AUSTIN – Allison Schmitt posted a lifetime best to move to fifth all time in the 500-yard free at the American Short Course Championships.
Schmitt blasted her way to a lifetime best in the women’s 500-yard free as she clocked a 4:32.08. That swim beat her previous best of 4:32.71 from the 2011 NCAA Championships, and shot her to fifth all time in the event.
All Time 500 Free
NBAC’s Lotte Friis, who might be forced to go back to Denmark due to financial issues, clocked a second-place time of 4:33.47 to move to 10th in the all time rankings.
Becca Mann (4:34.77) and Sierra Schmidt (4:38.47) gave North Baltimore a top-four sweep.
TPA’s Ariel Weech (23.00), Claire Maiocco (22.91), Grace Olivardia (23.65) and Caroline White (23.68) put up the top time in the women’s 200-yard free relay.
Aquazot’s Eva Merrell (22.82), Katie Glavinovich (23.73), Sonia Wang (23.69) and Kate Krolikowski (23.90) finished second in 1:34.14.
All eyes, however, were on the Canyons with Abbey Weitzeil as the leadoff. This morning, Weitzeil blitzed the 50 free prelims in 21.79, just off her all-time fifth-ranked personal best of 21.49 from 2014 Winter Junior Nationals.
Weitzeil blasted her leadoff tonight in 21.68, while Tamara Santoyo (23.54), Mik Ranslem (24.58) and Ally Schultz (24.46) closed out the relay with a 1:34.26 for third for Canyons.
Weitzeil then won the 50-yard free this evening in 21.84, off her leadoff time. SwimAtlanta’s Amanda Weir took second in 22.01 with Aquazot’s Eva Merrell finishing third in 22.71.
Texas A&M’s Luke Shaw (20.54), Cory Bolleter (19.26), Jacob Gonzales (19.75) and Turker Ayar (19.64) posted a 1:19.19 to win the men’s 200-yard free relay.
Nitro’s Tate Jackson (19.91), Mason Tenney (20.59), Corban Rawls (20.84) and Chris Mayer (20.62) placed second in 1:21.96.
Miami’s Zu Pigot (20.44), Julius Petzold (20.69), Rob Ballestas (21.47) and Diguan Pigot (20.40) snared third in 1:23.00.
NBAC’s Frank Dyer won the men’s 500-yard free in a time of 4:14.00, while Club Seminole’s Zane Grothe took second in 4:15.65. Bobby Bollier placed third in 4:19.81.
Aquazot’s Sonia Wang turned in a 1:57.65 to win the women’s 200-yard IM. Teammate Daniela Georges took second in 1:59.79 with Brea’s Kenisha Liu placing third in 1:59.84.
NBAC’s Austin Surhoff followed with a 1:43.06 to claim the men’s 200-yard IM crown. Teammates Daniel Tranter (1:44.54) and Alpkan Ornek (1:47.12) placed second and third.
Texas A&M’s Cory Bolleter won the men’s 50-yard free by a wide margin with a 19.36. Kesier Witte took second in 20.08 with Canyons’ Cole Cogswell earning third in 20.18.
Aquazot’s Eva Merrell (54.83), Catherine Lowengrub (1:03.07), Sonia Wang (54.02) and Daniela Georges (51.27) won the women’s 400-yard medley relay in 3:43.19.
Canyons finished well behind with a second-place 3:46.38, while TPA claimed third in 3:46.63.
SMU’s Samuel Straughan (46.70), Ziga Cerkovnik (54.23), Tyler Rauth (46.73) and Christian Scherubl (43.57) won the men’s 400-yard medley relay in 3:11.23.
NBAC (3:13.21) and Aquazot (3:17.99) finished second and third.
5th all time, I think. Cierra Runge just swam a 4:31.90 at PAC-12s
Great catch!
4:32.08. Dang!!
Yay Schmitty!!
Great race, Allison, but I’m almost more impressed by Friis. She’s to date not been that outstanding since coming to NBAC, but 4:33 SCY, if one believes as I do that her skills apply much more effectively in LCM than SCY, moves her a long way back toward medal consideration from which she had appeared to slip.