USA Junior Nationals: Meet Record Bonanza Takes Place During Second Night of Swimming

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, August 7. THE Speedo Junior National Championships witnessed another meet-record night, this time during the second evening of competition at the IU Natatorium at IUPUI.

Women's 100 freestyle
Pirate Aquatics' Karlee Bispo won a tough head-to-head battle over Arlington Aquatics' Katie Radloff, 56.78 to 56.92, to win the first junior national title on offer during the second night of swimming. Sun Devil Aquatics' Traycie Swartz went out the fastest with a 27.27 split, but did not have enough left in the tank and fell to third in 57.00.

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Men's 100 freestyle
After Tualatin Hills' Morgon Henderson-Kunz set the meet record with a time of 51.08, he set himself up in position to drop the time below the 51-second barrier. While Henderson-Kunz did just that with a time of 50.84, Swimming World Magazine's High School Swimmer of the Year Austin Staab of Westerville Aquatics joined him as the pair tied.

Henderson-Kunz had to make up nearly half-a-second after the turn as Staab touched in 24.56 compared to Henderson-Kunz' 24.98 (the fifth-fastest 50).

Dubuque Area's Jordan Huff rounded out the top three in 51.41.

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Women's 200 breaststroke
Bluefish's Laura Sogar kept the meet-record roll going after taking the standard below 2:32 in the women's 200 breast. Sogar touched in 2:31.94 to eclipse the 2:32.58 set by Kasey Carlson last year in Irvine.

Denver Hilltopper Ellie Freeman placed second in 2:33.20, while Dallas Mustang Spindrift Beck grabbed third in 2:33.33.

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Men's 200 breaststroke
Mission Viejo's John Criste nearly brought the meet standard from the 2:18s right into the 2:16s with a winning effort of 2:17.18. That performance surpassed the 2:18.26 set by Bradley Craig on Irvine last year.

Craig, swimming for Barracuda, also swam faster than the meet record but settled for second in 2:17.41. Marietta Marlin Dillon Connolly placed third in 2:18.30.

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Women's 200 backstroke
Bluefish's Elizabeth Beisel shaved more than a second off her prelim meet-record swim of 2:13.30 with a winning time of 2:12.20 as she waltzes away with the junior national title.

Fort Lauderdale Aquatics' Lauren Driscoll owned second place with a time of 2:16.33, while Dallas Mustang Meredith Monroe claimed third in 2:18.02.

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Men's 200 backstroke
Dallas Mustang Matt Thompson demolished his meet-record time of 2:03.00 set in Irvine last year as he nearly went sub-2:00 with a first-place effort of 2:00.50. Thompson went out fast and never looked back as he had a full second lead over the pack after the initial 50 meters.

SoNoCo's Eric Ress also swam faster than the previous record with a second-place time of 2:02.30, but did not even come close to Thompson at the finish. Meanwhile, Peddie's Derick Chui finished third in 2:05.07 as he just held off Bluefish's Chris Rogers (2:05.38).

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Women's 200 butterfly
Abbie Fish of Lakeside held on to an early lead to capture a wire-to-wire victory over Aquazot's Lyndsay De Paul and Cy-Fair Swim Club's Cammile Adams. Fish touched in 2:12.00, as De Paul needed just a few more inches to make up the difference with a second-place 2:12.03. Adams placed just behind in a 2:12.04.

All three marks erased the previous meet record, but Fish's knocked exactly a second off the 2:13.00 set by Natalie Adams in Irvine a year ago.

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Men's 200 butterfly
Arlington Alligator Sam Wilcher came from behind to snatch the men's 200 fly record in a time of 2:00.95, while Kansas City Blazer Bobby Bollier, who led at the 150-meter mark barely held onto second in 2:01.44. Virginia Gator Todd McGraw nearly made up the time as he placed third in 2:01.45.

David Mosko's meet record of 2:00.18 set in Irvine in 2005 will remain on the books.

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For a complete recap of the second day of preliminary action, click here.

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