Sean Mahoney, Danielle Herrmann Sweep Breaststroke Events at Iowa City Sectionals

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IOWA CITY – Sean Mahoney and Danielle Herrmann each swept the breaststroke events with wins in the 200 breast tonight, while two more meet records fell during the third night of finals at the Iowa City Sectionals meet at the University of Iowa’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center pool.

Finals of the women’s 400 IM kicked off day three, as Peoria Area’s Rachael Kelch knocked almost six seconds off her prelim time and moved up three spots to first with a 4:21.75. Manuela Sampaio of the Etown Dolphins, the top seed after prelims, came in second at 4:22.73, while Linn-Mar’s Kelsey Drake posted a 4:25.25 for third.

Christian Carbone dominated the men’s 400 IM final, winning by more than four and a half seconds with a 3:53.00. Piranhas Swim Club’s Nicholas Staver dropped seven seconds from prelims to take second in 3:57.51, a little less than a second in front of Kenneth Mende (3:58.47).

Central Iowa’s Madeleine Gehrke held onto her top seed position in the women’s 50 free final, topping the championship heat in 23.03. Clovis Swim Club’s Danielle Herrmann, a double event winner last night, took second in 23.12, followed by Barrington Swim Club’s Valerie Tarazi in third at 23.52.

Carl Weigley gave Clovis its first win of the night as he posted a 20.27 in the men’s 50 free, comfortably in front of Iowa Flyers’ William Scott (20.51). Iowa Flyers’ Isaac Eyman Casey moved way up from his eighth place qualifying swim with a 20.58 for third.

Clovis Swim Club’s Danielle Herrmann made it a clean sweep of the breaststroke events in Iowa City, claiming the 200 breast title tonight in 2:11.23. Imelda Wistey finished second behind Herrmann again, posting a 2:16.74 in finals. Peoria Area’s Noel Peplowski rounded out the top three in 2:17.16.

Sean Mahoney of the Terrapins also swept the breaststroke events on the men’s side, setting meet records in both with a 1:55.10 tonight. He cut nearly two seconds off Ivan Gutesa’s 2009 meet record of 1:56.93. Minnesota’s John Bushman also swam under the previous mark with a 1:56.43. Both swimmers finished way ahead of the rest of the field, as Piranhas Swim Club’s Nicholas Staver took third in 2:01.97.

Barrington Swim Club’s Kirsten Jacobsen continued her dominance in the distance freestyle events, adding a win in the 500 free to her victories in the 200 and 1000 earlier in the meet with a 4:44.94 in finals. Mitchell Aquatic Club’s Tevyn Waddell, who’s had an equally impressive meet with a pair of wins last night, touched second in 4:52.57, while Life Time Arizona’s Isabel Whited took third in 4:54.32.

Glenview Titan’s Sam Iida topped the men’s 500 free in 4:29.36, comfortably in front of Clovis teammates Tanner Olmos (4:32.12) and Colin Cavanaugh (4:33.33).

In relay action, Clovis’ foursome of Stephanie Bartel, Danielle Herrmann, Caitlyn Snyder and Skyler Elkington broke the meet record in the women’s 400 medley relay with a 3:44.34. Foxjet set the previous record of 3:48.86 way back in 2001. Terrapins’ Samantha Coloma, Emily Ortner, Allie Klinger and Malorie Han got to the wall second in 3:50.63, while Barrington’s Valerie Tarazi, Andrea Vega, Emma Graves and Kirsten Jacobsen got to the wall third in 3:52.17.

In the men’s medley relay, the Terrapins quartet of Maxwell Bottene, Sean Mahoney, Evan Brock and Nathan Barsanti bested the field with a 3:21.06, well ahead of Clovis’ Matthew Elkington, Omar Dwidar, Carl Weigley and Graham Hauss (3:22.90). Charles Warren, Mackenzie Faldet, John Colin and Jordan Huff gave Dubuque Area a third place showing in 3:25.36.

Clovis leads the team standings through day three with 639 points, with Terrapins (503 points) and Barrington (346 points) in second and third.

2015 Speedo Sectionals – Iowa City, Live Results – Results

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Bill Bell

9 years ago

Mahoney was a gold-medalist in I think the 200 breast at the 2K11Pan-Am Games at Guadalajara and won a ring if not two as part of a Cal NCAA Championships team.

Hermann was an All- America at Kansas not too long ago and maynhave won a Big 12 title while there.