Easop Lee<\/strong> of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club was the standout performer Friday night at the CeraVe Invitational in Piscataway, N.J., as she picked up wins both the 200 free and 100 fly.<\/p>\n

Lee first posted a 2:01.53 in the women’s 200 free to surpass the field by more than a second and a half. Minutes later, she was back in the pool to compete in the 100 fly, and she finished that race in 1:02.39.<\/p>\n

Olivia Paoletti<\/strong> of the Delaware Swim Team blasted a 1:10.94 to take down Badger’s\u00a0Carly Cummings\u00a0<\/strong>in the women’s 100 breast. Later on in the session,\u00a0Cummings finished second again in the 200 IM, but she did not go down without a fight, using a strong breaststroke leg and a dominating surge in the final 10 meters to twice make up the gap on the Suburban Seahawks’\u00a0Alex Sumner<\/strong>. But Sumner held on for the win, 2:17.64 to 2:17.77.<\/p>\n

To open the evening, Badger’s\u00a0Nathalie Eid<\/strong> won a wire-to-wire victory in the women’s 800 free, touching in 8:56.92. Bluefish’s\u00a0Will Barao<\/strong> looked like he would do the same in the men’s 800, opening up a massive lead but fading badly down the last 300 meters. Long Island’s\u00a0CJ Arena<\/strong> took advantage and stole the race, finishing in 8:30.00.<\/p>\n

Long Island’s\u00a0Jason Louser<\/strong> posted a strong time of 1:05.32 to win the men’s 100 breast. One race later, North Baltimore’s\u00a0Billy Cadigan<\/strong> won the 200 free in 1:55.89. Barao, coming off his second-place finish in the 800, made a strong effort to finish second in 1:57.50, but his prelims time of 1:55.58 was the top effort of the day.<\/p>\n

Delaware’s\u00a0Jake Johnson<\/strong> won the men’s 100 fly in 55.48, and Eastern Express’\u00a0Connor Doyle<\/strong> took first in the final individual event of the night, touching in 2:06.42 in the men’s 200 IM.<\/p>\n

Long Island Aquatic Club won the women’s 800 free relay in 8:35.60, but it was not easy, as\u00a0Maggie Aroesty<\/strong> had to overtake Berkeley’s\u00a0Anastasia Bogdanovski<\/strong> down the stretch. Aroesty and LIAC touched in 8:35.60, one one-hundredth of a second ahead of Bogdanovski.<\/p>\n

Eastern Express closed out the evening with a win in the men’s 800 free relay, touching in 7:52.46.<\/p>\n