For full results, recaps, live broadcast, on-demand videos and photos from the meet, go to the CeraVe Invitational Event Landing Page Reporting by special Swimming World student reporters Joe Cusmano and Joe Koomar.
Reporting by special Swimming World student reporter Joe Cusmano.
Special thanks to Swimming World student cameramen Taylor Rosenbauer, Christopher Rattray and Justin Scholar for help during the live and on-demand webcast of this session.
PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, January 17. THE final session of long course meter swimming concluded the CeraVe Invitational hosted by the Berkeley Aquatic Club on the campus of Rutgers University. The session produced a meet record by Arthur Frayler in the men's 1500 free. Peddie School lowered the men's 400 free relay meet record set by current coach Greg Wriede back in 1995.
Long Island Aquatic Club won the combined team score with 1,186.50 points, while Bluefish took second overall with 1,143 points. Asphalt Green placed third with 821.50 points.
Women's 1500 Free
Nicole Vernon of Delaware Swim Team came out victorious in the first race of the night. "I guess I'm happy with my time. We're not tapered and I was within ten second's of my time," said Vernon. Her strategy? "Don't die and make it through," laughed Vernon. Vernon's consistent splits paid off when she clocked in with a Senior National time of 17:02.81.
Right behind Vernon to claim second was Kacie Ciampoli of Germantown Academy Aquatic Club . Ciampoli also clocked in with a Senior National time as well with a 17:04.27. Touching for third was 24 year old Lauren Morford of Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics with an SAAT time of 17:21.10.
Women's 200 Breast
Annie Zhu, 15, of Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics came up victorious to competitor Elizabeth Beisel. "I'm pretty happy. I kind of just wanted to keep my pace the first hundred so I could do well the second hundred," said Zhu, who dropped more than ten seconds off of her prelims time from this morning to finish with a finals time of 2:32.11, a Senior National time.
Right behind Zhu with a Senior National time of 2:35.30 was Elizabeth Beisel of Bluefish Swim Club. Beisel cut more than nine seconds off of her prelims time from this morning. Coming in for third was Scarlet Aquatic Club's Kristen Ng who swam an SAAT time of 2:41.44.
Men's 200 Breast
Eric Materniak of Delaware Swim Team swam a Junior National time of 2:25.68 to clinch a first place victory. "I'm pretty pleased considering we've been training really hard right now. I took it out pretty good. I wanted to take it out not too hard so I could have energy to come back in," said Materniak.
Touching in just after Materniak was Rob Power of Suburban Seahawks Club with a Junior National time of 2:26.37 to claim second. Following Powers for a third was Chris Cipolla of Scarlet Aquatic Club who clocked in with a Junior National time of 2:26.56.
Women's 200 Back
Elizabeth Beisel of Bluefish Swim Club swam a 2:11.32, a Senior National time, more than nine seconds faster than her prelims time this morning. "I'm definitely happy with my time," said Beisel. Beisel was five tenths of a second off of her own meet record, set back in 2008. "Back when I set that record I was rested, and it was my first event. Today, I had just swum right before I had to race this one. I knew I wanted to work the second hundred, and with only ten minutes to warm down, I'm definitely happy," said Beisel.
Anna Senko of Bluefish Swim Club and Kaitlyn Jones of Delaware Swim Club claimed second and third with SAAT times of 2:21.23 and 2:21.35, respectively.
Men's 200 Back
Ian Clark swam to an easy victory with his nearest competitor more than four seconds behind him. Clark, of Suburban Seahawks, swam a Senior National time of 2:02.90. "I wanted to take it out fast the first hundred. 2:02 was the slowest I wanted to go. I was hoping to go closer to 2:00, the time I went last year. Then again, I was in a full body-uit last year," said Clark.
Jack Wagner of Long Island Aquatic Club clocked in for second with a Junior National time of 2:07.13. Pat Meyers of Bluefish Swim Club finished right behind Wagner for third, with a Junior National time of 2:08.37
Women's 100 Free
Lia Neal, 14, of Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics led the pack to finish first with a Junior National time of 58.06. "My time's ok. Before the race, I felt like I couldn't sprint as fast as I usually do. I just tried to get off the block as fast as possible," said Neal. Still trying to catch her breath after a time just two seconds off of the meet record, Neal went on to say, "I tend to have a late reaction time, but I think the time's ok."
Second place came from Annie Nunes who had a strong second leg. Nunes, of Delaware Swim Team swam a 58.45, a Junior National time. Following Nunes for third was Bianca Spinazzola of Bluefish Swim Club who swam a 59.10, an SAAT time.
Men's 100 Free
Top seed Jack Wagner of Long Island Aquatic Club swam to a first place finish with a SAAT time of 53.16. Wagner said, "I'm happy that I won. I was really tired, I just swam the two back like 5 minutes ago, right before this!" Wagner's said about his strategy, "I I just wanted to take it out so that I could come back fast enough if I needed to."
Eastern Express' Scott Heil touched in with a sectional time of 54.45 to claim second. Following Heil was Luca Spinazzola of Bluefish Swim Club with a sectional time of 54.65 to clinch third.
Women's 200 Fly
Beisel of Bluefish Swim Club claimed her second victory of the night clinching first with a Senior National time of 2:16.01, more than five seconds faster than her prelim time this morning. "I'm definitely happy with this time! It's not one of my better events, and I was really tired. I felt ok, and I think I took it out slower then most people but I did pretty good in the end," said Beisel.
Touching second and third to Beisel were Bridget Casey of Germantown Academy Aquatic Club and Isla Hutchinson-Maddox of Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics with times of 2:16.43 and 2:19.75, respectively. Casey achieved a Senior National time, and Hutchinson-Maddox swam an SAAT qualifying time.
Men's 200 Fly
19 year old Nimrod Hayet from Peddie Aquatic Association didn't have too much competition in the 200 fly tonight. Hayet swam a 2:03.48, a Senior National time, more than six and a half seconds faster than his prelims time from this morning
Pat Meyers and Eric Materniak of Bluefish Swim Club and Delaware Swim Team finished in second and place with SAAT times of 2:08.79 and 2:09.27, respectively.
Men's 1500 Free
Arthur Frayler, 16, of Germantown Academy Aquatic Club crushed the field, finishing more than a minute ahead of his nearest competitor. Frayler swam a Senior National time of 15:36.39, a new meet record. "I remembered how everyone swam the 800, so I took it out a little slower because it seemed that they were going out pretty fast during the last swim. I just wanted to be able to swim a good, pretty solid race," said Frayler. Frayler went on to say, "I'm pretty happy with the time, it's a little bit off of my best, but I'm happy."
Michael Lennon and Nick Ankosko of Long Island Aquatic Club and Scarlet Aquatic Club clocked in with times of 16:36.92, and 16:43.07 for second and third places, respectively. Lennon swam a SAAT qualifying time, and Ankosko swam a sectional qualifying time.
Women's 400 Free Relay
Bluefish Swim Club's A relay was victorious in the final Women's event of the weekend here at the CeraVe Invitational. The relay was composed of Bianca Spinazzola, Elizabeth Beisel, Anna Senko, and Alex Frasier. The team clocked in at 3:58.08, a Junior National time. The team commented on their race, "We all felt really tired, and we all had good splits. Overall, we had a good meet."
Men's 400 Free Relay
Peddie Aquatic Association and Long Island Aquatic Club both broke the meet record in tonight's final event of the CeraVe invitational. It was Peddie Aquatic Association that pulled out the win though. The Team's final Junior National time of 3:34.89 was swum by Connor Signorin, Jeremy Wong, Pete Fittin, and Nimrod Hayet. "The record was held by our coach, so we definitely were excited to break it. It was extreme motivation." The relay's coach Greg Wriede commented, "This was a crazy weekend. We swam Friday. Then yesterday, we took a break and drove eight hours into Pennsylvania to swim a High School dual meet. Then, we came back here for prelims this morning, and then again tonight, where we had some good swims."
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