2019 Speedo Sectionals Austin Day 2: Will Licon, Madisyn Cox Earn Victories

American Record Holder Will Licon. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The second night of finals of the 2019 Speedo Sectionals stop in Austin, Texas saw competition in the 200 breast, 200 free and 400 IM. This meet is taking place at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swim Center in Austin, Texas from July 11-14.

The Aggies remain firmly in control on the women’s side, consolidating their lead from yesterday to lead the Longhorns by 121.5 points. On the men’s side, the Longhorns lead the Aggies by 120 points. Overall, the battle for top honors is heating up as the Aggies have overtaken the Longhorns, but their margin is just 1.5 points. Both these teams have tremendous depth and it is sure to be a nail-biting contest to the finish line.

The top 5 overall team scores at the end of the second day are:

Aggie Swim Club (474)
Longhorn Aquatics (472.5)
Austin Swim Club (238)
Unattached South Texas (168)
Lakeside Aquatic Club (164.5)

You can find the Speedo Sectionals Austin coverage from Day 1 here and psych sheet here. Live results can be found here. Full results can be found on Meet Mobile under 2019 ST TXLA Speedo Southern Sectionals.

Women’s 200 Breast

World Championships medalist Madisyn Cox dropped over five seconds from the morning heats to win tonight’s first final for the Longhorns in a time of 2:26.36. The Aggies showed their immense breaststroke depth with five finalists in the championship final. Yesterday’s 100 breaststroke champion, Anna Belousova from Aggie Swim Club, took runner-up honors with a time of 2:27.56, while her teammate Bethany Galat finished third touching the wall at 2:28.02.

Aggie teammates Esther Gonsalez Medina (2:29.17), Kylie Powers (2:34.19) and Victoria Roubique (2:34.26) grabbed fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively. Swimming unattached, Peyton Kondis came seventh with a time of 2:35.21 while Ella Flowers (2:36.92) of Rice Aquatics rounded out the championship final.

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Men’s 200 Breast

American Record Holder Will Licon of Longhorn Aquatics led the race from start to finish and never looked back; winning comfortably in a solid time of 2:08.88. Over eight seconds back, unattached swimmer Michael Couet grabbed second place with a time of 2:17.36, while Longhorn’s Charlie Scheinfeld took third place clocking in at 2:18.31.

Touching in fourth place was Longhorn’s Arthur Cheng (2:21.50) who edged out unattached swimmer Braden Vines (2:21.61). Nabbing sixth place was Jacques Rathle (2:23.17) swimming for Crawfish Aquatics, while 16 year old Benjamin Willetts took seventh place (2:25.21) for Eagle Swimming. Spring Swim Team’s Aaron Parrott got disqualified for a false start.

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Women’s 200 Free

Winning a close race for gold was 16 year old Rylie Lopez of Austin Swim Club, touching the wall in a time of 2:01.66. Less than three tenths behind, Aggie’s Sarah Gibson took second place honors clocking in at 2:01.91. Future Stanford Cardinal Lillie Nordmann of Magnolia Aquatics finished third with a time of 2:02.23.

There was a tie for fourth place, with Lakeside Aquatics’ Riley Francis and Longhorn’s Quinn Schaedler sharing the honor at 2:02.48. Winner of the 200 back yesterday, Aggie’s Karling Hemstreet (2:03.80) edged out Longhorn’s Logan Shiller (2:04.09) for the sixth place while Lakeside Aquatics’ Amelia Liu (2:04.12) rounded out the championship final.

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Men’s 200 Free

Winning comfortably by over two seconds was Drew Kibler swimming unattached with a time of 1:47.16. Unattached Maxime Rooney finished second clocking in at 1:49.21 and Longhorn’s Clark Smith also swam under 1:50 with a time of 1:49.79.

Finishing in fourth place was Aggie Swim Club’s Mark Theall (1:50.93) while Dusan Babic (1:52.06) of Texan Christian won the battle for fifth place over unattached Alex Zettle (1:52.73) and Streamline Aquatics’ Kyrylo Shvets (1:53.94). Aggie’s Jose Martinez (2:05.54) finished eighth to close out the championship final.

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Women’s 400 IM

Monika Gonsalez-Hermosillo of Aggie Swim Club took the title in a closely fought race clocking in at 4:49.60. She dropped over seven seconds from this morning’s prelims. In second place was Tulane Aquatics’ Olivia Johnson with a time of 4:50.41, while World Championships medalist Bethany Galat finished third in 4:53.45 swimming for the Aggies.

Winning fourth-place honors for Rockwall Aquatics was 15 year old Laci Black with a time of 4:54.44. Lakeside Aquatics’ Margaret Gholston finished fifth (4:57.47) to out-touch Ella Flowers (4:57.82) swimming for Rice Aquatics. Aggie’s Mollie Wright (5:05.41) and Lakeside Aquatics’ Jenna Watson (5:07.61) came seventh and eighth respectively.

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Men’s 400 IM

Aggie’s Benjamin Walker won the final event of the evening by over three seconds, clocking in at 4:26.24 to take the title. Grabbing runner-up honors was 15 year old Collin Klingman of Crawfish Aquatics with a time of 4:29.78, while Longhorn’s Coby Carrozza finished third in 4:30.50.

Touching in fourth place was David Johnston of Rockwall Aquatics with a time of 4:33.42, while Longhorn’s Halvor Borgstroem (4:35.77) finished fifth. Colin Feehery of Lakeside Aquatics nabbed sixth place (4:38.27) and 15 year old Jacques Rathle (4:39.87) of Crawfish Aquatics took seventh place. John Boylan of Crawfish Aquatics (4:45.42) rounded out the championship final.

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The 2019 Speedo Sectionals Austin continues tomorrow with the 100 back, 400 free, 100 fly and 400 free relay. Morning prelims will begin at 9:00 am CDT, while evening finals will begin at 5:30 pm CDT.

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4 years ago

Excellent coverage