Beata Nelson Lowers Own 15-16 National Age Group Record in 100 Fly
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MINNEAPOLIS – Beata Nelson, 16, of Southwest Aquatic Team crushed her 15-16 National Age Group record in the 100-yard fly with a 51.08 this evening at the Arena Grand Prix in Minnesota.
That performance lowered Katie McLaughlin’s high school and national age group record of 51.78 from earlier this year.
Nelson’s stunning time of 51.08 is already under the 17-18 national age group record of 51.18 set by Natalie Coughlin back in 2001. With this time of a swim, we could be witnessing the dawning of a new legend in the sport.
McLaughlin took second tonight in 52.27 with Daniel Nack winding up third in 53.06.
Becca Weiland (53.14), Tori Simenec (53.26), Lisa Boyce (53.97), Dominique Bouchard (54.16) and Devin Ste Marie (54.41) also turned in times in the A finale.
Tevyn Waddell won the B final in 53.96 with Shannon Vreeland taking second in 54.05.
Annie Ochitwa (54.10), Blake Zeiger (54.26), Marie-Pier Couillard (54.44), Zoe Avestruz (54.52), Kelsey Drake (54.57) and Ruby Martin (55.15) also swam in the consolation heat.
Event 5 Women 100 Yard Butterfly ========================================================================= Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Nelson, Beata 16 Southwest Aquati 52.13 51.08 23.69 37.30 (13.61) 51.08 (13.78) 2 McLaughlin, Katie 17 Mission Viejo Na 52.81 52.27 24.66 38.59 (13.93) 52.27 (13.68) 3 Nack, Danielle 18 Univ Minnesota-M 53.19 53.06 24.53 38.76 (14.23) 53.06 (14.30) 4 Weiland, Becca 21 Univ Minnesota-M 52.84 53.14 25.20 38.92 (13.72) 53.14 (14.22) 5 Simenec, Tori 22 Univ Minnesota-M 53.49 53.26 25.62 39.48 (13.86) 53.26 (13.78) 6 Boyce, Lisa 20 Longhorn Aquatic 53.70 53.97 25.00 39.67 (14.67) 53.97 (14.30) 7 Bouchard, Dominique 23 Oakville 54.19 54.16 25.19 39.47 (14.28) 54.16 (14.69) 8 Ste Marie, Devin 21 Univ Minnesota-M 53.97 54.41 26.16 40.46 (14.30) 54.41 (13.95) === B - Final === 9 Waddell, Tevyn 16 Mitchell Aquatic 54.47 53.96 25.16 39.37 (14.21) 53.96 (14.59) 10 Vreeland, Shannon 23 Athens Bulldog S 54.29 54.05 25.80 40.09 (14.29) 54.05 (13.96) 11 Ochitwa, Annie 17 Denver Swim Acad 54.83 54.10 25.48 39.65 (14.17) 54.10 (14.45) 12 Zeiger, Blake 21 Univ Minnesota-M 54.43 54.26 25.46 39.53 (14.07) 54.26 (14.73) 13 Couillard, Marie-Pier 22 Les Riverains-US 54.74 54.44 25.14 40.16 (15.02) 54.44 (14.28) 14 Avestruz, Zoe 17 Aquajets Swim Te 54.87 54.52 25.59 40.20 (14.61) 54.52 (14.32) 15 Drake, Kelsey 16 Linn-Mar Swim Te 54.88 54.57 25.28 39.92 (14.64) 54.57 (14.65) 16 Martin, Ruby 14 Iowa Flyers Swim 55.07 55.15 26.12 40.57 (14.45) 55.15 (14.58)