The third night of the Speedo Junior Nationals from East Meadow, New York featured two new meet records from Alex Zettle and Dakota Luther in the 400 free and 100 fly. Zettle took down Townley Haas’ meet record in the 400 free while Luther took down Felicia Lee’s record from 2009.
Taylor Ault won the 400 free while Alexei Sancov and Shaine Casas tied for the 100 fly win. Irvine Novaquatics closed the meet with a win in the men’s 800 free relay.
Tonight’s events:
- Women’s 400 Free
- Men’s 400 Free
- Women’s 100 Fly
- Men’s 100 Fly
- Men’s 800 Free Relay
Women’s 400 Free
Taylor Ault of La Mirada Armada had a well-paced race in the 400 free final with a 2:05.29 on the first 200 and a 2:06.33 on her last 200. Ault won the final with a 4:11.62 ahead of Sandpipers’ Erica Sullivan (4:12.92) and Lakeside’s Lauren Pitzer (4:13.29). Pitzer and Sullivan had taken the race out fast but ended up getting caught by Ault. Sullivan won the 400 at the US Open last week and already won the 800 earlier in Juniors.
Pleasanton’s Miranda Heckman (4:13.46), Greater Tampa’s Morgan Tankersley (4:15.06), North Baltimore’s Easop Lee (4:15.22), The Fish’s Madelyn Donohoe (4:15.59) and Central Bucks’ Morgan Scott (4:21.00) also swam in the A-final.
Ault will be headed to Florida in the fall while Pitzer will be headed to Stanford.
Event 15 Women 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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Jr World: W 3:58.37 8/23/2014 Katie Ledecky, USA
Meet: M 4:07.26 8/15/2012 Gillian Ryan, North Baltimore
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ault, Taylor 18 La Mirada Armada 4:16.10 4:11.62 855 20
r:+0.78 29.50 1:01.36 (31.86)
1:33.29 (31.93) 2:05.29 (32.00)
2:36.72 (31.43) 3:08.59 (31.87)
3:40.30 (31.71) 4:11.62 (31.32)
2 Sullivan, Erica 16 Sandpipers Of Ne 4:17.38 4:12.92 842 17
r:+0.68 29.14 1:00.41 (31.27)
1:32.26 (31.85) 2:04.41 (32.15)
2:36.66 (32.25) 3:09.11 (32.45)
3:41.31 (32.20) 4:12.92 (31.61)
3 Pitzer, Lauren 18 Lakeside Aquatic 4:16.29 4:13.29 838 16
r:+0.72 28.39 59.82 (31.43)
1:32.11 (32.29) 2:04.61 (32.50)
2:37.40 (32.79) 3:10.22 (32.82)
3:42.31 (32.09) 4:13.29 (30.98)
4 Heckman, Mirand 16 Pleasanton Seaha 4:15.06 4:13.46 836 15
r:+0.83 29.49 1:01.43 (31.94)
1:33.55 (32.12) 2:05.97 (32.42)
2:38.14 (32.17) 3:10.45 (32.31)
3:42.33 (31.88) 4:13.46 (31.13)
5 Tankersley, Mor 18 Greater Tampa Sw 4:16.67 4:15.06 821 14
r:+0.73 29.73 1:01.68 (31.95)
1:33.80 (32.12) 2:06.08 (32.28)
2:38.05 (31.97) 3:10.40 (32.35)
3:42.45 (32.05) 4:15.06 (32.61)
6 Lee, Easop 17 North Baltimore- 4:14.91 4:15.22 819 13
r:+0.79 29.79 1:01.02 (31.23)
1:33.27 (32.25) 2:06.24 (32.97)
2:38.74 (32.50) 3:11.03 (32.29)
3:44.40 (33.37) 4:15.22 (30.82)
7 Donohoe, Madely 15 The Fish-PV 4:16.20 4:15.59 816 12
r:+0.79 29.67 1:01.41 (31.74)
1:33.89 (32.48) 2:06.63 (32.74)
2:39.22 (32.59) 3:11.59 (32.37)
3:44.26 (32.67) 4:15.59 (31.33)
8 Scott, Morgan 17 Central Bucks Sw 4:17.95 4:21.00 766 11
r:+0.75 28.99 1:01.10 (32.11)
1:33.96 (32.86) 2:07.36 (33.40)
2:40.77 (33.41) 3:14.50 (33.73)
3:48.23 (33.73) 4:21.00 (32.77)
Men’s 400 Free
Alex Zettle of Lakeside Aquatic Club broke the meet record held by Townley Haas from 2013 in men’s 400 free final. Zettle negative split the race with a 1:55.81 on his first 200 and a 1:55.63 on the second 200 as he swam a 3:51.44 to take down Haas’s 3:51.99 from 2013. Zettle swam away from Team Greenville’s Tal Davis (3:52.26) and North Texas’ Jack LeVant (3:52.86) on the second half.
Scarlet’s Johannes Calloni (3:54.72), Highlander’s Hayden Curley (3:57.99), Irvine Nova’s Owen Kao (3:58.66), Badger’s Ben McDade (3:59.59) and Michigan Lakeshore’s Skyler Cook-Weeks (4:00.21) also swam in the final.
Zettle will be headed to Texas in the fall of 2018 where he will be Haas’ teammate for a year. Davis will be headed to Georgia in the fall. LeVant has also already committed to Stanford for the fall of 2018.
Event 16 Men 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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Jr World: W 3:44.60 4/1/2014 Mack Horton, Australia
Meet: M 3:51.99 8/7/2013 Townley Haas, NOVA of Virginia
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Zettle, Alex 17 Lakeside Aquatic 3:54.61 3:51.44M 859 20
r:+0.79 27.54 56.98 (29.44)
1:26.18 (29.20) 1:55.81 (29.63)
2:25.22 (29.41) 2:53.85 (28.63)
3:22.55 (28.70) 3:51.44 (28.89)
2 Davis, Tal 18 Team Greenville- 3:55.13 3:52.26 850 17
r:+0.72 27.45 56.91 (29.46)
1:26.19 (29.28) 1:56.00 (29.81)
2:25.53 (29.53) 2:54.72 (29.19)
3:23.62 (28.90) 3:52.26 (28.64)
3 LeVant, Jack 17 North Texas Nada 3:53.40 3:52.86 844 16
r:+0.74 26.90 56.20 (29.30)
1:25.51 (29.31) 1:55.03 (29.52)
2:24.24 (29.21) 2:53.72 (29.48)
3:23.24 (29.52) 3:52.86 (29.62)
4 Calloni, Johann 17 Scarlet Aquatics 3:56.08 3:54.72 824 15
r:+0.82 27.37 56.60 (29.23)
1:26.28 (29.68) 1:56.21 (29.93)
2:25.83 (29.62) 2:55.58 (29.75)
3:25.57 (29.99) 3:54.72 (29.15)
5 Curley, Hayden 18 Highlander Aquat 3:57.52 3:57.99 790 14
r:+0.75 27.57 57.03 (29.46)
1:26.86 (29.83) 1:56.76 (29.90)
2:27.09 (30.33) 2:57.38 (30.29)
3:28.13 (30.75) 3:57.99 (29.86)
6 Kao, Owen 17 Irvine Novaquati 3:58.19 3:58.66 784 13
r:+0.71 28.59 58.59 (30.00)
1:28.56 (29.97) 1:58.96 (30.40)
2:28.69 (29.73) 2:58.86 (30.17)
3:28.83 (29.97) 3:58.66 (29.83)
7 McDade, Ben 17 Badger Aquatics- 3:58.82 3:59.59 774 12
r:+0.62 27.49 57.39 (29.90)
1:27.50 (30.11) 1:57.39 (29.89)
2:27.66 (30.27) 2:58.11 (30.45)
3:29.22 (31.11) 3:59.59 (30.37)
8 Cook-Weeks, Sky 17 Michigan Lakesho 3:59.02 4:00.21 768 11
r:+0.69 28.30 58.62 (30.32)
1:28.60 (29.98) 1:59.09 (30.49)
2:29.46 (30.37) 3:00.22 (30.76)
3:30.80 (30.58) 4:00.21 (29.41)
Women’s 100 Fly
A meet record went down for the second straight final at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals in East Meadow, New York. 17-year-old Dakota Luther swam a 58.59 in the 100 fly final to bump off Felicia Lee’s meet record of 58.69 from 2009. Luther swam recently at the World Championships in Budapest where she was 15th in the 200 fly. Luther finished ahead of Enfinity’s Olivia Carter (59.38) and Magnolia’s Lucie Normdann (1:00.13).
Socal’s Elise Garcia (1:00.38), Nation’s Capital (1:00.47), Carmel’s Kelly Pash (1:00.59), Gator’s Isabel Ivey (1:00.67) and Magnolia’s Lillie Nordmann (1:00.69) also swam in the final.
Luther and Carter will be teammates at Georgia beginning in the fall of 2018.
Event 17 Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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Jr World: W 56.46 8/7/2016 Penny Oleksiak, CAN
Meet: M 58.69 8/12/2009 Felicia Lee, North Baltimore
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Luther, Dakota 17 Austin Swim Club 59.35 58.59M 872 20
r:+0.74 27.61 58.59 (30.98)
2 Carter, Olivia 17 Enfinity Aquatic 1:00.06 59.38 837 17
r:+0.70 28.14 59.38 (31.24)
3 Nordmann, Lucie 17 Magnolia Aquatic 59.90 1:00.13 806 16
r:+0.71 28.08 1:00.13 (32.05)
4 Garcia, Elise 17 Socal Aquatics A 1:00.41 1:00.38 796 15
r:+0.68 28.55 1:00.38 (31.83)
5 Gati, Isabella 17 Nation's Capital 1:00.50 1:00.47 793 14
r:+0.68 28.60 1:00.47 (31.87)
6 Pash, Kelly 16 Carmel Swim Club 1:00.81 1:00.59 788 13
r:+0.70 28.39 1:00.59 (32.20)
7 Ivey, Isabel 16 Gator Swim Club- 1:00.75 1:00.67 785 12
r:+0.75 28.55 1:00.67 (32.12)
8 Nordmann, Lilli 15 Magnolia Aquatic 1:00.34 1:00.69 784 11
r:+0.71 28.49 1:00.69 (32.20)
Men’s 100 Fly
17-year-olds Alexei Sancov of Terrapins and Shaine Casas of Nitro tied for first in the 100 fly final with identical 53.24’s. Sancov ran Casas down as the latter was out the fastest in 24.74 to Sancov’s 25.12. This is the second win of the meet for Sancov as he won the 100 free last night. Jake Johnson of Delaware was third at 53.80.
Multnomah’s Van Mathias (53.97), Mason Manta Rays’ Carson Foster (54.38), Irvine Nova’s Andrew Koustik (54.54), Star’s Noah Henderson (54.62) and Tigershark’s Noah Henry (54.82) also competed in the A-final.
Sancov recently announced his commitment to Southern Cal for the fall of 2018 while Casas and Johnson have not committed to a school yet.
Event 18 Men 100 LC Meter Butterfly
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Jr World: W 51.26 8/12/2016 Li Zhuhao, China
Meet: M 52.57 8/1/2015 Michael Andrew, Indie Swimming-M
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Sancov, Alexei 17 Terrapins Swim T 53.90 53.24 819 18.5
r:+0.65 25.12 53.24 (28.12)
1 Casas, Shaine 17 Nitro Swimming-S 53.82 53.24 819 18.5
r:+0.67 24.74 53.24 (28.50)
3 Johnson, Jake 17 Delaware Swim Te 54.59 53.80 794 16
r:+0.67 25.09 53.80 (28.71)
4 Mathias, Van 16 Multnomah Athlet 53.97 53.97 786 15
r:+0.69 25.30 53.97 (28.67)
5 Foster, Carson 15 Mason Manta Rays 54.34 54.38 768 14
r:+0.70 25.49 54.38 (28.89)
6 Koustik, Andrew 18 Irvine Novaquati 54.54 54.54 762 13
r:+0.67 25.45 54.54 (29.09)
7 Henderson, Noah 16 Star Aquatics-NC 54.37 54.62 758 12
r:+0.68 25.33 54.62 (29.29)
8 Henry, Noah 17 Tigershark Swim- 54.81 54.82 750 11
r:+0.74 25.96 54.82 (28.86)
Men’s 800 Free Relay
Irvine Novaquatics just held off the Mason Manta Rays at the finish of the men’s 800 free relay as Irvine won with a 7:31.63 ahead of Mason’s 7:32.40. Hunter Hitchens (1:54.13), Owen Kao (1:51.54), Andrew Koustik (1:52.03) and Sean Slusiewicz (1:53.93) swam for Irvine as they held off a very strong anchor leg from 15-year-old Carson Foster (1:49.99). Foster had the only split under 1:50 and was one of the few swimmers who split faster than 1:53.
Mason finished second with Jake Foster (1:53.83), Adam Chaney (1:55.49), Gordon Wheeler (1:53.09) and C. Foster (1:49.99) as Foster’s late charge was not enough for Mason’s second relay win of the meet after they won the 400 on Wednesday night. Terrapins Swim Team finished third with a 7:35.55 with Alexei Sancov (1:49.11), Nathan Barsanti (1:53.70), Will Nagle (1:56.04) and Andrew Rodriguez (1:56.70). Sancov’s time was a little off the meet record of 1:48.64 held by Caeleb Dressel from 2013.
C. Foster, Kao, Koustik and Shaine Casas (1:52.40) had the fastest splits in the top eight teams.
SwimMAC Carolina (7:37.14), Scarlet Aquatics (7:37.18), Nitro Swimming (7:38.35), Pleasanton Seahawks (7:38.68) and New Trier Swim Club (7:39.55) also placed in the top eight.
Event 19 Men 4x200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay
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Jr World: W 7:13.76 8/28/2015 United States
G Shoults, M Rooney, S Grieshop, G House
Meet: M 7:28.28 8/1/2014 Indiana University Swim Team, Indiana Univer
I Finnerty, M Irwin, B Colonis, B Pieroni
Team Seed Finals FINA Points
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1 Irvine Novaquati-CA 7:31.38 7:31.63 795 40
1) Hitchens, Hunter 17 2) r:0.28 Kao, Owen 17
3) r:0.56 Koustik, Andrew 18 4) r:0.30 Slusiewicz, Sean 16
r:+0.62 26.69 55.47 (55.47)
1:24.79 (1:24.79) 1:54.13 (1:54.13)
2:19.48 (25.35) 2:47.52 (53.39)
3:16.32 (1:22.19) 3:45.67 (1:51.54)
4:11.23 (25.56) 4:39.70 (54.03)
5:08.94 (1:23.27) 5:37.70 (1:52.03)
6:02.82 (25.12) 6:31.41 (53.71)
7:01.29 (1:23.59) 7:31.63 (1:53.93)
2 Mason Manta Rays-OH 7:38.87 7:32.40 791 34
1) Foster, Jake 16 2) r:0.37 Chaney, Adam 15
3) r:0.22 Wheeler, Gordon 18 4) r:0.36 Foster, Carson 15
r:+0.72 26.29 54.50 (54.50)
1:23.89 (1:23.89) 1:53.83 (1:53.83)
2:19.19 (25.36) 2:47.97 (54.14)
3:18.45 (1:24.62) 3:49.32 (1:55.49)
4:14.66 (25.34) 4:42.63 (53.31)
5:11.95 (1:22.63) 5:42.41 (1:53.09)
6:07.95 (25.54) 6:36.07 (53.66)
7:04.60 (1:22.19) 7:32.40 (1:49.99)
3 Terrapins Swim T-PC 7:34.97 7:35.55 775 32
1) Sancov, Alexei 17 2) r:0.34 Barsanti, Nathan 18
3) r:0.38 Nagle, Will 14 4) r:0.24 Rodriguez, Andrew 16
r:+0.65 25.72 53.37 (53.37)
1:21.29 (1:21.29) 1:49.11 (1:49.11)
2:15.50 (26.39) 2:44.51 (55.40)
3:13.96 (1:24.85) 3:42.81 (1:53.70)
4:09.61 (26.80) 4:39.12 (56.31)
5:09.35 (1:26.54) 5:38.85 (1:56.04)
6:04.75 (25.90) 6:34.27 (55.42)
7:04.59 (1:25.74) 7:35.55 (1:56.70)
4 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 7:37.73 7:37.14 767 30
1) Poelke, Boyd 15 2) r:0.34 Williams, Ryan 17
3) r:0.40 Connery, Tim 14 4) r:0.24 Walker, Jack 16
r:+0.75 26.31 55.19 (55.19)
1:24.61 (1:24.61) 1:54.33 (1:54.33)
2:19.90 (25.57) 2:48.73 (54.40)
3:18.55 (1:24.22) 3:47.98 (1:53.65)
4:14.14 (26.16) 4:43.15 (55.17)
5:13.01 (1:25.03) 5:42.69 (1:54.71)
6:08.08 (25.39) 6:37.00 (54.31)
7:06.89 (1:24.20) 7:37.14 (1:54.45)
5 Scarlet Aquatics-NJ 7:44.77 7:37.18 767 28
1) Rose, Dare 14 2) r:0.40 Calloni, Johannes 17
3) r:0.42 Denizli, Baris 17 4) r:0.50 Karofsky, Jackson 18
r:+0.75 26.58 55.27 (55.27)
1:24.92 (1:24.92) 1:54.15 (1:54.15)
2:20.56 (26.41) 2:49.13 (54.98)
3:18.45 (1:24.30) 3:47.45 (1:53.30)
4:13.68 (26.23) 4:42.34 (54.89)
5:11.99 (1:24.54) 5:42.22 (1:54.77)
6:09.17 (26.95) 6:37.95 (55.73)
7:07.51 (1:25.29) 7:37.18 (1:54.96)
6 Nitro Swimming-ST 7:39.11 7:38.35 761 26
1) Gwin, Isaac 17 2) r:0.32 Gogulski, Ethan 17
3) r:0.39 Gwin, Luke 17 4) r:0.53 Casas, Shaine 17
r:+0.70 26.39 54.79 (54.79)
1:24.06 (1:24.06) 1:53.34 (1:53.34)
2:19.92 (26.58) 2:49.20 (55.86)
3:20.49 (1:27.15) 3:51.76 (1:58.42)
4:17.73 (25.97) 4:46.70 (54.94)
5:16.21 (1:24.45) 5:45.95 (1:54.19)
6:11.21 (25.26) 6:39.94 (53.99)
7:09.78 (1:23.83) 7:38.35 (1:52.40)
7 Pleasanton Seaha-PC 7:43.26 7:38.68 759 24
1) Plattel, Lleyton 15 2) r:0.36 Smith, Edward 18
3) r:0.48 Lu, Tyler 17 4) r:0.46 Jhong, Christopher 17
r:+0.68 26.95 56.52 (56.52)
1:26.06 (1:26.06) 1:54.43 (1:54.43)
2:20.87 (26.44) 2:49.94 (55.51)
3:19.83 (1:25.40) 3:49.35 (1:54.92)
4:15.67 (26.32) 4:44.65 (55.30)
5:14.35 (1:25.00) 5:43.84 (1:54.49)
6:10.13 (26.29) 6:39.05 (55.21)
7:08.59 (1:24.75) 7:38.68 (1:54.84)
8 New Trier Swim C-IL 7:46.28 7:39.55 755 22
1) Scheinfeld, Charles 17 2) r:0.42 Vandergraaf, Ean 17
3) r:0.15 Gridley, Patrick 17 4) r:0.31 Gridley, Ryan 17
r:+0.74 26.91 55.99 (55.99)
1:25.83 (1:25.83) 1:54.34 (1:54.34)
2:20.95 (26.61) 2:50.02 (55.68)
3:20.49 (1:26.15) 3:50.76 (1:56.42)
4:16.43 (25.67) 4:45.50 (54.74)
5:15.92 (1:25.16) 5:45.37 (1:54.61)
6:12.19 (26.82) 6:42.04 (56.67)
7:11.03 (1:25.66) 7:39.55 (1:54.18)
How’s he doing !! What an amazing experience !!