The 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals – West kicked off this evening in College Station, TX with the men and women present competing in the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay, with all events being swum as short course yards.<\/p>\n
Fort Collins Area Swim Team got the meet off to a quick start with a first place finish in the women’s 200 medley relay. The team of\u00a0Bayley Stewart\u00a0<\/strong>(25.49),\u00a0Zoe Bartel<\/strong> (27.47),\u00a0Coleen Gillilan<\/strong> (24.05), and\u00a0Kylee Alons<\/strong> (21.84) combined to post a final time of 1:38.85.<\/p>\n Second place was picked up by the Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics’ relay team comprised of\u00a0Zoe Lusk\u00a0<\/strong>(25.35),\u00a0Grace Zhao<\/strong> (27.55),\u00a0Gabrielle Anderson<\/strong> (25.32), and\u00a0Isabelle Henig<\/strong> (22.17). The group of four turned in a final time of 1:40.39.<\/p>\n The bronze medal went to Santa Clara Swim Club and their time of 1:41.06.<\/p>\n Scottsdale Aquatic Club dashed ahead of the competition in timed finals of the men’s 200 medley relay.\u00a0Ryan Hoffer<\/strong> (21.04),\u00a0Sean Gage<\/strong> (24.96),\u00a0Ray Van Deusen\u00a0<\/strong>(21.59), and\u00a0Jack Blake\u00a0<\/strong>delivered a final time of 1:27.11, close to three seconds ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n Pal Alto Stanford Aquatics grabbed a second silver medal with a final time of 1:30.01. Their ‘A’ relay consisted of\u00a0Alex Liang\u00a0<\/strong>(23.25),\u00a0Maximillian Pokutta<\/strong> (24.42),\u00a0Albert Gwo\u00a0<\/strong>(21.66), and\u00a0Michael Lincoln<\/strong> (20.68).<\/p>\n Nitro Swimming’s ‘A’ relay finished third overall with a close time of 1:30.59.<\/p>\n The women of the Aquazot Swim Club outlasted the competition in timed finals of the women’s 800 freestyle relay, swimming to a final time of 7:12.12.\u00a0Eva Merrell\u00a0<\/strong>(1:45.89),\u00a0Samantha Pearson<\/strong> (1:49.44),\u00a0Katie Glavinovich<\/strong> (1:48.85), and\u00a0Kate Krolikowski<\/strong> (1:47.94) combined to claim the first Junior Nationals medal for the Aquazots.<\/p>\n Austin Swim Club’s ‘A’ relay team of\u00a0Dakota Luther<\/strong> (1:48.63),\u00a0Diana Dunn<\/strong> (1:47.83),\u00a0Kendall Shields<\/strong> (1:48.34), and\u00a0Ella Collins<\/strong> (1:49.63) delivered a second place finish of 7:14.43.<\/p>\n Third went to the women of Waves Bloomington\/Normal and their time of 7:15.13.<\/p>\n The men of Scottsdale Aquatic Club continued to deliver swift times with a top showing in the men’s 800 freestyle relay. Offer (1:35.27), Blake (1:38.89),\u00a0Terry Yang<\/strong> (1:40.12), and\u00a0Aaron Apel<\/strong> (1:37.65) turned in a final time of 6:31.93 for the gold.<\/p>\n Nitro Swimming finished second overall with a final time of 6:32.79 from teammates\u00a0Corban Rawls<\/strong> (1:38.50),\u00a0Matthew Connealy<\/strong> (1:38.11),\u00a0Sean Grieshop<\/strong> (1:37.19), and\u00a0Chris Yeager<\/strong> (1:38.99).<\/p>\n Irvine Novaquatics posted a third place finish of 6:33.49 to conclude the night.<\/p>\n All results can be found on Meet Mobile – 2016 Winter Junior Championships West.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2016 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals – West kicked off this evening in College Station, TX with the men and women present competing in the 200 medley relay and 800<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":117326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[59633],"class_list":["post-232478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-2016-speedo-winter-junior-championships-west"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nMen’s 200 Medley Relay:<\/h3>\n
Women’s 800 Free Relay:<\/h3>\n
Men’s 800 Free Relay:<\/h3>\n