Thomas Heilman Lowers 200 Fly NAG Another Second to 1:42.77 at Speedo Juniors

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Thomas Heilman Lowers 200 Fly NAG Another Second to 1:42.77 at Speedo Juniors

Thomas Heilman continued his assault on the national age-group record board Saturday night, the 14-year-older lowering the 200 butterfly mark for the second time in a day.

The day began with Michael Andrew owning the record for the 13-14 age-group since 2014 at 1:45.39. Heilman went 1:43.97, a drop of more than two seconds off his seed time, in the morning prelims session at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships East Meet in Greensboro, N.C.. He then went 1:42.77 at night to lower it even further and claim victory over a swimmer four years his senior.

Heilman’s morning splits:

Event 34  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
==================================================================
  SC Jrs Meet: M 1:40.91  12/8/2018 Gianluca Urlando, DART Swimming-SN
  Pool Record: P 1:38.65  2/29/2020 Nicolas Albiero, LOU
    Name                  Age Team                 Seed    Prelims        
==================================================================
                      === Preliminaries ===                       
 
  1 Thomas Heilman         14 Cavalier Aquatic  1:46.13    1:43.97  
                 23.38        50.17 (26.79)
        1:17.24 (27.07)     1:43.97 (26.73)

And his splits at night:

Event 34  Men 200 Yard Butterfly
==================================================================
  SC Jrs Meet: M 1:40.91  12/8/2018 Gianluca Urlando, DART Swimming-SN
  Pool Record: P 1:38.65  2/29/2020 Nicolas Albiero, LOU
    Name                  Age Team              Prelims     Finals        
==================================================================
                        === A - Final ===                         
 
  1 Thomas Heilman         14 Cavalier Aquatic  1:43.97    1:42.77  
                 22.98        49.57 (26.59)
        1:16.09 (26.52)     1:42.77 (26.68)
  2 Carl Bloebaum          18 Mason Manta Rays  1:45.99    1:42.94  
                 22.64        48.71 (26.07)
        1:15.88 (27.17)     1:42.94 (27.06)
  3 Gibson Holmes          17 Mason Manta Rays  1:45.83    1:42.95  
                 23.45        49.57 (26.12)
        1:16.09 (26.52)     1:42.95 (26.86)

Cavalier Aquatic Club/Piedmont Family YMCA swimmer owns NAGs in the 100 free, 200 free and 100 fly, plus on the 400 free relay.

Saturday night, he faced a challenge down the stretch. He turned tied for second at the 150-yard wall, but used a split of 26.68 to rally to the win. Second was Carl Bloebaum in 1:42.94. Third place went to Bloebaum’s Mason Manta Rays teammate Gibson Holmes in 1:42.95. No one else in the race cracked 1:45.

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