The 2019 Santa Clara International Day 3 brought another full slate of races to the powerhouse club meet.
Simone Manuel, Abbey Weitzeil and Katie McLaughlin went head-to-head in the 50 free and the 50 fly in two of the highlights of the night and Katie Ledecky also went sub-4 in the 400 free.
Check out what happened on the second night:
Women’s 200 Breast
Claire Beaty claimed victory in the 200 breast to open the session, clocking a 2:31.75. It dropped two seconds from her prelims time and beat the rest of the field by nearly four seconds.
Grace Zhao was second in 2:35.43, followed by Swim Ontario’s Tessa Cieplucha (2:25.91).
Event 13 Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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2:43.39 INT International
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Beaty, Claire 22 Unattached-PC 2:33.43 2:31.75
34.13 1:12.70 (38.57)
1:51.77 (39.07) 2:31.75 (39.98)
2 Zhao, Grace 19 Una Pasa-PC 2:36.37 2:35.43
35.03 1:14.53 (39.50)
1:54.81 (40.28) 2:35.43 (40.62)
3 Cieplucha, Tess 20 Swim Ontario 2:38.48 2:35.91
35.17 1:14.82 (39.65)
1:54.84 (40.02) 2:35.91 (41.07)
4 Julia, Melanie 16 Palo Alto Stanfo 2:42.23 2:38.49
34.82 1:15.01 (40.19)
1:56.49 (41.48) 2:38.49 (42.00)
5 Kustritz, Kathe 20 California Aquat 2:42.77 2:38.51
35.41 1:15.88 (40.47)
1:57.14 (41.26) 2:38.51 (41.37)
6 Herscu, Abigail 15 Livermore Aqua C 2:42.06 2:39.78
36.29 1:16.06 (39.77)
1:57.94 (41.88) 2:39.78 (41.84)
7 Bouraoui, Nadia 16 Santa Clara Swim 2:42.49 2:40.67
36.79
1:59.23 ( ) 2:40.67 (41.44)
8 West, Madeleine 14 Neptune Swimming 2:42.04 2:42.94
36.26 1:17.70 (41.44)
2:00.73 (43.03) 2:42.94 (42.21)
9 Hein, Anna 17 Bluefish Swim Cl 2:44.02 2:44.21
36.76 1:18.55 (41.79)
2:01.46 (42.91) 2:44.21 (42.75)
Men’s 200 Breast
Swim Ontario’s Eli Wall won the 200 breast in 2:15.72, dropping two full seconds from his prelims time.
He held off Brandon Fischer, who finished second in 2:17.52. Brody Lewis was a close third in 2:17.64.
Event 14 Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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2:29.09 INT International
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Wall, Eli 24 Swim Ontario 2:17.75 2:15.72
30.85 1:05.39 (34.54)
1:40.22 (34.83) 2:15.72 (35.50)
2 Fischer, Brando 30 Livermore Aqua C 2:20.88 2:17.52
30.98 1:05.05 (34.07)
1:41.13 (36.08) 2:17.52 (36.39)
3 Lewis, Brody 21 Unattached-UT 2:18.97 2:17.64
31.28 1:06.34 (35.06)
1:41.77 (35.43) 2:17.64 (35.87)
4 Huang, Roderick 16 Santa Clara Swim 2:23.92 2:21.84
33.00 1:09.40 (36.40)
1:46.03 (36.63) 2:21.84 (35.81)
5 Dillard, Ben 17 Sierra Marlins S 2:23.29 2:22.58
31.42 1:06.74 (35.32)
1:44.03 (37.29) 2:22.58 (38.55)
6 Mastromatteo, G 17 Swim Ontario 2:22.62 2:24.27
32.64 1:10.45 (37.81)
1:47.07 (36.62) 2:24.27 (37.20)
7 Reznick, Cole 18 Tri Valley Aquat 2:27.18 2:25.09
32.79 1:09.61 (36.82)
1:47.02 (37.41) 2:25.09 (38.07)
8 Harm, Jonah 18 Una Smst-SN 2:27.03 2:26.86
33.53 1:10.35 (36.82)
1:48.40 (38.05) 2:26.86 (38.46)
9 Niayesh, Presto 18 Tule Nation Trit 2:26.56 2:27.32
32.79 1:09.71 (36.92)
1:47.76 (38.05) 2:27.32 (39.56)
Women’s 50 free
A star-studded field led to a close race in the women’s 50 free.
Alto Swim Club’s Simone Manuel dropped six hundredths of a second from her prelims time to win the event in 24.34.
Manuel finished ahead of two California Aquatics stars as Abbey Weitzeil was second in 24.90 and Katie McLaughlin was third in 25.32, holding off Osprey Aquatics’ Linnea Mack (25.49).
Event 15 Women 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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27.39 INT International
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Manuel, Simone 22 Alto Swim Club-P 24.40 24.34
2 Weitzeil, Abbig 22 California Aquat 25.28 24.90
3 McLaughlin, Kat 21 California Aquat 25.35 25.32
4 Mack, Linnea 23 Osprey Aquatics- 25.70 25.49
5 Cooper, Grace 16 Delta Aquatics-I 25.58 25.68
6 Murphy, Madelyn 21 California Aquat 26.20 26.19
7 Schaffer, Brook 17 Palo Alto Stanfo 26.49 26.34
8 Volpenhein, Ash 20 UN Alto-PC 26.44 26.49
9 DeNise, Caitlin 28 Unattached-PC 26.37 26.50
Men’s 50 Free
Albert Gwo was the only swimmer in the field to break 23 seconds as he went on to win the 50 free in 22.91.
Nathaniel Biondi was second in 23.19, holding off Marco Flores (23.25).
Event 16 Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle
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24.89 INT International
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Gwo, Albert 21 Una Pasa-PC 23.47 22.91
2 Biondi, Nathani 20 California Aquat 22.98 23.19
3 Flores, Marco Honduras-PC 23.37 23.25
4 Saunders, Maxim 18 Santa Clara Swim 23.89 23.60
5 Gonzalez, Mason 18 UN Alto-PC 24.15 23.65
6 Hatch, Jarod 20 California Aquat 23.98 23.66
7 Chiun, Felix 19 De Anza Cupertin 23.71 23.68
8 Stevenson, Ryla 16 California Gold- 24.14 24.11
9 Crews, Kaikea 16 Truckee-Tahoe Sw 24.00 24.15
Women’s 100 Back
Cal’s Keaton Blovad won the 100 back in 1:00.72, the only swimmer in the field to better 1:01.
Stanford’s Erin Voss finished second in 1:01.86, followed by Swim Ontario’s Madison Broad (1:02.09).
Event 17 Women 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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1:06.89 INT International
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Blovad, Keaton 20 California Aquat 1:01.49 1:00.72
29.32 1:00.72 (31.40)
2 Voss, Erin 20 UN Alto-PC 1:02.36 1:01.86
30.46 1:01.86 (31.40)
3 Broad, Madison 18 Swim Ontario 1:03.07 1:02.09
29.95 1:02.09 (32.14)
4 Wilson, Alicia 19 California Aquat 1:02.47 1:02.31
30.12 1:02.31 (32.19)
5 Krivokapic-Zhou 20 California Aquat 1:05.05 1:03.81
30.90 1:03.81 (32.91)
6 Zavaros, Mabel 19 Swim Ontario 1:03.80 1:03.94
31.33 1:03.94 (32.61)
7 Mack, Linnea 23 Osprey Aquatics- 1:03.92 1:04.01
31.01 1:04.01 (33.00)
8 Myers, Amber 15 Sierra Marlins S 1:05.06 1:04.41
31.64 1:04.41 (32.77)
9 Mykkanen, Court 21 Irvine Novaquati 1:04.93 1:05.04
31.85 1:05.04 (33.19)
Men’s 100 Back
Christopher Staka cruised to a huge victory in the 100 back, winning in 54.72. It dropped two seconds from his prelims time and won by more than three seconds.
Kaikea Crews was seconds (58.04), followed by Sierra Marlins’ Colby Mefford (58.65).
Event 18 Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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1:00.79 INT International
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Staka, Christop 21 Aptos Cabrillo S 56.05 54.73
26.40 54.73 (28.33)
2 Crews, Kaikea 16 Truckee-Tahoe Sw 58.85 58.04
28.29 58.04 (29.75)
3 Mefford, Colby 18 Sierra Marlins S 59.66 58.65
28.65 58.65 (30.00)
4 Driscoll, Matth 16 De Anza Cupertin 1:00.23 59.10
29.46 59.10 (29.64)
5 Chung, Matthew 16 Santa Clara Swim 1:00.97 59.54
29.19 59.54 (30.35)
6 Zhang, Tianyi 17 Santa Clara Swim 1:00.00 59.75
29.30 59.75 (30.45)
7 Wong, Brian 18 Quicksilver Swim 1:01.35 1:00.80
29.54 1:00.80 (31.26)
8 Kirton, Ryan 16 De Anza Cupertin 1:01.38 1:01.44
29.96 1:01.44 (31.48)
Women’s 400 Free
Katie Ledecky dropped nearly three seconds from her prelims time and broke 4 minutes to win the 400 free.
Ledecky used a 29.39 final split to win the race in 3:59.28.
Swim Ontario’s Kennedy Goss was second in 4:13.44 ahead of Pleasanton Seahawks’ Miranda Heckman (4:14.12).
Event 19 Women 400 LC Meter Freestyle
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4:28.79 INT International
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Ledecky, Katie 22 UN Alto-PC 4:02.44 3:59.28
28.23 57.95 (29.72)
1:28.07 (30.12) 1:58.52 (30.45)
2:28.84 (30.32) 2:59.33 (30.49)
3:29.89 (30.56) 3:59.28 (29.39)
2 Goss, Kennedy 22 Swim Ontario 4:17.23 4:13.44
30.23 1:02.71 (32.48)
1:35.04 (32.33) 2:07.24 (32.20)
2:39.16 (31.92) 3:10.92 (31.76)
3:42.76 (31.84) 4:13.44 (30.68)
3 Heckman, Mirand 18 Pleasanton Seaha 4:16.54 4:14.12
29.74 1:01.74 (32.00)
1:33.77 (32.03) 2:05.92 (32.15)
2:38.15 (32.23) 3:10.60 (32.45)
3:42.98 (32.38) 4:14.12 (31.14)
4 Tankersley, Mor 19 UN Alto-PC 4:16.50 4:16.09
30.20 1:02.81 (32.61)
1:35.20 (32.39) 2:07.81 (32.61)
2:40.11 (32.30) 3:12.35 (32.24)
3:44.31 (31.96) 4:16.09 (31.78)
5 Chang, Yi Xuan 16 Stamford Sailfis 4:21.87 4:17.22
30.70 1:03.23 (32.53)
1:35.63 (32.40) 2:07.92 (32.29)
2:40.36 (32.44) 3:13.36 (33.00)
3:46.49 (33.13) 4:17.22 (30.73)
6 Smith, Summer 16 Bluefish Swim Cl 4:23.48 4:17.84
29.56 1:02.23 (32.67)
1:35.07 (32.84) 2:08.04 (32.97)
2:41.01 (32.97) 3:13.69 (32.68)
3:46.43 (32.74) 4:17.84 (31.41)
7 Bayer, Cassidy 19 California Aquat 4:19.80 4:18.43
29.71 1:02.01 (32.30)
1:34.37 (32.36) 2:06.96 (32.59)
2:40.28 (33.32) 3:13.17 (32.89)
3:46.10 (32.93) 4:18.43 (32.33)
8 Oliva, Nicole 17 Santa Clara Swim 4:18.22 4:19.65
30.10 1:02.51 (32.41)
1:34.93 (32.42) 2:07.66 (32.73)
2:41.13 (33.47) 3:13.82 (32.69)
3:47.71 (33.89) 4:19.65 (31.94)
9 Hawkins, Daniel 18 Pleasanton Seaha 4:22.97 4:19.78
29.73 1:02.82 (33.09)
1:35.94 (33.12) 2:09.39 (33.45)
2:42.30 (32.91) 3:15.07 (32.77)
3:47.74 (32.67) 4:19.78 (32.04)
Men’s 400 Free
Calvin David dropped more than four seconds off his prelims time and was able to hold off Lleyton Plattel in a close race to the finish.
David won the race in 3:59.09 ahead of Plattel (3:59.35).
Tyler Lu finished third in 4:04.21 ahead of Colby Mefford (4:04.21).
Women’s 50 Fly
Abbey Weitzeil battled with Katie McLaughlin and Simone Manuel again in the 50 fly and each competitor finished a tenth away from the closest competitor.
Weitzeil won the race in 26.35, ahead of McLaughlin (26.45) and Manuel (26.55).
Alicia Wilson finished fourth in 27.20.
Men’s 50 Fly
Albert Gwo won the 50 fly in 24.24 to close the session.
Kyler Van Swol was second (24.48), followed by Jarod Hatch (24.79).
Congrats to NE swimmers past and present Erin Voss and Summer Smith! Keep it going girls.,