2018 Speedo Winter Juniors – East: Two More NAG Records Fall On Second Night Of Finals
The second day of the 2018 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships – East continued today after a quick start in Greensboro last night.
The second day of the 2018 Speedo Winter Junior National Championships – East continued today after a quick start in Greensboro last night. The Mason Manta Rays started the meet off with a new 15-18 NAG record in the 4×200 free relay, and plenty more records came down on the second night of the meet.
Gretchen Walsh broke her own 15-16 NAG record in the 50 freestyle, while her older sister Alex Walsh broke the meet record in the 200 IM. Carson Foster from the Mason Manta Rays also added a meet record of his own in the 200 IM. The Manta Rays closed with another 15-18 NAG relay record, this time in the 4×100 medley relay.
Check out the recap of all the events below, and you can see live results for the meet here.
WOMEN’S 500 FREE
Top qualifier Mary Smutny held onto her position in the women’s 500 free to open day 2 finals, taking the win in 4:42.45. That just slips under the 17-year old’s previous lifetime best of 4:42.80 from the 2017 edition of this meet.
Closest to her was Ellie Marquardt in 4:43.76, while the battle for third was close between Kelly Pash (4:44.78), Lola Mull (4:44.86), and Rachel Klinker (4:44.91). Notably, Grace Sheble scratched after this morning’s prelims. The 15-year-old was the second seed with a 4:45.26.
Event 5 Women 500 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= SC Jrs Meet: J 4:37.82 12/9/2015 Hannah Cox, Upper Valley A.C Pool: P 4:29.54 12/4/2014 Katie Ledecky, NCAP-PV Name Age Team Prelims Finals HyPts Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Mary Smutny 18 South Florida Aq 4:44.72 4:42.45 910 20 25.71 53.79 (28.08) 1:22.43 (28.64) 1:51.06 (28.63) 2:19.59 (28.53) 2:48.13 (28.54) 3:16.56 (28.43) 3:45.18 (28.62) 4:13.84 (28.66) 4:42.45 (28.61) 2 Ellie Marquardt 17 Aquatic Team Of- 4:47.25 4:43.76 895 17 26.29 54.81 (28.52) 1:23.78 (28.97) 1:52.87 (29.09) 2:21.50 (28.63) 2:49.75 (28.25) 3:18.17 (28.42) 3:46.99 (28.82) 4:15.64 (28.65) 4:43.76 (28.12) 3 Kelly Pash 17 Carmel Swim Club 4:47.35 4:44.78 884 16 26.27 54.60 (28.33) 1:23.22 (28.62) 1:52.19 (28.97) 2:20.84 (28.65) 2:49.52 (28.68) 3:18.36 (28.84) 3:47.41 (29.05) 4:16.42 (29.01) 4:44.78 (28.36) 4 Lola Mull 16 Mid-Michigan Aqu 4:45.56 4:44.86 883 15 26.22 54.44 (28.22) 1:22.97 (28.53) 1:51.77 (28.80) 2:20.81 (29.04) 2:50.00 (29.19) 3:19.04 (29.04) 3:48.38 (29.34) 4:17.14 (28.76) 4:44.86 (27.72) 5 Rachel Klinker 18 Lexington Dolphi 4:45.39 4:44.91 883 14 25.98 54.62 (28.64) 1:23.57 (28.95) 1:52.51 (28.94) 2:21.29 (28.78) 2:49.92 (28.63) 3:18.62 (28.70) 3:47.42 (28.80) 4:16.73 (29.31) 4:44.91 (28.18) 6 Samantha Tadder 15 Tide Swimming-VA 4:46.14 4:46.31 868 13 25.64 53.97 (28.33) 1:22.76 (28.79) 1:51.75 (28.99) 2:20.82 (29.07) 2:49.98 (29.16) 3:18.98 (29.00) 3:48.13 (29.15) 4:17.41 (29.28) 4:46.31 (28.90) 7 Kaylee Williams 16 Club Wolverine-M 4:48.62 4:46.49 866 12 26.27 54.56 (28.29) 1:23.32 (28.76) 1:52.30 (28.98) 2:21.39 (29.09) 2:50.19 (28.80) 3:19.17 (28.98) 3:48.26 (29.09) 4:17.72 (29.46) 4:46.49 (28.77) 8 Isabel Gormley 16 Asphalt Green Un 4:45.58 4:49.68 832 11 25.95 54.49 (28.54) 1:23.59 (29.10) 1:52.76 (29.17) 2:21.68 (28.92) 2:50.87 (29.19) 3:20.28 (29.41) 3:50.07 (29.79) 4:19.95 (29.88) 4:49.68 (29.73)
MEN’S 500 FREE
Jake Magahey of Swim Atlanta had a huge swim in the 500 free, dropping 5 seconds from his prelims time to finish in 4:14.61. Magahey’s old best time was a 4:16.88 from February, and his new time puts him just .21 from the Juniors meet record and about 2 seconds away from Michael Phelps NAG record from 2004. In second was SwimMAC’s John Walker, who dropped four seconds off his lifetime best from prelims to grab silver in 4:15.02.
Those two were well ahead of the field, with Julian Hill finishing in the bronze position with a 4:18.80.
Event 6 Men 500 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= SC Jrs Meet: J 4:14.40 12/7/2017 Jack Levant, N Texas Nadadore Pool: P 4:11.21 2/22/2018 Anton Oerskov Ipsen, NCSU-NC Name Age Team Prelims Finals HyPts Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Jake Magahey 17 SwimAtlanta-GA 4:19.76 4:14.61 949 20 23.41 48.84 (25.43) 1:14.96 (26.12) 1:40.99 (26.03) 2:06.78 (25.79) 2:32.59 (25.81) 2:58.74 (26.15) 3:24.66 (25.92) 3:50.16 (25.50) 4:14.61 (24.45) 2 John Walker 17 SwimMAC Carolina 4:19.43 4:15.02 944 17 22.83 47.89 (25.06) 2:05.14 ( ) 2:57.30 ( ) 3:49.77 ( ) 4:15.02 (25.25) 3 Julian Hill 17 Gator Swim Club- 4:22.25 4:18.80 905 16 23.53 49.13 (25.60) 1:14.78 (25.65) 1:40.80 (26.02) 2:07.06 (26.26) 2:33.11 (26.05) 2:59.57 (26.46) 3:26.09 (26.52) 3:52.80 (26.71) 4:18.80 (26.00) 4 Jake Mitchell 16 Carmel Swim Club 4:22.51 4:21.67 875 15 23.47 49.32 (25.85) 1:15.96 (26.64) 1:42.73 (26.77) 2:09.41 (26.68) 2:36.32 (26.91) 3:03.08 (26.76) 3:29.58 (26.50) 3:55.98 (26.40) 4:21.67 (25.69) 5 Ian Grum 17 Dynamo Swim Club 4:24.60 4:24.03 851 14 23.84 49.73 (25.89) 1:16.15 (26.42) 1:42.89 (26.74) 2:09.69 (26.80) 2:36.88 (27.19) 3:04.12 (27.24) 3:31.28 (27.16) 3:57.96 (26.68) 4:24.03 (26.07) 6 Jacob McDonald 16 Mason Manta Rays 4:23.21 4:24.50 847 13 50.12 ( ) 1:44.08 (53.96) 2:11.14 ( ) 2:38.29 (27.15) 3:05.49 (27.20) 3:32.56 (27.07) 3:59.20 (26.64) 4:24.50 (25.30) 7 Preston Forst 17 Enfinity Aquatic 4:24.50 4:25.13 840 12 24.06 50.11 (26.05) 1:16.57 (26.46) 1:42.85 (26.28) 2:09.66 (26.81) 2:36.93 (27.27) 3:04.46 (27.53) 3:31.97 (27.51) 3:59.34 (27.37) 4:25.13 (25.79) 8 Peyton Werner 18 Gator Swim Club- 4:23.27 4:26.01 831 11 23.76 49.65 (25.89) 1:16.04 (26.39) 1:42.62 (26.58) 2:09.33 (26.71) 2:36.31 (26.98) 3:03.52 (27.21) 3:58.55 ( ) 4:26.01 (27.46)
WOMEN’S 200 IM
Nashville Aquatics Alex Walsh set the first meet record of the night in the 200 IM, touching first in 1:53.69. That is Walsh’s lifetime best and first time under 1:54. Her old lifetime best of 1:54.02 came at this meet last year.
Walsh really separated herself in the second 100, distancing herself from the rest of the field with a 32.78 breaststroke split that was more than a second faster than anyone else. In second was Kate Douglass of Chelsea Piers Aquatics in 1:56.09, which was about another three-quarters of a second faster than the lifetime best she set in prelims. Just behind her in third was Isabel Ivey (1:56.13).
Event 7 Women 200 Yard IM ========================================================================= SC Jrs Meet: J 1:54.02 12/7/2017 Alexandra Walsh, Nashville Aquati Pool: P 1:52.11 3/19/2015 Missy Franklin, CAL-PC Name Age Team Prelims Finals HyPts Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Alex Walsh 17 Nashville Aquati 1:56.05 1:53.69J 1034 20 24.96 52.89 (27.93) 1:25.67 (32.78) 1:53.69 (28.02) 2 Kate Douglass 17 Chelsea Piers Aq 1:56.75 1:56.09 981 17 24.41 53.83 (29.42) 1:28.05 (34.22) 1:56.09 (28.04) 3 Isabel Ivey 18 Laker Swim-FL 1:59.17 1:56.13 980 16 24.82 53.78 (28.96) 1:28.87 (35.09) 1:56.13 (27.26) 4 Charlotte Hook 14 TAC Titans-NC 1:59.37 1:57.22 957 15 25.75 54.88 (29.13) 1:29.79 (34.91) 1:57.22 (27.43) 5 Kathryn Ackerma 16 Michigan Lakesho 1:59.11 1:57.66 947 14 26.06 55.50 (29.44) 1:29.44 (33.94) 1:57.66 (28.22) 6 Grace Sheble 15 NOVA of Virginia 1:58.50 1:58.12 937 13 26.06 55.73 (29.67) 1:30.34 (34.61) 1:58.12 (27.78) 7 Brooke Zettel 15 TAC Titans-NC 1:59.69 1:58.87 921 12 25.66 55.60 (29.94) 1:30.65 (35.05) 1:58.87 (28.22) 8 Ella Nelson 17 Nashville Aquati 1:58.20 1:59.31 912 11 25.82 55.92 (30.10) 1:30.45 (34.53) 1:59.31 (28.86)
MEN’S 200 IM
Carson Foster of the Mason Manta Rays had another big swim to follow up from his NAG record as part of the 4×200 free relay last night, dropping nearly a second from his lifetime best in prelims to win the event in 1:42.54. His time also set a new meet record in the event, taking down Michael Andrew’s 2015 record of 1:42.77.
Older brother Jake Foster was second in 1:44.57, just off his own lifetime best. The two Texas commits were well ahead of the rest of the field as the only two swimmers under 1:46. In third was Zach Hils in 1:46.03, almost a second drop from his previous lifetime best.
Event 8 Men 200 Yard IM ========================================================================= SC Jrs Meet: J 1:42.77 12/2015 Michael Andrew, Indie Swimming Pool: P 1:41.61 3/14/2018 Marius Kusch, QU-NC Name Age Team Prelims Finals HyPts Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Carson Foster 17 Mason Manta Rays 1:43.50 1:42.54J 1017 20 22.62 48.35 (25.73) 1:17.96 (29.61) 1:42.54 (24.58) 2 Jake Foster 18 Mason Manta Rays 1:44.88 1:44.57 965 17 23.13 50.32 (27.19) 1:19.52 (29.20) 1:44.57 (25.05) 3 Zach Hils 18 Lexington Dolphi 1:47.70 1:46.03 928 16 23.01 48.89 (25.88) 1:20.34 (31.45) 1:46.03 (25.69) 4 Rick Mihm 17 Allegheny North- 1:48.33 1:47.24 898 15 23.35 50.48 (27.13) 1:21.67 (31.19) 1:47.24 (25.57) 5 Owen Conley 17 Dayton Raiders-O 1:48.03 1:47.50 891 14 24.14 50.25 (26.11) 1:22.13 (31.88) 1:47.50 (25.37) 6 Sean Faikish 17 North Penn Aquat 1:47.94 1:47.85 883 13 23.47 49.99 (26.52) 1:21.40 (31.41) 1:47.85 (26.45) 7 Cason Wilburn 17 East Coast Aquat 1:47.90 1:49.80 835 12 22.43 49.98 (27.55) 1:23.84 (33.86) 1:49.80 (25.96) -- Hugh Svendsen 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:48.78 DQ
WOMEN’S 50 FREE
The women’s 50 free is the second event won by a Walsh sister, with Gretchen Walsh taking the top spot in the final with a 21.82 that stands as a new 15-16 NAG record. That slips .03 under her previous record of 21.85.
That just got her by top-seed Kate Douglass, who was coming off a silver medal and lifetime best performance in the 200 IM. She finished second here again in 21.95, just .08 off of her lifetime best from the morning. Douglass’ previous best had been a 22.04 from 2016.
In third was 14-year old Claire Curzan, who narrowly missed Gretchen Walsh’s own 13-14 NAG record of 22.00 with a 22.06.
Event 9 Women 50 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= SC Jrs Meet: J 21.49 12/12/2014Abbigail Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatic Pool: P 21.32 3/19/2015 Simone Manuel, STAN-PC Name Age Team Prelims Finals HyPts Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Gretchen Walsh 15 Nashville Aquati 21.98 21.82 989 20 r:+0.75 2 Kate Douglass 17 Chelsea Piers Aq 21.87 21.95 976 17 r:+0.69 3 Claire Curzan 14 TAC Titans-NC 22.15 22.06 964 16 r:+0.69 4 Ashley Turak 18 dROP Aquatics-MI 22.68 22.25 944 15 r:+0.67 5 Isabel Ivey 18 Laker Swim-FL 22.68 22.27 942 14 r:+0.71 6 Alex Walsh 17 Nashville Aquati 22.42 22.43 926 13 r:+0.75 7 Cora Dupre 17 Mason Manta Rays 22.66 22.46 923 12 r:+0.68 8 Maxine Parker 16 Chelsea Piers Aq 22.44 22.50 919 11 r:+0.74
MEN’S 50 FREE
The Mason Manta Rays kept the ball rolling in the 50 free, with 16-year old Adam Chaney hitting the wall first in 19.87 to win the event. That is Chaney’s first time under 20 seconds. His 20.13 in this morning’s prelims was a lifetime best. His best time coming into the meet was a 20.21.
Just behind him in second was 17-year old Noah Henderson (19.90). David Curtiss was third, also under 20 seconds in 19.96. That was also Henderson’s first time under 20 seconds, while Curtiss’ best time is a 19.75 from earlier this year. Notably, top seed Matt Brownstead slipped to fifth in the final tonight, touching in 20.02.
Event 10 Men 50 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= SC Jrs Meet: J 18.71 12/10/2016Ryan Hoffer, Scottsdale Aq. Pool: P 18.75 2/22/2018 Ryan Held, NCSU-NC Name Age Team Prelims Finals HyPts Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Adam Chaney 16 Mason Manta Rays 20.13 19.87 893 20 r:+0.68 2 Noah Henderson 17 Star Aquatics-NC 20.19 19.90 890 17 r:+0.63 3 David Curtiss 16 Hamilton Y Aquat 20.12 19.96 884 16 r:+0.57 4 Kimani Gregory 17 Racer X Aquatics 20.20 20.01 879 15 r:+0.63 5 Matt Brownstead 16 State College Ar 19.98 20.02 878 14 r:+0.65 6 Cam Peel 18 Michigan Lakesho 20.26 20.06 874 13 r:+0.60 7 Jack Alexy 15 Somerset Hills Y 20.24 20.29 850 12 r:+0.65 8 Max Edwards 18 Enfinity Aquatic 20.27 20.53 826 11 r:+0.65
WOMENS 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY
The Nashville Aquatic Club won their third relay of the meet, as the team of Alex Walsh (53.25), Ella Nelson (1:01.31), Lauren Hurt (54.89), and Gretchen Walsh (46.78) posted a 3:36.23 to win the longer medley relay. The same foursome won the 200 medley relay on night one of the meet.
Event 11 Women 4x100 Yard Medley Relay ================================================================================== SC Jrs Meet: J 3:33.93 12/7/2017 Fort Collins Area ST B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons Pool: P 3:26.41 3/19/2015 Stanford A Howe, M Olsen, J Hu, S Manuel Team Seed Finals Points ================================================================================== 1 Nashville Aquati-SE 'A' 3:36.68 3:36.23 40 1) Alex Walsh 17 2) r:0.09 Ella Nelson 17 3) r:0.21 Lauren Hurt 17 4) Gretchen Walsh 15 r:+0.35 26.44 53.25 (53.25) 1:22.06 (28.81) 1:54.56 (1:01.31) 2:19.89 (25.33) 2:49.45 (54.89) 3:11.75 (22.30) 3:36.23 (46.78) 2 TAC Titans-NC 'A' 3:40.67 3:38.47 34 1) Claire Curzan 14 2) r:0.20 Maria Baric 17 3) r:0.33 Charlotte Hook 14 4) Brooke Zettel 15 r:+0.45 25.52 53.01 (53.01) 1:21.86 (28.85) 1:54.77 (1:01.76) 2:19.47 (24.70) 2:47.88 (53.11) 3:12.00 (24.12) 3:38.47 (50.59) 3 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 'A' 3:38.55 3:39.57 32 1) Maddy Flickinger 17 2) r:0.41 Emme Nelson 17 3) r:0.37 Ellie Vannote 17 4) Elizabeth Sowards 15 r:+0.40 26.52 54.83 (54.83) 1:23.60 (28.77) 1:56.41 (1:01.58) 2:21.50 (25.09) 2:49.70 (53.29) 3:13.56 (23.86) 3:39.57 (49.87)
MEN’S 4×100 MEDLEY RELAY
The Mason Manta Rays ended the session with another 15-18 NAG relay record, taking more than a second off of the old mark. The team of Carson Foster (46.70), Jake Foster (52.96), Jacob McDonald (48.54), and Adam Chaney (42.91) touched the wall in 3:11.11 to establish the new record and smash the Juniors meet record of 3:13.37 from 2015.
Event 12 Men 4x100 Yard Medley Relay ================================================================================== SC Jrs Meet: J 3:13.37 12/10/2015Palo Alto Stanford AQ B Ho, J Babinet, J Molinari, A Gwo Pool: P 3:04.24 2/23/2018 North Carolina State A Vazaios, J Molacek, R Held, J Ress Team Seed Finals Points ================================================================================== 1 Mason Manta Rays-OH 'A' 3:13.68 3:11.11J 40 1) Carson Foster 17 2) r:0.30 Jake Foster 18 3) r:0.20 Jacob McDonald 16 4) Adam Chaney 16 r:+0.20 22.67 46.70 (46.70) 1:11.10 (24.40) 1:39.66 (52.96) 2:01.68 (22.02) 2:28.20 (48.54) 2:48.61 (20.41) 3:11.11 (42.91) 2 Dynamo Swim Club-GA 'A' 3:18.81 3:16.69 34 1) Ian Grum 17 2) r:0.20 Quinn Harron 16 3) r:0.33 Cam Auerbach 17 4) Brooks Curry 17 r:+0.24 23.31 47.99 (47.99) 1:14.40 (26.41) 1:44.36 (56.37) 2:06.30 (21.94) 2:32.07 (47.71) 2:53.31 (21.24) 3:16.69 (44.62) 3 Michigan Lakesho-MI 'A' 3:19.16 3:16.77 32 1) Joey Wachter 16 2) r:0.37 Khadin Soto 17 3) r:0.23 Riley Vanmeter 17 4) Cam Peel 18 r:+0.38 23.88 49.92 (49.92) 1:15.01 (25.09) 1:44.47 (54.55) 2:06.57 (22.10) 2:32.90 (48.43) 2:53.75 (20.85) 3:16.77 (43.87)