Katie Grimes Tops 400 IM Prelims at Austin Juniors; Elite Women’s 200 Free Final Set

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Katie Grimes Tops 400 IM Prelims at Austin Juniors; Elite Women’s 200 Free Final Set

Prior to this summer’s Olympic Trials, Katie Grimes considered the 400 IM her best event, and she had a long course entry time of 4:41.39 before faltering in prelims of the event in Omaha. Of course, she would go on to make a name for herself in the distance events, finishing a close third in the 1500 free and then qualifying for the Olympic team in the 800 free, but she appears set to pop a big swim in the 400 IM final at Junior Nationals in Austin.

Grimes, representing Sandpipers of Nevada, finished first in prelims of the event in 4:07.17. That was about a second off her lifetime best of 4:06.24, and it would be no surprise to see Grimes in the 4:02-range or better in the final after she cut more than four seconds off her 500 free lifetime best Thursday. Justina Kozan finished second in prelims in 4:12.11, but the Olympic Trials finalist in the 400-meter IM has a best time of 4:05.67. Fort Collins’ Lucy Bell was third in 4:13.86.

  1 Grimes, Katie          15 Sandpipers Of Ne  4:06.24    4:07.17  
    r:+0.65  26.25        55.89 (29.64)
        1:26.16 (30.27)     1:56.52 (30.36)
        2:33.38 (36.86)     3:10.77 (37.39)
        3:39.19 (28.42)     4:07.17 (27.98)
  2 Kozan, Justina         17 Una SET-CA        4:05.67    4:12.11  
    r:+0.71  26.68        57.06 (30.38)
        1:30.14 (33.08)     2:02.12 (31.98)
        2:37.82 (35.70)     3:14.37 (36.55)
        3:43.69 (29.32)     4:12.11 (28.42)
  3 Bell, Lucy             17 Fort Collins Are  4:08.86    4:13.86  
    r:+0.71  26.83        57.07 (30.24)
        1:30.15 (33.08)     2:02.89 (32.74)
        2:38.39 (35.50)     3:15.31 (36.92)
        3:44.84 (29.53)     4:13.86 (29.02)
  4 Hazle, Kathryn         17 North Coast Aqua  4:14.19    4:14.68  
    r:+0.65  27.46        59.26 (31.80)
        1:32.35 (33.09)     2:05.17 (32.82)
        2:40.12 (34.95)     3:15.41 (35.29)
        3:45.57 (30.16)     4:14.68 (29.11)
  5 McCarthy, Katie        17 Edina Swim Club-  4:16.81    4:16.93  
    r:+0.63  27.50        59.14 (31.64)
        1:31.90 (32.76)     2:03.28 (31.38)
        2:41.10 (37.82)     3:19.23 (38.13)
        3:48.57 (29.34)     4:16.93 (28.36)
  6 Doane, Camden          15 King Aquatic Clu  4:17.23    4:18.24  
    r:+0.68  27.02        57.81 (30.79)
        1:30.57 (32.76)     2:02.89 (32.32)
        2:39.94 (37.05)     3:18.10 (38.16)
        3:48.81 (30.71)     4:18.24 (29.43)
  7 Kuwata, Paige          17 Sandpipers Of Ne  4:16.82    4:18.47  
    r:+0.68  27.53        58.31 (30.78)
        1:30.72 (32.41)     2:02.26 (31.54)
        2:40.80 (38.54)     3:19.78 (38.98)
        3:49.46 (29.68)     4:18.47 (29.01)
  8 Cronk, Carli           15 Alamo Area Aquat  4:56.22L   4:18.65  
             26.83        57.41 (30.58)
        1:30.28 (32.87)     2:02.96 (32.68)
        2:40.50 (37.54)     3:19.27 (38.77)
        3:49.09 (29.82)     4:18.65 (29.56)

The women’s 200 free projects as one of the races of the meet with four big-name swimmers claiming the top four spots in the final and four other swimmers crushing their best times to qualify behind them. This field was so quick that seven of the eight beat the top time in prelims at the Greensboro Juniors meet. Bella Sims, another Sandpipers swimmer who was an 800 free relay Olympian for the U.S., qualified first in 1:44.31. Sims previously held off Grimes to win the 500 free in Austin.

Second went to Fox Valley Park’s Leah Hayes in 1:44.69, and Hayes crushed her best time by more than two seconds as she looks to add to an earlier win in the 200 IM. Kozan was third in 1:45.71, and Grimes qualified fourth in 1:45.83. Expect some quick times when these four face off at night.

  1 Sims, Bella            16 Sandpipers Of Ne  1:42.59    1:44.31  
    r:+0.60  24.65        51.10 (26.45)
        1:17.75 (26.65)     1:44.31 (26.56)
  2 Hayes, Leah            16 Fox Valley Park-  1:47.00    1:44.69  
    r:+0.76  24.32        50.84 (26.52)
        1:17.76 (26.92)     1:44.69 (26.93)
  3 Kozan, Justina         17 Una SET-CA        1:44.40    1:45.71  
    r:+0.83  25.39        52.40 (27.01)
        1:19.18 (26.78)     1:45.71 (26.53)
  4 Grimes, Katie          15 Sandpipers Of Ne  1:43.23    1:45.83  
    r:+0.62  24.64        51.56 (26.92)
        1:18.88 (27.32)     1:45.83 (26.95)
  5 O'Dell, Teagan         15 Irvine Novaquati  1:48.60    1:45.85  
    r:+0.75  24.13        50.65 (26.52)
        1:17.97 (27.32)     1:45.85 (27.88)
  6 Weinstein, Claire      14 Sandpipers Of Ne  1:47.61    1:46.01  
    r:+0.82  25.17        51.50 (26.33)
        1:18.73 (27.23)     1:46.01 (27.28)
  7 Hodges, Macky          17 Una SET-CA        1:47.30    1:46.07  
    r:+0.71  24.78        51.69 (26.91)
        1:18.94 (27.25)     1:46.07 (27.13)
  8 Smith, Sydney          16 Dads Club Swim T  1:47.33    1:46.88  
    r:+0.70  24.90        51.89 (26.99)
        1:19.18 (27.29)     1:46.88 (27.70)

Fort Collins’ Lucy Bell finished first in the 100 fly prelims in 52.85, while Sims will be busy in the final after she placed second in 53.14. Patriot Aquatic Club’s Annika Parkhe took third in 53.32.

  1 Bell, Lucy             17 Fort Collins Are    52.17      52.85  
    r:+0.73  25.06        52.85 (27.79)
  2 Sims, Bella            16 Sandpipers Of Ne    52.26      53.14  
    r:+0.62  24.98        53.14 (28.16)
  3 Parkhe, Annika         16 Patriot Aquatic-    52.72      53.32  
    r:+0.71  24.97        53.32 (28.35)
  4 Gillilan, Renee        17 Fort Collins Are    53.46      53.41  
    r:+0.70  25.15        53.41 (28.26)
  5 Schalow, Maggie        17 Irvine Novaquati    53.71      53.48  
    r:+0.67  24.98        53.48 (28.50)
  6 Quan, Angela           16 Santa Clara Swim    53.57      53.51  
    r:+0.70  25.08        53.51 (28.43)
  7 Crom, Katie            18 Una SET-CA          53.98      53.57  
    r:+0.65  25.10        53.57 (28.47)
  8 Noble, Kennedy         17 Phoenix Swim Clu    53.43      53.76  
    r:+0.78  25.38        53.76 (28.38)

On the men’s side, North Texas Nadadores’ Maximus Williamson will be looking for a big swim in the men’s 400 IM after he won the 200 IM and nearly broke a NAG record Thursday evening. In the 400 IM prelims, he beat his best time by five seconds with a 3:47.33. Kyle Brill (3:48.62) and Swim Neptune’s Keaton Jones (3:48.81) will be on either side of Williamson in the final.

  1 Williamson, Maximus    15 North Texas Nada  3:52.07    3:47.33  
             23.68        51.63 (27.95)
        1:18.51 (26.88)     1:45.92 (27.41)
        2:19.58 (33.66)     2:53.95 (34.37)
        3:20.62 (26.67)     3:47.33 (26.71)
  2 Brill, Kyle            18 Una CANY-CA       3:51.42    3:48.62  
             24.86        53.39 (28.53)
        1:22.14 (28.75)     1:51.05 (28.91)
        2:22.31 (31.26)     2:55.05 (32.74)
        3:22.42 (27.37)     3:48.62 (26.20)
  3 Jones, Keaton          17 Swim Neptune-AZ   3:51.97    3:48.81  
             24.14        51.86 (27.72)
        1:19.73 (27.87)     1:47.27 (27.54)
        2:21.57 (34.30)     2:55.99 (34.42)
        3:22.95 (26.96)     3:48.81 (25.86)
  4 Lucas, Cooper          16 Lakeside Aquatic  3:49.88    3:49.31  
             23.75        51.25 (27.50)
        1:20.34 (29.09)     1:49.54 (29.20)
        2:22.45 (32.91)     2:55.51 (33.06)
        3:22.90 (27.39)     3:49.31 (26.41)
  5 Edmund, Mason          17 North Texas Nada  3:55.59    3:50.20  
             24.68        51.97 (27.29)
        1:21.64 (29.67)     1:49.72 (28.08)
        2:23.99 (34.27)     2:57.84 (33.85)
        3:24.56 (26.72)     3:50.20 (25.64)
  6 Najera, Humberto       16 Una SET-CA        3:50.50    3:50.75  
             24.26        51.86 (27.60)
        1:19.82 (27.96)     1:47.16 (27.34)
        2:21.22 (34.06)     2:56.21 (34.99)
        3:24.34 (28.13)     3:50.75 (26.41)
  7 Barrieault, Brice      17 Sandpipers Of Ne  3:56.88    3:50.92  
             24.20        52.82 (28.62)
        1:22.70 (29.88)     1:52.49 (29.79)
        2:25.30 (32.81)     2:58.51 (33.21)
        3:25.66 (27.15)     3:50.92 (25.26)
  8 Morgan, Keller         17 Evolution Racing  3:57.49    3:51.56  
             25.17        54.38 (29.21)
        1:23.87 (29.49)     1:52.96 (29.09)
        2:25.60 (32.64)     2:57.73 (32.13)
        3:24.69 (26.96)     3:51.56 (26.87)

The Sandpipers picked up their first top seed in a men’s event as Ilya Kharun swam a 46.50 in the men’s 100 fly, with Alamo Area’s Connor Foote (46.87) and Paseo Aquatics’ Bryce Halterman (46.96) joining Kharun under 47.

  1 Kharun, Ilya           16 Sandpipers Of Ne    47.13      46.50  
             21.69        46.50 (24.81)
  2 Foote, Connor          17 Alamo Area Aquat    47.35      46.87  
             21.91        46.87 (24.96)
  3 Halterman, Bryce       17 Paseo Aquatics S    48.47      46.96  
             21.66        46.96 (25.30)
  4 Lee, Brian             17 Bellevue Club Sw    48.58      47.00  
             21.64        47.00 (25.36)
  5 Filipovic, Alec        17 St Charles Swim-    47.21      47.50  
             22.06        47.50 (25.44)
  6 Schmitt, David         16 Evolution Racing    56.43L     47.56  
             22.29        47.56 (25.27)
  7 Smith, Holden          18 Una SET-CA          47.18      47.60  
             22.17        47.60 (25.43)
  8 McKenna, Conor         18 Lakeside Aquatic    47.65      47.62  
             22.40        47.62 (25.22)

Inspire Swim Team’s Nate Germonprez swam a 1:35.54 for the top seed in the men’s 200 free, followed closely by Rose Bowl swimmers Rex Maurer (1:35.58) and Zach Larrick (1:35.83). Williamson took fourth in 1:36.12, a best time by almost a second.

  1 Germonprez, Nate       17 iNspire Swim Tea  1:36.16    1:35.54  
             22.01        46.21 (24.20)
        1:10.70 (24.49)     1:35.54 (24.84)
  2 Maurer, Rex            17 Rose Bowl Aquati  1:35.91    1:35.58  
             22.09        46.49 (24.40)
        1:11.08 (24.59)     1:35.58 (24.50)
  3 Larrick, Zach          17 Rose Bowl Aquati  1:35.78    1:35.83  
             22.45        46.65 (24.20)
        1:11.22 (24.57)     1:35.83 (24.61)
  4 Williamson, Maximus    15 North Texas Nada  1:37.09    1:36.12  
             22.20        46.64 (24.44)
        1:11.30 (24.66)     1:36.12 (24.82)
  5 Lucas, Cooper          16 Lakeside Aquatic  1:37.50    1:36.43  
             22.27        46.83 (24.56)
        1:11.56 (24.73)     1:36.43 (24.87)
  6 Mueller, Chase         17 Foothills Swim T  1:53.55L   1:36.64  
             22.99        47.52 (24.53)
        1:12.18 (24.66)     1:36.64 (24.46)
  7 Jones, Keaton          17 Swim Neptune-AZ   1:36.91    1:36.78  
             22.51        46.80 (24.29)
        1:11.89 (25.09)     1:36.78 (24.89)
  8 Quarles, Samuel        16 Coronado Swim As  1:37.49    1:37.01  
             22.56        47.14 (24.58)
        1:12.05 (24.91)     1:37.01 (24.96)

Bellevue’s Piper Enge broke 1:00 for the first time in the women’s 100 breast prelims as she took the top seed in 59.83, while Springfield’s Aubree Brouwer just missed that accomplishment with a 1:00.01 effort. University of Denver Hilltoppers’ Emma Weber finished third in 1:00.59.

  1 Enge, Piper            15 Bellevue Club Sw  1:00.44      59.83  
    r:+0.63  28.35        59.83 (31.48)
  2 Brouwer, Aubree        17 Springfield Aqua  1:00.68    1:00.01  
    r:+0.68  28.53      1:00.01 (31.48)
  3 Weber, Emma            17 Univ of Denver H    59.74    1:00.59  
    r:+0.75  28.50      1:00.59 (32.09)
  4 Brito, Bella           14 Beach Cities Swi  1:01.37    1:00.62  
    r:+0.69  28.50      1:00.62 (32.12)
  5 Tu, Gillian            16 Seattle Metropol  1:01.50    1:00.85  
    r:+0.69  28.28      1:00.85 (32.57)
  6 Codevilla, Mary        17 Elevation Athlet  1:03.16    1:01.04  
    r:+0.69  28.38      1:01.04 (32.66)
  6 Bricker, Caroline      16 Colorado Springs    59.73    1:01.04  
    r:+0.66  28.87      1:01.04 (32.17)
  8 O'Dell, Teagan         15 Irvine Novaquati  1:01.01    1:01.23  
    r:+0.75  28.60      1:01.23 (32.63)

CSP Tideriders’ Kledi Kadiu dropped almost two seconds from his best time to finish first in the men’s 100 breast prelims. His time wa 53.67, eight hundredths ahead of Scottsdale Aquatic Club’s Luca Gissendaner (53.79). Bellevue’s Charlie Arnold was also under 54, finishing third at 53.80.

  1 Kadiu, Kledi           18 CSP Tideriders-O    55.52      53.67  
             25.13        53.67 (28.54)
  2 Gissendaner, Luca      18 Scottsdale Aquat    53.50      53.79  
             24.83        53.79 (28.96)
  3 Arnold, Charlie        17 Bellevue Club Sw    55.42      53.80  
             25.11        53.80 (28.69)
  4 Mlinek, Kael           17 iNspire Swim Tea    53.49      54.02  
             25.16        54.02 (28.86)
  5 Rivers, Hank           18 Golden West Swim    53.91      54.10  
             25.72        54.10 (28.38)
  6 Brown, Logan           16 First Colony Swi    54.74      54.34  
             25.75        54.34 (28.59)
  7 Bonnett, Will          18 Parkway Swim Clu    54.27      54.38  
             25.63        54.38 (28.75)
  8 Kistler, Drew          18 Spokane Waves Aq    55.16      54.40  
             25.77        54.40 (28.63)

Phoenix Swim Club’s Kennedy Noble was the only athlete to break 53 in the women’s 100 back, clocking 52.93. Aquajets’ Emma Kern (53.33) and Springfield’s Casaundra Moses (53.53) also made it into the top three.

  1 Noble, Kennedy         17 Phoenix Swim Clu    51.51      52.93  
             25.70        52.93 (27.23)
  2 Kern, Emma             16 Aquajets Swim Te    53.40      53.33  
             25.58        53.33 (27.75)
  3 Moses, Casaundra       18 Springfield Aqua    54.52      53.53  
             25.50        53.53 (28.03)
  4 Wilson, Charlotte      15 Univ of Denver H    54.86      53.70  
             26.13        53.70 (27.57)
  5 Parkhe, Annika         16 Patriot Aquatic-  1:03.73L     53.83  
             26.23        53.83 (27.60)
  6 Rojas, Ana             17 Colorado Springs    54.62      54.09  
             26.21        54.09 (27.88)
  7 Bales, Sydney          17 Front Range Barr    54.03      54.10  
             25.88        54.10 (28.22)
  8 Zhang, Amy             16 Rancho San Diegu    55.18      54.12  
             26.11        54.12 (28.01)

Lake Oswego’s Nic Simmons was the top seed by more than a half-second in the men’s 100 back, finishing at 46.65. The rest of the top three included Pikes Peak’s Quintin McCarty (47.19) and Canyons’ Kyle Brill (47.49).

  1 Simons, Nick           17 Lake Oswego Swim    47.40      46.65  
             22.67        46.65 (23.98)
  2 McCarty, Quintin       18 Pikes Peak Athle    47.40      47.19  
             22.77        47.19 (24.42)
  3 Brill, Kyle            18 Una CANY-CA         47.99      47.49  
             23.21        47.49 (24.28)
  4 Mueller, Chase         17 Foothills Swim T    48.01      47.80  
             23.42        47.80 (24.38)
  5 Gentry, Marcus         17 Superior Stingra    48.99      47.95  
             23.08        47.95 (24.87)
  6 Jones, Keaton          17 Swim Neptune-AZ     48.39      48.10  
             23.78        48.10 (24.32)
  7 Roder, Tommy           18 Orinda Aquatics-    49.35      48.19  
             23.40        48.19 (24.79)
  8 Williamson, Maximus    15 North Texas Nada    57.19L     48.27  
             23.25        48.27 (25.02)

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V. Warrier
V. Warrier
2 years ago

Wow someone ought to doublecheck that spelling on Nick Simons there in the 100 back 🙂

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