Ella Eastin and Andrew Seliskar Top 200 IM High School All-Americans List

Ella Eastin
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Ella Eastin and Andrew Seliskar closed out their high school careers with exciting swims in the 200 individual medley during the 2014-2015 season. Eastin chipped away at her national independent record, while Seliskar approached one of the most unreacheable swims in history.

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Eastin’s 1:53.90 was the best 200 IM in the nation by nearly four seconds. The Crean Lutheran High School senior did it at the California Interscholastic Federation’s Southern Section Championships, setting a lifetime best and inching a bit closer to Dagny Knutson’s overall national record of 1:53.82.

At the same meet, Kristen Vose of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy posted a 1:56.07 to rank second nationally. Lauren Barber was the only other swimmer in the nation to swim under 1:58 in the 200 IM, as the senior from Wilmington Area High School posted a lifetime best 1:57.76 to rank third in the nation.

Leading four swimmers in the 1:58 range was West Potomac High School freshman Cassidy Bayer with a 1:58.21. Bayer is known mostly for her butterfly prowess, having broken a national age group record in the 200 butterfly that once belonged to the legendary Mary T. Meagher.

Girls 200 IM National Top 8 (Mobile users: Click the “+” to expand content)

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Seliskar posted the second-fastest 200 IM in high school history last February with his astounding 1:43.01 at the Virginia high school championships. It was the closest anyone has gotten to David Nolan’s overall national record of 1:41.39, and was a lifetime best. He would eclipse that two weeks later with a 1:42.84 at a USA Swimming meet.

Michael Thomas from Hatboro Horsham High School, who had won the USA Swimming junior national title in December with a 1:45.54, shattered that with a 1:44.50 at the Pennsylvania high school championships two months later to rank second nationally among high school swimmers. Ian Finnerty of Bloomington South High School beat out Saratoga High School’s Xiangfei Xie for the third ranking, 1:45.67 to 1:45.81.

Boys 200 IM National Top 8 (Mobile users: Click the “+” to expand content)

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2014-15 NISCA Girls High School All-Americans

2014-15 NISCA Boys High School All-Americans

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Ella Eastin and Andrew Seliskar Top 200 IM High School All-Americans List

Posted by Swimming World on Wednesday, July 15, 2015

NOTE: In order to be considered for All America selection, swimmers must qualify with a time standard and an application must be submitted to NISCA. See the NISCA website (www.niscaonline.org) for more information about time standards and application submission. Corrections can also be submitted to NISCA via three emails: Boys Swimming contact: boysswaa@niscaonline.org; Girls Swimming contact: girlsswaa@niscaonline.org; Boys and Girls Diving contact: aadiving@niscaonline.org

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Charlene Tallen
8 years ago

That’s crazy! Crazy awesome!

Joanna
Joanna
8 years ago

What happened to Kirsten Vose on top 200 IM swims? And Bailey Nero? Kirsten is listed as fastest time in your data base – though Ella did go faster

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