Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick
The Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions kicked off in Mission Viejo with a 30 lap opener, as men’s and women’s mile swimmers set the ball rolling in one of the sport’s most special events.
Fran Crippen was a decorated American distance swimmer who transitioned to open water competitions in 2006. He tragically passed away in 2010 at age 26, leaving the swim community heartbroken. Since then, elite athletes from around the country have convened at an annual swim meet in his honor, an event that is truly unique, exceptional, and competitive–just like Fran Crippen.
Erica Sullivan and Jordan Wilimovsky failed to disappoint, putting forth impressive performances in the opening event and setting the bar high for the remainder of the weekend.
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Women’s 1500 Free
Erica Sullivan earned top honors with ease, paying tribute with a stellar 16:13.74 for the win in the meet’s opening event. Seventeen-year-old Liberty Williams clocked in at 16:52.95 to seize second, taking down Kendall Dawson’s 17:01.58. Mattea Sokolow chased her to the end, crashing the pads with a 17:06.40 to slash her seed time.
Caitlyn Wilson forced her name on the scene, as she split a near perfect race to drop a 17:09.86, as Julie Arzave stroked in for the finish at 17:15.50. Kathy Sulkevich and Josie Carpenter rounded out a loaded heat with times of 17:22.43 and 17:22.83, respectively.
Event 1 Women Open 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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MEET: M 15:42.54 2007 Kate Ziegler, FISH-PV
POOL: P 15:42.54 2007 Kate Ziegler, FISH-PV
AMERICAN: A 15:20.48 5/6/2009 Katie Ledecky, USA
US OPEN: U 15:20.48 5/16/2018 Katie Ledecky, USA
WORLD: W 15:20.48 5/16/2018 Katie Ledecky, USA
16:49.19 ~OLY 2020 Olympic Trials
17:11.29 ^JRS 2019 Junior National
17:40.19 ^FUT 2019 Futures
18:00.78 SMOC 2019 SMOC Meet Qual
Meet Qualifying: 18:00.78
Name Age Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Sullivan, Erica 18 SAND-CA 16:02.88 16:13.74 ~OLY
30.92 1:04.10 (33.18)
1:36.47 (32.37) 2:09.24 (32.77)
2:41.95 (32.71) 3:14.85 (32.90)
3:47.56 (32.71) 4:20.47 (32.91)
4:53.08 (32.61) 5:25.77 (32.69)
5:58.49 (32.72) 6:31.49 (33.00)
7:04.21 (32.72) 7:36.96 (32.75)
8:09.51 (32.55) 8:42.38 (32.87)
9:14.79 (32.41) 9:47.19 (32.40)
10:19.28 (32.09) 10:51.89 (32.61)
11:24.24 (32.35) 11:56.74 (32.50)
12:29.06 (32.32) 13:01.39 (32.33)
13:33.68 (32.29) 14:05.99 (32.31)
14:38.21 (32.22) 15:10.48 (32.27)
15:42.57 (32.09) 16:13.74 (31.17)
2 Williams, Liber 17 RAA-CA 17:01.58 16:52.95 ^JRS
31.48 1:05.28 (33.80)
1:39.49 (34.21) 2:13.53 (34.04)
2:47.58 (34.05) 3:21.77 (34.19)
3:55.73 (33.96) 4:29.84 (34.11)
5:03.71 (33.87) 5:37.68 (33.97)
6:11.78 (34.10) 6:45.68 (33.90)
7:19.27 (33.59) 7:53.33 (34.06)
8:26.90 (33.57) 9:00.70 (33.80)
9:34.93 (34.23) 10:08.86 (33.93)
10:42.63 (33.77) 11:16.35 (33.72)
11:50.23 (33.88) 12:24.19 (33.96)
12:58.16 (33.97) 13:32.04 (33.88)
14:06.08 (34.04) 14:39.79 (33.71)
15:13.64 (33.85) 15:47.28 (33.64)
16:21.01 (33.73) 16:52.95 (31.94)
3 Dawson, Kendall 22 SUN-AZ 17:19.80 17:01.58 ^JRS
1:07.37 ( )
2:17.41 ( )
3:27.31 ( )
4:02.12 (34.81) 4:37.15 (35.03)
5:11.38 (34.23) 5:45.95 (34.57)
6:19.96 (34.01) 6:54.32 (34.36)
7:28.02 (33.70) 8:02.09 (34.07)
8:35.79 (33.70) 9:09.94 (34.15)
9:43.49 (33.55) 10:17.68 (34.19)
11:25.22 ( )
12:32.83 ( )
13:40.33 ( )
14:48.22 ( )
15:55.71 ( )
17:01.58 (1:05.87)
4 Sokolow, Mattea 14 TSM-CA 17:27.01 17:06.40 ^JRS
33.05 1:07.77 (34.72)
1:42.44 (34.67) 2:17.23 (34.79)
2:51.79 (34.56) 3:26.37 (34.58)
4:01.17 (34.80) 4:35.56 (34.39)
5:09.97 (34.41) 5:44.09 (34.12)
6:18.24 (34.15) 6:52.51 (34.27)
7:26.61 (34.10) 8:00.84 (34.23)
8:35.16 (34.32) 9:09.27 (34.11)
9:43.54 (34.27) 10:17.67 (34.13)
10:51.86 (34.19) 11:25.86 (34.00)
11:59.98 (34.12) 12:34.13 (34.15)
13:08.21 (34.08) 13:42.55 (34.34)
14:16.77 (34.22) 14:50.77 (34.00)
15:24.92 (34.15) 15:59.05 (34.13)
16:33.12 (34.07) 17:06.40 (33.28)
5 Wilson, Caitlyn 20 SUN-AZ 17:14.81 17:09.86 ^JRS
32.27 1:06.07 (33.80)
1:40.06 (33.99) 2:14.42 (34.36)
2:48.62 (34.20) 3:23.27 (34.65)
3:57.40 (34.13) 4:32.03 (34.63)
5:06.15 (34.12) 5:40.63 (34.48)
6:14.97 (34.34) 6:49.50 (34.53)
7:23.78 (34.28) 7:58.22 (34.44)
8:32.62 (34.40) 9:07.09 (34.47)
9:41.45 (34.36) 10:15.76 (34.31)
10:50.23 (34.47) 11:24.66 (34.43)
11:58.95 (34.29) 12:33.55 (34.60)
13:08.16 (34.61) 13:42.86 (34.70)
14:17.45 (34.59) 14:52.09 (34.64)
15:27.05 (34.96) 16:02.08 (35.03)
16:36.67 (34.59) 17:09.86 (33.19)
6 Arzave, Juli 17 SBA-SI 16:54.36 17:15.50 ^FUT
31.12 1:04.73 (33.61)
1:38.71 (33.98) 2:12.99 (34.28)
2:47.25 (34.26) 3:21.49 (34.24)
3:55.68 (34.19) 4:29.94 (34.26)
5:03.90 (33.96) 5:38.24 (34.34)
6:12.67 (34.43) 6:47.29 (34.62)
7:22.02 (34.73) 7:56.82 (34.80)
8:31.77 (34.95) 9:06.58 (34.81)
9:41.24 (34.66) 10:15.74 (34.50)
10:50.38 (34.64) 11:25.12 (34.74)
12:00.04 (34.92) 12:35.36 (35.32)
13:08.01 (32.65) 13:45.71 (37.70)
14:21.25 (35.54) 14:56.64 (35.39)
15:31.80 (35.16) 16:06.89 (35.09)
16:41.79 (34.90) 17:15.50 (33.71)
7 Sulkevich, Kath 19 RMDA-CA 17:35.94 17:22.43 ^FUT
32.34 1:06.48 (34.14)
1:41.01 (34.53) 2:15.73 (34.72)
2:50.74 (35.01) 3:25.84 (35.10)
4:00.65 (34.81) 4:36.09 (35.44)
5:11.06 (34.97) 5:45.95 (34.89)
6:20.49 (34.54) 6:55.31 (34.82)
7:29.52 (34.21) 8:04.17 (34.65)
8:38.75 (34.58) 9:13.95 (35.20)
9:48.79 (34.84) 10:23.46 (34.67)
10:58.12 (34.66) 11:33.13 (35.01)
12:08.08 (34.95) 12:43.18 (35.10)
13:18.10 (34.92) 13:53.31 (35.21)
14:28.36 (35.05) 15:03.66 (35.30)
15:38.47 (34.81) 16:13.90 (35.43)
16:48.83 (34.93) 17:22.43 (33.60)
8 Carpenter, Josi 18 LOVE-CO 17:47.65 17:22.83 ^FUT
31.57 1:05.79 (34.22)
1:40.14 (34.35) 2:14.99 (34.85)
2:49.59 (34.60) 3:24.36 (34.77)
3:59.10 (34.74) 4:34.24 (35.14)
5:09.15 (34.91) 5:44.43 (35.28)
6:19.56 (35.13) 6:54.87 (35.31)
7:29.94 (35.07) 8:05.06 (35.12)
8:39.95 (34.89) 9:15.26 (35.31)
9:50.15 (34.89) 10:25.43 (35.28)
11:00.06 (34.63) 11:35.11 (35.05)
12:10.36 (35.25) 12:45.55 (35.19)
13:20.32 (34.77) 13:55.52 (35.20)
14:30.44 (34.92) 15:05.47 (35.03)
15:40.42 (34.95) 16:15.58 (35.16)
16:49.61 (34.03) 17:22.83 (33.22)
Men’s 1500 Free
Jordan Wilimovsky dominated on the men’s side with a 15:15.99, surging ahead of the field to gain an early lead. Brenna Gravely chased him, turning in a 15:19.59 for second. Michael Brinegar (15:26.77) found a way to kick on Gordon Mason (15:33.99) to nab a spot in the top three; while True Sweetser came home in a 15:37.04 to round out the top five.
Jose Gutierrez barely conceded fifth with a 15:37.18, partaking in an epic stroke race with Sweetser in the final lap. LiWei Fei and Jake Ores rounded out the night with times of 15:41.47 and 15:47.93, respectively, concluding the evening schedule with a bang.
Event 2 Men Open 1500 LC Meter Freestyle
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MEET: M 15:03.14 6/6/2013 Ryan Cochrane, Island Swimming
POOL: P 15:03.14 6/6/2013 Ryan Cochrane, Island Swimming
AMERICAN: A 14:39.48 8/13/2016 Connor Jaeger, USA
US OPEN: U 14:45.54 7/6/2008 Peter Vanderkaay, USA
WORLD: W 14:31.02 8/4/2012 Yang Sun, CHN
15:44.89 ~OLY 2020 Olympic Trials
16:05.09 ^JRS 2019 Junior National
16:38.99 ^FUT 2019 Futures
16:54.69 SMOC 2019 SMOC Meet Qual
Meet Qualifying: 16:54.69
Name Age Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Wilimovsky, Jor 25 TSM-CA 14:48.89 15:15.99 ~OLY
28.84 59.78 (30.94)
1:31.10 (31.32) 2:02.31 (31.21)
2:33.94 (31.63) 3:05.25 (31.31)
3:36.26 (31.01) 4:07.06 (30.80)
4:37.91 (30.85) 5:08.84 (30.93)
5:39.57 (30.73) 6:10.28 (30.71)
6:40.92 (30.64) 7:11.51 (30.59)
7:41.66 (30.15) 8:12.15 (30.49)
8:42.44 (30.29) 9:12.96 (30.52)
9:43.10 (30.14) 10:13.45 (30.35)
10:43.33 (29.88) 11:13.62 (30.29)
11:43.68 (30.06) 12:14.07 (30.39)
12:44.54 (30.47) 13:15.22 (30.68)
13:45.73 (30.51) 14:16.35 (30.62)
14:46.74 (30.39) 15:15.99 (29.25)
2 Gravley, Brenna 18 SAND-CA 15:24.75 15:19.59 ~OLY
28.12 58.74 (30.62)
1:29.49 (30.75) 2:00.44 (30.95)
2:31.28 (30.84) 3:02.24 (30.96)
3:33.10 (30.86) 4:04.34 (31.24)
4:35.25 (30.91) 5:06.39 (31.14)
5:37.31 (30.92) 6:08.42 (31.11)
6:39.43 (31.01) 7:10.54 (31.11)
7:41.49 (30.95) 8:12.44 (30.95)
8:43.09 (30.65) 9:13.47 (30.38)
9:44.23 (30.76) 10:14.59 (30.36)
10:45.39 (30.80) 11:15.99 (30.60)
11:46.90 (30.91) 12:17.54 (30.64)
12:48.40 (30.86) 13:18.88 (30.48)
13:49.67 (30.79) 14:20.18 (30.51)
14:50.73 (30.55) 15:19.59 (28.86)
3 Brinegar, Micha 19 MVN-CA 15:10.53 15:26.77 ~OLY
28.58 59.80 (31.22)
1:31.19 (31.39) 2:02.43 (31.24)
2:33.82 (31.39) 3:05.04 (31.22)
3:35.69 (30.65) 4:06.38 (30.69)
4:37.13 (30.75) 5:08.25 (31.12)
5:39.11 (30.86) 6:10.23 (31.12)
6:41.08 (30.85) 7:12.02 (30.94)
7:42.26 (30.24) 8:12.77 (30.51)
8:43.06 (30.29) 9:13.71 (30.65)
9:44.45 (30.74) 10:15.20 (30.75)
10:45.95 (30.75) 11:16.97 (31.02)
11:47.83 (30.86) 12:19.18 (31.35)
12:50.27 (31.09) 13:21.40 (31.13)
13:51.99 (30.59) 14:23.90 (31.91)
14:56.03 (32.13) 15:26.77 (30.74)
4 Mason, Gordon 20 TSM-CA 15:33.98 15:33.99 ~OLY
1:00.84 ( )
2:03.75 ( )
3:06.67 ( )
4:09.43 ( )
4:40.73 (31.30) 5:12.36 (31.63)
6:14.57 ( )
6:45.48 (30.91) 7:16.68 (31.20)
7:47.49 (30.81) 8:18.66 (31.17)
8:49.55 (30.89) 9:20.78 (31.23)
9:51.87 (31.09) 10:23.09 (31.22)
10:54.30 (31.21) 11:25.55 (31.25)
11:56.48 (30.93) 12:27.92 (31.44)
12:58.99 (31.07) 13:30.28 (31.29)
14:01.24 (30.96) 14:32.73 (31.49)
15:03.72 (30.99) 15:33.99 (30.27)
5 Sweetser, True 21 GSC-FL 15:19.86 15:37.04 ~OLY
29.60 1:01.04 (31.44)
1:32.70 (31.66) 2:04.30 (31.60)
2:36.07 (31.77) 3:07.89 (31.82)
3:39.99 (32.10) 4:11.93 (31.94)
4:43.47 (31.54) 5:14.89 (31.42)
5:46.40 (31.51) 6:17.88 (31.48)
6:49.30 (31.42) 7:20.76 (31.46)
7:47.70 (26.94) 8:23.65 (35.95)
8:55.21 (31.56) 9:26.62 (31.41)
9:58.27 (31.65) 10:29.71 (31.44)
11:01.23 (31.52) 11:32.61 (31.38)
12:03.71 (31.10) 12:34.81 (31.10)
13:05.84 (31.03) 13:36.81 (30.97)
14:07.91 (31.10) 14:38.80 (30.89)
15:08.64 (29.84) 15:37.04 (28.40)
6 Gutierrez, Jose 18 SAND-CA 15:47.28 15:37.18 ~OLY
27.99 58.50 (30.51)
1:29.19 (30.69) 2:00.09 (30.90)
2:31.16 (31.07) 3:02.35 (31.19)
3:34.07 (31.72) 4:05.33 (31.26)
4:36.64 (31.31) 5:08.01 (31.37)
5:39.18 (31.17) 6:10.33 (31.15)
6:41.62 (31.29) 7:12.90 (31.28)
7:44.05 (31.15) 8:15.40 (31.35)
8:46.77 (31.37) 9:18.53 (31.76)
9:49.95 (31.42) 10:21.74 (31.79)
10:53.23 (31.49) 11:24.88 (31.65)
11:56.45 (31.57) 12:28.20 (31.75)
12:59.94 (31.74) 13:31.71 (31.77)
14:03.44 (31.73) 14:35.75 (32.31)
15:07.65 (31.90) 15:37.18 (29.53)
7 Fei, LiWei 16 CHN 15:29.44 15:41.47 ~OLY
28.73 1:00.18 (31.45)
1:31.77 (31.59) 2:02.82 (31.05)
2:34.22 (31.40) 3:05.45 (31.23)
3:36.86 (31.41) 4:08.02 (31.16)
4:39.71 (31.69) 5:11.01 (31.30)
5:42.39 (31.38) 6:13.80 (31.41)
6:45.46 (31.66) 7:16.38 (30.92)
7:47.53 (31.15) 8:19.03 (31.50)
8:50.94 (31.91) 9:22.91 (31.97)
9:54.83 (31.92) 10:26.74 (31.91)
10:58.64 (31.90) 11:30.34 (31.70)
12:02.12 (31.78) 12:33.94 (31.82)
13:05.93 (31.99) 13:37.56 (31.63)
14:08.66 (31.10) 14:39.97 (31.31)
15:11.03 (31.06) 15:41.47 (30.44)
8 Ores, Jake 26 LOVE-CO 15:52.64 15:47.93 ^JRS
28.19 59.49 (31.30)
1:30.99 (31.50) 2:02.73 (31.74)
2:34.05 (31.32) 3:05.37 (31.32)
3:36.91 (31.54) 4:08.49 (31.58)
4:39.96 (31.47) 5:11.70 (31.74)
5:43.32 (31.62) 6:15.14 (31.82)
6:46.86 (31.72) 7:18.93 (32.07)
7:50.77 (31.84) 8:22.64 (31.87)
8:54.88 (32.24) 9:26.68 (31.80)
9:58.58 (31.90) 10:30.76 (32.18)
11:02.81 (32.05) 11:34.82 (32.01)
12:06.76 (31.94) 12:38.72 (31.96)
13:10.66 (31.94) 13:42.71 (32.05)
14:14.70 (31.99) 14:46.41 (31.71)
15:17.77 (31.36) 15:47.93 (30.16)
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