Relay Depth Propels SwimMAC Girls to Lead After Night One at Junior Nationals-East

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USA Swimming Winter Junior Nationals-East action kicked off this evening in Columbus, Ohio with two relay events.

Girls 200 Medley Relay

The opening relay came down to the wire. The SwimMAC A team got off to a quick start with Julia Menkaus (24.81) and Caroline Hauder (27.65). They followed that up with a 24.61 from Sophie Linder and a 22.93 from Heidi Lowe, to finish in 1:40.00. Nashville Aquatic Club kept the race stroke for stroke. Alex Walsh led off in 24.68 and was followed by Allie Raab (27.78). The teams were tied at the 100 mark. Ella Nelson (25.08) and Gretchen Walsh (22.51) brought the team home in 1:40.05 for second place.

Gator Swim Club was just off the top two teams, touching third in 1:40.49. The Gators swam Caitlin Brooks (25.55), Isabel Ivey (28.08), Talia Bates (24.04), and Kaitlyn Cronin (22.82). Cardinal Aquatics (1:40.7), SwimMAC Carolina B (1:41.24), and Carmel (1:42.38) followed. SwimAtlanta (1:42.92), and Upper Arlington Swim Club (1:43.02) rounded out the top eight.

Boys 200 Medley Relay

Bolles and SwimMAC then swam away from the boys’ competition. Matthew Serra (23.02), James Daugherty (24.87), Ariel Spektor (21.30), and Willie Davis (19.08) got to the wall first for the Sharks in 1:28.27. SwimMAC’s Alexander McMurray (22.80), William Chan (24.31), Ikenna Eruchalu (22.10), and John Walker (19.64) were a half second behind in 1:28.85.

Earning bronze was the Cincinnati Marlins’ Justin Grender (22.55), Alexander Wade (26.25), Luke Sobolewski (21.69), and Nicholas Perera (20.07).

Carmel Swim Club (1:31.30), Lakeside Swim Team (1:31.69) and Upper Dublin Aquatic Club (1:31.96) finished fourth through sixth. Zionsville Swim Club (1:32.02) and Dynamo Swim Club (1:32.06) touched seventh and eighth.

Girls 800 Freestyle Relay

With fairly similar splits across the board the Carmel girls powered their way to a dominant win in the longer relay of the night. Samantha Burchill got the relay out in a 1:48.26 followed by Kelly Pash (1:46.32) and Emma Nordin (1:46.10). Gertrude Rothrock (1:47.09) brought the team home in a 7:07.87.

Nashville Aquatic Club and SwimMAC earned their second podium finishes. Raab (1:47.67), Gretchen Walsh (1:48.54), Nelson (1:48.01), and Alexandra Walsh (1:46.17) posted a 7:10.39 for Nashville.

Menkhaus (1:47.63), Linder (1:49.74), Sinclair Larson (1:48.40), and Olwyn Bartis (1:48.96) donned the blue and orange to earn SwimMAC bronze in 7:14.73. Just behind them was another North Carolina powerhouse- the Marlins of Raleigh in 7:15.00. Gator Swim Club (7:15.85), SwimAtlanta (7:18.35), and Mason Manta Rays (7:20.17) were fifth through seventh. A third team from the Tarheel state, New Wave (7:21.25) completed the top eight.

Boys 800 Freestyle Relay

After earning bronze in the medley relay the Cincinnati Marlins fought for gold in the night’s longer relay. Perera (1:37.79), Sobolewski (1:40.00), Grender (1:36.80), and Joshua McDonald (1:39.44) stopped the clock in 6:34.03, just .07 faster than Carmel’s Drew Kibler (1:33.36), Brett Sherman (1:40.24), Charles Vaughan (1:42.86), and Wyatt Davis (1:37.64) in 6:34.10.

Bolles finished third in 6:35.34 with the team of Spektor (1:37.21), Gabriel Gomez Treig (1:39.46), Graham Ungrady (1:39.45), and Nicholas Hackett (1:39.22).

Upper Dublin (6:35.60), Quest Swimming (6:36.26), SwimMAC (6:38.18), SwimAtlanta (6:40.16), and Sarasota YMCA (6:40.31) completed the top eight.

Team Scores

After night one, the SwimMAC girls are already running away with the meet, posting 118 points ahead of Nashville’s 68 and Carmel’s 66. The Bolles boys have 80 points while Cincinnati has 72 and SwimMAC has 69.

Full results available on Meet Mobile.

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