Eva Merrell Sets 13-14 100 Fly National Age Group Record

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FEDERAL WAY – In a second-place effort, Aquazot’s Eva Merrell took down the 13-14 U.S. National Age Group record in the 100-yard fly at the Speedo Winter Junior Nationals.

In one of the more heart-breaking DQs in recent memory at Juniors, Quest’s Maddie Banic won the A final with a 52.65 before drawing a disqualification.

That moved Mid-Valley’s Mackenzie Rumrill to first with a time of 52.77, while Aquazot 14-year-old Eva Merrell set the 13-14 U.S. National Age Group record with a second-place time of 53.19.

That swim eclipsed the 53.30 set by Cassidy Bayer earlier this year.

Longhorn’s Victoria Edwards took third overall in 53.43 with PASA’s Heidi Katter taking fourth in 53.60.

Y-Sparta’s Katrina Konopka (53.72), Walnut Creek’s Brittany Usinger (53.94) and Lake Country’s Megan Doty (54.49) placed fifth through seventh.

Taylor Garcia of Byron Center cleared her lifetime best with a winning time of 53.44 in the B final.

That swim undercut her 53.69 from last winters junior nationals.

Maddie Murphy gave Garcia a chase, but wound up second in 53.77.  Tamara Santoyo took third in 53.89.

Alexis Margett (53.92), Sonia Wang (54.27), Chloe Isleta (54.33), Tevyn Waddell (54.67) and Paige Maynard (54.89) turned in the rest of the B final swims.

Denver’s Annie Ochitwa cruised to victory in the C final of the event with a 53.82. Her best time entering today had been a 54.10 from the Minneapolis Grand Prix.

Amy Okada took second in 53.98 with Taylor Pike earning third in 54.47.

Gabby Vieira (54.53), Jessi Snover (54.60), Mei Lynn Colby (54.81) and Dakota Luther (54.88) also completed legal swims in the bonus heat.  Shelby Koontz drew a disqualification.

Event 15  Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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  SC Jrs Meet: J 52.44  12/13/2013Danielle Nack, Mantas Swim Club
    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals HyPts Points
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                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Rumrill, Macken  17 Mid-Valley Aquat    53.48      52.77   932   20  
                 24.97        52.77 (27.80)
  2 Merrell, Eva     14 Aquazot Swim Clu    53.81      53.19   915   17  
                 24.68        53.19 (28.51)
  3 Edwards, Victor  16 Longhorn Aquatic    53.82      53.43   905   16  
                 25.06        53.43 (28.37)
  4 Katter, Heidi    17 Palo Alto Stanfo    53.98      53.60   898   15  
                 25.03        53.60 (28.57)
  5 Konopka, Katrin  17 Y-Spartaquatics-    53.76      53.72   893   14  
                 25.04        53.72 (28.68)
  6 Usinger, Britta  17 Walnut Creek Aqu    53.87      53.94   883   13  
                 25.18        53.94 (28.76)
  7 Doty, Megan      16 Lake Country Swi    53.79      54.49   861   12  
                 25.59        54.49 (28.90)
 -- Banic, Maddie    17 Quest Swimming-V    52.95         DQ        
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Garcia, Taylor   17 Byron Center-MI     54.23      53.44   904    9  
                 24.51        53.44 (28.93)
 10 Murphy, Maddie   16 Crow Canyon Coun    54.24      53.77   890    7  
                 25.36        53.77 (28.41)
 11 Santoyo, Tamara  17 Canyons Aquatic-    54.13      53.89   886    6  
                 25.04        53.89 (28.85)
 12 Margett, Alexis  16 Aquazot Swim Clu    54.11      53.92   884    5  
                 25.22        53.92 (28.70)
 13 Wang, Sonia      17 Aquazot Swim Clu    54.23      54.27   870    4  
                 25.61        54.27 (28.66)
 14 Isleta, Chloe    16 Palo Alto Stanfo    54.04      54.33   867    3  
                 25.15        54.33 (29.18)
 15 Waddell, Tevyn   16 Mitchell Aquatic    54.03      54.67   854    2  
                 25.33        54.67 (29.34)
 16 Maynard, Paige   17 Davis Arden Raci    54.16      54.89   845    1  
                 25.28        54.89 (29.61)
 
                            === C - Final ===                            
 
 17 Ochitwa, Annie   17 Denver Swim Acad    54.30      53.82   888  
                 24.95        53.82 (28.87)
 18 Okada, Amy       16 Royal Swim Team-    54.36      53.98   882  
                 25.84        53.98 (28.14)
 19 Pike, Taylor     15 RAC-AquaHawgs-AR    54.53      54.47   862  
                 25.43        54.47 (29.04)
 20 *Vieira, Gabby   17 CSP Tideriders-O    54.43      54.53   859  
                 25.02        54.53 (29.51)
 21 Snover, Jessi    15 Y-Spartaquatics-    54.48      54.60   856  
                 25.64        54.60 (28.96)
 22 Colby, Mei Lynn  17 Academy of Texas    54.78      54.81   848  
                 25.67        54.81 (29.14)
 23 Luther, Dakota   15 Longhorn Aquatic    54.58      54.88   845  
                 25.66        54.88 (29.22)
 -- Koontz, Shelby   16 Douglas Dolfins-    54.63         DQ

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