{"id":323448,"date":"2018-08-03T09:26:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T16:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=323448"},"modified":"2018-08-03T12:52:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T19:52:48","slug":"alexei-sancov-pushes-meet-record-on-fourth-day-of-speedo-junior-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alexei-sancov-pushes-meet-record-on-fourth-day-of-speedo-junior-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexei Sancov Pushes Meet Record On Fourth Day of Speedo Junior Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The penultimate morning of the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals from Irvine, California featured three prelim events with the heats of the 200 free, 200 breast and 100 back going off.\u00a0<strong>Alexei Sancov\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Will Grant\u00a0<\/strong>got within a second of the meet records held by\u00a0some pretty good swimmers in\u00a0<strong>Caeleb Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Michael Andrew<\/strong>. Both Sancov and Grant are looking for their first wins of the meet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Claire Tuggle\u00a0<\/strong>is looking for her third win of the meet after already capturing wins in the 400 IM and 400 free. Tuggle will be swimming at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-swimming-names-junior-pan-pacs-roster-for-fiji-daniel-roy-and-emily-weiss-headline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Junior Pan Pacs<\/a>\u00a0later this month in Fiji. Also going on that trip is 200 breast top seed\u00a0<strong>AJ Pouch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annabel Crush\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Isabelle Odgers\u00a0<\/strong>are also top seeds for tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2018-speedo-junior-nationals-day-4-prelims-heat-sheet-day-4-usa-age-group-2018-08-03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heat Sheets<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stream<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/omegatiming.com\/Competition?id=0001120103ffffffffffffffffffffff&amp;day=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<p>The top eight swimmers are separated by a little over a second in the final of the women&#8217;s 200 free.\u00a0<strong>Miranda Heckman\u00a0<\/strong>of the Pleasanton Seahawks is on top after the heats with her 2:01.30. She is ahead of a pair of 13-14 year olds with 14-year-old\u00a0<strong>Claire Tuggle\u00a0<\/strong>sitting in second at 2:01.44. Tuggle already has won the 400 free and 400 IM this week and will be looking to get her third win with the 200.<\/p>\n<p>Tuggle has been as fast as a 1:58 last week so she could have more in the tank. 13-year-old\u00a0<strong>Erin Gemmell\u00a0<\/strong>is the third seed at 2:01.50 as she now moves up to 13th all-time in the 13-14 NAG rankings for that event. Gemmell moved ahead of\u00a0<strong>Natalie Coughlin\u00a0<\/strong>on the list and is a few spots below\u00a0<strong>Dana Vollmer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the field is filled with 17-18 year olds as\u00a0<strong>Easop Lee\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.10) and\u00a0<strong>Kensey McMahon\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.40) will swim in another A-Final together after they did in the 400 free last night.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaitlynn Sims\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.35),\u00a0<strong>Ryley Ober\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.53) and\u00a0<strong>Ayla Spitz\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.73) also qualified for the A-Final.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323464\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323464\" data-attachment-id=\"323464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alexei-sancov-pushes-meet-record-on-fourth-day-of-speedo-junior-nationals\/screen-shot-2018-08-03-at-9-40-28-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-9.40.28-AM-e1533314488241.png\" data-orig-size=\"806,514\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"200-free-women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;200-free-women&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-9.40.28-AM-e1533314488241-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-9.40.28-AM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323464\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-9.40.28-AM-e1533314488241-700x500.png\" alt=\"200-free-women\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Free<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Alexei Sancov\u00a0<\/strong>could be on his way to his first national title of the week as he has already finished second twice this week to Terrapins teammate\u00a0<strong>Andrei Minakov<\/strong>. Sancov is the top seed for the 200 free tonight with a 1:49.55 as he is over a second ahead of the rest of the field. Sancov is not far off the meet record of 1:48.64 held by\u00a0<strong>Caeleb Dressel\u00a0<\/strong>and he could challenge that tonight. Sancov will be a freshman at USC this fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julian Hill<\/strong> (1:50.87),\u00a0<strong>Owen Kao\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.09) and\u00a0<strong>Christian Sztolcman\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.12) all placed in the top four with their swims this morning and could very well be challenging for the silver medal as Sancov is that much better than everyone else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pierce Dietze\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.38),\u00a0<strong>Skyler Cook-Weeks\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.42),\u00a0<strong>Jake Magahey\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.44) and\u00a0<strong>Jack Walker\u00a0<\/strong>(1:51.74) round out the very competitive field.<\/p>\n<p>Last night in the 800 free relay, Sancov split a 1:49.59, the second fastest split behind\u00a0<strong>Carson Foster\u00a0<\/strong>in the field. Magahey split a 1:50.55 and Cook-Weeks was a 1:50.50.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323478\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323478\" data-attachment-id=\"323478\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alexei-sancov-pushes-meet-record-on-fourth-day-of-speedo-junior-nationals\/screen-shot-2018-08-03-at-10-20-51-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-10.20.51-AM-e1533317006146.png\" data-orig-size=\"806,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"200-free-men\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;200-free-men&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-10.20.51-AM-e1533317006146-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-10.20.51-AM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323478\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-10.20.51-AM-e1533317006146-700x500.png\" alt=\"200-free-men\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Isabelle Odgers\u00a0<\/strong>of Irvine Novaquatics swam the fastest 200 breast of the morning in her home pool on Friday morning at the Speedo Junior Nationals. Odgers swam a 2:30.66 to get the top seed just ahead of\u00a0<strong>Anna Keating\u00a0<\/strong>of Machine Aquatics in 2:30.72. Odgers is about to start her freshman year at the University of Southern California where she will be close to home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Noelle Peplowski\u00a0<\/strong>(2:31.05) is the third seed.<\/p>\n<p>14-year-old <strong>Chase Davison\u00a0<\/strong>of Denver Hilltoppers is the fourth seed at 2:31.74 as she moved up to 13th all-time in the 13-14 NAG rankings just ahead of two-time Olympian\u00a0<strong>Katie Hoff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Claire Donan\u00a0<\/strong>(2:32.62),\u00a0100 champ\u00a0<strong>Kaitlyn Dobler\u00a0<\/strong>(2:33.02),\u00a0<strong>Ellie Andrews\u00a0<\/strong>(2:33.21) and\u00a0<strong>Lauren Poole\u00a0<\/strong>(2:33.22) also qualified for the championship final.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323494\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323494\" data-attachment-id=\"323494\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alexei-sancov-pushes-meet-record-on-fourth-day-of-speedo-junior-nationals\/screen-shot-2018-08-03-at-11-03-22-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-11.03.22-AM-e1533319474925.png\" data-orig-size=\"813,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"200-breast-women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;200-breast-women&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-11.03.22-AM-e1533319474925-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-11.03.22-AM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323494\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-11.03.22-AM-e1533319474925-700x500.png\" alt=\"200-breast-women\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 200 Breast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>AJ Pouch\u00a0<\/strong>of Team Rebel Aquatics posted the number one time in the 200 breast heats on Friday morning at the Speedo Junior Nationals in Irvine. Pouch posted a 2:13.08 to easily qualify as the top seed as he is almost two full seconds ahead of 100 champ\u00a0<strong>Joshua Matheny\u00a0<\/strong>(2:14.83). Matheny dropped 2.90 seconds from his seed time and could be in for another drop after he had a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/joshua-matheny-dropped-almost-three-full-seconds-in-100-breast-video-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar drop in his 100<\/a>\u00a0on the first night.<\/p>\n<p>Pouch will be headed to Junior Pan Pacs later this month in Fiji where he will swim with\u00a0<strong>Jake Foster\u00a0<\/strong>of the Mason Manta Rays. Foster cruised to the third seed at 2:15.18 as the two Team USA members will make their junior team debuts at the Junior Pan Pacs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Dillard\u00a0<\/strong>(2:16.59),\u00a0<strong>David Abrahams\u00a0<\/strong>(2:16.60),\u00a0<strong>Dylan Rhee\u00a0<\/strong>(2:16.60),\u00a0<strong>Ethan Dang\u00a0<\/strong>(2:17.20) and\u00a0<strong>Zachary Tan\u00a0<\/strong>(2:17.50) round out the A-Final.<\/p>\n<p>The win could come from somewhere in the middle but someone like Dang could make a move on the field and challenge for a top three spot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323500\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323500\" data-attachment-id=\"323500\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alexei-sancov-pushes-meet-record-on-fourth-day-of-speedo-junior-nationals\/screen-shot-2018-08-03-at-11-41-22-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-11.41.22-AM-e1533321823719.png\" data-orig-size=\"802,518\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"200-breast-men\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;200-breast-men&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-11.41.22-AM-e1533321823719-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-11.41.22-AM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323500\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-11.41.22-AM-e1533321823719-700x500.png\" alt=\"200-breast-men\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Women&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h3>\n<p>15-year-old\u00a0<strong>Annabel Crush\u00a0<\/strong>lived up to her name in the 100 back heats on Friday morning of the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals in Irvine. Crush crushed her 100 back with a 1:01.38 as she was the only swimmer under 1:02 in the prelims. Crush is well ahead of second place\u00a0<strong>Alexandra Crisera\u00a0<\/strong>of Beach Cities Swimming (1:02.15). Crisera\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alexandra-crisera-benefits-from-racing-with-teammates-video-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won the 200 back<\/a>\u00a0earlier in the meet.<\/p>\n<p>Every other girl in the A-Final for tonight posted a 1:02 in the heats. It is a very young field with three 15-year-olds and two 16-year-olds.\u00a0<strong>Abby Kapeller\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.45) and\u00a0<strong>Jessica Davis\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.56) were the other two 15-year-olds in the field. Kapeller swims for the same club team as\u00a0<strong>Isabelle Stadden<\/strong>, the Aquajets in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Janelle Rudolph\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.41),\u00a0<strong>Kylee Alons\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.54),\u00a0<strong>Tea Laughlin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.56) and\u00a0<strong>Sophie Lindner\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.74) also qualified for the A-Final.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323517\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323517\" data-attachment-id=\"323517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alexei-sancov-pushes-meet-record-on-fourth-day-of-speedo-junior-nationals\/screen-shot-2018-08-03-at-12-12-31-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-12.12.31-PM-e1533323705396.png\" data-orig-size=\"809,514\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"100-back-women\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;100-back-women&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-12.12.31-PM-e1533323705396-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-12.12.31-PM-1024x640.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-323517\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-03-at-12.12.31-PM-e1533323705396-700x500.png\" alt=\"100-back-women\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-323517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Men&#8217;s 100 Back<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Will Grant<\/strong>\u00a0of the Heart of Texas was the only swimmer to break 56 seconds in the 100 back heats at the Speedo Junior Nationals in Irvine. Grant swam a 55.78 to get the top seed ahead of\u00a0<strong>Carson Foster\u00a0<\/strong>(56.22). Grant had a lot of speed on the front end of his 200 back a couple nights ago and showed that speed this morning in the 100. 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