Kirsten Jacobsen Posts Impressive 1650 Free, Clovis Wins Team Title at Iowa City Sectionals

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IOWA CITY – Barrington Swim Club’s Kirsten Jacobsen won her fourth and fifth individual events of the meet – including an impressive meet record in the 1650 free – and Clovis Swim Club claimed the team title as the Iowa City Sectionals meet wrapped up earlier tonight at the University of Iowa’s Student Recreation and Wellness Center pool.

Jacobsen got the meet off to a quick start as she picked up her fourth individual win of the meet in the women’s 1650 free. Jacobsen torched the meet record and the rest of the field in the process, stopping the clock at 16:06.66 to obliterate Monica Drake’s 2014 meet record (16:32.84) and finish 46 seconds ahead of teammate Madgalena Emary (16:52.75). Clovis Swim Club’s Emily Niles picked up third in the event with a 17:02.84.

Andrew Eisen of Life Time Arizona topped the men’s mile in 15:32.24, cutting 23 seconds off his seed time and posting a 10 second win over Clovis Swim Club’s Colin Cavanaugh (15:42.08). Cavanaugh’s teammate, Tanner Olmos, dropped six seconds from his previous best to finish third in 15:42.82.

Mitchell Aquatic Club’s Tevyn Waddell continued her outstanding meet with a third victory, this time in the women’s 200 back. Waddell won the 100 fly and 100 back earlier in the meet, and tonight posted a time of 1:58.95 to top the 200 back final. Samantha Coloma of the Terrapins came in second at 1:59.73, while Sophia Sorenson of Ames Cyclone Aquatics picked up third in 2:01.81.

A second meet record went down in the men’s 200 back at the hands of Kenneth Mende, who clocked in at 1:44.07 to shave .04 off James Wike’s 2004 record of 1:44.11. Iowa City Eels’ Alex Walton chopped three seconds off his prelim time to take second in 1:46.50, a second ahead of Ames Cyclone’s Dustin Rhoads (1:47.50).

Jacobsen took home her fifth win of the meet in the 100 free, nearly cracking 50 with a 50.03 in finals. Clovis’ Danielle Herrmann, who also posted a couple of individual wins in Iowa City, got second in 50.44, with Mitchell Aquatic Club’s Tevyn Waddell in third in 50.68.

Clovis’ Carl Weigley had an impressive race in the men’s 100 free, dipping under 44 with a 43.97. He finished just off Kyle Bubolz’s 2003 meet record of 43.90 but was still four tenths ahead of Life Time Arizona’s Kenneth Stirling (44.37). Jordan Huff of Dubuque Area touched third in 45.30.

The women’s 200 fly final came down to the final few meters as Linn-Mar’s Kelsey Drake and Terrapins’ Skyler Liu duked it out for first. Drake held the lead through 150 yards, while Liu came charging home on the final 50 to narrow the gap. She didn’t quite have enough to close the gap, however, as Drake touched first, 2:01.24 to 2:01.78. Peoria Area’s Rachael Kelch swam a 2:05.12 to secure third.

In the men’s 200 fly, Christian Carbone erased his own meet record from 2014 with a 1:46.65, slicing .22 off his 1:46.87 from last year. Clovis’ Preston Mayer finished a distant second in 1:51.98, just out-touching Piranhas’ Nicholas Staver (1:52.00).

Danielle Herrmann, Caitlyn Snyder, Stephanie Bartel and Skylar Elkington combined forces to give Clovis a win and meet record in the final 400 free relay. They posted a 3:24.51 to take a second and a half off Lake Country’s 3:26.06 from 2004. Barrington’s Valerie Tarazi, Magdalena Emary, Andrea Vega and Kirsten Jacobsen claimed second in 3:27.54, followed by Terrapins’ Allie Klinger, Jessica Larson, Samantha Coloma and Malorie Han in 3:28.25.

Clovis wrapped up the meet with a win in the men’s 400 free relay thanks to Carl Weigley, Omar Dwidar, Graham Hauss and Matthew Elkington’s 3:02.06. Dubuque Area’s quartet of Jordan Huff, Charles Warren, Nathan Hermann and John Colin took second in 3:04.53, with Terrapins’ Nathan Barsanti, Sean Mahoney, Tyler James and Maxwell Bottene in third at 3:05.90.

Clovis scored 922 points to win the combined team title over Terrapins (746 points) and Barrington (508 points).

2015 Speedo Sectionals – Iowa City, Live Results – Results

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