Townley Haas, Joseph Schooling Record Strong Swims at Texas Senior Circuit

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

During night two finals at the Texas Senior Circuit meet in College Station, Townley Haas posted the top time by an American so far this year in the men’s 200 free while Joseph Schooling won his first long course 100 fly since winning Olympic gold in Rio.

Haas’ time of 1:47.86 doesn’t even crack the top 30 in the world this year, but he does move past Blake Pieroni (1:48.14) as the fastest American so far this year. Haas’ Longhorn teammate Jack Conger was second in the race in 1:48.84, while Tidewater’s Patrick Callan took third in 1:49.47.

In the men’s 100 fly, Longhorn’s Schooling won in 51.82, good for seventh in the world rankings. Teammate Bryce Bohman followed in 54.33, two tenths ahead of Aggie’s Turker Ayar (54.53).

Longhorn’s Andrew Wilson dominated the men’s 100 breast, coming in at 1:00.73. That’s just a few tenths off his season best of 1:00.45 from last month that ranks him third among Americans this year. Longhorn’s Casey Melzer (1:03.11) and Rockwall’s Jared Butler (1:04.68) finished second and third, respectively.

Aggie’s Sarah Gibson cruised to victory in the women’s 100 fly, touching in 58.68. Magnolia’s Lille Nordmann took second in 1:01.14, ahead of teammate Emily Reese (1:02.36).

Aggie’s Sydney Pickrem took first in the women’s 400 IM in 4:42.39, about seven seconds off her world No. 5-ranked time of 4:35.43. Pickrem will represent Canada in the event this summer at the FINA World Championships. Metro’s Vanessa Pearl claimed second in 4:44.87, and third went to Aggie’s Bethany Galat in 4:51.95.

The Texas A&M duo of Jorie Caneta and Ashley McGregor finished 1-2 in the women’s 100 breast, with Caneta touching in 1:08.41 and McGregor finishing just behind in 1:09.72. Pearl claimed third place in 1:10.90.

After winning two events on day one, Aggie’s Claire Rasmus picked up her third win of the meet in the women’s 200 free, touching in 2:00.63. Gibson was second in 2:01.55, and Austin Swim Club’s Diana Dunn was third in 2:02.16.

Aggie’s Lisa Bratton won the women’s 50 back in 28.99, while Aggie’s Julia Cook touched out Magnolia’s Lucie Nordmann for second, 29.33 to 29.34.

Aggie’s Brock Bonetti won the men’s 50 back in 26.33, narrowly edging out Bohman, who came in at 26.36. Aggie’s Duncan Mulleady took third in 27.30.

Longhorn’s Sam Stewart rounded out the night with a win in the men’s 400 IM, touching in 4:26.80. Aggie’s Austin Van Overdam (4:33.92) and North Texas Nadadores’ Colter Carman (4:36.46) finished second and third, respectively.

Full results available on Meet Mobile — “Texas Senior Circuit Long Course Meet #2”

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6 years ago

Really?