{"id":287373,"date":"2017-12-07T14:44:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T21:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=287373"},"modified":"2017-12-07T19:17:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T02:17:30","slug":"gretchen-walsh-nag-record-drew-kibler-double-highlight-thursday-night-of-speedo-juniors-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/gretchen-walsh-nag-record-drew-kibler-double-highlight-thursday-night-of-speedo-juniors-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen Walsh&#8217;s NAG Record, Drew Kibler&#8217;s Double Highlight Thursday Night of Juniors East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was plenty of fast swimming on Thursday night in Knoxville at the Speedo Junior Nationals East Championships.\u00a0<strong>Drew Kibler\u00a0<\/strong>won two events on Thursday night while the Walsh siblings of Alex and Gretchen each won an event and both set a national age group record in their respective age group. They weren&#8217;t the only siblings to do major work in Knoxville as the Foster siblings Jake and Carson went 1-2 in the 200 IM, where Carson swam the second fastest time in the 15-16 age group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2017-winter-junior-nationals-east-thursday-finals-heat-sheets-day-2-usa-age-group-2017-12-07.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Heat Sheets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2017-winter-junior-nationals-east-thursday-finals-results-day-2-usa-age-group-2017-12-07.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tonight&#8217;s events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>500 Free<\/li>\n<li>200 IM<\/li>\n<li>50 Free<\/li>\n<li>400 Medley Relay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 500 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Leah Braswell\u00a0<\/strong>used a strong back half to step on the gas and win the A-final of the 500 at 4:39.29. The 17-year-old Braswell pulled away over the second half from\u00a0<strong>Madison Homovich<\/strong> who finished second at 4:41.88. Braswell moved up to 40th all-time in the 17-18 NAG rankings just behind\u00a0<strong>Kaitlin Sandeno<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Braswell was a little off the meet record of 4:37.82 by\u00a0<strong>Hannah Cox\u00a0<\/strong>set in 2015. Braswell has committed to swim for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/florida-gators-get-verbal-commitment-from-y-national-champ-leah-braswell\/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a> next fall while Homovich will be at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/madison-homovich-gives-verbal-commitment-georgia-bulldogs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia<\/a> next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Smutny\u00a0<\/strong>(4:42.80),\u00a0<strong>Lola Mull\u00a0<\/strong>(4:43.35),\u00a0<strong>Olwyn Bartis\u00a0<\/strong>(4:46.31),\u00a0<strong>Emma Weyant\u00a0<\/strong>(4:46.41),\u00a0<strong>Emily Hetzer\u00a0<\/strong>(4:46.83) and\u00a0<strong>Sinclair Larson\u00a0<\/strong>(4:52.62) also swam in the championship final.<\/p>\n<p>14-year olds\u00a0<strong>Olivia McMurray<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Mariah Denigan\u00a0<\/strong>won the C and B Finals respectively with McMurray taking out the C-Final with a 4:47.03 to put her at 42nd all-time in the 13-14 NAG rankings just behind <strong>Katie Hoff<\/strong>. Denigan followed that up with a 4:46.40 to put her 32nd all-time in the event.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 5  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  SC Jrs Meet: J 4:37.82  12\/09\/15  Hannah Cox, Upper Valley A.C\r\n    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals HyPts Points\r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Leah Braswell    17 York YMCA-MA      4:44.24    4:39.29   944   20  \r\n             26.56        54.79 (28.23)\r\n        1:23.24 (28.45)     1:51.73 (28.49)\r\n        2:20.22 (28.49)     2:48.81 (28.59)\r\n        3:16.91 (28.10)     3:45.24 (28.33)\r\n        4:12.95 (27.71)     4:39.29 (26.34)\r\n  2 Madison Homovic  17 Marlins of Ralei  4:44.71    4:41.88   916   17  \r\n             26.04        54.29 (28.25)\r\n        1:22.62 (28.33)     1:50.98 (28.36)\r\n        2:19.57 (28.59)     2:48.33 (28.76)\r\n        3:16.64 (28.31)     3:45.60 (28.96)\r\n        4:14.18 (28.58)     4:41.88 (27.70)\r\n  3 Mary Smutny      17 AquaKids Sharks-  4:46.92    4:42.80   906   16  \r\n             26.20        54.36 (28.16)\r\n        1:22.88 (28.52)     1:51.38 (28.50)\r\n        2:20.04 (28.66)     2:48.91 (28.87)\r\n        3:17.65 (28.74)     3:46.28 (28.63)\r\n        4:14.98 (28.70)     4:42.80 (27.82)\r\n  4 Lola Mull        15 Mid-Michigan Aqu  4:47.28    4:43.35   900   15  \r\n             25.88        53.97 (28.09)\r\n        1:22.54 (28.57)     1:51.30 (28.76)\r\n        2:20.01 (28.71)     2:48.72 (28.71)\r\n        3:17.39 (28.67)     3:46.43 (29.04)\r\n        4:15.41 (28.98)     4:43.35 (27.94)\r\n  5 Olwyn Bartis     16 SwimMAC Carolina  4:47.31    4:46.31   868   14  \r\n             25.71        53.72 (28.01)\r\n        1:22.25 (28.53)     1:51.11 (28.86)\r\n        2:19.87 (28.76)     2:48.71 (28.84)\r\n        3:17.69 (28.98)     3:46.93 (29.24)\r\n        4:16.95 (30.02)     4:46.31 (29.36)\r\n  6 Emma Weyant      15 Sarasota YMCA Sh  4:47.68    4:46.41   867   13  \r\n             26.44        55.02 (28.58)\r\n        1:23.59 (28.57)     1:52.40 (28.81)\r\n        2:21.15 (28.75)     2:50.28 (29.13)\r\n        3:19.77 (29.49)     3:48.94 (29.17)\r\n        4:18.14 (29.20)     4:46.41 (28.27)\r\n  7 Emily Hetzer     17 Occoquan Swimmin  4:47.99    4:46.83   862   12  \r\n             26.48        54.88 (28.40)\r\n        1:23.45 (28.57)     1:52.16 (28.71)\r\n        2:21.17 (29.01)     2:50.26 (29.09)\r\n        3:19.82 (29.56)     3:49.33 (29.51)\r\n        4:18.58 (29.25)     4:46.83 (28.25)\r\n  8 Sinclair Larson  17 SwimMAC Carolina  4:47.82    4:52.62   802   11  \r\n             26.37        55.18 (28.81)\r\n        1:24.02 (28.84)     1:53.32 (29.30)\r\n        2:22.53 (29.21)     2:51.99 (29.46)\r\n        3:21.84 (29.85)     3:51.89 (30.05)\r\n        4:22.23 (30.34)     4:52.62 (30.39)<\/pre>\n<pre>9 Mariah Denigan   14 Northern KY Clip  4:48.67    4:46.40   867    9  \r\n             26.63        55.42 (28.79)\r\n        1:24.82 (29.40)     1:53.82 (29.00)\r\n        2:22.69 (28.87)     2:51.61 (28.92)\r\n        3:20.63 (29.02)     3:49.54 (28.91)\r\n        4:18.39 (28.85)     4:46.40 (28.01)<\/pre>\n<pre> 17 Olivia McMurray  14 Swim Florida-FL   4:51.06    4:47.03   860  \r\n             26.73        55.79 (29.06)\r\n        1:24.86 (29.07)     1:54.14 (29.28)\r\n        2:23.60 (29.46)     2:53.05 (29.45)\r\n        3:22.32 (29.27)     3:51.26 (28.94)\r\n        4:19.77 (28.51)     4:47.03 (27.26)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 500 Free<\/h3>\n<p>17-year-old <strong>Drew Kibler\u00a0<\/strong>of Carmel Swim Club defended his title from a year ago with a 4:14.42 to break his meet record from last year of 4:15.36. 17-year-old\u00a0<strong>Trey Freeman\u00a0<\/strong>was also under the meet record with a 4:15.06 while\u00a0<strong>Kieran Smith\u00a0<\/strong>was third at 4:16.96. Kibler will be headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nag-record-holder-drew-kibler-commits-to-texas-longhorns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a>, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/high-school-junior-trey-freeman-commits-to-florida-gators\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freeman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/florida-picks-up-verbal-commitment-from-connecticut-imer-kieran-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\">Smith<\/a> will be headed to Florida next year.<\/p>\n<p>Kibler moved up to sixth all-time in the 17-18 NAG rankings while Freeman is now tenth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ross Dant\u00a0<\/strong>(4:18.89),\u00a0<strong>Cody Bybee\u00a0<\/strong>(4:20.97),\u00a0<strong>John Dubois\u00a0<\/strong>(4:22.70),\u00a0<strong>Hayden Curley\u00a0<\/strong>(4:22.94) and\u00a0<strong>Bradley Dunham\u00a0<\/strong>(4:26.00) also competed in the championship final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacob Magahey\u00a0<\/strong>of Swim Atlanta won the B-Final with a 4:20.83 as the 16-year-old moves to 20th all-time in the 15-16 age group in that event.<\/p>\n<pre><b>Event 6  Men 500 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  SC Jrs Meet: J 4:15.36  12\/08\/16  Drew Kibler, Carmel Swim Club\r\n    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals HyPts Points\r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Drew Kibler      17 Carmel Swim Club  4:18.71    4:14.42J  951   20  \r\n             23.07        48.91 (25.84)\r\n        1:14.44 (25.53)     1:40.62 (26.18)\r\n        2:06.50 (25.88)     2:32.53 (26.03)\r\n        2:58.26 (25.73)     3:24.04 (25.78)\r\n        3:49.63 (25.59)     4:14.42 (24.79)\r\n  2 Robert Freeman   17 Baylor Swim Club  4:19.28    4:15.06J  944   17  \r\n             23.20        48.64 (25.44)\r\n        1:14.61 (25.97)     1:40.81 (26.20)\r\n        2:07.10 (26.29)     2:33.15 (26.05)\r\n        2:59.29 (26.14)     3:25.27 (25.98)\r\n        3:50.66 (25.39)     4:15.06 (24.40)\r\n  3 Kieran Smith     17 Ridgefield Aquat  4:18.22    4:16.96   924   16  \r\n             23.13        49.12 (25.99)\r\n        1:14.97 (25.85)     1:41.10 (26.13)\r\n        2:07.29 (26.19)     2:33.67 (26.38)\r\n        3:00.09 (26.42)     3:26.28 (26.19)\r\n        3:51.99 (25.71)     4:16.96 (24.97)\r\n  4 Ross Dant        16 Hickory Foundati  4:19.29    4:18.89   904   15  \r\n             23.60        49.38 (25.78)\r\n        1:15.57 (26.19)     1:41.71 (26.14)\r\n        2:08.07 (26.36)     2:34.05 (25.98)\r\n        3:00.37 (26.32)     3:26.69 (26.32)\r\n        3:53.02 (26.33)     4:18.89 (25.87)\r\n  5 Cody Bybee       18 Dayton Raiders-O  4:20.16    4:20.97   883   14  \r\n             23.59        49.33 (25.74)\r\n        1:15.53 (26.20)     1:42.06 (26.53)\r\n        2:08.83 (26.77)     2:34.88 (26.05)\r\n        3:01.43 (26.55)     3:28.19 (26.76)\r\n        3:54.84 (26.65)     4:20.97 (26.13)\r\n  6 John Dubois      17 SwimAtlanta-GA    4:22.43    4:22.70   865   13  \r\n             23.97        49.82 (25.85)\r\n        1:16.13 (26.31)     1:42.83 (26.70)\r\n        2:09.83 (27.00)     2:36.51 (26.68)\r\n        3:03.36 (26.85)     3:30.28 (26.92)\r\n        3:56.87 (26.59)     4:22.70 (25.83)\r\n  7 Hayden Curley    18 Highlander Aquat  4:22.09    4:22.94   862   12  \r\n             23.90        49.77 (25.87)\r\n        1:16.12 (26.35)     1:42.69 (26.57)\r\n        2:09.57 (26.88)     2:36.01 (26.44)\r\n        3:02.73 (26.72)     3:29.64 (26.91)\r\n        3:56.55 (26.91)     4:22.94 (26.39)\r\n  8 Bradley Dunham   17 SwimAtlanta-GA    4:19.07    4:26.00   832   11  \r\n             23.59        49.35 (25.76)\r\n        1:15.81 (26.46)     1:42.48 (26.67)\r\n        2:09.43 (26.95)     2:36.74 (27.31)\r\n        3:04.11 (27.37)     3:31.67 (27.56)\r\n        3:59.15 (27.48)     4:26.00 (26.85)<\/pre>\n<pre> 9 Jacob Magahey    16 SwimAtlanta-GA    4:25.25    4:20.83   884    9  \r\n             23.75        49.46 (25.71)\r\n        1:15.65 (26.19)     1:41.95 (26.30)\r\n        2:08.51 (26.56)     2:35.08 (26.57)\r\n        3:01.70 (26.62)     3:28.43 (26.73)\r\n        3:54.95 (26.52)     4:20.83 (25.88)<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h3>\n<p>16-year-old\u00a0<strong>Alex Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>of Nashville Aquatic Club swam a new meet record of 1:54.02 on Thursday night at the Speedo Junior National East Championships in Knoxville. Walsh broke her own meet record she set last year at 1:54.48 as she also snuck under the national age group record for the\u00a015-16 age group that was a 1:54.03 held by\u00a0<strong>Dagny Knutson\u00a0<\/strong>from December 2008.<\/p>\n<p>This might not be the only NAG record Walsh breaks on the weekend as she has a potential to break other records on the weekend. Even her sister had a strong 50 free last night on the 200 medley relay and the two will go head to head in that event later tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh now holds the NAG record for the 13-14 and the 15-16 age group as she is still only in her sophomore year of high school. Walsh finished ahead of\u00a0<strong>Olivia Carter\u00a0<\/strong>(1:56.83) and\u00a0<strong>Kelly Pash\u00a0<\/strong>(1:58.02).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katherine Douglass\u00a0<\/strong>(1:58.12),\u00a0<strong>Ella Nelson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:59.39),\u00a0<strong>Allie Raab\u00a0<\/strong>(1:59.58),\u00a0<strong>Hannah Foster\u00a0<\/strong>(1:59.99) and\u00a0<strong>Kathleen Golding\u00a0<\/strong>competed in the championship final.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 7  Women 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  SC Jrs Meet: J 1:54.48  12\/08\/16  Alexandra Walsh, Nashville A.C.\r\n    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals HyPts Points\r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Alexandra Walsh  16 Nashville Aquati  1:56.08    1:54.02J 1027   20  \r\n             25.52        53.97 (28.45)\r\n        1:27.58 (33.61)     1:54.02 (26.44)\r\n  2 Olivia Carter    17 Enfinity Aquatic  1:57.91    1:56.83   965   17  \r\n             24.48        53.06 (28.58)\r\n        1:28.81 (35.75)     1:56.83 (28.02)\r\n  3 Kelly Pash       16 Carmel Swim Club  1:58.81    1:58.02   939   16  \r\n             25.27        54.52 (29.25)\r\n        1:29.83 (35.31)     1:58.02 (28.19)\r\n  4 Katherine Dougl  16 Chelsea Piers Aq  1:58.32    1:58.12   937   15  \r\n             25.08        55.19 (30.11)\r\n        1:29.97 (34.78)     1:58.12 (28.15)\r\n  5 Ella Nelson      16 Nashville Aquati  1:59.39    1:59.39   910   14  \r\n             26.37        56.70 (30.33)\r\n        1:30.89 (34.19)     1:59.39 (28.50)\r\n  6 Allison Raab     17 Nashville Aquati  1:59.34    1:59.58   906   13  \r\n             26.76        57.52 (30.76)\r\n        1:31.74 (34.22)     1:59.58 (27.84)\r\n  7 Hannah Foster    18 Mason Manta Rays  1:59.63    1:59.99   897   12  \r\n             26.27        56.56 (30.29)\r\n        1:31.69 (35.13)     1:59.99 (28.30)\r\n -- Kathleen Golding 17 South Florida Aq  1:59.93         DQ<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 IM<\/h3>\n<p>16-year-old\u00a0<strong>Carson Foster\u00a0<\/strong>of the Mason Manta Rays went 1-2 with his brother\u00a0<strong>Jake Foster\u00a0<\/strong>in the 200 IM final at the Speedo Juniors East Championships in Knoxville. Carson won the final on Thursday night with a 1:43.79 to move to second all-time in the event in the 15-16 NAG rankings behind only\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrew\u00a0<\/strong>(1:42.77) from 2015. That time by Andrew was also the meet record. Jake finished in second at 1:44.15 to move to 14th all-time in the 17-18 rankings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kieran Smith\u00a0<\/strong>finished third in his second final of the night with a 1:44.34. Smith is now tied for 17th in the 17-18 rankings all-time with\u00a0<strong>Matt Thompson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dillon Hillis\u00a0<\/strong>(1:46.22),\u00a0<strong>Destin Lasco\u00a0<\/strong>(1:46.90),\u00a0<strong>Raunak Khosla\u00a0<\/strong>(1:47.30),\u00a0<strong>Timothy Connery\u00a0<\/strong>(1:48.06) and\u00a0<strong>William Chan\u00a0<\/strong>(1:48.56) also competed in the A-final.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 8  Men 200 Yard IM<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  SC Jrs Meet: J 1:42.77  12\/2015   Michael Andrew, Indie Swimming\r\n    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals HyPts Points\r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Carson Foster    16 Mason Manta Rays  1:44.57    1:43.79   985   20  \r\n             23.04        48.83 (25.79)\r\n        1:19.52 (30.69)     1:43.79 (24.27)\r\n  2 Jacob Foster     17 Mason Manta Rays  1:44.82    1:44.15   976   17  \r\n             23.26        49.99 (26.73)\r\n        1:19.16 (29.17)     1:44.15 (24.99)\r\n  3 Kieran Smith     17 Ridgefield Aquat  1:47.13    1:44.34   971   16  \r\n             22.44        48.68 (26.24)\r\n        1:19.81 (31.13)     1:44.34 (24.53)\r\n  4 Dillon Hillis    17 Bolles School Sh  1:46.35    1:46.22   923   15  \r\n             23.04        50.04 (27.00)\r\n        1:20.42 (30.38)     1:46.22 (25.80)\r\n  5 Destin Lasco     16 Pleasantville Aq  1:47.53    1:46.90   906   14  \r\n             24.24        51.36 (27.12)\r\n        1:22.58 (31.22)     1:46.90 (24.32)\r\n  6 Raunak Khosla    17 Dynamo Swim Club  1:46.95    1:47.30   896   13  \r\n             23.31        51.87 (28.56)\r\n        1:21.75 (29.88)     1:47.30 (25.55)\r\n  7 Timothy Connery  15 SwimMAC Carolina  1:47.85    1:48.06   877   12  \r\n             23.48        50.99 (27.51)\r\n        1:22.10 (31.11)     1:48.06 (25.96)\r\n  8 William Chan     17 SwimMAC Carolina  1:47.79    1:48.56   865   11  \r\n             23.55        51.19 (27.64)\r\n        1:22.43 (31.24)     1:48.56 (26.13)<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p>14-year-old\u00a0<strong>Gretchen Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>has been the talk of the town at the Speedo Junior Nationals East in Knoxville. Walsh turned a lot of heads when she split a 21 low last night in the 200 medley relay on Wednesday night. She backed that up with a 22.00 on Thursday night to almost become the first 14-year-old under 22 seconds in the 50 free. She broke her own NAG record that she set this morning that was a 22.26. She now sits clearly in first ahead of\u00a0<strong>Katherine Douglass\u00a0<\/strong>(22.32).<\/p>\n<p>Douglass ended up finishing second in the final with a 22.18 ahead of Walsh&#8217;s older sister\u00a0<strong>Alex Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>(22.28). Douglass moved to seventh all-time in the 15-16 age group with that swim to move ahead of national junior teamer\u00a0<strong>Grace Ariola<\/strong>. Alex Walsh is now 16th in the same age group all-time rankings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grace Countie\u00a0<\/strong>(22.50),\u00a0<strong>Gabriela Albiero\u00a0<\/strong>(22.74),\u00a0<strong>Talia Bates\u00a0<\/strong>(22.76),\u00a0<strong>Cora Dupre\u00a0<\/strong>(22.78) and\u00a0<strong>Olwyn Bartis\u00a0<\/strong>(22.97) also swam in the championship final.<\/p>\n<pre> \r\n<b> Event 9  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  SC Jrs Meet: J 21.49  12\/12\/14  Abbigail Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatic\r\n    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals HyPts Points\r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Gretchen Walsh   14 Nashville Aquati    22.26      22.00   971   20  \r\n  2 Katherine Dougl  16 Chelsea Piers Aq    22.48      22.18   952   17  \r\n  3 Alexandra Walsh  16 Nashville Aquati    22.35      22.28   941   16  \r\n  4 Grace Countie    18 Marlins of Ralei    22.52      22.50   919   15  \r\n  5 Gabriela Albier  15 Cardinal Aquatic    22.80      22.74   894   14  \r\n  6 Talia Bates      16 Gator Swim Club-    22.84      22.76   892   13  \r\n  7 Cora Dupre       16 Mason Manta Rays    22.51      22.78   890   12  \r\n  8 Olwyn Bartis     16 SwimMAC Carolina    22.84      22.97   870   11<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 50 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Drew Kibler\u00a0<\/strong>won his second race of the night with a 19.57 in the 50 free. Kibler broke the meet record earlier in the night in the 500 and doubled up in the 50, although he didn&#8217;t get the meet record of 18.71 set last year by\u00a0<strong>Ryan Hoffer<\/strong>. Kibler won the final ahead of fellow Indianapolis area native\u00a0<strong>Jack Franzman\u00a0<\/strong>who finished second at 19.74.\u00a0<strong>Matthew Yish\u00a0<\/strong>finished third at 20.00.<\/p>\n<p>Franzman will be heading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/jack-franzman-switches-verbal-commitment-from-nc-state-to-indiana-hoosiers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana <\/a>next year while Yish will be headed to Auburn.<\/p>\n<p>Kibler will stay at 19th all-time in the 17-18 NAG rankings while Franzman moves up to tied for 35th with former Arizona swimmers\u00a0<strong>Mitchell Friedemann\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Giles Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justin Grender\u00a0<\/strong>(20.12),\u00a0<strong>Mason Gonzalez\u00a0<\/strong>(20.15),\u00a0<strong>Carson Foster\u00a0<\/strong>(20.28),\u00a0<strong>John Walker\u00a0<\/strong>(20.30) and\u00a0<strong>Cody Bybee\u00a0<\/strong>(20.38) also swam in the championship final.<\/p>\n<p>The extremely versatile Foster moves up to 35th in the 15-16 all-time rankings with that swim.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 10  Men 50 Yard Freestyle<\/b>\r\n=========================================================================\r\n  SC Jrs Meet: J 18.71  12\/10\/16  Ryan Hoffer, Scottsdale Aq.\r\n    Name            Age Team              Prelims     Finals HyPts Points\r\n=========================================================================\r\n<b>                            === A - Final ===                            <\/b>\r\n \r\n  1 Drew Kibler      17 Carmel Swim Club    19.55      19.57   924   20  \r\n  2 Jack Franzman    18 Zionsville Swim-    19.98      19.74   906   17  \r\n  3 Matthew Yish     17 SOLO Aquatics-NE    20.28      20.00   880   16  \r\n  4 Justin Grender   17 Cincinnati Marli    20.01      20.12   868   15  \r\n  5 Mason Gonzalez   17 Allegheny North-    20.25      20.15   865   14  \r\n  6 Carson Foster    16 Mason Manta Rays    20.28      20.28   851   13  \r\n  7 John Walker      16 SwimMAC Carolina    20.18      20.30   849   12  \r\n  8 Cody Bybee       18 Dayton Raiders-O    20.19      20.38   841   11  \r\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 400 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>Nashville Aquatic Club swam a 3:36.68 to win the medley relay to close out Thursday night at the Speedo Junior Nationals East in Knoxville. Nashville swam\u00a0<strong>Alex Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>(52.66),\u00a0<strong>Allie Raab\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.98),\u00a0<strong>Ella Nelson\u00a0<\/strong>(55.23) and\u00a0<strong>Gretchen Walsh\u00a0<\/strong>(47.81). The Walsh siblings have put up unreal times already this weekend as Gretchen could be one of the best 14-year-old swimmers ever.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Aquatics finished in second at 3:37.39 with\u00a0<strong>Krista Wheeler\u00a0<\/strong>(53.44),\u00a0<strong>Kaylee Wheeler\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.73),\u00a0<strong>Zorryonna Mason\u00a0<\/strong>(54.35) and\u00a0<strong>Gabriela Albiero\u00a0<\/strong>(48.87) swimming for them as the top two teams missed the meet record of 3:35.12 from Fort Collins set last year.<\/p>\n<p>SwimMAC finished in third with\u00a0<strong>Julia Menkhaus\u00a0<\/strong>(54.21),\u00a0<strong>Lillian Higgs\u00a0<\/strong>(1:01.14),\u00a0<strong>Sophie Lindner\u00a0<\/strong>(53.89) and\u00a0<strong>Olwyn Bartis\u00a0<\/strong>(49.31) swimming for them.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 11  Women 4x100 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n  SC Jrs Meet: J 3:35.12  12\/08\/16  Fort Collins Area ST\r\n                          B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons\r\n    Team                             Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Nashville Aquati-SE  'A'      3:38.11    3:36.68         40  \r\n     1) Alexandra Walsh 16            2) Allison Raab 17              \r\n     3) Ella Nelson 16                4) Gretchen Walsh 14            \r\n             26.11        52.66 (52.66)\r\n        1:21.18 (28.52)   1:53.64 (1:00.98)\r\n        2:19.25 (25.61)     2:48.87 (55.23)\r\n        3:11.66 (22.79)     3:36.68 (47.81)\r\n  2 Cardinal Aquatic-KY  'A'      3:41.31    3:37.39         34  \r\n     1) Krista Wheeler 14             2) Kaylee Wheeler 17            \r\n     3) Zorryonna Mason 17            4) Gabriela Albiero 15          \r\n             25.57        53.44 (53.44)\r\n        1:21.38 (27.94)   1:54.17 (1:00.73)\r\n        2:18.75 (24.58)     2:48.52 (54.35)\r\n        3:11.70 (23.18)     3:37.39 (48.87)\r\n  3 SwimMAC Carolina-NC  'A'      3:38.61    3:38.55         32  \r\n     1) Julia Menkhaus 17             2) *Lillian Higgs 17            \r\n     3) Sophie Lindner 17             4) Olwyn Bartis 16              \r\n             26.50        54.21 (54.21)\r\n        1:22.81 (28.60)   1:55.35 (1:01.14)\r\n        2:19.94 (24.59)     2:49.24 (53.89)\r\n        3:12.69 (23.45)     3:38.55 (49.31)\r\n  4 Marlins of Ralei-NC  'A'      3:40.13    3:40.16         30  \r\n     1) Madison Homovich 17           2) Ashley McCauley 16           \r\n     3) Abigail Arens 15              4) Grace Countie 18             \r\n             26.94        54.75 (54.75)\r\n        1:23.85 (29.10)   1:56.33 (1:01.58)\r\n        2:21.38 (25.05)     2:50.62 (54.29)\r\n        3:14.22 (23.60)     3:40.16 (49.54)\r\n  5 Gator Swim Club-FL  'A'       3:39.71    3:41.00         28  \r\n     1) Caitlin Brooks 17             2) *Kirschtine Balbuena 17      \r\n     3) Talia Bates 16                4) Kaitlyn Cronin 16            \r\n             25.36        52.51 (52.51)\r\n        1:22.69 (30.18)   1:57.61 (1:05.10)\r\n        2:22.18 (24.57)     2:50.69 (53.08)\r\n        3:14.85 (24.16)     3:41.00 (50.31)\r\n  6 SwimMAC Carolina-NC  'B'      3:41.96    3:41.14         26  \r\n     1) Sinclair Larson 17            2) Emme Nelson 16               \r\n     3) Elizabeth Vannote 16          4) Madelyn Flickinger 16        \r\n             26.94        54.26 (54.26)\r\n        1:23.64 (29.38)   1:57.38 (1:03.12)\r\n        2:22.67 (25.29)     2:51.44 (54.06)\r\n        3:15.08 (23.64)     3:41.14 (49.70)\r\n  7 Mason Manta Rays-OH  'A'      3:42.82    3:41.33         24  \r\n     1) Brynna Wolfe 17               2) Hannah Foster 18             \r\n     3) Harna Minezawa 16             4) Cora Dupre 16                \r\n             27.31        55.99 (55.99)\r\n        1:24.37 (28.38)   1:57.75 (1:01.76)\r\n        2:22.22 (24.47)     2:52.28 (54.53)\r\n        3:15.33 (23.05)     3:41.33 (49.05)\r\n  8 Carmel Swim Club-IN  'A'      3:42.09    3:42.63         22  \r\n     1) Grace Pangburn 16             2) Grace Estabrook 18           \r\n     3) Gertrude Rothrock 18          4) Kelly Pash 16                \r\n             27.18        56.04 (56.04)\r\n        1:25.73 (29.69)   1:59.96 (1:03.92)\r\n        2:25.06 (25.10)     2:54.14 (54.18)\r\n        3:17.27 (23.13)     3:42.63 (48.49)<\/pre>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 400 Medley Relay<\/h3>\n<p>The Mason Manta Rays narrowly missed the meet record that was set two years ago by Palo Alto Stanford of 3:13.37. The Manta Rays won with a 3:13.68 with\u00a0<strong>Carson Foster\u00a0<\/strong>(47.44),\u00a0<strong>Jacob Foster\u00a0<\/strong>(52.44),\u00a0<strong>Jacob McDonald\u00a0<\/strong>(48.97) and\u00a0<strong>Adam Chaney\u00a0<\/strong>(44.83). Carmel Swim Club finished second at 3:15.92 with\u00a0<strong>Wyatt Davis\u00a0<\/strong>(48.11),\u00a0<strong>Stefano Batista\u00a0<\/strong>(55.08),\u00a0<strong>Drew Kibler\u00a0<\/strong>(47.48) and\u00a0<strong>Andrew Couchon\u00a0<\/strong>(45.25) swimming for them.<\/p>\n<p>SwimMAC Carolina finished in third with a 3:16.51 with\u00a0<strong>Kyle Barone\u00a0<\/strong>(49.37),\u00a0<strong>William Chan\u00a0<\/strong>(53.55),\u00a0<strong>Boyd Poelke\u00a0<\/strong>(48.65) and\u00a0<strong>John Walker\u00a0<\/strong>(44.94) swimming for them.<\/p>\n<pre><b> Event 12  Men 4x100 Yard Medley Relay<\/b>\r\n==================================================================================\r\n  SC Jrs Meet: J 3:13.37  12\/10\/15  Palo Alto Stanford AQ\r\n                          B Ho, J Babinet, J Molinari, A Gwo\r\n    Team                             Seed     Finals       Points \r\n==================================================================================\r\n  1 Mason Manta Rays-OH  'A'      3:18.75    3:13.68         40  \r\n     1) Carson Foster 16              2) Jacob Foster 17              \r\n     3) Jacob McDonald 15             4) Adam Chaney 15               \r\n             23.16        47.44 (47.44)\r\n        1:11.54 (24.10)     1:39.88 (52.44)\r\n        2:02.42 (22.54)     2:28.85 (48.97)\r\n        2:49.97 (21.12)     3:13.68 (44.83)\r\n  2 Carmel Swim Club-IN  'A'      3:18.80    3:15.92         34  \r\n     1) Wyatt Davis 16                2) Stefano Batista 17           \r\n     3) Drew Kibler 17                4) Andrew Couchon 18            \r\n             23.33        48.11 (48.11)\r\n        1:13.23 (25.12)     1:43.19 (55.08)\r\n        2:04.83 (21.64)     2:30.67 (47.48)\r\n        2:51.70 (21.03)     3:15.92 (45.25)\r\n  3 SwimMAC Carolina-NC  'A'      3:15.99    3:16.51         32  \r\n     1) Kyle Barone 17                2) William Chan 17              \r\n     3) Boyd Poelke 16                4) John Walker 16               \r\n             23.11        49.37 (49.37)\r\n        1:13.99 (24.62)     1:42.92 (53.55)\r\n        2:05.23 (22.31)     2:31.57 (48.65)\r\n        2:52.73 (21.16)     3:16.51 (44.94)\r\n  4 Dynamo Swim Club-GA  'A'      3:19.65    3:17.76         30  \r\n     1) Ian Grum 16                   2) Hunter Merkle 18             \r\n     3) Raunak Khosla 17              4) Campbell Auerbach 16         \r\n             24.00        49.12 (49.12)\r\n        1:15.00 (25.88)     1:44.98 (55.86)\r\n        2:07.26 (22.28)     2:32.74 (47.76)\r\n        2:54.09 (21.35)     3:17.76 (45.02)\r\n  5 Dayton Raiders-OH  'A'        3:20.65    3:18.44         28  \r\n     1) Connor Blatt 17               2) Nicholas Perera 18           \r\n     3) Cody Bybee 18                 4) Josef Pohlmann 17            \r\n             24.22        50.22 (50.22)\r\n        1:16.41 (26.19)     1:46.13 (55.91)\r\n        2:07.45 (21.32)     2:32.76 (46.63)\r\n        2:54.37 (21.61)     3:18.44 (45.68)\r\n  6 Baylor 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