Jay Litherland Drops a Solid 400 IM in Santa Clara

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In an A-final that featured his two brothers Mick and Kevin, Jay Litherland put up a very solid time in the 400 IM in Santa Clara. The race did feature his two brothers, but not his two Georgia Olympian teammates in Chase Kalisz and Gunnar Bentz. The ladder swam this morning and scratched the final while the former did not swim it at all after posting a 4:09 in Atlanta in early May. Jay posted a 4:13.79 to be the second fastest American this year behind Kalisz and 12th overall in the world.

Abrahm Devine (4:17.57), Kieran Smith (4:21.49), Mikey Calvillo (4:24.86), Kevin Litherland (4:25.16), Hector Ruvalcaba Cruz (4:25.69), Mick Litherland (4:27.78) and Ricardo Vargas (4:31.31) also competed in the A-final. Rolando Hernandez was disqualified in the final.

 Event 12  Men 400 LC Meter IM
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    Name                  Age Team              Prelims     Finals        
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                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Litherland, Jay Y      21 Dynamo Swim Club  4:25.69    4:13.79  
                 27.33        58.36 (31.03)
        1:30.61 (32.25)     2:02.02 (31.41)
        2:38.51 (36.49)     3:15.85 (37.34)
        3:45.41 (29.56)     4:13.79 (28.38)
  2 DeVine, Abrahm D       20 Un-Stanford-PC-   4:25.72    4:17.57  
                 27.38        58.57 (31.19)
        1:32.79 (34.22)     2:05.71 (32.92)
        2:42.36 (36.65)     3:19.97 (37.61)
        3:49.58 (29.61)     4:17.57 (27.99)
  3 Smith, Kieran S        17 Ridgefield Aquat  4:22.90    4:21.49  
                 27.89      1:00.04 (32.15)
        1:33.65 (33.61)     2:06.59 (32.94)
        2:43.69 (37.10)     3:21.81 (38.12)
        3:52.34 (30.53)     4:21.49 (29.15)
  4 Calvillo, Mikey J      16 Alamo Area Aquat  4:28.28    4:24.86  
                 28.36      1:00.22 (31.86)
        1:34.18 (33.96)     2:06.80 (32.62)
        2:45.82 (39.02)     3:24.92 (39.10)
        3:55.79 (30.87)     4:24.86 (29.07)
  5 Litherland, Kevin R    21 Dynamo Swim Club  4:27.70    4:25.16  
                 27.90        59.39 (31.49)
        1:33.85 (34.46)     2:07.31 (33.46)
        2:47.28 (39.97)     3:27.32 (40.04)
        3:57.01 (29.69)     4:25.16 (28.15)
  6 Ruvalcaba Cruz, Hecto  19 Unattached-ST-    4:24.59    4:25.69  
                 28.02      1:00.40 (32.38)
        1:35.35 (34.95)     2:09.33 (33.98)
        2:47.11 (37.78)     3:25.86 (38.75)
        3:56.67 (30.81)     4:25.69 (29.02)
  7 Litherland, Mick S     21 Dynamo Swim Club  4:28.90    4:27.78  
                 28.49        59.16 (30.67)
        1:35.89 (36.73)     2:10.80 (34.91)
        2:49.99 (39.19)     3:29.34 (39.35)
        3:59.37 (30.03)     4:27.78 (28.41)
  8 Vargas Jacobo, Ricard  19 Mexico-           4:29.77    4:31.31  
                 28.50        59.89 (31.39)
        1:35.49 (35.60)     2:10.45 (34.96)
        2:50.10 (39.65)     3:30.09 (39.99)
        4:01.51 (31.42)     4:31.31 (29.80)

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Thomas A. Small

6 years ago

Congratulations