  17 Portland Aquatic  2:17.52    2:17.60  q786  
    r:+0.80  31.32      1:06.12 (34.80)
        1:42.08 (35.96)     2:17.60 (35.52)
  8 Dang, Ethan      15 King Aquatic Clu  2:15.84    2:17.80  q783  
    r:+0.69  30.70      1:05.71 (35.01)
        1:40.74 (35.03)     2:17.80 (37.06)

Women’s 100 Back

Gator’s Isabel Ivey qualified for her second championship final of the day, recording a 1:01.81 in the 100 back about two hours after she finished fourth in the 200 free prelims. Joining Ivey under 1:01 in the finals were Magnolia’s Lucie Nordmann (1:01.90) and Missoula’s Katharine Berkoff (1:01.97).

Nordmann entered the meet as the top seed, holding a lifetime best time of 1:00.16, and with an outstanding swim, she could challenge Rachel Bootsma’s meet record of 59.77.

Fastjets’ Isabel Stadden qualified fourth in 1:02.02. SwimMAC’s Sinclair Larson (1:02.25) and Julia Menkhaus (1:02.41), Beach Cities’ Alexandra Crisera (1:02.42) and Indiana’s Grace Haskett (1:02.66) finished fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.

Event 24  Women 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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     Jr World: W 59.34  7/2/2016  Minna Atherton, Australia
         Meet: M 59.77  8/14/2009 Rachel Bootsma, Aquajets
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Ivey, Isabel     16 Gator Swim Club-  1:01.36    1:01.81  q831  
    r:+0.69  30.05      1:01.81 (31.76)
  2 Nordmann, Lucie  17 Magnolia Aquatic  1:00.16    1:01.90  q827  
    r:+0.56  30.17      1:01.90 (31.73)
  3 Berkoff, Kathar  16 Missoula Aquatic  1:01.55    1:01.97  q824  
    r:+0.61  29.73      1:01.97 (32.24)
  4 Stadden, Isabel  15 Fastjets-MN       1:01.48    1:02.02  q822  
    r:+0.61  30.10      1:02.02 (31.92)
  5 Larson, Sinclai  17 SwimMAC Carolina  1:02.21    1:02.25  q813  
    r:+0.65  30.69      1:02.25 (31.56)
  6 Menkhaus, Julia  17 SwimMAC Carolina  1:01.72    1:02.41  q807  
    r:+0.66  30.38      1:02.41 (32.03)
  7 Crisera, Alexan  16 Beach Cities Swi  1:03.20    1:02.42  q807  
    r:+0.51  30.52      1:02.42 (31.90)
  8 Haskett, Grace   18 Indiana  Swim Te  1:02.55    1:02.66  q798  
    r:+7.73  29.90      1:02.66 (32.76)

Men’s 100 Back

Mason Manta Rays’ Carson Foster picked up the top seed in the 100 back, earning himself a second finals swim for the evening after already qualifying second in the 200 free. Foster posted a time of 55.93 to secure the middle lane, while Nitro’s Shaine Casas also will double up with the 200 free and 100 back after qualifying second in 56.13.

Academy Bullets’ Spencer Walker was third in 56.69, and also breaking 57 were Katy Aquatic Team’s Glen Cowand (56.76) and Aquajets’ Jack Dahlgren (56.91).

Other finalists included Nitro’s Isaac Gwin (57.46), Fort Collins’ Danny Kovac (57.52) and Pacific Swim’s Hayden Cornellison (57.60).

Event 25  Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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     Jr World: W 53.65  7/7/2016  Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
         Meet: M 54.99  8/2/2015  Michael Andrew, Indie Swimming-M
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Foster, Carson   15 Mason Manta Rays    56.10      55.93  q800  
    r:+0.61  27.48        55.93 (28.45)
  2 Casas, Shaine    17 Nitro Swimming-S    58.19      56.13  q792  
    r:+0.55  27.28        56.13 (28.85)
  3 Walker, Spencer  17 Academy Bullets-    57.83      56.69  q769  
    r:+0.61  27.32        56.69 (29.37)
  4 Cowand, Glen     18 Katy Aquatic Tea    56.72      56.76  q766  
    r:+0.53  27.35        56.76 (29.41)
  5 Dahlgren, Jack   17 Aquajets Swim Te    57.49      56.91  q760  
    r:+0.61  27.41        56.91 (29.50)
  6 Gwin, Isaac      17 Nitro Swimming-S    56.73      57.46  q738  
    r:+0.59  27.49        57.46 (29.97)
  7 Kovac, Danny     17 Fort Collins Are    58.02      57.52  q736  
    r:+1.01  28.09        57.52 (29.43)
  8 Cornellison, Ha  17 Pacific Swim-SI     49.80Y     57.60  q733  
    r:+0.62  28.18        57.60 (29.42)

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6 years ago

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