Carmel Swimmers Claim Three of 10 Top Seeds at Greensboro Juniors; Heilman Lowers NAG Records

Carmel's Devon Kitchel was the top seed in the women's 100 breast at Greensboro Juniors -- Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Carmel Swimmers Claim Three of 10 Top Seeds at Greensboro Juniors; Heilman Lowers NAG Records

The Carmel Swim Team was the dominant group during Friday morning’s prelims at Junior Nationals in Greensboro as three Carmel swimmers, Alex Shackell, Devon Kitchel and Berit Berglund, each recorded the top time in their respective events. Meanwhile, 14-year-old Thomas Heilman took down a pair of National Age Group records in the 13-14 boys’ 100 fly and 200 free.

Shackell, 15, destroyed her best time by almost a second when she finisehd first in the 100 fly prelims in 51.47. That was almost a second-and-a-half ahead of the field, and finishing in the second spot was Lakeside’s Charlotte Crush, who beat her best time by 1.37 seconds on the way to a 53.12. Third went to Kitchel in 53.25.

  1 Alex Shackell          15 Carmel Swim Club    52.54      51.47  
                 24.02        51.47 (27.45)
  2 Charlotte Crush        13 Lakeside Swim Te    54.49      53.12  
                 24.58        53.12 (28.54)
  3 Devon Kitchel          17 Carmel Swim Club    52.93      53.25  
                 24.79        53.25 (28.46)
  4 Levenia Sim            15 TNT Swimming-SE     53.17      53.32  
                 24.71        53.32 (28.61)
  5 Anna Boemer            16 SOLO Aquatics-NE    53.31      53.36  
                 25.12        53.36 (28.24)
  6 Emily Thompson         15 Greater Somerset    54.26      53.69  
                 25.25        53.69 (28.44)
  7 Gigi Johnson           17 SwimAtlanta-GA      53.13      53.70  
                 25.16        53.70 (28.54)
  8 Gaby Van Brunt         16 Georgia Coastal-    53.72      53.71  
                 25.37        53.71 (28.34)

Kitchel, a future Michigan Wolverine, posted a best time of 1:00.77 to place first in the women’s 100 breast, taking almost a half-second off her best time. Racer X Aquatics’ Zoe Skirboll (1:01.14) and Farmington Valley’s Mackenzie Headley (1:01.26) completed the top three.

  1 Devon Kitchel          17 Carmel Swim Club  1:01.20    1:00.77  
                 28.61      1:00.77 (32.16)
  2 Zoe Skirboll           17 Racer X Aquatics  1:00.19    1:01.14  
                 28.46      1:01.14 (32.68)
  3 Mackenzie Headley      15 Farmington Valle  1:01.77    1:01.26  
                 28.78      1:01.26 (32.48)
  4 Grace Rainey           17 SwimMAC Carolina  1:00.58    1:01.42  
                 29.32      1:01.42 (32.10)
  5 Jessey Li              17 Mason Manta Rays  1:00.74    1:01.45  
                 28.88      1:01.45 (32.57)
  6 Elizabeth Isakson      17 Chattahoochee Go  1:02.51    1:01.56  
                 28.78      1:01.56 (32.78)
  7 Gracie Weyant          16 Sarasota Sharks-  1:01.51    1:01.75  
                 29.12      1:01.75 (32.63)
  8 Samantha Armand        16 TAC Titans-NC     1:02.90    1:02.01  
                 29.41      1:02.01 (32.60)

The third top seed of the day for Carmel went to Berit Berglund, who topped the women’s 100 back heats in 52.65, just ahead of New Albanay’s Carly Meeting (52.91) and Commonwealth Swimming’s Natalie Mannion (52.97).

  1 Berit Berglund         16 Carmel Swim Club    52.09      52.65  
                 25.23        52.65 (27.42)
  2 Carly Meeting          17 New Albany Aquat    53.65      52.91  
                 25.36        52.91 (27.55)
  3 Natalie Mannion        17 Commonwealth Swi    53.07      52.97  
                 25.93        52.97 (27.04)
  4 Levenia Sim            15 TNT Swimming-SE     51.03      52.99  
                 25.31        52.99 (27.68)
  5 Rye Ulett              17 Dynamo Swim Club    52.87      53.18  
                 26.23        53.18 (26.95)
  6 Charlotte Crush        13 Lakeside Swim Te  1:03.80L     53.66  
                 25.96        53.66 (27.70)
  7 Sabrina Johnston       17 BGC-N. Westchest    53.77      53.68  
                 26.06        53.68 (27.62)
  8 Erika Pelaez           15 Eagle Aquatics-F    52.91      53.75  
                 26.09        53.75 (27.66)

In the men’s 100 fly, Heilman led the field by six tenths with his 46.42. He was out in 21.59 and back in 24.83 on the way to breaking Olympian Michael Andrew’s National Age Group record of 46.95. Second place went to Tate Bacon (47.01), just ahead of Mason Manta Rays’ Carl Bloebaum (47.03).

  1 Thomas Heilman         14 Cavalier Aquatic    47.35      46.42  
  2 Tate Bacon             17 Unattached-NC       47.50      47.01  
  3 Carl Bloebaum          18 Mason Manta Rays    47.28      47.03  
  4 Kamal Muhammad         18 Spartan Aquatic-    47.84      47.05  
  5 Mitchell Ledford       17 Treasure Coast S    46.86      47.20  
  6 Will Modglin           17 Zionsville Swim-    47.56      47.41  
  7 Gibson Holmes          17 Mason Manta Rays    47.97      47.43  
  8 Logan Zucker           18 SwimMAC Carolina    48.45      47.63

In the men’s 200 free, 16-year-old Daniel Diehl from the YMCA of Cumberland swam a 1:34.56 for the top seed, taking 1.4 seconds off his bet time, while Heilman finished second in 1:35.28 to beat his own best time and 13-14 NAG record by almost a second. Baylor Nelson of SwimMAC Carolina claimed the third seed in 1:36.16.

  1 Daniel Diehl           16 YMCA of Cumberla  1:35.99    1:34.56  
  2 Thomas Heilman         14 Cavalier Aquatic  1:36.25    1:35.28  
  3 Baylor Nelson          18 SwimMAC Carolina  1:36.24    1:36.16  
  4 Sebastien Sergile      17 SwimAtlanta-GA    1:35.13    1:36.23  
  5 Roman Valdez           17 Carpet Capital A  1:36.63    1:36.46  
  6 Owen McDonald          17 Dynamo Swim Club  1:36.61    1:37.05  
  7 Henry McFadden         16 Jersey Wahoos-MA  1:38.82    1:37.08  
  8 Lucca Battaglini       16 Unattached-NC     1:38.99    1:37.25

Earlier in the session, Nelson cruised to the top seed in the 400 IM in 3:48.17. He previously won the 200 IM Thursday night and took first in the 200-meter IM at last week’s U.S. Open. Lakeside Swim Team’s Will Scholtz (3:48.75) and Fishers Area’s Kyle Ponsler (3:49.63) also broke 3:50 in the heats.

  1 Baylor Nelson          18 SwimMAC Carolina  3:45.67    3:48.17  
  2 Will Scholtz           16 Lakeside Swim Te  3:53.45    3:48.75  
  3 Kyle Ponsler           17 Fishers Area Swi  3:50.03    3:49.63  
  4 Jack Anderson          18 Lakeside Swim Te  3:49.03    3:50.00  
  5 Jackson Millard        18 Kentucky Aquatic  3:53.74    3:51.07  
  6 Sebastien Sergile      17 SwimAtlanta-GA    3:49.25    3:51.14  
  7 Drew Hitchcock         16 Baylor Swim Club  3:55.77    3:51.36  
  8 Spencer Aurnou-Rhees   17 New Albany Aquat  3:51.15    3:51.67

Michaela Mattes of the Sarasota Sharks grabbed first in the women’s 400 IM prelims in 4:15.82, followed closely by Team Greenville’s Lilla Bognar 4:16.00) and Chattahoochee Gold’s Elizabeth Tilt (4:16.34).

  1 Michaela Mattes        16 Sarasota Sharks-  4:15.39    4:15.82  
                 27.57        57.82 (30.25)
        1:30.76 (32.94)     2:02.69 (31.93)
        2:40.08 (37.39)     3:18.29 (38.21)
        3:47.92 (29.63)     4:15.82 (27.90)
  2 Lilla Bognar           15 Team Greenville-  4:18.75    4:16.00  
                 27.45        59.05 (31.60)
        1:30.75 (31.70)     2:02.08 (31.33)
        2:39.72 (37.64)     3:17.96 (38.24)
        3:47.75 (29.79)     4:16.00 (28.25)
  3 Elizabeth Tilt         17 Chattahoochee Go  4:16.15    4:16.34  
                 25.98        56.75 (30.77)
        1:29.73 (32.98)     2:01.01 (31.28)
        2:39.09 (38.08)     3:17.65 (38.56)
        3:48.06 (30.41)     4:16.34 (28.28)
  4 Grace Rainey           17 SwimMAC Carolina  4:16.99    4:16.57  
                 27.13        57.84 (30.71)
        1:32.05 (34.21)     2:06.48 (34.43)
        2:40.91 (34.43)     3:17.19 (36.28)
        3:47.36 (30.17)     4:16.57 (29.21)
  5 Hana Shimizu-Bowers    17 Badger Swim Club  4:13.76    4:16.99  
                 26.95        57.78 (30.83)
        1:30.12 (32.34)     2:02.40 (32.28)
        2:40.02 (37.62)     3:18.14 (38.12)
        3:48.31 (30.17)     4:16.99 (28.68)
  6 Rye Ulett              17 Dynamo Swim Club  4:14.94    4:17.47  
                 26.94        57.59 (30.65)
        1:29.77 (32.18)     2:01.48 (31.71)
        2:39.37 (37.89)     3:18.25 (38.88)
        3:48.76 (30.51)     4:17.47 (28.71)
  7 Gracie Weyant          16 Sarasota Sharks-  4:54.23L   4:17.61  
                 27.77        59.33 (31.56)
        1:32.84 (33.51)     2:05.33 (32.49)
        2:41.56 (36.23)     3:18.29 (36.73)
        3:49.28 (30.99)     4:17.61 (28.33)
  8 Haley McDonald         14 Lakeside Swim Te  4:53.18L   4:17.91  
                 26.85        57.96 (31.11)
        1:30.43 (32.47)     2:02.68 (32.25)
        2:40.33 (37.65)     3:18.40 (38.07)
        3:48.69 (30.29)     4:17.91 (29.22)

Anna Moesch took first in the prelims of the women’s 200 free in 1:46.31, while Mannion placed second in 1:46.84. Third place went to Y-Spartaquatics’ Kirsti McEnroe in 1:47.46.

  1 Anna Moesch            16 Unattached-NJ     2:03.17L   1:46.31  
                 24.58        51.65 (27.07)
        1:19.41 (27.76)     1:46.31 (26.90)
  2 Natalie Mannion        17 Commonwealth Swi  1:46.83    1:46.84  
                 24.89        51.85 (26.96)
        1:19.17 (27.32)     1:46.84 (27.67)
  3 Kirsti McEnroe         17 Y-Spartaquatics-  1:47.26    1:47.46  
                 24.97        52.46 (27.49)
        1:20.16 (27.70)     1:47.46 (27.30)
  4 Katherine Helms        17 Mason Makos Swim  1:46.18    1:47.50  
                 24.35        52.02 (27.67)
        1:20.13 (28.11)     1:47.50 (27.37)
  5 Malia Amuan            17 Phoenix Swimming  1:48.17    1:47.59  
                 24.96        51.88 (26.92)
        1:19.43 (27.55)     1:47.59 (28.16)
  6 Addison Sauickie       15 Sarasota Sharks-  1:47.46    1:47.78  
                 25.07        52.56 (27.49)
        1:20.18 (27.62)     1:47.78 (27.60)
  7 Catherine Meisner      18 Greater Somerset  1:47.30    1:48.49  
                 25.02        52.05 (27.03)
        1:20.19 (28.14)     1:48.49 (28.30)
  8 Gretchen Lueking       18 Carmel Swim Club  1:45.48    1:48.52  
                 24.99        52.09 (27.10)
        1:19.79 (27.70)     1:48.52 (28.73)

Following his second-seeded swim in the 400 IM, Scholtz crushed his 100 breast best time to take the top seed in 53.61, with the Bolles School Sharks duo of Ethan Maloney (53.74) and Will Heck (53.79) just behind him.

  1 Will Scholtz           16 Lakeside Swim Te    54.45      53.61  
  2 Ethan Maloney          18 Bolles School Sh    54.80      53.74  
  3 Will Heck              17 Bolles School Sh    53.73      53.79  
  4 Steven Insixiengmay    17 YMCA of Northwes    55.16      54.40  
  5 Ethan Schwab           16 Birmingham 'Y' B    55.46      54.47  
  6 Ryan Malicki           17 Carmel Swim Club    53.45      54.59  
  7 Preston Lin            18 Spartan Aquatic-    54.71      54.62  
  8 Wyatt Porch            15 Bolles School Sh  1:06.28L     54.66

Finally, Zionsville’s Will Modglin rounded out the session by swimming a 46.70 for the top seed in the men’s 100 back, just ahead of New Albany’s Hudson Williams in 46.88. Diehl qualified for his second A-final of the day by finishing third (47.13).

  1 Will Modglin           17 Zionsville Swim-    46.60      46.70  
  2 Hudson Williams        16 New Albany Aquat    47.89      46.88  
  3 Daniel Diehl           16 YMCA of Cumberla    47.39      47.13  
  4 Jonny Marshall         17 Firestone Akron-    47.41      47.41  
  5 Sam Powe               17 McCallie / GPS A    47.07      47.43  
  6 Tommy Janton           17 Western YMCA Wah    48.22      47.59  
  7 Owen McDonald          17 Dynamo Swim Club    49.11      47.65  
  8 Carl Bloebaum          18 Mason Manta Rays    49.45      47.80

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