Ashley McCauley, Abby Arens of Marlins of Raleigh Break N.C. State Age Group Records in Same Heat
CARY – The women’s 200-yard breaststroke championship final at the North Carolina Senior State Championships featured a pair of record-breaking swims. Marlins of Raleigh’s Ashley McCauley, 14, and Abby Arens, 12, took down their respective state age group records in the event.
McCauley won the state title on the club circuit in the 200 breast with a time if 2:15.06. That swim clipped the 2013 record of 2:15.72 set by Jane Donahue.
McCauley also placed ninth in the 200 fly (2:05.56) and 200 IM (2:04.83).
Arens, who turned in a fifth-place time of 2:22.22 in the finale, cleared the previous record of 2:23.71 set by U.S. National Team member Kathleen Baker back in 2010.
Arens also went on to take third in the 100 breast (1:04.11). That swim broke McCauley’s 11-12 state record of 1:05.05 set back in 2013.
Thanks to top-level swimmers like McCauley and Arens, Marlins of Raleigh went on to win the combined team score by a wide margin with 1,996.5 points against East Carolina’s second-place 641.
Event 23 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== NCS Record: # 2:06.59 2014 Micah Lawrence, SwimMAC NCS15-18 Rec: @ 2:10.79 2009 Sarah Henry, RSA Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points =============================================================================== A - Final 1 McCauley, Ashley E 14 Marlins of Ralei-NC 2:20.59 2:15.06 20 30.62 1:05.00 (34.38) 1:39.47 (34.47) 2:15.06 (35.59) 2 Donahue, Jane M 15 North Mecklenbur-NC 2:21.11 2:19.89 17 31.52 1:07.04 (35.52) 1:42.90 (35.86) 2:19.89 (36.99) 3 Atkinson, Sarah J 15 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 2:21.94 2:20.65 16 32.29 1:07.79 (35.50) 1:43.99 (36.20) 2:20.65 (36.66) 4 Miller, Katherine A 16 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 2:21.44 2:21.31 15 32.39 1:07.76 (35.37) 1:44.42 (36.66) 2:21.31 (36.89) 5 Arens, Abigail L 12 Marlins of Ralei-NC 2:23.09 2:22.22 14 32.56 1:08.51 (35.95) 1:45.50 (36.99) 2:22.22 (36.72) 6 Macphail, Madeline L 15 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 2:23.02 2:22.23 13 32.46 1:08.32 (35.86) 1:45.67 (37.35) 2:22.23 (36.56) 7 Forsyth, Caroline E 15 Watauga County S-NC 2:24.99 2:22.93 12 31.99 1:07.69 (35.70) 1:44.89 (37.20) 2:22.93 (38.04) 8 Heineman, Ashley M 16 New Wave Swim Te-NC 2:25.34 2:23.03 11 32.22 1:08.51 (36.29) 1:46.00 (37.49) 2:23.03 (37.03)
Event 9 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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NCS Record: # 58.64 12/19/2013 Katie Meili, SwimMAC
NCS15-18 Rec: @ 59.37 2014 Kathleen Baker, SwimMAC
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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A - Final
1 Carr, Annabelle G 16 Badfish Aquatics-NC 1:04.65 1:03.03 20
29.69 1:03.03 (33.34)
2 Donahue, Jane M 15 North Mecklenbur-NC 1:06.73 1:03.64 17
30.41 1:03.64 (33.23)
3 Arens, Abigail L 12 Marlins of Ralei-NC 1:06.09 1:04.11 16
30.50 1:04.11 (33.61)
2015 North Carolina Senior State Championships, Full Results – Results
Woah nice job abby
Nice job and love the smile lol
GO ABBY GO! CONGRATS ON THIS