Double winners and National Records highlighted the third night of competition at the 2019 YMCA National Championships in Greensboro.
Bradford’s Paige Hetrick won both the 100 Backstroke and 200 Freestyle on the women’s side, while Matt Fallon and Brendan Burns set new YMCA National Records in the 400 IM and 200 Freestyle, respectively. Both surged up the USA All-Time Rankings in these events, as Fallon is now the second-fastest performer ever in the 15-16 age group. He is second only to Michael Phelps.
After four events for each gender on night three, Greater Spartanburg YMCA leads the overall team standings at 320 points. Their women rank fifth overall with 109 points and their men have the lead with 211. Red Bank Branch YMCA is in second (278) and Sarasota Family YMCA sits third in the standings with 235 points – just five ahead of Triangle Area YMCA.
Women
Bradford’s Paige Hetrick doubled on backstroke YMCA National Titles by winning the 100 distance in a lifetime best 52.83. The swim was a full second under her personal best coming into the meet, and now earns her a spot on the USA Swimming All-Time 17-18 Rankings in this event. Her swim puts her at sixty-fifth. She was followed by Keenebec’s Gabby Low and Bath Area’s Olivia Harper who tied for second with new personal bests of 53.53.
Event 301 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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National: * 52.19 4/1/2015 Meghan Small, York-PA
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Paige Hetrick 17 Bradford-PA 53.45 52.83
r:+0.70 25.38 52.83 (27.45)
2 Gabby Low 18 Kennebec-ME 54.78 53.53
r:+0.69 26.08 53.53 (27.45)
2 Olivia Harper 17 Bath Area-ME 54.13 53.53
r:+0.65 25.84 53.53 (27.69)
4 Emma Shuppert 18 Blue Ash-OH 54.83 53.79
r:+0.65 25.77 53.79 (28.02)
5 Cameron Gring 17 ReadingBerks-PA 55.21 54.60
r:+0.70 26.57 54.60 (28.03)
6 Marlee Rickert 17 ReadingBerks-PA 54.97 54.68
r:+0.71 26.39 54.68 (28.29)
7 Grace Kayal 17 Red Bank - NJ 55.23 55.28
r:+0.77 26.63 55.28 (28.65)
8 Eva Suggs 18 Boise-ID 55.52 55.91
r:+0.84 27.56 55.91 (28.35)
Sarasota’s Emma Weyant won in similar style to Hetrick, coming in with a big best time of 4:06.63, earning her a spot among the nation’s best. Her swim is the twenty-ninth fastest performance ever for 17-18 girls in USA Swimming. She used a strong back half to take the win over Spartanburg’s Annika McEnroe (4:12.94) and Boise’s Charity Pittard (4:15.33).
Event 303 Women 400 Yard IM
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National: * 4:03.96 4/1/2015 Meghan Small, York-PA
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Emma Weyant 17 Sarasota-FL 4:09.39 4:07.63
r:+0.77 26.91 57.25 (30.34)
1:28.72 (31.47) 2:00.26 (31.54)
2:35.93 (35.67) 3:11.71 (35.78)
3:40.13 (28.42) 4:07.63 (27.50)
2 Annika McEnroe 16 Spartanburg-SC 4:14.45 4:12.94
r:+0.69 26.79 57.12 (30.33)
1:29.78 (32.66) 2:01.45 (31.67)
2:37.37 (35.92) 3:13.76 (36.39)
3:43.76 (30.00) 4:12.94 (29.18)
3 Charity Pittard 18 Boise-ID 4:15.41 4:15.33
r:+0.71 27.85 59.39 (31.54)
1:32.16 (32.77) 2:04.55 (32.39)
2:40.20 (35.65) 3:16.74 (36.54)
3:46.95 (30.21) 4:15.33 (28.38)
4 Hannah Ownbey 17 Spartanburg-SC 4:16.87 4:16.31
r:+0.66 27.53 58.86 (31.33)
1:31.30 (32.44) 2:03.25 (31.95)
2:39.93 (36.68) 3:16.50 (36.57)
3:47.29 (30.79) 4:16.31 (29.02)
5 Kaitlynn Wheeler 18 Springfield-IL 4:21.38 4:17.44
r:+0.69 27.16 58.09 (30.93)
1:30.81 (32.72) 2:02.50 (31.69)
2:39.67 (37.17) 3:17.46 (37.79)
3:47.88 (30.42) 4:17.44 (29.56)
6 Abigail Doss 17 Susquehanna-PA 4:15.60 4:17.52
r:+0.80 27.72 59.55 (31.83)
1:32.98 (33.43) 2:05.70 (32.72)
2:42.81 (37.11) 3:19.52 (36.71)
3:49.44 (29.92) 4:17.52 (28.08)
7 Megan Van Berkom 17 Springfield-IL 4:21.49 4:17.80
r:+0.77 27.41 58.41 (31.00)
1:32.01 (33.60) 2:04.98 (32.97)
2:41.21 (36.23) 3:17.93 (36.72)
3:48.53 (30.60) 4:17.80 (29.27)
8 Sumner Chmielewski 15 Sarasota-FL 4:21.74 4:21.24
r:+0.75 27.72 59.15 (31.43)
1:31.31 (32.16) 2:03.36 (32.05)
2:42.02 (38.66) 3:21.17 (39.15)
3:51.52 (30.35) 4:21.24 (29.72)
Hetrick came back for another win, this time in the 200 Freestyle. Her time of 1:45.73 ties for ninetieth in the All-Time rankings and was a lifetime best by a full second. The race was close between Hetrick and B R Ryall’s Kate Morris, but Morris could not out-swim a 27.19 final fifty from Hetrick. Morris ultimately placed second in 1:46.75 and was followed by Sarasota’s Savannah Barr in 1:47.22.
Event 305 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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National: * 1:45.14 4/5/2017 Courtney Harnish, York-PA
1:55.69 19NA 2019 National Qual
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Paige Hetrick 17 Bradford-PA 1:48.94 1:45.73 19NA 20
r:+0.69 24.45 51.48 (27.03)
1:18.54 (27.06) 1:45.73 (27.19)
2 Kate Morris 15 B R Ryall-IL 1:47.44 1:46.75 19NA 17
r:+0.70 25.04 51.84 (26.80)
1:18.84 (27.00) 1:46.75 (27.91)
3 Savannah Barr 17 Sarasota-FL 1:47.82 1:47.22 19NA 16
r:+0.79 24.94 52.11 (27.17)
1:19.20 (27.09) 1:47.22 (28.02)
4 Kirsti McEnroe 14 Spartanburg-SC 1:49.14 1:48.27 19NA 15
r:+0.71 25.53 53.39 (27.86)
1:21.05 (27.66) 1:48.27 (27.22)
5 Megan Glass 18 Blue Ash-OH 1:48.84 1:48.53 19NA 14
r:+0.66 25.67 53.51 (27.84)
1:21.17 (27.66) 1:48.53 (27.36)
6 Eva Suggs 18 Boise-ID 1:49.66 1:48.79 19NA 13
r:+0.73 25.69 53.11 (27.42)
1:20.99 (27.88) 1:48.79 (27.80)
7 Greta Gidley 15 Farmington-MI 1:49.23 1:48.99 19NA 12
r:+0.75 25.61 53.32 (27.71)
1:20.82 (27.50) 1:48.99 (28.17)
8 Grace Hastings 16 ME Lyons-OH 1:49.56 1:49.80 19NA 11
r:+0.70 26.03 53.67 (27.64)
1:21.76 (28.09) 1:49.80 (28.04)
Triangle Area’s 200 Freestyle Relay team of Kayla Miller, Hailey Hicks, Mathea Myhrvold and Lauren Medlin took home the victory after posting a 1:34.24. 15-year-old Hicks led the way for the squad after posting a quick 22.57 split. The leg was the fastest in the field, with another sub-23 coming from Medlin on the anchor (22.81). Schroeder’s Erika Remington was also 22.70 as her team took silver in 1:32.94. Spartanburg took third in 1:33.80.
Event 307 Women 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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National: * 1:31.90 4/5/2016 York And York County YMCA, York-PA
C Harnish, C Cook, E Ilgenfritz, M Small
1:39.69 19NA 2019 National Qual
Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Triangle Area-NC 1:33.63 1:32.24 19NA 40
1) Kayla Miller 18 2) r:-0.02 Hailey Hicks 15
3) r:0.12 Mathea Myhrvold 17 4) r:0.26 Lauren Medlin 17
r:+0.62 23.67 46.24 (22.57)
1:09.43 (23.19) 1:32.24 (22.81)
2 Schroeder-WI 1:34.17 1:32.94 19NA 34
1) Megan Hartlieb 16 2) r:0.35 Erika Remington 17
3) r:0.39 Tori Brostowitz 13 4) r:0.35 Sailor Whowell 13
r:+0.71 23.21 45.91 (22.70)
1:09.42 (23.51) 1:32.94 (23.52)
3 Spartanburg-SC 1:34.73 1:33.80 19NA 32
1) Kirsti McEnroe 14 2) r:-0.03 Annika McEnroe 16
3) r:0.44 Emily Horomanski 18 4) r:0.28 Hannah Ownbey 17
r:+0.69 23.81 46.81 (23.00)
1:10.44 (23.63) 1:33.80 (23.36)
4 ReadingBerks-PA 1:34.47 1:34.18 19NA 30
1) Becca Brown 18 2) r:0.23 Caroline Wasielvski 17
3) r:0.25 Cameron Gring 17 4) r:0.33 Marlee Rickert 17
r:+0.70 23.48 47.43 (23.95)
1:11.02 (23.59) 1:34.18 (23.16)
5 Des Moines-IA 1:34.63 1:34.30 19NA 28
1) Jasmine Rumley 17 2) r:0.09 Mary Martin 16
3) r:0.32 Emma Bachelder 16 4) r:0.44 Alexa Bell 16
r:+0.61 22.79 46.18 (23.39)
1:10.21 (24.03) 1:34.30 (24.09)
6 Red Bank - NJ 1:35.29 1:34.33 19NA 26
1) Megan Judge 18 2) r:0.48 Kirsten Ardis 17
3) r:0.25 Natalie Heim 17 4) r:0.42 Ginger Hansen 18
r:+0.73 23.49 46.97 (23.48)
1:10.57 (23.60) 1:34.33 (23.76)
7 B R Ryall-IL 1:34.77 1:35.05 19NA 24
1) Grace Schwieters 17 2) r:0.32 Megan Murphy 18
3) r:0.22 Madi Field 16 4) r:0.14 Kate Morris 15
r:+0.70 24.20 48.06 (23.86)
1:12.16 (24.10) 1:35.05 (22.89)
-- Champaign-IL 1:34.64 DQ
Early take-off swimmer #4
1) Reed Broaders 16 2) r:0.02 Angela Coe 14
3) r:0.27 Elizabeth Gile 17 4) r:-0.05 Sally Ma 14
r:+0.67 23.60 46.42 (22.82)
1:11.25 (24.83) DQ (22.71)
Men
Auglaize Mercer’s Justin Fleagle broke 48-seconds in the 100 Backstroke for the first time with a 47.70 for the win. Matthew Brownstead, from State College of PA, blasted a 48.00 – the twenty-ninth best swim ever from a 15-16 boy in USA Swimming. The 16-year-old came into these Championships with a 50.78 from last March. He was followed by Spartanburg’s Michael Juengel in 48.78.
Event 302 Men 100 Yard Backstroke
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National: * 46.24 4/5/2018 Brendan Burns, UpperMainLine-PA
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Justin Fleagle 17 AuglaizeMercerOH 49.35 47.70
r:+0.61 22.79 47.70 (24.91)
2 Matthew Brownstead 16 State College-PA 48.81 48.00
r:+0.69 23.24 48.00 (24.76)
3 Michael Juengel 18 Spartanburg-SC 49.18 48.74
r:+0.67 23.63 48.74 (25.11)
4 David Wahlen 18 Triangle Area-NC 49.51 48.83
r:+0.64 23.53 48.83 (25.30)
5 David Curtiss 16 Hamilton Area-NJ 49.83 49.41
r:+0.63 24.47 49.41 (24.94)
6 John Michael Gordon 18 Lynchburg-VA 49.80 49.42
r:+0.66 24.00 49.42 (25.42)
7 Alex Gifford 17 Wyckoff-NJ 49.90 49.86
r:+0.66 24.09 49.86 (25.77)
8 Noah Clancy 17 Tri City- IL 49.42 50.04
r:+0.63 24.02 50.04 (26.02)
16-year-old Matt Fallon had a breakout swim in the 400 IM coming in at 3:44.08. Coming into the meet, Fallon’s best was 3:51.81 – good enough for the forty-fourth position on the All-Time 15-16 Age Group Rankings. With his new swim, Fallon not only set a new YMCA National Record, but is now the second-fastest performer in history in this event – second only to Michael Phelps (3:42.08). The swim surpassed this of big names Carson Foster, Sean Grieshop and Andrew Seliskar.
Former record holder in this event, Ross Dant, finished second in a new best time of 3:46.50. He was also under the previous record. B R Ryall’s James Doromal rounded out the top finishers in 3:53.72.
Event 304 Men 400 Yard IM
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National: * 3:46.79 4/3/2019 Ross Dant, Hickory -NC
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Matt Fallon 16 SomersetValleyNJ 3:49.53 3:44.08*
r:+0.77 24.67 52.14 (27.47)
1:20.99 (28.85) 1:49.80 (28.81)
2:20.00 (30.20) 2:51.70 (31.70)
3:18.72 (27.02) 3:44.08 (25.36)
2 Ross Dant 18 Hickory -nc 3:46.79 3:46.50*
r:+0.64 24.45 52.00 (27.55)
1:19.81 (27.81) 1:47.40 (27.59)
2:21.08 (33.68) 2:55.66 (34.58)
3:20.98 (25.32) 3:46.50 (25.52)
3 James Doromal 16 B R Ryall-IL 3:55.31 3:53.72
r:+0.70 25.11 53.96 (28.85)
1:23.34 (29.38) 1:52.57 (29.23)
2:25.31 (32.74) 2:58.94 (33.63)
3:26.66 (27.72) 3:53.72 (27.06)
4 Lukas Scheidl 18 SomersetHills-NJ 3:56.64 3:54.86
r:+0.73 24.52 52.92 (28.40)
1:22.68 (29.76) 1:51.97 (29.29)
2:25.92 (33.95) 3:00.62 (34.70)
3:28.21 (27.59) 3:54.86 (26.65)
5 Alexander Gusev 18 Sarasota-FL 3:55.40 3:55.02
r:+0.76 25.16 53.87 (28.71)
1:24.42 (30.55) 1:53.55 (29.13)
2:27.16 (33.61) 3:01.40 (34.24)
3:29.11 (27.71) 3:55.02 (25.91)
6 Sammy Rennard 18 Red Bank - NJ 3:57.45 3:55.94
r:+0.80 26.24 55.55 (29.31)
1:25.23 (29.68) 1:54.45 (29.22)
2:28.18 (33.73) 3:01.93 (33.75)
3:29.37 (27.44) 3:55.94 (26.57)
7 James Tarquin 19 Orlando-FL 3:57.86 3:58.37
r:+0.72 24.24 53.27 (29.03)
1:23.34 (30.07) 1:53.44 (30.10)
2:27.99 (34.55) 3:03.48 (35.49)
3:31.08 (27.60) 3:58.37 (27.29)
8 Richard Nolan 17 Westport/Weston 3:57.62 4:01.94
r:+0.63 24.77 54.37 (29.60)
1:25.71 (31.34) 1:56.44 (30.73)
2:30.34 (33.90) 3:04.83 (34.49)
3:34.00 (29.17) 4:01.94 (27.94)
After posting the National Mark in the 100 Butterfly on night two, Upper Main Line’s Brendan Burns took down another mark in the 200 Freestyle. His 1:34.15 was enough to take down the mark set by Grant House in 2017. He also moved up multiple spots in the the All-TIme Rankings to seventeenth. 16-year-old Jack Alexy of Somerset Hills was second in a quick 1:36.81. He was followed by Fanwood Scotch’s Josh Cohen in 1:37.23.
Event 306 Men 200 Yard Freestyle
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National: * 1:34.52 4/5/2017 Grant House, Countryside-OH
1:45.39 19NA 2019 National Qual
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Brendan Burns 17 UpperMainLine-PA 1:38.04 1:34.15*19NA 20
r:+0.67 22.09 45.32 (23.23)
1:09.45 (24.13) 1:34.15 (24.70)
2 Jack Alexy 16 SomersetHills-NJ 1:37.90 1:36.81 19NA 17
r:+0.66 21.72 46.57 (24.85)
1:11.91 (25.34) 1:36.81 (24.90)
3 Josh Cohen 18 FanwoodScotch-NJ 1:39.17 1:37.23 19NA 16
r:+0.70 22.60 47.29 (24.69)
1:12.29 (25.00) 1:37.23 (24.94)
4 Matthew Knox 18 Springfield-IL 1:38.86 1:38.01 19NA 15
r:+0.67 22.72 47.20 (24.48)
1:12.37 (25.17) 1:38.01 (25.64)
5 Roanoke Shirk 17 Boyertown-PA 1:38.83 1:38.96 19NA 14
r:+0.68 22.62 47.53 (24.91)
1:12.86 (25.33) 1:38.96 (26.10)
6 Matthew Lequang 17 Hamilton Area-NJ 1:39.41 1:39.39 19NA 13
r:+0.64 23.06 48.16 (25.10)
1:13.63 (25.47) 1:39.39 (25.76)
7 Luke Mikesell 17 Clearfield-PA 1:39.33 1:39.90 19NA 12
r:+0.67 23.06 48.35 (25.29)
1:14.04 (25.69) 1:39.90 (25.86)
8 Michael Fazio 18 Jennersville-PA 1:39.32 1:40.09 19NA 11
r:+0.68 22.61 47.75 (25.14)
1:13.74 (25.99) 1:40.09 (26.35)
In relay action, Alexy and his teammates Lukas Scheidl, Trent Russano and Roo Fenton kept the momentum rolling with their 1:22.06. Alexa blasted a 19.82 leg, out-split only by Hamilton Area’s David Curtiss (19.41) in the top eight.
Burns led off in a quick 20.11 for Upper Main Line’s second-place team, while Triangle Area was third in 1:23.05.
Event 308 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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National: * 1:21.71 4/1/2014 Springfield IL YMCA, Springfield-IL
R Held, J Patton, S Hohm, B Wilkey
1:29.49 19NA 2019 National Qual
Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 SomersetHills-NJ 1:22.73 1:22.06 19NA 40
1) Lukas Scheidl 18 2) r:0.24 Trent Russano 15
3) r:0.30 Jack Alexy 16 4) r:0.22 Roo Fenton 18
r:+0.66 21.12 41.91 (20.79)
1:01.73 (19.82) 1:22.06 (20.33)
2 UpperMainLine-PA 1:23.97 1:22.99 19NA 34
1) Brendan Burns 17 2) r:0.21 Jack Christian 16
3) r:0.36 Matthew Hopkins 17 4) r:0.21 Ben Doyle 17
r:+0.65 20.11 41.22 (21.11)
1:01.99 (20.77) 1:22.99 (21.00)
3 Triangle Area-NC 1:24.16 1:23.05 19NA 32
1) Taye Brown 17 2) r:0.34 Alex Smyre 16
3) r:0.14 David Wahlen 18 4) r:0.29 Shaw Satterfield 16
r:+0.61 21.02 41.86 (20.84)
1:02.33 (20.47) 1:23.05 (20.72)
4 Spartanburg-SC 1:24.86 1:23.79 19NA 30
1) Luke Smith 18 2) r:0.28 Kai van den Bosch 16
3) r:0.35 Michael Juengel 18 4) r:0.27 Evan Stanislaw 17
r:+0.75 21.34 42.44 (21.10)
1:03.07 (20.63) 1:23.79 (20.72)
5 Piedmont-VA 1:24.24 1:23.96 19NA 28
1) August Lamb 18 2) r:0.26 Tyce Winter 17
3) r:0.28 Vijay Chhabra 17 4) r:0.16 Noah Hargrove 17
r:+0.67 20.68 41.84 (21.16)
1:03.23 (21.39) 1:23.96 (20.73)
6 Hamilton Area-NJ 1:24.73 1:24.08 19NA 26
1) Matthew Lequang 17 2) r:0.28 Steven Wilfing 15
3) r:0.45 Evan Eckels 16 4) r:0.20 David Curtiss 16
r:+0.61 21.20 43.30 (22.10)
1:04.67 (21.37) 1:24.08 (19.41)
7 AuglaizeMercerOH 1:24.94 1:24.94 19NA 24
1) Justin Fleagle 17 2) r:0.20 Nick Clune 15
3) r:0.33 Cole Condon 18 4) r:0.13 Keaton McMurray 17
r:+0.58 20.16 42.69 (22.53)
1:04.12 (21.43) 1:24.94 (20.82)
8 York-PA 1:24.93 1:25.28 19NA 22
1) Logan McFadden 17 2) r:0.34 Alex Sun 18
3) r:0.36 Alec Fatta 18 4) r:0.22 Cameron Speed 17
r:+0.68 21.28 42.51 (21.23)
1:03.85 (21.34) 1:25.28 (21.43)
Full results are available here.
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