Hunter Tapp Posts 1:57 200 Backstroke at Greensboro Sectionals; Winners from All Five Speedo Sectionals Meets

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Hunter Tapp Posts 1:57 200 Backstroke at Greensboro Sectionals; Winners from All Five Speedo Sectionals Meets

The first batch of Speedo Sectionals meets wrapped up Sunday evening at five sites across the country. The meets are taking place in Austin, Texas; Fullerton, California; Geneva, Ohio; Greensboro, North Carolina and Roseville, California. Several swimmers continued impressive weekends of performances, but the most impressive swim came from NC State’s Hunter Tapp. Tapp finished fourth in the 200 back at the U.S. Olympic Trials last month in 1:56.76, and he cruised to the win Sunday at the Greensboro Sectionals meet in 1:57.57. Tapp previously won the 100 back in Greensboro in 53.85.

In Geneva, Semuede Andreis swam a strong time of 49.46 to win the men’s 100 free. Andreis previously won the 50 and 100 fly at that meet. Katharine Berkoff, another NC State star, earned the win in the 100 free in Greensboro in 55.23 after taking top honors in the 50 free and 100 back over the previous three days.

In Austin, Keaton Jones won his fourth event of the weekend in the 200 IM (2:05.13) after previously capturing first place in the 200 free and 200 back, and Ben Dillard won the 200 IM in Fullerton (2:07.43) after winning the 100 and 200 breast earlier in the weekend. The Roseville meet saw both Kayla Han (200 IM, 2:18.91) and Ashlyn Fiorilli (800 free, 9:03.11) become double winners on the weekend.

Speedo Sectionals Day 4 Winners

Women’s 200 IM
Austin: Caroline Bricker, 2:16.83
Fullerton: Michelle Tekawy, 2:24.63
Geneva: Sarah Watson, 2:18.58
Roseville: Kayla Han, 2:18.91

Men’s 200 IM
Austin: Keaton Jones, 2:05.13
Fullerton: Ben Dillard, 2:07.43
Geneva: Thomas Watkins, 2:05.32
Roseville: Jonathan Affeld, 2:04.06

Women’s 50 Freestyle
Austin: Zara Zallen, 26.17
Fullerton: Sonja Aarsvold, 27.26
Roseville: Kailyn Winter, 25.78

Men’s 50 Freestyle
Austin: Jeremy Graunke, 22.48
Fullerton: Guillermo Cruz Zuniga, 23.70
Roseville: Leon McAlister, 22.88

Women’s 1500 Freestyle
Austin: Kathryn Shanley, 16:57.78
Geneva: Maya Geringer, 16:55.24
Greensboro: Brooke Travis, 17:03.89

Men’s 1500 Freestyle
Austin: Thomas Joswiak, 16:01.68
Fullerton: Simon Lamar, 15:37.92
Greensboro: Rafael Davila, 15:45.85
Roseville: Mason Carlton, 16:03.58

Women’s 800 Freestyle
Fullerton: Courtney Tseng, 8:58.86
Roseville: Ashlyn Fiorilli, 9:03.11

Men’s 800 Freestyle
Geneva: Charles Clark, 8:04.09

Women’s 100 Freestyle
Geneva: Katherine Zenick, 56.04
Greensboro: Katharine Berkoff, 55.23

Men’s 100 Freestyle
Geneva: Semuede Andreis, 49.46
Greensboro: Noah Henderson, 50.07

Women’s 200 Breaststroke
Greensboro: Gillian Davey, 2:26.63

Women’s 200 Backstroke
Greensboro: Sophia Sorenson, 2:12.25

Men’s 200 Backstroke
Greensboro: Hunter Tapp, 1:57.57

Women’s 50 Breaststroke
Geneva: Hannah Bach, 31.41

Men’s 50 Breaststroke
Geneva: Hudson McDaniel, 27.72

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