Action at the 2018 Short Course YMCA National Championship will dive in tonight at the Greensboro Aquatic Center.
Upper Main Line’s Brendan Burns enters the meet as the top seed in four events (100 and 200 backstroke and butterfly). He’s a full five seconds ahead of the field in the 200 butterfly and leads the way by three in the 200 backstroke.
Hickory’s Ross Dant is second seed in the 200 backstroke. The NC State commit has dominant top seeds in the 500, 1,000, and 1650 freestyle events.
National record holder Max McHugh of Door County is top seed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, both by significant margins. The University of Minnesota commit will also swim the 50 freestyle, where he is seeded third.
Somerset Hills has the fastest entry time in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays for the men.
The women seem to have a lot more athletes all in contention for the top spot in most events. Lizzy Colwell of New Canaan is top seed in the 100 breaststroke, but second to Boise’s Sammie Eyolfson in the 200 breaststroke.
Bradford’s 16 year old Paige Hetrick is seeded near the top of her entries, with the fastest 200 backstroke, second 100 back and 100 and 200 freestyles and 100 butterfly seeds. She’ll have to get past Westport/Weston’s Sarah Grinalds, who holds the fastest entry time in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyles. Grinalds is also third in the 500 and fourth in the 1000, showing impressive range.
Blue Ash’s Megan Glass is top seed in the 100 butterfly by over a second. She’s also second in the 200 butterfly, just trailing Sarasota’s Isabel Traba. Westport/Weston holds the top seeds in both the women’s 200 and 400 freestyle relays.
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