Genevieve Pfeifer Wins Fifth Event, Rockwood Swim Club Claims Team Title at Jenks Sectionals

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JENKS – Flyers Aquatic Swim Team’s Genevieve Pfeifer won her fifth individual event of the meet, while Rockwood Swim Club won the team title by 17 points as the Jenks Sectionals meet came to a close at the Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center.

Rockwood claimed the combined team title with 597 points, only 17 in front of Flyers Aquatic Swim Team’s 580. The CSP Tideriders were right behind in third with 578 points. Flyers Aquatic won the men’s meet with 361.5 points, while CSP Tideriders claimed the women’s title with 411 points.

Pfeifer put an exclamation point on a spectacular meet with a fifth individual victory in the women’s 1650 free to open the night. Pfeifer cruised to a 16:40.90, taking a second off her best time and topping Razorback Aquatics’ Taylor Pike (16:45.04) by just over four seconds. Alexis Daniels of the CSP Tideriders broke 17 minutes for the first time, taking third in 16:55.07.

Razorback Aquatics’ Antonio Thomas, who already won the 500 free and 1000 free at the meet, added the 1650 free title to his collection with a 15:28.54, a 12 second drop from his seed time. Arkansas Dolphins’ Minki Kang wound up second in 15:40.95, followed by William Bresette of the Kansas City Blazers in 15:53.97.

Oklahoma Baptist’s Suzanne Afchain set a new pool record in the women’s 200 back final, posting a 1:58.87 to shave .04 off Lauren Shaw’s 2013 record of 1:58.91. No one else broke 2:00 in the race, as CSP Tideriders’ Gabriela Vieira (2:00.56) and King Marlin’s Rylee Linhardt (2:01.24) claimed second and third.

Meanwhile, the men’s 200 back final came down to the final inches, as Lincoln Select’s Brennan Balogh came charging home and erased a half-second deficit against Flyers Aquatic’s Nicholas Alexander to win by .01, 1:47.45 to 1:47.46. Samuel Marlow of Rockwood Swim Club moved up a few spots from his prelims performance to take third in 1:50.25.

In the women’s 100 free, Ad Astra’s Courtney Caldwell had the fastest second 50 in the entire field en route to the win with a 50.22. SwimTulsa’s Breonna Barker flipped first at the halfway point but couldn’t quite hang on, taking second in 50.25. Rockwood Swim Club’s Anna Miller rounded out the top three in 50.66.

Sean Tate of Swim Omaha put on a show in the men’s 100 free final, dipping under the 45 second mark with a 44.88 for the win. Arkansas Dolphins’ Blair Bish, who won the 50 free last night, took second in 45.34, just in front of Sooner Swim Club’s Justin Wu (45.43).

Razorback Aquatics’ Taylor Pike pulled a difficult double on the final day of the meet, finishing second in the mile and then coming back to win the 200 fly in a new pool record of 1:59.62. Heather Lundstrom set the previous record of 1:59.68 two years ago. Pike’s teammate, Luciana Thomas, tracked down second in 2:01.19. Gabriela Vieira of CSP Tideriders came in third with a 2:01.73.

Sooner Swim Club’s Justin Wu had a quick turnaround from the 100 free to 200 fly but didn’t seem too affected as he topped the championship heat in 1:48.55, just off the pool record of 1:48.37. Tsunami Swim Team’s Noah Reid secured second in 1:50.30, with Parkway Swim Club’s Kian Quigley occupying third in 1:51.69.

Rockwood Swim Club’s Jordan Stout, Fraeska Petrosino, Leilani Mansy and Anna Miller ran away with the 400 free relay win in 3:25.51, two seconds ahead of CSP Tideriders’ Melissa Melnick, Gabriela Vieira, Mikayla Kempf and Helen Wojdylo (3:27.69). Ad Astra claimed third with Courtney Caldwell, Alvena Walpole, Claire Campbell and Cierra Campbell touching in 3:28.33.

On the men’s side, Swim Omaha’s Sean Tate, Ryan Tate, Christian Pospisil and Brandon Abboud clocked a 3:03.65 to take home the victory. Kansas City Blazers’ Philip Musser, Ryan Sweat, William Bresette and Andrew Iseman came in second at 3:06.29, while Flyers Aquatic’s Samuel Heveroh, Nicolas Alexander, Jonathan Thayer and Kevin Douglas touched third in 3:07.19.

2015 Speedo Sectionals – Jenks, Live Results – Results

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Nancy Loveless Hinrichs

9 years ago

Congrats Rockwood swim club!

Evelyn Woods

9 years ago

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