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PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, January 16. THE second day of long course meter preliminary swimming concluded at the CeraVe Invitational hosted by the Berkeley Aquatic Club on the campus of Rutgers University.
Women's 400 IM
AGUA's Annie Zhu topped all qualifiers with a time of 4:56.47 in the distance medley with superstar Elizabeth Beisel of Bluefish easing in with a second-place time of 4:56.66. Delaware's Nicole Vernon (4:57.13) and Germantown's Kacie Ciampoli (5:06.36) took third and fourth.
Bluefish's Anna Senko (5:06.93), Bluefish's Gabrielle Shishkoff (5:07.88), Germantown's Bridget Casey (5:08.24) and Germantown's Madeline Maher (5:09.46) completed the A final field.
Rachel Kessler (5:10.69), Victoria Cassidy (5:11.76), Kaitlyn Jones (5:11.90), Biana Spinazzola (5:12.70), Kristine Ng (5:13.34), Lauren Ross (5:17.09), Mariel Kush (5:17.26) and Adrienne Groccia (5:17.87) made up the B final.
Kelly Johanson (5:18.62), Isla Hutchinson-Maddox (5:18.65), Annie Nunes (5:19.99), Stephanie Ng (5:20.10), Megan Zarriello (5:20.18), Grace Senko (5:20.37), Daniela Rueda (5:20.67) and Courtney Patterson (5:20.84) comprised the field for the C final.
Men's 400 IM
Long Island's Sean Sullivan led the way in the men's distance medley with a 4:41.09. Badger's Alex Gianino qualified second in 4:41.23, while Delaware's Eric Materniak took third in 4:41.55.
Suburban's Ian Clark (4:42.44), Germantown's Justin Tang (4:44.32), Jersey Wahoo Patrick Olson (4:45.15), Germantown's Jimmy McEldrew (4:46.38) and Scarlet's Chris Cipolla (4:46.78) rounded out the championship heat.
Rob Power (4:47.01), Clifton Gordon (4:47.81), Matt Belecanech (4:48.36), Jeffrey Thomas (4:48.57), Erik Heinemann (4:48.73), Pat Myers (4:49.35), Sean Minderlein (4:49.38) and Will Rappaport (4:49.93) earned spots in the consolation heat.
Jonathan Derlath (4:50.59), Arthur Frayler (4:50.68), Paul Nolle (4:50.88), Michael Lennon (4:51.62), Kevin Hughes (4:52.93), Bobby Hilzen (4:53.61), Samuel Ho (4:54.31) and Owen Burns (4:55.37) garnered the bonus heat transfer slots.
Women's 50 free
Bluefish's Alex Frasier earned the top seed with a 27.76 in the splash-and-dash, while AGUA's Lia Neal, 14, slipped on the start to wind up second in 28.05. Neal will likely be gunning for Missy Franklin's 2009 National Age Group record for 13-14 year olds in the event this evening. Long Island's Emily Kelly took third in 28.06, while Peddie's Kendese Nangle placed fourth in 28.23.
Long Island's Julia Festa (28.26), Bluefish's Clarissa Palmer (28.37) and Somerset Valley's Mara Valenzuela (28.41) qualified fifth through seventh. Bluefish's Bianca Spinazzola and AGUA's Danielle Sims set up a potential swimoff with a pair of matching 28.45s to tie for eighth.
Christie Hurley (28.46), Emma Lamothe (28.49), Annie Nunes (28.51), Laura Flewelling (28.52), Morgan Karetnick (28.60), Kelly Covey (28.70) and Jacqueline Parker (28.74) earned the other consolation heat lanes.
Meghan Kiely (28.75), Rebecca Delafuente (28.81), Katelin Cornetta (28.87), Bernadette D'Alonzo (28.97), A.J. Van Nispen (28.97), Ellen Marcus (28.99), Katherine Ashenfelter (28.99) and Angela Sun (29.16) grabbed the bonus heat spots this evening.
Men's 50 free
Long Island's Jack Wagner could have the meet record of 23.42 by David Fox in 1999 in his sights after putting a 23.93 up on the board during prelims. AGUA's Griffin Schumacher took second in 24.46, while Long Island's Nick Spinella placed third in 25.20.
Long Island's Austin Kowalsky (25.37), Suburban's Darryl Washington (25.45), Elite's Michael Strand (25.54), Bluefish's Louis Arruda (25.55) and Delaware's Tyler Early (25.63) took the rest of the A final spots.
Luke Papendick (25.65), Adam Weinbrom (25.83), Michael McElduff (25.85), Samuel Mo (25.95), Sam Gyory (25.96), En-Wei Hu-Van Wright (25.98), Jordan Stillman (25.99) and Chris Lyons (26.04) earned transfer spots into the B final.
Brian Barr (26.04), Lucas Zelehowsky (26.06), Bobby Waldner (26.09), Adam Zelehowsky (26.10), Aleksandr Galinskiy (26.16), Ben Itzkowitz (26.28), Alex Gianino (26.29) and Adam Sjoholm (26.32) picked up the C final lanes.
Women's 100 back
Bluefish went 1-2-4 as Elizabeth Beisel led the way with a 1:05.80. Anna Senko finished second in 1:06.60, while Katherine Ashenfelter placed fourth in 1:07.20. Suburban's Christie Leander qualified third in 1:07.16.
Delaware's Kaitlyn Jones (1:07.53), Germantown's Taylor Sneed (1:08.86), Badger's Elizabeth Schauer (1:08.89) and Delaware's Nicole Vernon (1:08.95) also made the A final.
Paige Anderson (1:09.43), Kendese Nangle (1:09.58), Annie Zhu (1:09.60), Danielle Sims (1:09.86), Morgan Karetnick (1:10.03), Daniela Rueda (1:10.07), Angela Sun (1:10.30) and Madeline Maher (1:10.40) claimed the B final spots.
Brynja Winnan (1:10.55), Nicole Rodriguez (1:10.60), Gabrielle Shishkoff (1:10.67), Lara Butler (1:10.69), Casey Fazio (1:10.74), Mara Valenzuela (1:10.87), Alex Charbeneau (1:11.00) and Megan Zarriello (1:11.13) made up the C final field.
Men's 100 back
Suburban's Ian Clark raced to the top time in the event with a 58.72, while Long Island's Jack Wagner qualified second in 59.23. Long Island's Nick Spinella (1:00.41) and Bluefish's Pat Myers (1:00.68) placed third and fourth.
Lakeland Hills' Luke Papendick (1:01.23), Jersey Wahoo Matt Belecanech (1:01.25), Elite's Michael Strand (1:02.22) and AGUA's En-Wie Hu-Van Wright (1:02.31) took fifth through eighth to move into the A final.
Michael McElduff (1:02.82), Sam Gyory (1:02.85), Sean Johnson (1:03.10), Clifton Gordon (1:03.12), Jimmy McEldrew (1:03.31), Matthew Heise (1:03.44), Paul Schafer (1:03.48) and Paul Nolle (1:03.67) grabbed B final lanes.
Eric Materniak (1:03.97), Eric Stobbe (1:03.99), Will Rappaport (1:04.02), Justin Tang (1:04.14), Kevin Wang (1:04.20), Victor Luo (1:04.20), Samuel Mo (1:04.74) and Victor Honore (1:04.86) earned the C final spots.
Women's 400 free
Badger's Kelly Johanson put up a quality time in the women's middle distance event. She clocked a time of 4:26.83. Germantown's Kacie Ciampoli finished second in 4:27.85, while Bluefish's Elizabeth Beisel eased into finals with a 4:28.28 to complete an early session that included 900 meters of swimming.
Delaware's Nicole Vernon (4:29.46), Long Island's Emily Kelly (4:29.79), Bluefish's Anna Senko (4:30.39), AGUA's Daniela Rueda (4:30.55) and AGUA's Lauren Morford (4:30.58) also made the championship heat.
Annie Zhu (4:30.65), Michelle Stefandl (4:31.01), Megan Zarriello (4:32.98), Bridget Casey (4:34.16), Melanie Leonhard (4:34.36), Kaitlyn Jones (4:34.63), Bianca Spinazzola (4:35.15) and Julia Festa (4:35.54) made their way into the B final.
Kelly Pontecorvo (4:35.61), Mariel Kush (4:36.89), Adrienne Groccia (4:37.09), Sara Schlichte (4:37.16), Lia Neal (4:37.46), Abigail Benkert (4:37.87), Cady Zawatson (4:37.93) and Rachel Kessler (4:38.18) took the C final spots.
Men's 400 free
Germantown's Arthur Frayler cruised to the top seed with a time of 4:09.81, while Jersey Wahoo Matt Belecanech touched second in 4:11.59. Bluefish's Luca Spinnazola finished third in 4:12.08, while Badger's Alex Gianino wound up fourth in 4:12.73.
Germantown's Jimmy McEldrew (4:13.19), Berkeley's Paul Soley (4:13.23), Long Island's Michael Lennon (4:14.30) and Germantown's Adam Sjoholm (4:15.82) comprised the rest of the championship heat lanes.
Nick Ankosko (4:16.21), Kevin Hughes (4:16.77), Patrick Olson (4:16.83), Jonathan Derlath (4:16.91), Paul Nolle (4:17.07), Sean Minderlein (4:17.25), Sean Sullivan (4:17.42) and Jeffrey Thomas (4:17.64) pocketed the consolation heat spots.
Bobby Hilzen (4:18.24), Lowell Nickey (4:19.03), Charles Barry (4:19.05), Erik Heinemann (4:19.52), Matt Kietlinski (4:20.32), Ben Itzkowitz (4:20.99), Danny Bennett (4:21.37) and Trevor Leland (4:21.55) made up the bonus heat for tonight.
