Night\u00a0three\u00a0of the 2018 Speedo Sectionals in Carlsbad, California got underway this evening with fast swims and intense match-ups all across the pool.<\/p>\n
BREA’s\u00a0Zephanie\u00a0Koh<\/strong>\u00a0kicked off the evening’s session in a 1:58.41 while NOVA’s\u00a0Hannah Farrow<\/strong>\u00a0followed in 1:59.05.\u00a0Emily Trieu<\/strong>\u00a0took third in a 1:59.49.<\/p>\n The men’s 200 fly featured NOVA’s\u00a0Andrew Koustik<\/strong>\u00a0take the win in a 1:44.84 while Rose Bowl’s\u00a0Daniel Syrkin<\/strong>\u00a0took second in 1:46.05 with NOVA’s\u00a0Nick Ding<\/strong>\u00a0taking third in a time of 1:48.48.<\/p>\n NOVA’s\u00a0Isabelle Odgers<\/strong>\u00a0just out-touched\u00a0Gianni Pitto<\/strong>\u00a0in a 1:02.18, to Pitto’s 1:02.19.\u00a0Channing Hanley<\/strong>\u00a0swam a 1:03.18 to place third in the A final.<\/p>\n The men’s 100 breast A final saw\u00a0Matthew Wilcox<\/strong>\u00a0nab the win in a swift time of 54.73 with\u00a0Ben Dillard<\/strong>\u00a0right behind in 55.00. Notching a third place time of 56.52 was\u00a0Sean Ward<\/strong>.<\/p>\n SoCal’s\u00a0Samantha Shelton<\/strong>\u00a0took the win in the women’s 200 free A final with a time of 1:45.74, which was good enough to get in front of NOVA’s\u00a0Ayia Spitz<\/strong>\u00a0who posted a 1:46.41. In third was Brea Aquatics’\u00a0Samantha Pearson<\/strong>\u00a0in a 1:46.80.<\/p>\n WCAB’s\u00a0Lee Ward<\/strong>\u00a0posted the fastest time\u00a0in the men’s 200 free with his 1:37.20 while NOVA’s\u00a0Owen Kao<\/strong>\u00a0took second in 1:38.51. NOVA’s\u00a0Shawn Lou<\/strong>\u00a0swam to a third place finish with his 1:39.06.<\/p>\n BREA’s\u00a0Mikki Thompson<\/strong>\u00a0nabbed a win in the women’s 400 IM with her 4:16.83, ahead of NOVA’s Odgers who put together a 4:19.19. In the men’s race RMDA’s\u00a0Kevin Vargas<\/strong>\u00a0touched first in a 3:51.66. Dillard took second in 3:55.97.<\/p>\n In the women’s splash n’ dash we saw Elise Garcia dip under 23-seconds in 22.91 with Alexandra Crisera in second with a 22.93. Taking third was BREA’s 23.11.<\/p>\n The men’s race\u00a0featured\u00a0NOVA’s\u00a0Sean Slusiewicz<\/strong>\u00a0touch first in 20.43 with OAPB’s\u00a0Spencer Daily<\/strong>\u00a0touching second in 20.69. RSD’s\u00a0Dylan Delaney<\/strong>\u00a0touched third in 20.71.<\/p>\n The action in Carlsbad continues tomorrow with the preliminary beginning at 9 a.m. PST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Night\u00a0three\u00a0of the 2018 Speedo Sectionals in Carlsbad, California got underway this evening with fast swims and intense match-ups all across the pool. BREA’s\u00a0Zephanie\u00a0Koh\u00a0kicked off the evening’s session in a 1:58.41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4285,"featured_media":275538,"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],"tags":[66546],"class_list":["post-299272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-meet-coverage","tag-2018-speedo-sectionals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n