Isabel Ivey, Jan Switkowski Win Twice on Night Three in Gainesville

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It was another fast night at the 2018 Speedo Sectionals in Gainesville, Fla. Isabel Ivey and Jan Switkowski each won two events.

Day Three Final Results

Women’s 100 Back

After winning the women’s 200 free last night, Isabel Ivey won her second title of the weekend in the 100 back. She got her hand to the wall first in 1:02.25 after posting a personal best 1:01.63 during prelims.

Gator’s Caitlin Brooks was .01 faster than this morning to finish second in 1:03.03 while her teammate Emma Ball took third in 1:03.71.

Gator’s Talia Bates (1:04.13), East Coast Aquatic’s Madison Cummings (1:05.09), Gator’s Kirschtine Balbuena (1:05.33), Gator’s Madison Conway (1:05.40) and Storm’s Summer Stanfield (1:06.90) rounded out the A final.

Men’s 100 Back

Quest’s Ethan Beach, who finished second in the men’s 50 back last night, found himself on top of the podium tonight in the 100 back. He dropped seven-tenths from his morning swim to post a final time of 56.80.

AquaKids’ Miguel Cancel swam a lifetime best 57.93 for second and Bolles’ Dakota Mahaffey finished third in 58.16.

Westminster’s Robinson Molina (58.50), Saint Andrew’s Nicholas Sharp (58.71), Flood Aquatic’s Joshua Zuchowski (59.02), Metro Aquatic’s Aitor Fungairino (1:00.46) and South Florida’s Lance Lesage (1:02.09) completed the top eight.

Women’s 50 Breast

Golden Panther’s Nicole Hunnewell added the women’s 50 breast title tonight to her 100 breast crown from yesterday. She got her hands to the wall first in 33.35.

Metro Aquatic’s Evita Leter was close behind in 33.39 for second and East Coast Aquatic’s Ryan Flynn touched in 34.63 for third.

East Coast Aquatic’s Chade Nersicio (34.64), Florida Elite’s Elise Ballash (34.67), South Florida’s Jessica Rodriquez (35.19), Swim Florida’s Elizabeth White (35.55) and Bolles’ Madison Koutavas (35.90) also posted top eight finishes.

Men’s 50 Breast

The men’s 50 breast was just as close as the women’s race, with Westminster’s Davion Conley coming out on top. He won the race in 28.63, half a second faster from his morning swim.

Second place went to Azura Florida’s Marco Guarente in 28.67 and third place went to Pipeline Swimming’s Jared Pike in 29.30.

Avon Community’s Chandler Bray (29.56), Gulliver’s Teolio Darias (30.16), Hudson Explorer’s Ross Palazzo (30.19), Bolles’ Paul Degrado (30.88) and Gator’s Enzo Martinez Scarpe (30.88) finished fourth through eighth.

Women’s 50 Fly

Swim Florida’s Grace Redding, who finished fifth in last night’s 100 fly, was victorious tonight in the 50 fly. She sprinted her way to the gold with a time of 27.32.

Bates grabbed the silver in 27.40 while Golden Panther’s Letitia Bertelli took bronze in 27.56.

Nersicio (27.85), Planet Swim’s Kathryn Saurborn (27.92), Swim Florida’s Madeline Burt (28.89), Cummings (28.89) and Metro Aquatic’s Alexandra Paz (29.17).

Men’s 50 Fly

Jan Switkowski, representing Gator Swim Club, added a win in the men’s 50 fly to his runner-up 200 free finish. He stopped the clock in 24.37.

Metro Atlanta’s Isaac Davis finished second in 24.51 while Performance Aquatic’s Runar Borgen took a close third in 24.54.

Gator’s Christoph Margotti (24.93), Gator’s Mason Wilby (25.44), Metro Aquatic’s Adrian Aguilar (25.56), Performance Aquatic’s Josiah Morales (25.80) and Episcopal’s Sterling Crane (26.05) rounded out the top heat.

Women’s 200 IM

Not too long after winning the women’s 100 back, Ivey was back in the pool to claim the 200 IM title as well. She dropped nearly two seconds from her morning swim to win the event by nearly one second in 2:17.47.

South Florida’s Kathleen Golding recorded a second-place showing in 2:18.34 and Swim Florida’s Olivia McMurray finished third in 2:18.66.

Also competing in the top flight were Sarasota’s Emma Weyant (2:18.92), Gator’s Sydney Kang (2:22.11), Bolles’ Kensey McMahon (2:22.59), Saint Petersburg’s Peyton Palsha (2:23.01) and Highlander’s Alixandra Roy (2:25.51).

Men’s 200 IM

Gator’s Mark Szaranek swept both IM events this week in Gainesville. After winning the 400 IM yesterday, he was back in the pool tonight to take home the 200 IM title in 2:03.32.

Tampa Bay’s Grant Sanders wasn’t too far behind in 2:03.55 for second and Guarantee finished third in 2:05.91.

Cancel (2:06.02), Palazzo (2:07.82), Sharp (2:11.63), T2’s Mason Laur (2:12.18) and Swim Florida’s Steven Rua (2:14.94) rounded out the A final.

Women’s 50 Free

The women’s 50 free went to Gator’s Isabella Garofalo, who sprinted her way to the top of the podium in 26.41

AquaKids’ Mary Smutny got second in 26.50 while Pipeline Swimming’s Chloe Grimme was right behind her in 26.51 for third.

Quest’s Kelsey Dambacher (26.71), Saurborn(26.77), Bertelli (27.01) and Swim Florida’s Hannah Burdge (27.32) also raced in the fastest heat.

Men’s 50 Free

Scarpe won the men’s 50 free by two-tenths, posting a final time of 23.07 for the win.

His teammate Khader Baqlah was second in 23.27 and WASC David Lambert was third in 23.33.

DBS Viktor Toth (23.44), Margotti (23.57), NTCA Alexander Forbes (23.89), Borgen (23.89) and Morales (24.59) completed the A final.

Women’s 400 Free

Shortly after finishing sixth in the women’s 200 IM, McMahon cruised to first in the 400 free. McMahon, who also took first in the 1500 free on night one, finished with a time of 4:16.07.

Weyant took second in 4:17.28 and McMurray finished third in 4:17.48.

Smutny (4:18.51), CAT Taylor Ward (4:23.05), Palsha (4:23.99), Sarasota’s Christina Cianciolo (4:25.87) and Gator’s Victoria Bindi (4:27.72) also raced in the top eight.

Men’s 400 Free

Switkowski dominated the men’s 400 free, winning by over five seconds. He dropped almost ten seconds from his morning swim to finish in 3:51.31.

Baqlah took second in 3:56.70 and Quest’s Clark Beach was third in 3:57.84.

Sarasota’s Drew Clark (3:58.70), Gator’s Julian Hill (3:59.02), Saint Petersburg’s Robert Finke (4:01.54), Saint Edwards’ Coleman Kramer (4:06.74) and Lane 4’s Peyton Werner (4:07.26) rounded out the top eight.

Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay

The Gator quartet of Brooks (1:03.20), Lopez (1:15.61), Bates (1:01.09) and Kang (58.68) combined to win the women’s medley relay in 4:18.58.

East Coast Aquatics finished second in 4:24.58 and Swim Florida took third in 4:26.02.

Gulliver (4:29.33), South Florida (4:31.64), Gator B (4:33.37), Storm (4:35.33) and Cane (4:35.87) also raced in the top heat.

Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay

Gator also won the men’s 4×100 medley relay. The team of Trevor McGovern (1:00.01), Dylan Brisco (1:06.43), Wilby (54.85) and Alec Dawson (52.11) got to the wall in 3:53.40.

Boles finished second in 3:56.36 and Westminster took third in 3:59.90.

Metro Aquatic (4:02.92), T2 Aquatics (4:05.66), East Coast Aquatic (4:06.68), Bolles B (4:06.70) and Performance Aquatics (4:08.12) completed the top eight.

Prelims for the final day of competition will begin tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. EST.

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Thomas A. Small

5 years ago

Congratulations