Speedo Sectionals kicked off tonight at Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina with the distance session.<\/p>\n
The meet began with a close race between Bayley<\/strong> Frierson<\/strong> of Georgia’s Chattahoochee and Sinclair<\/strong> Larson<\/strong> of SwimMAC Carolina in the women’s 1000-yard freestyle, with Frierson coming out just on top with a 9:58.25. Larson was just behind in 9:59.79, dropping 20 seconds from her seed time to place second for SwimMAC and displace Asheville’s Abigail<\/strong> Kriegler<\/strong>. Larson and Frierson were the only women under 10:00.00, as Kriegler finished third in 10:05.91.<\/p>\n Another big time drop came from 16-year-old\u00a0Thomas<\/strong> Bretzmann<\/strong>\u00a0of North Carolina Aquatic Club in the men’s 1000, overtaking first-seed John<\/strong> Frith<\/strong>\u00a0of New South Swimming for first place in a time of 9:11.85. Frith was runner-up, stopping the clock in 9:14.77. Lucas<\/strong> Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0grabbed the third-place spot for SwimMAC, with a 9:16.63. SwimMAC athletes placed third, fourth, and fifth in the event, showcasing the team’s depth.<\/p>\n For the women’s 800 freestyle relay, SwimMAC Carolina’s A-team dominated the rest of the field by six seconds, with Julia Menkhaus<\/strong>, Heidi<\/strong> Lowe<\/strong>, Sophie<\/strong> Lindner<\/strong>, and Caroline<\/strong> Hauder<\/strong>\u00a0combining for a time of 7:17.67. Chattahoochee Gold Swim Club put together a second-place relay finish in a time of 7:23.62, with Emma<\/strong> Cole<\/strong> blasting a 1:47.63 as anchor. This swim bodes well for her individual 200 tomorrow. Kentucky’s Cardinal Aquatic Club touched the wall third in 7:24.63. SwimMAC’s B-squad placed fourth.<\/p>\n Results for the men’s 800 freestyle relay were unavailable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Speedo Sectionals kicked off tonight at Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina with the distance session. The meet began with a close race between Bayley Frierson of Georgia’s Chattahoochee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4277,"featured_media":48770,"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":[49268,49262,7],"tags":[60328,28434,49116,60701,42961,60704],"class_list":["post-245595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-meet-coverage","category-meet-recaps","category-usa","tag-2017-speedo-sectionals-greensboro","tag-emma-cole","tag-julia-menkhaus","tag-sinclair-larson","tag-swimmac-carolina","tag-thomas-bretzmann"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n