Carmel Women, SwimMAC Men Win Relays on Night One at Greensboro Juniors

Berit Berglund -- Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Carmel Women, SwimMAC Men Win Relays on Night One at Greensboro Juniors

The eastern site for USA Swimming’s Winter Junior Nationals began Wednesday evening with action in the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relays, with the Carmel Swim Club women and SwimMAC Carolina men taking first in two relays each. Carmel was led by some of the stars of last year’s high school national-title winning team, including future Texas Longhorn Berit Berglund and freshman Alex Shackell, the breakout star of the Summer Championships in the same Greensboro pool.

Carmel’s women first won the 200 medley relay in 1:37.60 with Berglund, Devon Kitchel, Shackell and Meghan Christman. That clipped five hundredths off the Juniors meet record of 1:37.65 set by Fort Collins in 2017. The TAC Titans finished 3.5 seconds behind in second place in 1:41.26, and third went to Club Wolverine in 1:41.59.

  1 Carmel Swim Club-IN  'A'            3:40.76    1:37.60M  40  
     1) Berit Berglund 16             2) r:0.28 Devon Kitchel 17      
     3) r:0.28 Alex Shackell 15       4) r:0.44 Meghan Christman 17   
    r:+0.61  24.13        51.63 (27.50)
        1:15.10 (23.47)     1:37.60 (22.50)
  2 TAC Titans-NC  'A'                  3:36.21    1:41.26   34  
     1) Taylor Morris 17              2) r:0.12 Samantha Armand 16    
     3) r:0.21 Keelan Cotter 16       4) r:0.09 Mere Whelehan 14      
    r:+0.71  25.25        53.84 (28.59)
        1:18.30 (24.46)     1:41.26 (22.96)
  3 Club Wolverine-MI  'A'              3:41.13    1:41.59   32  
     1) Stella Chapman 15             2) r:0.55 Lily Cramer 17        
     3) r:0.05 Hannah Bellard 16      4) r:0.32 Brady Kendall 17      
    r:+0.67  26.00        54.72 (28.72)
        1:18.82 (24.10)     1:41.59 (22.77)

Carmel then won by almost two seconds in the 800 free relay. Shackell led off in 1:46.37, and she was followed by Berglund, Lynsey Bowen and Gretchen Lueking on the way to a final time of 7:11.84. Sarasota Sharks took second in 7:13.49, and Dynamo was third in 7:15.66.

  1 Carmel Swim Club-IN  'A'            7:24.66    7:11.84   40  
     1) Alex Shackell 15              2) r:0.16 Berit Berglund 16     
     3) r:0.57 Lynsey Bowen 14        4) r:0.38 Gretchen Lueking 18   
    r:+0.71  24.33        50.90 (50.90)
      1:18.57 (1:18.57)   1:46.37 (1:46.37)
        2:11.62 (25.25)     2:39.13 (52.76)
      3:06.96 (1:20.59)   3:35.53 (1:49.16)
        3:59.62 (24.09)     4:27.06 (51.53)
      4:55.25 (1:19.72)   5:23.57 (1:48.04)
        5:47.89 (24.32)     6:14.93 (51.36)
      6:43.18 (1:19.61)   7:11.84 (1:48.27)
  2 Sarasota Sharks-FL  'A'             7:15.25    7:13.49   34  
     1) Gracie Weyant 16              2) r:0.54 Addison Sauickie 15   
     3) r:0.12 Michaela Mattes 16     4) r:0.43 Sarah Sensenbrenner 18
    r:+0.71  25.36        53.05 (53.05)
      1:21.86 (1:21.86)   1:49.76 (1:49.76)
        2:14.28 (24.52)     2:41.27 (51.51)
      3:08.60 (1:18.84)   3:36.24 (1:46.48)
        4:00.44 (24.20)     4:27.52 (51.28)
      4:55.40 (1:19.16)   5:23.45 (1:47.21)
        5:41.99 (18.54)     6:15.81 (52.36)
      6:44.34 (1:20.89)   7:13.49 (1:50.04)
  3 Dynamo Swim Club-GA  'A'            7:14.20    7:15.66   32  
     1) Alex Mitchell 17              2) r:0.32 Ella Jones 16         
     3) r:0.35 Rye Ulett 17           4) r:0.43 Catie Choate 17       
    r:+0.74  25.46        53.06 (53.06)
      1:21.21 (1:21.21)   1:49.51 (1:49.51)
        2:15.17 (25.66)     2:43.07 (53.56)
      3:11.53 (1:22.02)   3:40.21 (1:50.70)
        4:04.83 (24.62)     4:31.99 (51.78)
      4:59.78 (1:19.57)   5:27.43 (1:47.22)
        5:52.13 (24.70)     6:19.50 (52.07)
      6:47.34 (1:19.91)   7:15.66 (1:48.23)

On the men’s side, SwimMAC’s Baylor Nelson returns to Greensboro this weekend after a breakout performance at last week’s U.S. Open, where he won the 200 IM and took second in the 400 IM and 200 back. Wednesday night, he anchored the SwimMAC 200 medley relay team in 19.17. The team of Caleb Maldari, Cam Abaqueta, Logan Zucker and Nelson finished in 1:27.35. Mason Manta Rays touched out Bolles School for second place, 1:28.22 to 1:28.27.

  1 SwimMAC Carolina-NC  'A'            3:14.21    1:27.35   40  
     1) Caleb Maldari 16              2) r:0.11 Cam Abaqueta 18       
     3) r:0.16 Logan Zucker 18        4) r:0.13 Baylor Nelson 18      
    r:+0.81  22.70        47.41 (24.71)
        1:08.18 (20.77)     1:27.35 (19.17)
  2 Mason Manta Rays-OH  'A'            3:13.47    1:28.22   34  
     1) Avery Clapp 18                2) r:0.26 Adam McDonald 17      
     3) r:0.21 Carl Bloebaum 18       4) r:0.34 Gibson Holmes 17      
    r:+0.70  22.49        47.81 (25.32)
        1:08.31 (20.50)     1:28.22 (19.91)
  3 Bolles School Sh-FL  'A'            3:14.26    1:28.27   32  
     1) Carter Lancaster 15           2) r:0.14 Will Heck 17          
     3) r:0.36 *Miguel Rojas Nwman 17 4) r:0.07 *Andres Dupont rera 18
    r:+0.70  22.48        46.56 (24.08)
        1:08.25 (21.69)     1:28.27 (20.02)

A bit later, Nelson anchored the SwimMAC 800 free relay as well, this time with a 1:34.53 split. Zucker, Alex Ayers and Maldari swam the first three legs, and the final time was 6:26.99. TAC Titans placed second in 6:30.26, and Swim Atlanta grabbed third in 6:31.68.

  1 SwimMAC Carolina-NC  'A'            6:25.50    6:26.99   40  
     1) Logan Zucker 18               2) r:0.46 Alex Ayers 16         
     3) r:0.28 Caleb Maldari 16       4) r:0.25 Baylor Nelson 18      
    r:+0.64  22.14        46.55 (46.55)
      1:11.16 (1:11.16)   1:35.55 (1:35.55)
        1:57.81 (22.26)     2:22.75 (47.20)
      2:48.52 (1:12.97)   3:14.57 (1:39.02)
        3:36.98 (22.41)     4:01.84 (47.27)
      4:27.25 (1:12.68)   4:52.46 (1:37.89)
        5:13.94 (21.48)     5:38.21 (45.75)
      6:02.69 (1:10.23)   6:26.99 (1:34.53)
  2 TAC Titans-NC  'A'                  6:30.49    6:30.26   34  
     1) Michael Cotter 18             2) r:0.23 Lance Norris 18       
     3) r:0.19 David Greeley 18       4) r:0.17 Braeden Haughey 17    
    r:+0.66  21.93        45.96 (45.96)
      1:10.75 (1:10.75)   1:36.07 (1:36.07)
        1:58.62 (22.55)     2:23.83 (47.76)
      2:49.44 (1:13.37)   3:13.91 (1:37.84)
        3:36.08 (22.17)     4:00.71 (46.80)
      4:26.23 (1:12.32)   4:51.92 (1:38.01)
        5:09.67 (17.75)     5:39.33 (47.41)
      6:05.19 (1:13.27)   6:30.26 (1:38.34)
  3 SwimAtlanta-GA  'A'                 6:27.89    6:31.68   32  
     1) Sebastien Sergile 17          2) r:0.25 Owen Holland 18       
     3) r:0.26 Jose Castro 18         4) r:0.32 Ben Irwin 16          
    r:+0.65  22.09        46.25 (46.25)
      1:10.60 (1:10.60)   1:35.52 (1:35.52)
        1:58.59 (23.07)     2:23.81 (48.29)
      2:48.71 (1:13.19)   3:14.18 (1:38.66)
        3:36.81 (22.63)     4:01.74 (47.56)
      4:27.28 (1:13.10)   4:52.77 (1:38.59)
        5:14.83 (22.06)     5:39.98 (47.21)
      6:05.62 (1:12.85)   6:31.68 (1:38.91)

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