Leah Braswell, Ross Dant Claim 1000 Free Titles at YMCA Nationals

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

York’s Leah Braswell and Hickory’s Ross Dant have officially claimed the first two wins at the 2018 YMCA Short Course National Championships. The meet is taking place from April 3-7 in in Greensboro, NC.

Women 1000 Freestyle

Braswell was able to fight off Sarasota’s Emma Weyant for the 1000 Freestyle title (9:45.33). She led the race from start to finish despite a strong charge from Weyant in the back half. Weyant dropped a huge twelve seconds to earn runner-up honors in 9:47.85.

Powel Crosley’s Lucy Callard was also in the mix with her relaxed approach up front. Her efforts earned a third place finish and a 9:48.32 – her first time under the ten-minute barrier. Wilton’s Catherine Buroker was fourth in 9:50.83.

She was followed by Susquehanna’s Abigail Doss (9:54.25), Spartanburg’s Rachel Reistroffer (10:00.75), Somerset Valley’s Aziza Ganihanova (10:01.42) and Sarasota’s 13-year-old Michaela Mattes (10:04.66).

Event 103  Women 1000 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed     Finals
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  1 Leah Braswell          17 York-PA           9:48.55    9:45.33
                 26.64        54.89 (28.25)
        1:23.32 (28.43)     1:52.09 (28.77)
        2:20.89 (28.80)     2:49.82 (28.93)
        3:18.96 (29.14)     3:48.19 (29.23)
        4:17.69 (29.50)     4:47.32 (29.63)
        5:17.03 (29.71)     5:46.82 (29.79)
        6:16.80 (29.98)     6:46.64 (29.84)
        7:16.62 (29.98)     7:46.61 (29.99)
        8:16.36 (29.75)     8:46.32 (29.96)
        9:16.44 (30.12)     9:45.33 (28.89)
  2 Emma Weyant            16 Sarasota-FL       9:59.18    9:47.85
                 26.84        55.50 (28.66)
        1:24.67 (29.17)     1:53.91 (29.24)
        2:23.42 (29.51)     2:52.69 (29.27)
        3:22.18 (29.49)     3:51.96 (29.78)
        4:22.06 (30.10)     4:51.73 (29.67)
        5:21.59 (29.86)     5:51.39 (29.80)
        6:21.05 (29.66)     6:51.12 (30.07)
        7:20.78 (29.66)     7:50.59 (29.81)
        8:20.58 (29.99)     8:50.13 (29.55)
        9:19.76 (29.63)     9:47.85 (28.09)
  3 Lucy Callard           18 Powel Crosley-OH 10:01.91    9:48.32
                 27.21        56.52 (29.31)
        1:25.98 (29.46)     1:55.33 (29.35)
        2:24.87 (29.54)     2:54.42 (29.55)
        3:24.17 (29.75)     3:53.79 (29.62)
        4:23.51 (29.72)     4:53.35 (29.84)
        5:23.03 (29.68)     5:52.71 (29.68)
        6:22.38 (29.67)     6:52.17 (29.79)
        7:21.85 (29.68)     7:51.67 (29.82)
        8:21.31 (29.64)     8:50.82 (29.51)
        9:20.14 (29.32)     9:48.32 (28.18)
  4 Catherine Buroker      18 Wilton-CT         9:51.38    9:50.83
                 27.17        55.91 (28.74)
        1:24.97 (29.06)     1:54.63 (29.66)
        2:24.22 (29.59)     2:53.75 (29.53)
        3:23.26 (29.51)     3:53.05 (29.79)
        4:22.81 (29.76)     4:52.60 (29.79)
        5:22.25 (29.65)     5:52.31 (30.06)
        6:22.16 (29.85)     6:52.10 (29.94)
        7:22.08 (29.98)     7:52.06 (29.98)
        8:21.61 (29.55)     8:51.57 (29.96)
        9:21.40 (29.83)     9:50.83 (29.43)
  5 Abigail Doss           16 Susquehanna-PA    9:49.11    9:54.25
                 27.56        56.99 (29.43)
        1:26.70 (29.71)     1:56.57 (29.87)
        2:26.54 (29.97)     2:56.26 (29.72)
        3:26.07 (29.81)     3:55.84 (29.77)
        4:25.53 (29.69)     4:55.19 (29.66)
        5:24.94 (29.75)     5:54.47 (29.53)
        6:24.08 (29.61)     6:53.90 (29.82)
        7:23.66 (29.76)     7:53.51 (29.85)
        8:23.65 (30.14)     8:53.95 (30.30)
        9:24.35 (30.40)     9:54.25 (29.90)
  6 Rachel Reistroffer     18 Spartanburg-SC   10:09.66   10:00.75
                 27.15        56.36 (29.21)
        1:26.31 (29.95)     1:56.32 (30.01)
        2:26.57 (30.25)     2:56.75 (30.18)
        3:27.07 (30.32)     3:57.31 (30.24)
        4:27.66 (30.35)     4:57.86 (30.20)
        5:27.99 (30.13)     5:58.51 (30.52)
        6:28.74 (30.23)     6:59.19 (30.45)
        7:29.66 (30.47)     8:00.00 (30.34)
        8:30.45 (30.45)     9:01.07 (30.62)
        9:31.42 (30.35)    10:00.75 (29.33)
  7 Aziza Ganihanova       15 SomersetValleyNJ 10:13.16   10:01.42
                 27.54        57.11 (29.57)
        1:27.21 (30.10)     1:57.74 (30.53)
        2:28.10 (30.36)     2:58.65 (30.55)
        3:28.89 (30.24)     3:59.38 (30.49)
        4:29.63 (30.25)     5:00.09 (30.46)
        5:29.88 (29.79)     6:00.14 (30.26)
        6:30.50 (30.36)     7:00.83 (30.33)
        7:31.00 (30.17)     8:01.56 (30.56)
        8:32.36 (30.80)     9:02.19 (29.83)
        9:32.50 (30.31)    10:01.42 (28.92)
  8 Michaela Mattes        13 Sarasota-FL      10:10.77   10:04.66
                 26.85        55.98 (29.13)
        1:25.87 (29.89)     1:56.47 (30.60)
        2:26.87 (30.40)     2:57.40 (30.53)
        3:27.95 (30.55)     3:58.22 (30.27)
        4:28.78 (30.56)     4:59.67 (30.89)
        5:30.56 (30.89)     6:01.47 (30.91)
        6:32.96 (31.49)     7:04.24 (31.28)
        7:35.91 (31.67)     8:05.26 (29.35)
        8:35.41 (30.15)     9:05.83 (30.42)
        9:35.75 (29.92)    10:04.66 (28.91)

Men 1000 Freestyle

Dant won the 1000 in dominant fashion as the only man under nine minutes. He came in under his seed time in 8:57.37 and just off the meet record set in 2011 by Nicholas Caldwell in 8:55.55.

Sarasota’s Arik Katz was in the race through the first 300, but he could not hang on to the consistency of Ross Dant. Katz fought for second place honors with a four and a half second drop of 9:04.41. Teammate Nico Hernandez-Tome dropped over 14 seconds for third in 9:07.32. The two were nearly even through the 700 but Katz was able to pull away in the end. Brendan Firlie, also of Sarasota, was fifth in 9:11.71.

Somerset’s Matt Fallon broke up the Sarasota madness with his fourth place swim of 9:09.65. Boise’s Jackson Cunningham was sixth in 9:12.81 while Fanwood Scotch’s Josh Cohen was next in 9:15.15 and North Oakland’s Graham Miotke was eighth in 9:18.58.

 Event 104  Men 1000 Yard Freestyle
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    Name                  Age Team                 Seed     Finals
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  1 Ross Dant              17 Hickory -nc       8:57.64    8:57.37
                 24.24        50.77 (26.53)
        1:17.54 (26.77)     1:44.37 (26.83)
        2:11.20 (26.83)     2:38.15 (26.95)
        3:05.23 (27.08)     3:32.17 (26.94)
        3:59.49 (27.32)     4:26.67 (27.18)
        4:53.77 (27.10)     5:20.88 (27.11)
        5:48.15 (27.27)     6:15.36 (27.21)
        6:42.54 (27.18)     7:09.77 (27.23)
        7:37.08 (27.31)     8:04.37 (27.29)
        8:31.49 (27.12)     8:57.37 (25.88)
  2 Arik Katz              16 Sarasota-FL       9:08.96    9:04.41
                 24.50        51.21 (26.71)
        1:18.14 (26.93)     1:45.11 (26.97)
        2:12.39 (27.28)     2:39.50 (27.11)
        3:07.08 (27.58)     3:34.84 (27.76)
        4:02.59 (27.75)     4:30.69 (28.10)
        4:57.94 (27.25)     5:25.52 (27.58)
        5:53.52 (28.00)     6:21.29 (27.77)
        6:48.76 (27.47)     7:16.71 (27.95)
        7:43.91 (27.20)     8:11.16 (27.25)
        8:38.49 (27.33)     9:04.41 (25.92)
  3 Nico Hernandez-Tome    17 Sarasota-FL       9:22.05    9:07.32
                 24.81        51.53 (26.72)
        1:18.70 (27.17)     1:46.07 (27.37)
        2:13.50 (27.43)     2:41.07 (27.57)
        3:08.56 (27.49)     3:36.00 (27.44)
        4:03.53 (27.53)     4:31.06 (27.53)
        4:58.59 (27.53)     5:26.22 (27.63)
        5:54.06 (27.84)     6:21.66 (27.60)
        6:49.40 (27.74)     7:17.11 (27.71)
        7:45.02 (27.91)     8:12.87 (27.85)
        8:40.74 (27.87)     9:07.32 (26.58)
  4 Matt Fallon            15 SomersetValleyNJ  9:11.21    9:09.65
                 25.40        52.49 (27.09)
        1:19.34 (26.85)     1:47.04 (27.70)
        2:14.80 (27.76)     2:42.65 (27.85)
        3:10.35 (27.70)     3:38.28 (27.93)
        4:06.00 (27.72)     4:33.91 (27.91)
        5:01.57 (27.66)     5:29.16 (27.59)
        5:56.91 (27.75)     6:24.88 (27.97)
        6:52.70 (27.82)     7:20.20 (27.50)
        7:48.38 (28.18)     8:16.23 (27.85)
        8:43.92 (27.69)     9:09.65 (25.73)
  5 Brendan Firlie         18 Sarasota-FL       9:18.35    9:11.71
                 25.22        52.32 (27.10)
        1:19.76 (27.44)     1:47.06 (27.30)
        2:14.52 (27.46)     2:42.04 (27.52)
        3:09.65 (27.61)     3:37.37 (27.72)
        4:04.93 (27.56)     4:32.65 (27.72)
        5:00.21 (27.56)     5:28.17 (27.96)
        5:56.21 (28.04)     6:24.45 (28.24)
        6:52.82 (28.37)     7:20.92 (28.10)
        7:49.31 (28.39)     8:17.57 (28.26)
        8:45.60 (28.03)     9:11.71 (26.11)
  6 Jackson Cunningham     18 Boise-ID          9:22.79    9:12.81
                 24.85        51.85 (27.00)
        1:19.03 (27.18)     1:46.51 (27.48)
        2:13.99 (27.48)     2:41.56 (27.57)
        3:09.44 (27.88)     3:37.06 (27.62)
        4:04.90 (27.84)     4:33.30 (28.40)
        5:01.04 (27.74)     5:28.88 (27.84)
        5:57.22 (28.34)     6:25.19 (27.97)
        6:53.59 (28.40)     7:21.68 (28.09)
        7:49.77 (28.09)     8:17.82 (28.05)
        8:45.81 (27.99)     9:12.81 (27.00)
  7 Josh Cohen             17 FanwoodScotch-NJ  9:18.74    9:15.15
                 25.40        52.77 (27.37)
        1:20.34 (27.57)     1:47.92 (27.58)
        2:15.56 (27.64)     2:43.56 (28.00)
        3:11.31 (27.75)     3:39.19 (27.88)
        4:07.01 (27.82)     4:34.85 (27.84)
        5:02.75 (27.90)     5:30.61 (27.86)
        5:58.40 (27.79)     6:26.40 (28.00)
        6:54.57 (28.17)     7:22.65 (28.08)
        7:50.79 (28.14)     8:19.01 (28.22)
        8:47.20 (28.19)     9:15.15 (27.95)
  8 Graham Miotke          17 North Oakland-MI  9:30.43    9:18.58
                 25.14        52.03 (26.89)
        1:19.47 (27.44)     1:47.02 (27.55)
        2:14.80 (27.78)     2:42.69 (27.89)
        3:10.60 (27.91)     3:38.73 (28.13)
        4:06.93 (28.20)     4:35.16 (28.23)
        5:03.41 (28.25)     5:31.74 (28.33)
        6:00.10 (28.36)     6:28.53 (28.43)
        6:57.00 (28.47)     7:25.48 (28.48)
        7:53.84 (28.36)     8:22.46 (28.62)
        8:50.84 (28.38)     9:18.58 (27.74)

Women 200 Medley Relay Prelims

Cheshire YMCA’s team of Alexandra Tyler, Elizabeth Boyer, Mia Leko and Sophie Murphy claimed the top spot in the 200 Medley Relay prelims in 1:42.88. 14-year-old Murphy was the lone competitor to break 23 seconds on the anchor leg with a split of 22.80.

Lakeland Hills’ Victoria Eisenhauer achieved a similar feat on the breaststroke leg by splitting a 27.90 – over half a second faster than anyone else in the field. She helped her team to the second seed in 1:42.92.

Boise was third in 1:43.28 with Fanwood Scotch and a quick 24.41 fly split from Monika Burzynski in fourth (1:43.34). Marie Schobel‘s 25.82 backstroke split helped Red Bank YMCA to the fifth seed in 1:43.38.

Reading Berks (1:43.39), Orlando (1:43.55) and Schroeder (1:43.63) will round out the top eight in tomorrow’s final.

 Event 101  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
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     National: * 1:40.99  4/2/2015  Middle Tyger YMCA, Middle Tyger-SC
                          A Galyer, S Faulconer, J Snover, K Konopka
    Team                                   Seed    Prelims        
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                       === Preliminaries ===                        
 
  1 Cheshire-CT                         1:46.55    1:42.88  
     1) Alexandra Tyler 15            2) Elizabeth Boyer 17           
     3) Mia Leko 17                   4) Sophie Murphy 14             
                 26.14        54.72 (28.58)
        1:20.08 (25.36)     1:42.88 (22.80)
  2 LakelandHills-NJ                    1:44.50    1:42.92  
     1) Katie Kiely 18                2) Victoria Eisenhauer 16       
     3) Alexis Faria 18               4) Nicole Barkemeyer 16         
                 26.47        54.37 (27.90)
        1:19.59 (25.22)     1:42.92 (23.33)
  3 Boise-ID                            1:44.40    1:43.28  
     1) Eva Suggs 17                  2) Sammie Eyolfson 17           
     3) Charity Pittard 17            4) Isabel Swafford 17           
                 26.58        55.22 (28.64)
        1:19.73 (24.51)     1:43.28 (23.55)
  4 FanwoodScotch-NJ                    1:45.74    1:43.34  
     1) Erika Frazier 18              2) Rachel Maizes 18             
     3) Monika Burzynski 17           4) Darlene Fung 17              
                 27.05        55.86 (28.81)
        1:20.27 (24.41)     1:43.34 (23.07)
  5 Red Bank - NJ                       1:43.86    1:43.38  
     1) Marie Schobel 18              2) Victoria Ireland 16          
     3) Ginger Hansen 17              4) Megan Judge 17               
                 25.82        55.65 (29.83)
        1:20.17 (24.52)     1:43.38 (23.21)
  6 ReadingBerks-PA                     1:45.59    1:43.39  
     1) Marlee Rickert 16             2) Rachel Johnson 18            
     3) Cameron Gring 16              4) Becca Brown 17               
                 26.07        55.39 (29.32)
        1:20.16 (24.77)     1:43.39 (23.23)
  7 Orlando-FL                          1:44.51    1:43.55  
     1) Mimi Filkin 16                2) Leah Gentry-Tuney 15         
     3) Olivia Taylor 17              4) Kayla Smith 17               
                 26.28        55.28 (29.00)
        1:19.81 (24.53)     1:43.55 (23.74)
  8 Schroeder-WI                        1:44.55    1:43.63  
     1) Sydnie Horne 17               2) Megan Hartlieb 15            
     3) Tori Brostowitz 12            4) Jade Knueppel 18             
                 26.03        55.86 (29.83)
        1:20.90 (25.04)     1:43.63 (22.73)

Men 200 Medley Relay Prelims

Upper Main Line’s Brendan Burns, Ben Doyle, Oliver Brown and Owen Neuman earned top honors in the 200 Medley Relay for the men, combining for a 1:31.45. Burns blasted a 21.74 backstroke split to give the team a strong opening lead.

A strong back half from Red Bank YMCA helped them to second in 1:31.92 as Max Walther split a 21.86 on the fly and Matthew Chang swam a 20.45 anchor leg. Somerset Hills (1:32.33), Sarasota (1:32.55) and Birmingham (1:32.79) took third through fifth.

Lakeland’s Gary Sun had the fastest breaststroke split in the field at 25.46 leading his team to the sixth seed. They were followed by Somerset Valley (1:33.15) and Boise (1:33.23).

 Event 102  Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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    Team                                   Seed    Prelims        
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                       === Preliminaries ===                        
 
  1 UpperMainLine-PA                    1:34.04    1:31.45  
     1) Brendan Burns 16              2) Ben Doyle 16                 
     3) Oliver Brown 18               4) Owen Neuman 17               
  2 Red Bank - NJ                       1:34.40    1:31.92  
     1) Connor Wright 18              2) Richard Trentalange 16       
     3) Max Walther 18                4) Matthew Chang 18             
  3 SomersetHills-NJ                    1:36.08    1:32.33  
     1) Jack Alexy 15                 2) Joe Castagno 15              
     3) Lukas Scheidl 17              4) Ryan Carkhuff 18             
  4 Sarasota-FL                         1:37.37    1:32.55  
     1) Martin Baffico 18             2) Brett Riley 18               
     3) Aye-Chan San Tun 17           4) Brendan Firlie 18            
  5 Birmingham-MI                       1:36.45    1:32.79  
     1) Kaden Schwaiger 17            2) Thomas Girdler 15            
     3) Alexander Margherio 17        4) Michael Arpasi 18            
  6 LakelandHills-NJ                    1:32.70    1:32.91  
     1) Justin Yang 18                2) Gary Sun 18                  
     3) Sean Tan 18                   4) William Zhang 18             
  7 SomersetValleyNJ                    1:38.97    1:33.15  
     1) Sean Doran 16                 2) Matt Fallon 15               
     3) Carter Weiland 17             4) Joshua Franco 18             
  8 Boise-ID                            1:34.91    1:33.23  
     1) Nathan Quarterman 15          2) Jackson Cunningham 18        
     3) Michael Chang 18              4) Thomas Roark 17

Sarasota Family YMCA is currently leading the way in the team scores with 87 points. They are followed by Hickory Foundation YMCA (29), Somerset Valley YMCA (27) and BR Ryall NW Dupage YMCA (7). Sarasota is leading both the men’s and women’s competitions, while Hickory is currently in second on the men’s side with York doing likewise for the women.

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