During the final morning of qualifying action at Speedo Junior Nationals in East Meadow, N.Y., Carson Foster qualified first in the men’s 200 IM to set himself up as the favorite to win a fourth victory on the week, while brother Jake qualified second and sister Hannah made the final of the women’s 200 IM.
Read below for event-by-event coverage of the brief session.
Women’s 200 IM
South Florida’s Kathleen Golding used a blistering 40.79 to overtake Enfinity’s Olivia Carter in the 12th of 13 heats of the 200 IM, and she held on to win in 2:17.62. Chelsea Piers’ Kate Douglass posted a quick 31.52 free split to take the second seed in 2:17.90, two hundredths ahead of Carter (2:17.92).
Metroplex’s Lindsay Looney, the 400 IM winner from Wednesday, qualified fourth in 2:18.05, with Austin Swim Club’s Diana Dunn one hundredth behind in 2:18.06.
Triton’s Claire Donan qualified sixth in 2:18.35, while Long Island’s Kristen Romano finished seventh in 2:18.65. Mason Manta Rays’ Hannah Foster, whose younger brothers Jake and Carson have both won events this week at Juniors, qualified eighth in 2:18.80.
Event 27 Women 200 LC Meter IM
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Jr World: W 2:09.98 1/29/2017 Rikako Ikee, Japan
Meet: M 2:12.32 8/3/2015 Ella Eastin, SOCAL Aquatics A
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Golding, Kathle 16 South Florida Aq 2:17.69 2:17.62 q770
r:+0.70 29.12 1:04.55 (35.43)
1:45.34 (40.79) 2:17.62 (32.28)
2 Douglass, Kate 15 Chelsea Piers Aq 2:18.57 2:17.90 q765
r:+0.81 29.12 1:05.48 (36.36)
1:46.38 (40.90) 2:17.90 (31.52)
3 Carter, Olivia 17 Enfinity Aquatic 2:19.58 2:17.92 q765
r:+0.70 28.82 1:02.82 (34.00)
1:45.81 (42.99) 2:17.92 (32.11)
4 Looney, Lindsay 16 Metroplex Aquati 2:20.56 2:18.05 q763
r:+0.76 28.65 1:03.56 (34.91)
1:46.56 (43.00) 2:18.05 (31.49)
5 Dunn, Diana 17 Austin Swim Club 2:18.36 2:18.06 q762
r:+0.72 30.53 1:05.58 (35.05)
1:45.98 (40.40) 2:18.06 (32.08)
6 Donan, Claire 15 Triton Swimming- 2:19.23 2:18.35 q758
r:+0.68 30.87 1:06.59 (35.72)
1:45.84 (39.25) 2:18.35 (32.51)
7 Romano, Kristen 17 Long Island Aqua 2:17.91 2:18.64 q753
r:+0.78 29.83 1:04.86 (35.03)
1:46.09 (41.23) 2:18.64 (32.55)
8 Foster, Hannah 17 Mason Manta Rays 2:17.74 2:18.80 q750
r:+0.65 30.54 1:06.31 (35.77)
1:46.54 (40.23) 2:18.80 (32.26)
Men’s 200 IM
Carson and Jake Foster, both event winners already, took the top two seeds in the 200 IM prelims. Carson, the 200 fly, 200 back and 100 back winner, easily topped the field with his time of 2:02.23, while Jake, who won the 400 IM, came in second at 2:04.00. Both Carson and Jake represent the Mason Manta Rays.
Two others who have won events got into the final as well, with Nitro’s Shaine Casas (100 fly) qualifying third in 2:04.35 and Terrapins’ Alexei Sancov (100 free) fifth at 2:05.03. Splitting the difference was City of Midland’s Braden Vines in 2:04.48.
The last three qualifiers for the final included Magnolia’s Alberto Gomez (2:05.43), Lexington Dolphins’ Zach Hills (2:05.77) and Team Greenville’s Tal Davis (2:05.87).
Event 28 Men 200 LC Meter IM
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Jr World: W 1:59.12 3/3/2017 Michael Andrew, USA
Meet: M 2:00.07 8/14/2009 Kyle Whitaker, Duneland Swim Cl
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Foster, Carson 15 Mason Manta Rays 2:03.53 2:02.23 q811
r:+0.71 26.19 56.87 (30.68)
1:32.82 (35.95) 2:02.23 (29.41)
2 Foster, Jake 16 Mason Manta Rays 2:03.98 2:04.00 q777
r:+0.71 26.68 59.30 (32.62)
1:34.07 (34.77) 2:04.00 (29.93)
3 Casas, Shaine 17 Nitro Swimming-S 2:05.73 2:04.35 q770
r:+0.71 25.82 57.07 (31.25)
1:34.62 (37.55) 2:04.35 (29.73)
4 Vines, Braden 17 City Of Midland- 2:05.78 2:04.48 q768
r:+0.65 27.14 59.61 (32.47)
1:34.78 (35.17) 2:04.48 (29.70)
5 Sancov, Alexei 17 Terrapins Swim T 2:04.02 2:05.03 q758
r:+0.66 26.82 59.72 (32.90)
1:36.74 (37.02) 2:05.03 (28.29)
6 Gomez, Alberto 17 Magnolia Aquatic 2:05.65 2:05.43 q750
r:+0.63 27.40 58.83 (31.43)
1:35.77 (36.94) 2:05.43 (29.66)
7 Hils, Zach 16 Lexington Dolphi 2:04.92 2:05.77 q744
r:+0.74 26.66 58.09 (31.43)
1:36.19 (38.10) 2:05.77 (29.58)
8 Davis, Tal 18 Team Greenville- 2:06.88 2:05.87 q742
r:+0.71 27.24 59.06 (31.82)
1:37.11 (38.05) 2:05.87 (28.76)
Women’s 50 Free
Mako’s Anya Goeders touched out Chelsea Piers’ Kate Douglass in the final heat of the ladies’ splash-and-dash, 25.65 to 25.66, and those two times held up as the top two seeds for finals. Goeders has been as fast as 24.85 this year, quicker than Marta Ciesla’s meet record of 25.07, while Douglass is also the No. 2 seed in the 50 free.
Magnolia’s Lucie Nordmann, who has already won the 200 back and posted the top time of the meet in the 200 free in the B-final (along with a pair of runner-up finishes), qualified third in 25.71, followed by Waves Bloomington’s Grace Ariola in 25.75.
Club Seminole’s Nika Blank (25.80), Indiana’s Grace Haskett (25.81), Lakeside Aquatic Club’s Lauren Pitzer (26.00) and Wichita Aqua Shocks’ Megan Keil (26.04) were the other A-finalists.
Event 30 Women 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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Jr World: W 24.48 2/18/2017 Rikako Ikee, Japan
Meet: M 25.07 8/3/2015 Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest Swimm
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Goeders, Anya 16 Mako Swim Team-I 24.85 25.65 q791
r:+0.74
2 Douglass, Kate 15 Chelsea Piers Aq 25.50 25.66 q790
r:+0.77
3 Nordmann, Lucie 17 Magnolia Aquatic 25.85 25.71 q786
r:+0.72
4 Ariola, Grace 17 Waves Bloomingto 25.03 25.75 q782
r:+0.63
5 Blank, Nika 18 Club Seminole-FL 25.76 25.80 q778
r:+0.68
6 Haskett, Grace 18 Indiana Swim Te 26.32 25.81 q777
r:+0.69
7 Pitzer, Lauren 18 Lakeside Aquatic 25.91 26.00 q760
r:+0.69
8 Keil, Megan 17 Wichita Aqua Sho 26.14 26.04 q756
r:+0.67
Men’s 50 Free
Bolles’ Will Davis sprinted to the only sub-23-second performance of the morning, qualifying first for the final in 22.99. Portland’s Sid Farber qualified second, one tenth back in 23.09, and Nitro’s Shaine Casas qualified for his second final of the day with his third-seeded time of 23.27.
Mason Manta Rays’ Adam Chaney was fourth in 23.29, and Mississippi Mako’s Blaise Vera qualified fifth in 23.35. Other finalists included SwimMAC’s Will Chan (23.44), Nation’s Capital’s Brandon Hamblin (23.63) and SwimUnited’s David Madej (23.63).
Event 31 Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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Jr World: W 22.00 8/20/2014 Yu Hexin, China
Meet: M 22.13 8/13/2010 Vladimir Morozov, Swim Torrance
Name Age Team Seed Prelims FINA
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Davis, Will 17 Bolles School Sh 22.84 22.99 q752
r:+0.62
2 Farber, Sid 18 Portland Aquatic 23.06 23.09 q742
r:+0.74
3 Casas, Shaine 17 Nitro Swimming-S 23.49 23.27 q725
r:+0.67
4 Chaney, Adam 15 Mason Manta Rays 23.77 23.29 q723
r:+0.68
5 Vera, Blaise 18 Mississippi Mako 23.12 23.35 q718
r:+0.70
6 Chan, Will 17 SwimMAC Carolina 23.21 23.44 q709
r:+0.70
7 Hamblin, Brando 17 Nation's Capital 23.75 23.63 q692
r:+0.64
7 Madej, David 17 SwimUnited-LE 23.19 23.63 q692
r:+0.62
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