Lucie Nordmann and the Foster Brothers Highlight Second Morning of Speedo Junior Nationals

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

The second morning of swimming from the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals featured six prelim events as Lucie Nordmann of Magnolia and Carson and Jake Foster were the stars of the morning. Nordmann is the top seed in the 200 back and the 100 free.

Carson Foster is the top seed in the 200 back while his brother Jake is the top seed in the 400 IM for tonight. Carson just missed the meet record in the 200 back as he broke 2:00 for the first time. Alexei Sancov and Olivia Carter are the other top seeds for tonight in the 100 free and 400 IM respectively.

Today’s events:

  • Women’s 200 Back
  • Men’s 200 Back
  • Women’s 100 Free
  • Men’s 100 Free
  • Women’s 400 IM
  • Men’s 400 IM

Women’s 200 Back

Magnolia’s Lucie Nordmann swam the fastest time of the morning in the 200 back with a comfortable 2:11.57. Nordmann is ahead of SwimMAC’s Sinclair Larson (2:12.79) and Fort Collins’ Kylee Alons (2:14.86). Nordmann will be chasing the meet record held by Kylie Stewart at 2:09.04 from the 2013 Juniors.

Missoula’s Katharine Berkoff (2:14.95), Enfinity’s Olivia Carter (2:15.06), North Baltimore’s Lauren Poole (2:15.19), Beach Cities’ Alexandra Crisera (2:15.53) and Tide’s Callie Dickinson (2:15.64) will also swim in the A-final where the meet record could be challenged.

 Event 7  Women 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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     Jr World: W 2:07.43  8/15/2015 Daria Ustinova, Russia
         Meet: M 2:09.04  8/6/2013  Kylie Stewart, Dynamo Swim Club
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Nordmann, Lucie  17 Magnolia Aquatic  2:09.40    2:11.57  q838  
    r:+0.55  30.81      1:04.15 (33.34)
        1:38.31 (34.16)     2:11.57 (33.26)
  2 Larson, Sinclai  17 SwimMAC Carolina  2:14.23    2:12.79  q815  
    r:+0.66  31.71      1:05.58 (33.87)
        1:39.78 (34.20)     2:12.79 (33.01)
  3 Alons, Kylee     17 Fort Collins Are  2:15.84    2:14.86  q778  
    r:+0.64  32.29      1:06.24 (33.95)
        1:40.68 (34.44)     2:14.86 (34.18)
  4 Berkoff, Kathar  16 Missoula Aquatic  2:14.12    2:14.95  q776  
    r:+0.61  30.47      1:03.74 (33.27)
        1:38.83 (35.09)     2:14.95 (36.12)
  5 Carter, Olivia   17 Enfinity Aquatic  2:15.40    2:15.06  q775  
    r:+0.57  32.42      1:06.22 (33.80)
        1:40.83 (34.61)     2:15.06 (34.23)
  6 Poole, Lauren    16 North Baltimore-  2:15.17    2:15.19  q772  
    r:+0.63  31.63      1:05.87 (34.24)
        1:40.72 (34.85)     2:15.19 (34.47)
  7 Crisera, Alexan  16 Beach Cities Swi  2:14.96    2:15.53  q766  
    r:+0.53  32.01      1:06.83 (34.82)
        1:41.26 (34.43)     2:15.53 (34.27)
  8 Dickinson, Call  17 Tide Swimming-VA  2:11.71    2:15.64  q765  
    r:+0.60  32.75      1:07.14 (34.39)
        1:41.59 (34.45)     2:15.64 (34.05)

Men’s 200 Back

15-year-old Carson Foster of the Mason Manta Rays rattled the meet record in the 200 back on Wednesday morning at the Speedo Junior Nationals. Foster swam a 1:59.13 to just miss the meet record held by Alex Katz of 1:58.83 from 2013. Foster was the only swimmer under 2:00 as Nitro’s Shaine Casas (2:02.03) and Metro Atlanta’s Chris Thames (2:02.45) followed him in the heats.

Delware’s Jake Johnson (2:02.78), Academy Bullets’ Spencer Walker (2:02.83), Scarlet’s Johannes Calloni (2:02.89) and Billings’ Ethan Harder (2:03.16) will swim in the A-final. There will be a swim-off for eighth place between Will Grant and Jackson Cunningham who tied at 2:03.92.

 Event 8  Men 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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     Jr World: W 1:56.79  8/7/2015  Li Guangyuan, China
         Meet: M 1:58.83  8/6/2013  Alexander Katz, Sarasota YMCA Sh
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Foster, Carson   15 Mason Manta Rays  2:00.33    1:59.13  q829  
    r:+0.63  28.57        58.54 (29.97)
        1:28.81 (30.27)     1:59.13 (30.32)
  2 Casas, Shaine    17 Nitro Swimming-S  2:04.35    2:02.03  q771  
    r:13.86  28.40        59.50 (31.10)
        1:30.83 (31.33)     2:02.03 (31.20)
  3 Thames, Chris    18 Metro Atlanta Aq  2:02.18    2:02.45  q763  
    r:+0.55  28.39        59.49 (31.10)
        1:31.31 (31.82)     2:02.45 (31.14)
  4 Johnson, Jake    17 Delaware Swim Te  2:03.55    2:02.78  q757  
    r:+0.65  28.95      1:00.03 (31.08)
        1:31.57 (31.54)     2:02.78 (31.21)
  5 Walker, Spencer  17 Academy Bullets-  2:03.71    2:02.83  q756  
    r:+0.66  28.50        59.42 (30.92)
        1:31.18 (31.76)     2:02.83 (31.65)
  6 Calloni, Johann  17 Scarlet Aquatics  2:02.10    2:02.89  q755  
    r:+0.67  29.28      1:00.06 (30.78)
        1:31.69 (31.63)     2:02.89 (31.20)
  7 Harder, Ethan    17 Billings Aquatic  2:01.99    2:03.16  q750  
    r:+0.62  28.97        59.35 (30.38)
        1:30.87 (31.52)     2:03.16 (32.29)
  8 Grant, Will      16 Heart of Texas A  2:02.88    2:03.92  q736  
    r:+0.50  28.90        59.85 (30.95)
        1:32.03 (32.18)     2:03.92 (31.89)
  8 Cunningham, Jac  17 Boise YMCA Swim-  1:47.45Y   2:03.92  q736  
    r:+0.58  29.63      1:00.83 (31.20)
        1:32.76 (31.93)     2:03.92 (31.16)

Women’s 100 Free

Lucie Nordmann has the top time in the 100 free prelims for her second swim of the morning at the 2017 Speed Junior Nationals in East Meadow. Nordmann was the only swimmer under 56 seconds on Wednesday morning as she swam a 55.75 for the top seed. She leads a slew of 56’s with Socal’s Elise Garcia (56.08) and Carmel’s Kelly Pash (56.20) in tow.

Brea’s Kenisha Liu (56.25), Chelsea Piers’ Kate Douglass (56.32), Greater Tampa’s Morgan Tankersley (56.39), Carmel’s Trude Rothrock (56.41) and Beach Cities’ Alexandra Crisera (56.49) will also swim in the A-final.

 Event 9  Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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     Jr World: W 52.70  8/11/2016 Penny Oleksiak, CAN
         Meet: M 54.03  8/11/2009 Missy Franklin, Colorado STARS
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Nordmann, Lucie  17 Magnolia Aquatic    55.36      55.75  q814  
    r:+0.69  27.09        55.75 (28.66)
  2 Garcia, Elise    17 Socal Aquatics A    57.67      56.08  q800  
    r:+5.79  26.97        56.08 (29.11)
  3 Pash, Kelly      16 Carmel Swim Club    55.96      56.20  q795  
    r:+0.67  26.95        56.20 (29.25)
  4 Liu, Kenisha     18 Brea Aquatics-CA    55.35      56.25  q793  
    r:+0.69  27.03        56.25 (29.22)
  5 Douglass, Kate   15 Chelsea Piers Aq    56.54      56.32  q790  
    r:+0.77  27.19        56.32 (29.13)
  6 Tankersley, Mor  18 Greater Tampa Sw    56.06      56.39  q787  
    r:+0.68  27.18        56.39 (29.21)
  7 Rothrock, Trude  18 Carmel Swim Club    56.13      56.41  q786  
    r:+0.71  27.27        56.41 (29.14)
  8 Crisera, Alexan  16 Beach Cities Swi    57.24      56.49  q783  
    r:+0.65  26.89        56.49 (29.60)

Men’s 100 Free

Terrapins’ Alexei Sancov swam the fastest 100 free of the morning at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals with a 50.14 on Wednesday morning. He leads Nitro’s Shaine Casas (50.55) and Portland’s Sid Farber (50.63). Sancov’s seed time was faster than the meet record of 49.06 held by Vlad Morozov set in 2010. Sancov was seeded at 49.01 and could chase Morozov’s record.

North Texas’ Jack LeVant (50.75), Lakeside’s Alexander Zettle (51.09), Pleasantville’s Destin Lasco (51.09), Mississippi Mako’s Blaise Vera (51.17) and Boise YMCA’s Thomas Roark (51.27) will also swim in the A-final tonight.

 Event 10  Men 100 LC Meter Freestyle
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     Jr World: W 47.58  8/10/2016 Kyle Chalmers, AUS
         Meet: M 49.06  8/10/2010 Vladimir Morozov, Swim Torrance
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Sancov, Alexei   17 Terrapins Swim T    49.01      50.14  q818  
    r:+0.65  24.46        50.14 (25.68)
  2 Casas, Shaine    17 Nitro Swimming-S    51.51      50.55  q799  
    r:+0.66  24.40        50.55 (26.15)
  3 Farber, Sid      18 Portland Aquatic    50.34      50.63  q795  
    r:+0.73  24.03        50.63 (26.60)
  4 LeVant, Jack     17 North Texas Nada    50.79      50.75  q789  
    r:+0.70  24.47        50.75 (26.28)
  5 Zettle, Alexand  17 Lakeside Aquatic    51.05      51.09  q774  
    r:+0.75  24.56        51.09 (26.53)
  5 Lasco, Destin    16 Pleasantville Aq    50.74      51.09  q774  
    r:+9.88  25.15        51.09 (25.94)
  7 Vera, Blaise     18 Mississippi Mako    50.73      51.17  q770  
    r:+0.69  24.20        51.17 (26.97)
  8 Roark, Thomas    17 Boise YMCA Swim-    51.48      51.27  q765  
    r:+0.72  24.75        51.27 (26.52)

Women’s 400 IM

Olivia Carter of Enfinity Aquatics won the 200 fly last night in a meet record time and came back Wednesday morning to swim the fastest 400 IM of the morning at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals in East Meadow, New York. Carter swam a 4:48.06 to be seeded ahead of Sandpipers’ Erica Sullivan (4:48.97). Metroplex’s Lindsay Looney (4:50.74) is the third seed for tonight.

Long Island’s Kristen Romano (4:51.27), Sandpipers’ Grace Siebmann (4:51.75), Aquazot’s Katie Glavinovich (4:51.78), Michigan Lakeshore’s Kathryn Ackerman (4:51.80) and Asphalt Green’s Isabel Gormley (4:52.32) will also swim in the A-final.

 Event 11  Women 400 LC Meter IM
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     Jr World: W 4:39.01  8/25/2015 Rosie Rudin, Singapore
         Meet: M 4:38.97  8/6/2013  Ella Eastin, SOCAL Aquatics A
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Carter, Olivia   17 Enfinity Aquatic  4:49.06    4:48.06  q809  
    r:+0.72  30.32      1:04.41 (34.09)
        1:41.19 (36.78)     2:16.92 (35.73)
        2:59.42 (42.50)     3:41.76 (42.34)
        4:15.54 (33.78)     4:48.06 (32.52)
  2 Sullivan, Erica  16 Sandpipers Of Ne  4:59.65    4:48.97  q801  
    r:+0.70  30.36      1:04.12 (33.76)
        1:39.69 (35.57)     2:15.15 (35.46)
        3:00.39 (45.24)     3:45.63 (45.24)
        4:17.71 (32.08)     4:48.97 (31.26)
  3 Looney, Lindsay  16 Metroplex Aquati  4:49.92    4:50.74  q787  
    r:+0.78  30.00      1:04.33 (34.33)
        1:41.75 (37.42)     2:18.95 (37.20)
        3:02.54 (43.59)     3:46.18 (43.64)
        4:18.32 (32.14)     4:50.74 (32.42)
  4 Romano, Kristen  17 Long Island Aqua  4:56.14    4:51.27  q782  
    r:+0.78  30.88      1:04.70 (33.82)
        1:42.47 (37.77)     2:19.17 (36.70)
        3:01.77 (42.60)     3:44.10 (42.33)
        4:17.67 (33.57)     4:51.27 (33.60)
  5 Siebmann, Grace  17 Sandpipers Of Ne  4:55.09    4:51.75  q778  
    r:+0.74  30.72      1:04.81 (34.09)
        1:43.36 (38.55)     2:20.84 (37.48)
        3:02.43 (41.59)     3:44.76 (42.33)
        4:19.20 (34.44)     4:51.75 (32.55)
  6 Glavinovich, Ka  17 Aquazot Swim Clu  4:50.70    4:51.78  q778  
    r:+0.78  31.37      1:06.83 (35.46)
        1:43.66 (36.83)     2:20.18 (36.52)
        3:02.86 (42.68)     3:46.42 (43.56)
        4:19.61 (33.19)     4:51.78 (32.17)
  7 Ackerman, Kathr  15 Michigan Lakesho  4:50.00    4:51.80  q778  
    r:+0.80  30.60      1:06.30 (35.70)
        1:42.53 (36.23)     2:18.70 (36.17)
        3:01.08 (42.38)     3:44.20 (43.12)
        4:18.98 (34.78)     4:51.80 (32.82)
  8 Gormley, Isabel  15 Asphalt Green Un  4:53.08    4:52.32  q774  
    r:+0.81  30.60      1:05.99 (35.39)
        1:43.50 (37.51)     2:20.60 (37.10)
        3:02.75 (42.15)     3:46.03 (43.28)
        4:19.30 (33.27)     4:52.32 (33.02)

Men’s 400 IM

The Foster brothers are on point this week in East Meadow at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals as older brother Jake Foster swam the fastest 400 IM of the morning with a 4:20.78. Foster is just ahead of Pitchfork’s Jarod Arroyo (4:20.96) in tonight’s A-final. Jake’s younger brother Carson already won the 200 fly last night and is the top seed going into the 200 back tonight.

North Texas’ Jack LeVant (4:24.57), Condors’ Michael Daly (4:26.34), Pleasanton’s Christopher Jhong (4:26.45), Davis Aquadarts’ Luca Urlando (4:28.25), La Mirada’s Kevin Vargas (4:28.48) and Lawrence County’s Paul Gabhart (4:28.82) will also swim in the A-final.

 Event 12  Men 400 LC Meter IM
==================================================================
     Jr World: W 4:14.00  6/26/2016 Sean Grieshop, USA
         Meet: M 4:14.51  8/6/2013  Joseph Bentz, Dynamo Swim Club
    Name            Age Team                 Seed    Prelims  FINA       
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Foster, Jake     16 Mason Manta Rays  4:20.69    4:20.78  q817  
    r:+0.72  27.48        59.36 (31.88)
        1:33.57 (34.21)     2:07.84 (34.27)
        2:42.86 (35.02)     3:19.26 (36.40)
        3:49.82 (30.56)     4:20.78 (30.96)
  2 Arroyo, Jarod    16 Pitchfork Aquati  4:24.99    4:20.96  q815  
    r:+0.69  27.60        58.93 (31.33)
        1:32.28 (33.35)     2:05.14 (32.86)
        2:41.94 (36.80)     3:19.59 (37.65)
        3:50.94 (31.35)     4:20.96 (30.02)
  3 LeVant, Jack     17 North Texas Nada  4:25.83    4:24.57  q782  
    r:+0.77  27.87        59.32 (31.45)
        1:33.24 (33.92)     2:06.64 (33.40)
        2:45.46 (38.82)     3:24.69 (39.23)
        3:55.04 (30.35)     4:24.57 (29.53)
  4 Daly, Michael    17 Condors Swim Clu  4:33.27    4:26.34  q767  
    r:+0.89  28.23      1:00.01 (31.78)
        1:34.60 (34.59)     2:07.78 (33.18)
        2:45.69 (37.91)     3:24.76 (39.07)
        3:56.08 (31.32)     4:26.34 (30.26)
  5 Jhong, Christop  17 Pleasanton Seaha  4:25.12    4:26.45  q766  
    r:+0.69  28.69      1:00.54 (31.85)
        1:34.88 (34.34)     2:09.41 (34.53)
        2:46.65 (37.24)     3:25.06 (38.41)
        3:55.67 (30.61)     4:26.45 (30.78)
  6 Urlando, Luca    15 Davis Aquadarts-  4:30.60    4:28.25  q751  
    r:+0.78  28.64      1:00.01 (31.37)
        1:33.95 (33.94)     2:07.78 (33.83)
        2:46.65 (38.87)     3:26.65 (40.00)
        3:57.93 (31.28)     4:28.25 (30.32)
  7 Vargas, Kevin    16 La Mirada Armada  4:27.11    4:28.48  q749  
    r:+0.71  28.77      1:00.99 (32.22)
        1:36.93 (35.94)     2:12.66 (35.73)
        2:49.02 (36.36)     3:27.01 (37.99)
        3:58.15 (31.14)     4:28.48 (30.33)
  8 Gabhart, Paul    17 Lawrence County-  4:34.46    4:28.82  q746  
    r:+0.71  28.56      1:00.65 (32.09)
        1:35.41 (34.76)     2:09.58 (34.17)
        2:48.01 (38.43)     3:26.70 (38.69)
        3:57.96 (31.26)     4:28.82 (30.86)
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