Alex Walsh and Emily Weiss Swim 58’s to Both Get Under 15-16 NAG Record in 100 Breast
16-year-olds Alex Walsh and Emily Weiss swam the two fastest times ever in the 15-16 age group as Walsh got the upper hand with a 58.19 to break her NAG record that was a 58.80 from last year’s Juniors. Weiss was also under the old record in second place with a 58.77.
For reference, Walsh’s time would have been third at NCAA’s a year ago behind only American Record holder Lilly King (56.30) and national high school record holder Lindsey Horejsi (58.03). And the crazy part is, Walsh is still only a sophomore in high school.
This is the second NAG record for Walsh on the weekend after she beat the 200 IM record last night.
Weiss is still only a junior, but has already committed to swim at Indiana to join King when she is a senior. Weiss is coming off a successful summer where she was the World Junior Champion in the 50 breast where she was also a teammate with Walsh. These two will be names to watch as we move forward to the 2020 Olympic Trials. Weiss’s time would have also gotten top eight at NCAA’s last year.
Katherine Douglass (1:00.26), Allie Raab (1:00.61), Abigail Arens (1:00.66), Mary Christensen (1:01.61), Claire Donan (1:01.68) and Lillian Higgs (1:01.86) also swam in the championship final.
Event 19 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke ========================================================================= SC Jrs Meet: J 58.80 12/09/16 Alexandra Walsh, Nashville A. C. Name Age Team Prelims Finals HyPts Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Alexandra Walsh 16 Nashville Aquati 59.28 58.19J 1024 20 27.56 58.19 (30.63) 2 Emily Weiss 16 Cardinal Communi 59.89 58.77J 1003 17 27.55 58.77 (31.22) 3 Katherine Dougl 16 Chelsea Piers Aq 1:01.75 1:00.26 949 16 28.46 1:00.26 (31.80) 4 Allison Raab 17 Nashville Aquati 1:01.67 1:00.61 936 15 28.80 1:00.61 (31.81) 5 Abigail Arens 15 Marlins of Ralei 1:01.21 1:00.66 934 14 28.66 1:00.66 (32.00) 6 Mary Christense 17 Chelsea Piers Aq 1:01.43 1:01.61 900 13 29.11 1:01.61 (32.50) 7 Claire Donan 16 Triton Swimming- 1:01.05 1:01.68 898 12 29.16 1:01.68 (32.52) 8 *Lillian Higgs 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:01.77 1:01.86 891 11 29.26 1:01.86 (32.60)
Yay
Nicole Ferreira
Wow