Alex Boratto, Alberto Mestre Claim Top Seeds at Day Two Prelims of Easterns
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Day two of the 2017 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming & Diving Championships continued today with a National Independent School record and a few AA All American times.
Emma Seiberlich of Episcopal grabbed the top seed in prelims of the women’s 100 free with a 50.83, posting the only sub-51 second time. Mercersburg’s Lindsay Tanner took second in prelims with a 51.97, while Notre Dame’s Michaela McGeary was third with a 52.81.
Event 15 Women 100 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== MEET: * 49.76 2/1/1988 Grace Cornelius Sloan Pittman, Baldwin / Baylo NAT'L PREP: ! 48.39 2/13/2010 Missy Franklin, Regis Jesuit 49.69 OPEN U.S. Open 49.89 JR LC Jr Champs. 50.50 AA All American Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Seiberlich, Emm SR Episcopal 51.06 50.83 q 24.59 50.83 (26.24) 2 Tanner, Lindsay SR Mercersburg 51.30 51.97 q 24.99 51.97 (26.98) 3 McGeary, Michae SR Notre Dame 53.32 52.81 q 25.32 52.81 (27.49) 4 Merke, Erin SO GA 54.53 52.82 q 25.38 52.82 (27.44) 5 Bhalla, Devina 18 Suffield 55.37 53.10 q 26.05 53.10 (27.05) 5 Thomas, Myka JR AIS 55.46 53.10 q 25.85 53.10 (27.25) 7 Barrett, Anjuii 10 Peddie 54.69 53.42 q 26.11 53.42 (27.31) 8 O'Reilly, Maddi SR Episcopal 53.40 53.60 q 25.53 53.60 (28.07)
Hill’s Alberto Mestre achieved a AA All-American time of 44.88 in the men’s 100 free prelims, claiming the top seed for tonight’s final. Nathan Stern of Peddie posted a 45.31 for second in prelims, while Brunswick’s Marcus Hodgson picked up the third place seed with a 45.73.
Event 16 Men 100 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== MEET: * 43.93 2/1/1991 Gustavo Borges, Bolles NAT'L PREP: ! 42.81 2/9/2013 Jack Conger, Good Counsel 44.09 OPEN U.S. Open 44.59 JR LC Jr Champs. 45.14 AA All American Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Mestre, Alberto SR Hill 45.10 44.88 qAA 21.41 44.88 (23.47) 2 Stern, Nathan 11 Peddie 45.14 45.31 q 21.52 45.31 (23.79) 3 Hodgson, Marcus 20 Brunswick 47.38 45.73 q 21.85 45.73 (23.88) 4 Black, Joe 11 Peddie 45.79 45.88 q 21.73 45.88 (24.15) 5 Madero, Patrici SR Lawrenceville 46.71 45.99 q 22.18 45.99 (23.81) 6 Omenitsch, Andr SR Georgetown Prep 45.93 46.62 q 22.24 46.62 (24.38) 7 Su, Arnold 20 Andover 48.39 46.71 q 22.35 46.71 (24.36) 8 Nelligan, John JR Haverford School 48.28 46.83 q 23.02 46.83 (23.81)
Karlee Carminati of Germantown Academy set herself up to defend her title in the women’s 500 free with a top seed of 4:55.78. Senior teammate Sook-Hee Evans grabbed the third place seed with a 5:04.67, while Episcopal freshman Hadley DeBruyn picked up the second place seed with a 4:59.56.
Event 17 Women 500 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== Sponsor: The Crippen Family MEET: * 4:40.04 2/25/2012 Rachel A Zilinskas, GA NAT'L PREP: ! 4:26.58 2/6/2015 Katie Ledecky, Stone Ridge 4:47.09 OPEN U.S. Open 4:49.09 JR LC Jr Champs. 4:52.43 AA All American Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Carminati, Karl SR GA 4:58.72 4:55.78 q 27.24 56.60 (29.36) 1:26.40 (29.80) 1:56.16 (29.76) 2:26.02 (29.86) 2:55.84 (29.82) 3:25.89 (30.05) 3:56.03 (30.14) 4:26.24 (30.21) 4:55.78 (29.54) 2 DeBruyn, Hadley FR Episcopal 4:57.59 4:59.56 q 27.06 56.60 (29.54) 1:26.71 (30.11) 1:57.13 (30.42) 2:27.59 (30.46) 2:58.34 (30.75) 3:28.97 (30.63) 3:59.52 (30.55) 4:29.82 (30.30) 4:59.56 (29.74) 3 Evans, Sook-Hee SR GA 5:12.97 5:04.67 q 28.15 58.15 (30.00) 1:28.64 (30.49) 1:59.13 (30.49) 2:29.89 (30.76) 3:00.51 (30.62) 3:31.16 (30.65) 4:02.31 (31.15) 4:33.72 (31.41) 5:04.67 (30.95) 4 Anderson, Maddi FR Friends Central 5:13.74 5:04.92 q 27.85 58.39 (30.54) 1:29.11 (30.72) 1:59.67 (30.56) 2:30.27 (30.60) 3:01.17 (30.90) 3:32.40 (31.23) 4:03.39 (30.99) 4:34.34 (30.95) 5:04.92 (30.58) 5 Nassif, Sami SR Mercersburg 5:01.39 5:08.48 q 27.47 58.31 (30.84) 1:29.39 (31.08) 2:00.04 (30.65) 2:30.81 (30.77) 3:01.89 (31.08) 3:33.35 (31.46) 4:05.40 (32.05) 4:37.59 (32.19) 5:08.48 (30.89) 6 Thompson, Emily SO GA 5:18.62 5:10.81 q 28.37 58.76 (30.39) 1:30.07 (31.31) 2:01.65 (31.58) 2:33.33 (31.68) 3:05.11 (31.78) 3:36.74 (31.63) 4:08.53 (31.79) 4:40.34 (31.81) 5:10.81 (30.47) 7 Forsyth, Elisab FR Friends Central 5:21.09 5:11.26 q 29.39 1:00.92 (31.53) 1:32.73 (31.81) 2:04.74 (32.01) 2:36.75 (32.01) 3:08.35 (31.60) 3:40.01 (31.66) 4:11.56 (31.55) 4:42.63 (31.07) 5:11.26 (28.63) 8 Boratto, Emma SO AIS 5:18.26 5:11.70 q 27.71 58.31 (30.60) 1:29.77 (31.46) 2:01.12 (31.35) 2:32.69 (31.57) 3:04.33 (31.64) 3:36.23 (31.90) 4:08.10 (31.87) 4:40.20 (32.10) 5:11.70 (31.50)
Matthew Hirschberger of Georgetown Prep topped the preliminary competition in the men’s 500 free with a 4:29.36, good for a AA All-American time. Suffield’s Max Miranda finished second in prelims with a 4:31.98, while Episcopal’s Ivan Puskovitch took third with a 4:34.92.
Event 18 Men 500 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== Sponsor: The Crippen Family MEET: * 4:17.96 2/25/2012 Arthur D Frayler, GA NAT'L PREP: ! 4:12.87 5/14/2016 Grant Schoults, St. Margatita HS 4:22.99 OPEN U.S. Open 4:29.29 JR LC Jr Champs. 4:29.69 AA All American Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Hirschberger, M SR Georgetown Prep 4:29.95 4:29.36 qAA 24.73 51.33 (26.60) 1:18.32 (26.99) 1:45.48 (27.16) 2:12.71 (27.23) 2:40.02 (27.31) 3:07.51 (27.49) 3:35.00 (27.49) 4:02.49 (27.49) 4:29.36 (26.87) 2 Miranda, Max Suffield 4:37.56 4:31.98 q 25.85 53.45 (27.60) 1:20.86 (27.41) 1:48.66 (27.80) 2:16.78 (28.12) 2:44.69 (27.91) 3:12.55 (27.86) 3:40.60 (28.05) 4:08.48 (27.88) 4:31.98 (23.50) 3 Puskovitch, Iva SO Episcopal 4:33.89 4:34.92 q 25.34 52.28 (26.94) 1:19.67 (27.39) 1:47.70 (28.03) 2:15.67 (27.97) 2:43.88 (28.21) 3:12.19 (28.31) 3:40.54 (28.35) 4:08.61 (28.07) 4:34.92 (26.31) 4 Karofsky, Jacks 17 Riverdale 4:34.67 4:35.24 q 25.02 51.88 (26.86) 1:19.62 (27.74) 1:47.62 (28.00) 2:15.51 (27.89) 2:43.54 (28.03) 3:11.62 (28.08) 3:39.65 (28.03) 4:07.81 (28.16) 4:35.24 (27.43) 5 Collier, Brien SR GA 4:48.27 4:35.73 q 25.47 53.38 (27.91) 1:21.48 (28.10) 1:49.85 (28.37) 2:18.26 (28.41) 2:46.25 (27.99) 3:14.32 (28.07) 3:42.36 (28.04) 4:10.43 (28.07) 4:35.73 (25.30) 6 Brennan, Brian FR Haverford School 4:37.08 4:35.84 q 25.00 52.57 (27.57) 1:20.10 (27.53) 1:48.79 (28.69) 2:17.45 (28.66) 2:45.70 (28.25) 3:13.69 (27.99) 3:41.72 (28.03) 4:09.71 (27.99) 4:35.84 (26.13) 7 Magness, Matthe 10 Malvern Prep 4:31.49 4:35.87 q 24.78 52.09 (27.31) 1:20.02 (27.93) 1:48.71 (28.69) 2:17.25 (28.54) 2:45.02 (27.77) 3:12.83 (27.81) 3:40.97 (28.14) 4:09.35 (28.38) 4:35.87 (26.52) 8 Mestre, Alfonso SO Hill 4:46.26 4:38.78 q 24.97 52.58 (27.61) 1:20.34 (27.76) 1:48.89 (28.55) 2:17.33 (28.44) 2:45.97 (28.64) 3:14.37 (28.40) 3:42.98 (28.61) 4:11.53 (28.55) 4:38.78 (27.25)
Alex Sumner of Episcopal set herself up for a second individual win in the women’s 100 back with a top seed of 54.40. Her time is beneath the JR LC JR Champs. qualifying time of 54.69. Emma Atkinson of Germantown picked up the second place seed with a 54.92, while Suffield’s Shaun Johnson was third with a 57.13.
Event 19 Women 100 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== Sponsor: The McKernan Family MEET: * 53.57 2/20/2016 Alex Sumner, Episcopal NAT'L PREP: ! 51.54 2/6/2015 Ally Howe, Sacred Heart HS 54.29 OPEN U.S. Open 54.69 JR LC Jr Champs. 55.18 AA All American Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Sumner, Alex JR Episcopal 53.57 54.40 qJR 26.50 54.40 (27.90) 2 Atkinson, Emma FR GA 55.85 54.92 qAA 26.64 54.92 (28.28) 3 Johnson, Shaun 18 Suffield 59.70 57.13 q 27.97 57.13 (29.16) 4 Donchi, Emma 18 Andover 58.72 58.28 q 28.44 58.28 (29.84) 5 Kaskel, Justine SR Norfolk 1:01.18 58.39 q 28.16 58.39 (30.23) 6 Aguirre, Maddie SO AIS 1:01.10 58.58 q 28.94 58.58 (29.64) 7 Lauther, Maddie JR Mercersburg 59.41 58.69 q 28.48 58.69 (30.21) 8 Kollevoll, Jenn FR Pennington 58.50 59.43 q 28.91 59.43 (30.52)
Haverford’s Alex Boratto posted the only sub-50 second swim in the men’s 100 back prelims at a 49.29. Paddy’s Trey Ike grabbed the second place seed with a 50.77, just ahead of Subfields Cameron Auchinachie took third with a 51.02.
Event 20 Men 100 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== MEET: * 49.08 2/22/2014 Tim Wynter, Andover NAT'L PREP: ! 45.34 11/10/2012Ryan Murphy, Bolles School 48.09 OPEN U.S. Open 49.74 AA All American 49.89 JR LC Jr Champs. Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Boratto, Alex JR Haverford School 48.49 49.29 qAA 24.22 49.29 (25.07) 2 Ike, Trey 10 Peddie 51.35 50.77 q 24.29 50.77 (26.48) 3 Auchinachie, Ca 17 Suffield 51.45 51.02 q 25.04 51.02 (25.98) 4 Bray, Samuel 12 Peddie 50.77 51.12 q 25.09 51.12 (26.03) 5 Ryan, Charlie SR Haverford School 51.78 51.26 q 25.07 51.26 (26.19) 6 Mathews, Gabrie Poly Prep 52.51 51.41 q 25.18 51.41 (26.23) 7 Pierce, Cole 19 Brunswick 54.55 52.04 q 25.50 52.04 (26.54) 8 Warden, Jack 19 Andover 53.26 52.17 q 25.46 52.17 (26.71)
The women’s 100 breast featured three women each posting 1:04’s. Sydney Winters of Suffield led the charge with a 1:04.27, while teammate Eva Crouse took third with a 1:04.93. Mercersburg’s Danielle Pong turned in the second place seed of 1:04.70.
Event 21 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== MEET: * 1:01.33 2/23/2008 Spindrift Beck, Hockaday NAT'L PREP: ! 1:00.05 2/11/2012 Sarah Haase, Good Counsel 1:02.29 OPEN U.S. Open 1:03.03 AA All American 1:03.09 JR LC Jr Champs. Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Winters, Sydney 19 Suffield 1:05.00 1:04.27 q 30.11 1:04.27 (34.16) 2 Pong, Danielle SR Mercersburg 1:05.42 1:04.70 q 30.27 1:04.70 (34.43) 3 Crouse, Eva 17 Suffield 1:06.50 1:04.93 q 30.61 1:04.93 (34.32) 4 Ty, Allyson 18 Andover 1:07.87 1:05.79 q 31.11 1:05.79 (34.68) 5 Lopez-Ona, Mari FR Penn Charter 1:08.12 1:05.99 q 31.78 1:05.99 (34.21) 6 Fitzgerald, Nin SR Pennington 1:07.60 1:06.03 q 30.91 1:06.03 (35.12) 7 Will, Summer SO Blair 1:07.16 1:06.22 q 31.23 1:06.22 (34.99) 8 Stockett, Sally SR Episcopal 1:05.03 1:06.67 q 31.37 1:06.67 (35.30)
Reece Whitley of Penn Charter achieved a new National Independent High School record mark in the 100 breaststroke. Whitley uncorked a 52.35 to soar past Jacob Molacek’s 2014 record of 52.92. That time also took down his own meet record of 52.97, set at last year’s championships.
Whitley’s senior teammate Evan McFadden touched second in prelims in 56.12. Mercersburg’s Dean Nguyen claimed the third spot in 56.23.
Event 22 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== MEET: * 52.97 2/20/2016 Reece Whitley, Penn Charter NAT'L PREP: ! 52.92 2/28/2014 Jacob Molacek, Creighton Prep 55.09 OPEN U.S. Open 55.99 JR LC Jr Champs. 56.09 AA All American Name Year School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Whitley, Reece JR Penn Charter 54.00 52.35!qOPEN 25.00 52.35 (27.35) 2 McFadden, Evan SR Penn Charter 58.85 56.12 q 26.03 56.12 (30.09) 3 Nguyen, Dean SR Mercersburg 55.91 56.23 q 26.82 56.23 (29.41) 4 Octaviano, Anto FR Haverford School 57.04 56.91 q 26.72 56.91 (30.19) 5 Liao, Brandon 17 Suffield 57.90 57.03 q 27.03 57.03 (30.00) 6 Su, Arnold 20 Andover 58.64 57.33 q 26.91 57.33 (30.42) 7 Tirone, Michael Poly Prep 59.71 57.40 q 26.70 57.40 (30.70) 8 Simpson, Neil 19 Andover 1:01.17 57.51 q 26.97 57.51 (30.54)
Suffield’s team of Shaun Jonhson, Davina Bhalla, Eva Crouse, and Sydney Winters claimed the middle lane for finals of tonight’s 400 freestyle relay in 3:29.97. Episcpoal’s Emma Seiberlich, Hadley DeBruyn, Maddie O’Reilly, and Alex Sumner were just a half second back (3:30.41).
Event 23 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay ==================================================================== Sponsor: The Linsly Parents MEET: * 3:21.63 2/23/2013 Germantown Academy S McKernan, M Dollard, M Visco, R Zilinskas NAT'L PREP: ! 3:20.42 5/18/2013 Carondelet C Chenault, N Amberg, M Murphy, M White 3:28.27 AA All American School Seed Prelims ==================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Suffield 'A' 3:34.60 3:29.97 q 1) Johnson, Shaun 18 2) Bhalla, Devina 18 3) Crouse, Eva 17 4) Winters, Sydney 19 25.64 52.86 (52.86) 1:18.21 (25.35) 1:45.91 (53.05) 2:11.18 (25.27) 2:38.70 (52.79) 3:03.20 (24.50) 3:29.97 (51.27) 2 Episcopal 'A' 3:33.14 3:30.41 q 1) Seiberlich, Emma SR 2) DeBruyn, Hadley FR 3) O'Reilly, Maddie SR 4) Sumner, Alex JR 24.80 51.31 (51.31) 1:16.44 (25.13) 1:43.83 (52.52) 2:09.49 (25.66) 2:37.74 (53.91) 3:02.53 (24.79) 3:30.41 (52.67) 3 Mercersburg 'A' 3:33.75 3:32.48 q 1) Armbruster, Ally JR 2) Voce, Abigail JR 3) Nassif, Sami SR 4) Tanner, Lindsay SR 26.01 53.78 (53.78) 1:19.13 (25.35) 1:47.21 (53.43) 2:12.57 (25.36) 2:40.79 (53.58) 3:05.59 (24.80) 3:32.48 (51.69) 4 GA 'A' 3:36.50 3:34.54 q 1) Atkinson, Emma FR 2) Merke, Erin SO 3) Thompson, Emily SO 4) Carminati, Karlee SR 25.67 52.87 (52.87) 1:18.06 (25.19) 1:46.22 (53.35) 2:12.39 (26.17) 2:41.15 (54.93) 3:06.38 (25.23) 3:34.54 (53.39) 5 AIS 'A' 3:43.94 3:34.89 q 1) Boratto, Emma SO 2) Thomas, Myka JR 3) Aguirre, Maddie SO 4) Flick, Riley SR 26.62 54.94 (54.94) 1:19.86 (24.92) 1:47.57 (52.63) 2:13.07 (25.50) 2:41.10 (53.53) 3:06.94 (25.84) 3:34.89 (53.79) 6 Andover 'A' 3:41.74 3:35.52 q 1) Sweetser, Katherine 17 2) Tran, Elizabeth 19 3) Gearan, Jess 18 4) Ty, Allyson 18 26.38 54.47 (54.47) 1:20.23 (25.76) 1:48.73 (54.26) 2:14.68 (25.95) 2:43.11 (54.38) 3:08.17 (25.06) 3:35.52 (52.41) 7 Norfolk 'A' 3:46.28 3:36.47 q 1) McCammon, Abigail SO 2) Kirkman, Madison SO 3) Kaskel, Justine SR 4) Ware, Liza JR 26.44 53.92 (53.92) 1:20.03 (26.11) 1:49.08 (55.16) 2:14.92 (25.84) 2:43.09 (54.01) 3:08.68 (25.59) 3:36.47 (53.38) 8 Peddie 'A' 3:39.25 3:37.39 q 1) Furigay, Sophia 11 2) Price, Ilana 11 3) Demoine, Elizabeth 11 4) Barrett, Anjuii 10 26.16 54.21 (54.21) 1:19.67 (25.46) 1:48.17 (53.96) 2:14.42 (26.25) 2:43.89 (55.72) 3:08.78 (24.89) 3:37.39 (53.50)
Peddie’s Michael Blank, Nathan Stern, Joe Black, and Noah Houskeeper continued their relay prowess with a top seeded 3:02.28 in the 400 freestyle relay. Haverford will be seeded second while Suffield picked up the third spot.
Event 24 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay ==================================================================== Sponsor: The Linsly Parents MEET: * 2:59.98 2/1/1991 Bolles School/Peddie School P. Park, B. Cline, J. Daniel, M. Nunan NAT'L PREP: ! 2:54.43 11/10/2012Bolles School Murphy, Condorelli, Booth, Schooling 3:06.47 AA All American School Seed Prelims ==================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Peddie 'A' 3:01.50 3:02.28 qAA 1) Blank, Michael 11 2) Stern, Nathan 11 3) Black, Joe 11 4) Houskeeper, Noah 11 21.76 47.01 (47.01) 1:08.10 (21.09) 1:31.29 (44.28) 1:52.41 (21.12) 2:16.20 (44.91) 2:37.78 (21.58) 3:02.28 (46.08) 2 Haverford School 'A' 3:10.39 3:04.53 qAA 1) Boratto, Alex JR 2) Ryan, Charlie SR 3) Nelligan, John JR 4) Brennan, Brian FR 22.20 45.55 (45.55) 1:07.65 (22.10) 1:32.36 (46.81) 1:54.18 (21.82) 2:18.38 (46.02) 2:40.02 (21.64) 3:04.53 (46.15) 3 Suffield 'A' 3:11.10 3:05.40 qAA 1) Liao, Brandon 17 2) Beaulieu, Cian 18 3) Miranda, Max 4) Auchinachie, Cameron 17 21.95 45.77 (45.77) 1:08.86 (23.09) 1:33.36 (47.59) 1:56.11 (22.75) 2:20.46 (47.10) 2:41.72 (21.26) 3:05.40 (44.94) 4 Georgetown Prep 'A' 3:07.08 3:08.36 q 1) Hirschberger, Matthew SR 2) Tarter, Sam SR 3) Omenitsch, Andrew SR 4) Failing, Carl SR 23.25 48.28 (48.28) 1:10.57 (22.29) 1:35.20 (46.92) 1:57.18 (21.98) 2:21.08 (45.88) 2:43.42 (22.34) 3:08.36 (47.28) 5 Brunswick 'A' 3:11.92 3:08.40 q 1) Hodgson, Marcus 20 2) Simone, James 17 3) Drew, Keegan 19 4) Powers, Will 17 22.29 46.32 (46.32) 1:08.91 (22.59) 1:34.50 (48.18) 1:56.78 (22.28) 2:21.28 (46.78) 2:43.85 (22.57) 3:08.40 (47.12) 6 Malvern Prep 'A' 3:09.34 3:08.96 q 1) Connors, John 11 2) Cary, Connor 10 3) Maher, Zach 12 4) Hincks, Chris 11 22.83 47.89 (47.89) 1:10.08 (22.19) 1:34.73 (46.84) 1:57.44 (22.71) 2:22.22 (47.49) 2:44.08 (21.86) 3:08.96 (46.74) 7 Andover 'A' 3:12.10 3:08.97 q 1) Freiman, Lance 19 2) Vlasic, Adam 20 3) Isenhower, Nicholas 18 4) Simpson, Neil 19 22.91 48.07 (48.07) 1:10.45 (22.38) 1:36.00 (47.93) 1:58.59 (22.59) 2:22.29 (46.29) 2:44.52 (22.23) 3:08.97 (46.68) 8 Penn Charter 'A' 3:25.25 3:11.01 q 1) McFadden, Evan SR 2) Morris, Andrew JR 3) Foley, Emmet SR 4) Whitley, Reece JR 23.10 48.38 (48.38) 1:10.91 (22.53) 1:36.52 (48.14) 1:59.83 (23.31) 2:26.07 (49.55) 2:47.82 (21.75) 3:11.01 (44.94)
Finals will begin at 6:30 tonight.