Baylor Nelson, Thomas Heilman, Berit Berglund, Alex Shackell Shine at Greensboro Juniors

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Baylor Nelson, Thomas Heilman, Berit Berglund, Alex Shackell Shine at Greensboro Juniors

During the third evening of finals at the eastern edition of Junior Nationals in Greensboro, Baylor Nelson recorded a stellar effort in the men’s 400 IM, Thomas Heilman broke his third and fourth National Age Group records of the day and Carmel swimmers Berit Berglund and Alex Shackell each recorded swift swims in their own victories.

SwimMAC Carolina’s Nelson dominated the men’s 400 IM. He recorded a time of 3:42.78 that defeated the field by almost five seconds and knocked almost three seconds off his lifetime-best effort. Nelson’s win is his second of the meet after previously topping the 200 IM. Fishers Area’s Kyle Ponsler placed second in 3:47.75, and Kentucky Aquatics’ Jackson Millard placed third in 3:48.41.

  1 Baylor Nelson          18 SwimMAC Carolina  3:48.17    3:42.78  
                 23.80        51.26 (27.46)
        1:19.50 (28.24)     1:47.20 (27.70)
        2:18.12 (30.92)     2:50.00 (31.88)
        3:16.91 (26.91)     3:42.78 (25.87)
  2 Kyle Ponsler           17 Fishers Area Swi  3:49.63    3:47.75  
                 24.16        51.60 (27.44)
        1:19.90 (28.30)     1:47.43 (27.53)
        2:20.11 (32.68)     2:53.84 (33.73)
        3:21.41 (27.57)     3:47.75 (26.34)
  3 Jackson Millard        18 Kentucky Aquatic  3:51.07    3:48.41  
                 24.07        52.29 (28.22)
        1:22.58 (30.29)     1:51.70 (29.12)
        2:22.47 (30.77)     2:54.78 (32.31)
        3:22.36 (27.58)     3:48.41 (26.05)
  4 Sebastien Sergile      17 SwimAtlanta-GA    3:51.14    3:48.43  
                 24.13        51.73 (27.60)
        1:20.47 (28.74)     1:50.02 (29.55)
        2:21.72 (31.70)     2:55.36 (33.64)
        3:22.28 (26.92)     3:48.43 (26.15)
  5 Drew Hitchcock         16 Baylor Swim Club  3:51.36    3:50.25  
                 24.14        52.01 (27.87)
        1:21.36 (29.35)     1:50.52 (29.16)
        2:23.55 (33.03)     2:56.34 (32.79)
        3:23.58 (27.24)     3:50.25 (26.67)
  6 Will Scholtz           16 Lakeside Swim Te  3:48.75    3:52.19  
                 24.29        53.38 (29.09)
        1:22.58 (29.20)     1:51.64 (29.06)
        2:23.02 (31.38)     2:56.13 (33.11)
        3:24.30 (28.17)     3:52.19 (27.89)
  7 Spencer Aurnou-Rhees   17 New Albany Aquat  3:51.67    3:54.06  
                 24.18        52.45 (28.27)
        1:22.07 (29.62)     1:52.42 (30.35)
        2:25.20 (32.78)     2:59.32 (34.12)
        3:27.09 (27.77)     3:54.06 (26.97)
  8 Jack Anderson          18 Lakeside Swim Te  3:50.00    3:57.94  
                 24.04        52.00 (27.96)
        1:22.65 (30.65)     1:53.43 (30.78)
        2:27.93 (34.50)     3:02.69 (34.76)
        3:30.98 (28.29)     3:57.94 (26.96)

In the 100 fly, Heilman trailed Mason Manta Rays’ Carl Bloebaum and Tate Bacon at the halfway point, but he finished in a blistering 24.22. He came into the wall in 45.81 to win by a quarter-second. That beat his prelims NAG record (46.42) by six tenths, which in turn was a half-second faster than Andrew’s time. Heilman had never broken 47 prior to Friday, and now he is on the verge of times that would score at the NCAA Championships — at just 14 years old.

  1 Thomas Heilman         14 Cavalier Aquatic    46.42      45.81  
                 21.59        45.81 (24.22)
  2 Carl Bloebaum          18 Mason Manta Rays    47.03      46.06  
                 21.32        46.06 (24.74)
  3 Tate Bacon             17 Unattached-NC       47.01      46.47  
                 21.54        46.47 (24.93)
  4 Mitchell Ledford       17 Treasure Coast S    47.20      46.64  
                 21.77        46.64 (24.87)
  5 Kamal Muhammad         18 Spartan Aquatic-    47.05      46.66  
                 21.32        46.66 (25.34)
  6 Gibson Holmes          17 Mason Manta Rays    47.43      46.83  
                 21.74        46.83 (25.09)
  7 Logan Zucker           18 SwimMAC Carolina    47.63      47.54  
                 22.11        47.54 (25.43)
  8 Will Modglin           17 Zionsville Swim-    47.41      47.80  
                 22.36        47.80 (25.44)

In the very next men’s event, Heilman was back in the pool for the 200 free. YMCA of Cumberland’s Daniel Diehl led the race wire-to-wire on the way to winning in 1:33.68, while Heilman finished second in 1:34.68, again taking six tenths off his prelims best time and NAG record. His prelims race had beaten his own record by one second. Swim Atlanta’s Sebastien Sergile ended up third in 1:35.19. Sergile raced head-to-head with Heilman before the youngster accelerated on the third 50.

  1 Daniel Diehl           16 YMCA of Cumberla  1:34.56    1:33.68  
                 21.77        45.49 (23.72)
        1:09.31 (23.82)     1:33.68 (24.37)
  2 Thomas Heilman         14 Cavalier Aquatic  1:35.28    1:34.68  
                 22.05        46.21 (24.16)
        1:10.40 (24.19)     1:34.68 (24.28)
  3 Sebastien Sergile      17 SwimAtlanta-GA    1:36.23    1:35.19  
                 22.08        46.26 (24.18)
        1:10.71 (24.45)     1:35.19 (24.48)
  4 Baylor Nelson          18 SwimMAC Carolina  1:36.16    1:36.12  
                 22.42        46.99 (24.57)
        1:11.56 (24.57)     1:36.12 (24.56)
  5 Henry McFadden         16 Jersey Wahoos-MA  1:37.08    1:36.26  
                 22.49        46.73 (24.24)
        1:11.48 (24.75)     1:36.26 (24.78)
  6 Owen McDonald          17 Dynamo Swim Club  1:37.05    1:36.44  
                 22.27        46.83 (24.56)
        1:11.64 (24.81)     1:36.44 (24.80)
  7 Lucca Battaglini       16 Unattached-NC     1:37.25    1:36.48  
                 22.12        46.63 (24.51)
        1:11.83 (25.20)     1:36.48 (24.65)
  8 Roman Valdez           17 Carpet Capital A  1:36.46    1:37.23  
                 22.34        47.12 (24.78)
        1:11.98 (24.86)     1:37.23 (25.25)

Berglund blasted a very impressive 51.32 in the women’s 100 back, a time that would have been good enough to qualify for the A-final at last year’s NCAA Championships. Berglund won by more than a second as Eagle Aquatics’ Erika Pelaez placed second in 52.26. Third went to TNT Swimming’s Levenia Sim in 52.39.

  1 Berit Berglund         16 Carmel Swim Club    52.65      51.32  
                 24.77        51.32 (26.55)
  2 Erika Pelaez           15 Eagle Aquatics-F    53.75      52.26  
                 25.56        52.26 (26.70)
  3 Levenia Sim            15 TNT Swimming-SE     52.99      52.39  
                 25.19        52.39 (27.20)
  4 Charlotte Crush        13 Lakeside Swim Te    53.66      52.76  
                 25.38        52.76 (27.38)
  5 Rye Ulett              17 Dynamo Swim Club    53.18      53.00  
                 26.11        53.00 (26.89)
  5 Carly Meeting          17 New Albany Aquat    52.91      53.00  
                 25.59        53.00 (27.41)
  7 Sabrina Johnston       17 BGC-N. Westchest    53.68      53.49  
                 25.91        53.49 (27.58)
  8 Natalie Mannion        17 Commonwealth Swi    52.97      53.94  
                 26.59        53.94 (27.35)

Carmel’s Shackell, who took more than a second off her best time in the prelims of the women’s 100 fly, dropped another quarter-second in the final on her way to winning her first Junior Nationals title. She finished in 51.21, 1.3 seconds ahead of the field, and like her teammate Berglund, she posted an NCAA A-final-worthy performance. Meanwhile, a 13-year-old, Lakeside’s Charlotte Crush, took second in 52.52. Crush dropped almost two seconds over the course of the day. SOLO Aquatics’ Anna Boemer placed third in 52.84.

  1 Alex Shackell          15 Carmel Swim Club    51.47      51.21  
                 23.79        51.21 (27.42)
  2 Charlotte Crush        13 Lakeside Swim Te    53.12      52.52  
                 24.11        52.52 (28.41)
  3 Anna Boemer            16 SOLO Aquatics-NE    53.36      52.84  
                 24.49        52.84 (28.35)
  4 Devon Kitchel          17 Carmel Swim Club    53.25      52.85  
                 24.65        52.85 (28.20)
  5 Gigi Johnson           17 SwimAtlanta-GA      53.70      53.06  
                 25.00        53.06 (28.06)
  6 Gaby Van Brunt         16 Georgia Coastal-    53.71      53.28  
                 25.08        53.28 (28.20)
  7 Levenia Sim            15 TNT Swimming-SE     53.32      53.42  
                 24.81        53.42 (28.61)
  8 Emily Thompson         15 Greater Somerset    53.69      53.48  
                 25.15        53.48 (28.33)

Chattahoochee Gold’s Elizabeth Tilt scored the win in the women’s 400 IM. She led early on in the race before surrendering the lead on breaststroke, and then she used an excellent finish to touch first in 4:12.01. Lakeside Swim Team’s Haley McDonald took second in 4:12.26, just behind Tilt, while SwimMAC’s Grace Rainey surged on breaststroke and ended up thrid in 4:12.88.

  1 Elizabeth Tilt         17 Chattahoochee Go  4:16.34    4:12.01  
                 26.00        56.42 (30.42)
        1:29.09 (32.67)     2:00.31 (31.22)
        2:37.71 (37.40)     3:15.02 (37.31)
        3:44.66 (29.64)     4:12.01 (27.35)
  2 Haley McDonald         14 Lakeside Swim Te  4:17.91    4:12.26  
                 26.06        56.64 (30.58)
        1:28.57 (31.93)     2:00.14 (31.57)
        2:37.28 (37.14)     3:14.90 (37.62)
        3:44.33 (29.43)     4:12.26 (27.93)
  3 Grace Rainey           17 SwimMAC Carolina  4:16.57    4:12.88  
                 26.86        57.13 (30.27)
        1:31.23 (34.10)     2:05.40 (34.17)
        2:39.58 (34.18)     3:15.00 (35.42)
        3:44.92 (29.92)     4:12.88 (27.96)
  4 Michaela Mattes        16 Sarasota Sharks-  4:15.82    4:14.09  
                 27.06        57.72 (30.66)
        1:29.97 (32.25)     2:01.76 (31.79)
        2:39.01 (37.25)     3:17.42 (38.41)
        3:46.55 (29.13)     4:14.09 (27.54)
  5 Rye Ulett              17 Dynamo Swim Club  4:17.47    4:14.75  
                 26.86        56.96 (30.10)
        1:28.30 (31.34)     2:00.55 (32.25)
        2:37.01 (36.46)     3:15.19 (38.18)
        3:45.47 (30.28)     4:14.75 (29.28)
  6 Lilla Bognar           15 Team Greenville-  4:16.00    4:16.96  
                 26.81        58.25 (31.44)
        1:29.99 (31.74)     2:01.24 (31.25)
        2:38.88 (37.64)     3:17.57 (38.69)
        3:47.82 (30.25)     4:16.96 (29.14)
  7 Gracie Weyant          16 Sarasota Sharks-  4:17.61    4:16.98  
                 27.38        58.58 (31.20)
        1:31.80 (33.22)     2:04.93 (33.13)
        2:41.08 (36.15)     3:18.09 (37.01)
        3:48.74 (30.65)     4:16.98 (28.24)
  8 Hana Shimizu-Bowers    17 Badger Swim Club  4:16.99    4:17.19  
                 26.68        57.28 (30.60)
        1:29.84 (32.56)     2:01.97 (32.13)
        2:39.87 (37.90)     3:18.19 (38.32)
        3:48.38 (30.19)     4:17.19 (28.81)

Anna Moesch easily won the women’s 200 free, leading wire-to-wire on her way to a final time of 1:45.87. Sarasota Sharks’ Addison Sauickie took second in 1:46.50, just ahead of Commonwealth Swimming’s Natalie Mannion (1:46.76).

  1 Anna Moesch            16 Unattached-NJ     1:46.31    1:45.87  
                 24.47        51.57 (27.10)
        1:19.20 (27.63)     1:45.87 (26.67)
  2 Addison Sauickie       15 Sarasota Sharks-  1:47.78    1:46.50  
                 24.88        52.08 (27.20)
        1:19.12 (27.04)     1:46.50 (27.38)
  3 Natalie Mannion        17 Commonwealth Swi  1:46.84    1:46.76  
                 24.75        51.44 (26.69)
        1:18.62 (27.18)     1:46.76 (28.14)
  4 Kirsti McEnroe         17 Y-Spartaquatics-  1:47.46    1:47.17  
                 24.79        52.14 (27.35)
        1:19.73 (27.59)     1:47.17 (27.44)
  5 Malia Amuan            17 Phoenix Swimming  1:47.59    1:47.32  
                 24.94        52.10 (27.16)
        1:19.70 (27.60)     1:47.32 (27.62)
  6 Katherine Helms        17 Mason Makos Swim  1:47.50    1:47.70  
                 24.87        52.36 (27.49)
        1:20.09 (27.73)     1:47.70 (27.61)
  7 Gretchen Lueking       18 Carmel Swim Club  1:48.52    1:48.15  
                 24.83        51.70 (26.87)
        1:19.44 (27.74)     1:48.15 (28.71)
  8 Catherine Meisner      18 Greater Somerset  1:48.49    1:48.23  
                 25.17        52.60 (27.43)
        1:20.43 (27.83)     1:48.23 (27.80)

Devon Kitchel, another Carmel swimmer, was the winner in the women’s 100 breast, her time of 1:00.53 good enough to outpace the field by more than three tenths. 15-year-old Mackenzie Headley of Farmington Valley touched out Mason Manta Rays’ Jessey Li for second, 1:00.87 to 1:00.90.

  1 Devon Kitchel          17 Carmel Swim Club  1:00.77    1:00.53  
                 28.34      1:00.53 (32.19)
  2 Mackenzie Headley      15 Farmington Valle  1:01.26    1:00.87  
                 28.29      1:00.87 (32.58)
  3 Jessey Li              17 Mason Manta Rays  1:01.45    1:00.90  
                 28.47      1:00.90 (32.43)
  3 Grace Rainey           17 SwimMAC Carolina  1:01.42    1:00.90  
                 29.19      1:00.90 (31.71)
  5 Zoe Skirboll           17 Racer X Aquatics  1:01.14    1:00.99  
                 28.29      1:00.99 (32.70)
  6 Elizabeth Isakson      17 Chattahoochee Go  1:01.56    1:01.58  
                 28.88      1:01.58 (32.70)
  7 Gracie Weyant          16 Sarasota Sharks-  1:01.75    1:01.70  
                 29.22      1:01.70 (32.48)
  8 Samantha Armand        16 TAC Titans-NC     1:02.01    1:01.81  
                 29.54      1:01.81 (32.27)

Lakeside Swim Team’s Will Scholtz narrowly beat out Bolles School Sharks’ Will Heck to win the men’s 100 breast, 53.67 to 53.71. Bolles’ Ethan Maloney was just behind in third, clocking 53.97.

  1 Will Scholtz           16 Lakeside Swim Te    53.61      53.67  
                 25.19        53.67 (28.48)
  2 Will Heck              17 Bolles School Sh    53.79      53.71  
                 25.11        53.71 (28.60)
  3 Ethan Maloney          18 Bolles School Sh    53.74      53.97  
                 25.01        53.97 (28.96)
  4 Steven Insixiengmay    17 YMCA of Northwes    54.40      54.19  
                 25.36        54.19 (28.83)
  5 Preston Lin            18 Spartan Aquatic-    54.62      54.40  
                 25.44        54.40 (28.96)
  6 Ryan Malicki           17 Carmel Swim Club    54.59      54.42  
                 25.24        54.42 (29.18)
  7 Ethan Schwab           16 Birmingham 'Y' B    54.47      54.43  
                 25.71        54.43 (28.72)
  8 Wyatt Porch            15 Bolles School Sh    54.66      54.94  
                 25.46        54.94 (29.48)

The final individual event of the day, the men’s 100 back, went to Zionsville’s Will Modglin in a blowout. Modglin touched in 45.90, almost a second ahead of Firestone’s Jonny Marshall (46.87), while McCallie’s Sam Powe was third (47.09).

  1 Will Modglin           17 Zionsville Swim-    46.70      45.90  
                 22.40        45.90 (23.50)
  2 Jonny Marshall         17 Firestone Akron-    47.41      46.87  
                 22.35        46.87 (24.52)
  3 Sam Powe               17 McCallie / GPS A    47.43      47.09  
                 22.61        47.09 (24.48)
  4 Hudson Williams        16 New Albany Aquat    46.88      47.20  
                 22.83        47.20 (24.37)
  5 Owen McDonald          17 Dynamo Swim Club    47.65      47.21  
                 23.13        47.21 (24.08)
  6 Tommy Janton           17 Western YMCA Wah    47.59      47.31  
                 22.69        47.31 (24.62)
  7 Daniel Diehl           16 YMCA of Cumberla    47.13      47.39  
                 22.49        47.39 (24.90)
  8 Carl Bloebaum          18 Mason Manta Rays    47.80      48.14  
                 23.32        48.14 (24.82)

Carmel won the women’s 200 free relay with Meghan ChristmanGretchen Lueking, Kitchel and Shackell, who finished in 1:30.78.

  1 Carmel Swim Club-IN  'A'            3:20.75    1:30.78  
     1) Meghan Christman 17           2) Gretchen Lueking 18          
     3) Devon Kitchel 17              4) Alex Shackell 15             
                 23.08        46.21 (23.13)
        1:08.78 (22.57)     1:30.78 (22.00)
  2 Phoenix Swimming-NE  'A'            3:20.88    1:31.47  
     1) Michaela Chokureva 17         2) Alexis Martino 17            
     3) Caroline McCurdy 17           4) Malia Amuan 17               
                 22.93        45.93 (23.00)
        1:08.74 (22.81)     1:31.47 (22.73)
  3 New Albany Aquat-OH  'A'            3:22.98    1:32.34  
     1) Martina Peroni 18             2) Carly Meeting 17             
     3) Kiah Smith 17                 4) Ava Lachey 17                
                 23.14        46.17 (23.03)
        1:09.02 (22.85)     1:32.34 (23.32)

Bolles picked up the win in the men’s 200 free relay with Andres Dupond CabreraDrew SallsTucker Peterson and Heck clocking 1:20.34. Salls had the fastest split with his 19.63, while Nelson anchored in 19.40 for second-place SwimMAC.

  1 Bolles School Sh-FL  'A'            2:58.86    1:20.34  
     1) *Andres Dupont Cabrera 18     2) Drew Salls 17                
     3) Tucker Peterson 17            4) Will Heck 17                 
                 20.18        39.81 (19.63)
        1:00.16 (20.35)     1:20.34 (20.18)
  2 SwimMAC Carolina-NC  'A'            2:59.00    1:20.49  
     1) Logan Zucker 18               2) Tiesyn Harris 17             
     3) Cam Abaqueta 18               4) Baylor Nelson 18             
                 20.50        40.60 (20.10)
        1:01.09 (20.49)     1:20.49 (19.40)
  3 New Albany Aquat-OH  'A'            2:59.71    1:20.67  
     1) Brady McInerney 17            2) Chase Swearingen 16          
     3) Hudson Williams 16            4) Spencer Aurnou-Rhees 17      
                 20.57        40.66 (20.09)
        1:00.47 (19.81)     1:20.67 (20.20)

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