COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 19. THE CSRVIII Summer Long Course Speedo Champions Series kicked off last night at the Mizzou Aquatic Center, and four swimmers — Haley Molden, Rachel Ripley, Andre Koop and Eegan Groome — each have two wins to their credit. <\/p>\n
Last night, Topeka Swim Association's Haley Molden got the meet off to a fast start with a 56.83 in the women's 100m free, almost a second ahead of Parkway's Taylor Wohrley (57.68). Lauren Votava of Rockwood and Hannah Musser of Kansas City Blazers posted matching 57.90s for third. Paul Le of Missouri State won the men's 100m free in a much closer race — just .03 in front of Rec Plex's Andrew Sansoucie. Le touched in 51.44 while Sansoucie posted a 51.47. Luke Snow, also out of Missouri State, placed third in 52.48.<\/p>\n
University of Missouri teammates Rachel Ripley and Danielle Spradlin took advantage of the home crowd and familiar pool, placing first and second in the women's 200m breast in 2:33.31 and 2:38.73, respectively. Jennifer Holtzen of Razorback Aquatics rounded out the top three in 2:39.09. Igor Kozlovskij kept the ball rolling for Mizzou with a new meet record in the men's 200m breast, touching in 2:16.98. That lowered Michael Bruce's record of 2:20.52 from 2000. Gage Crosby of Razorback Aquatics also broke the previous record with a 2:17.20, as did Tsunami's Christopher Novak (2:19.49). <\/p>\n
Taylor Wohrley returned from a second place finish in the 100m free to win the women's 200m back easily in 2:16.08. Topeka's Sammie Schurig touched second in 2:18.89, while CSP Tideriders' Sarah Finlay picked up third in 2:20.09. Andre Koop of Kansas City Blazers, the only swimmer over age 20 in the entire finals field, won the men's title in 2:05.32. Paul Le earned his second medal of the night with a 2:07.29 for second, while Benjamin Scheffer of Kansas City claimed third in 2:07.59. <\/p>\n
In distance freestyle action, Jennifer Holtzen earned the victory in the women's 800m free in 9:01.37, followed by Sara Lopez of Kansas City Blazers (9:05.59) and Rebecca Swank of Kansas (9:05.87). Missouri's Eegan Groome won the men's event in a close race over Arkansas Dolphins' Minki Kang, 8:22.66 to 8:22.94. Tyler Fowler of Tsunami Swim Team came in third with an 8:23.72. <\/p>\n
In tonight's finals action, Topeka's Haley Molden won her second individual event of the meet, posting a 2:03.21 to win the women's 200m free. Katarine Sickle of the Kansas City Blazers challenged the entire way but couldn't make up the deficit, finishing in 2:03.49. Taylor Wohrley of Parkway touched third in 2:06.10. Eegan Groome of Missouri also added a second win to his resume, collecting the men's 200m free title in 1:52.61. Benjamin Bravence finished second in 1:54.07, while Sean Feher of Rockwood Swim Club touched third in 1:55.25. <\/p>\n
Missouri's Rachel Ripley added the 400m IM title to her win in the 200m breast last night with a 4:57.01. Jessie Garrison of Arkansas Dolphins (4:59.24) and Jennifer Holtzen of Razorback Aquatics (4:59.64) also dipped under five minutes to finish second and third. Kansas City's Andre Koop, already a winner in the 200m back yesterday, picked up the men's distance medley title in 4:31.90. Teammates Louis Behnen (4:35.29) and Michael Glenn (4:37.21) made it a 1-2-3 sweep for the Blazers. <\/p>\n
Parkway's Heather Lundstrom had the fastest second 50m of anyone en route to a win in the women's 100m fly in 1:02.25. Kansas Aquatics' Sofiia Filatova touched second in 1:02.53, while Kimberly Jasmer of Columbia Swim Club garnered third in 1:02.93. After placing second in the 100m free yesterday, Rec Plex's Andrew Sansoucie moved up a step on the podium to first after swimming a 54.48 in the men's 100m fly. Igor Kozlovskij picked up his second medal of the meet with a 55.40, while Jason King of Tsunami placed third in 55.79. <\/p>\n
In relay action, Rockwood Swim Club's Jordan Stout, Jessica Holz, Lauren Votava and Tennyson Henry claimed the women's 400m free relay in 3:55.43, while Missouri State's Paul Le, Luke Snow, Isaac McKnight and Jacob Sims won the men's relay in 3:27.68. Through two nights of finals, the Kansas City Blazers lead both the men's and women's overall team standings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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