The penultimate night of the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals featured a new meet record from Daniel Roy from King Aquatic Club in the men’s 200 breast, taking nearly a full second off of Reece Whitley’s meet record. There were also near misses of the meet records from Alex Zettle in the 200 free, Carson Foster in the 100 back and Magnolia Aquatic Club in the 800 free relay.
Other winners on the night were Easop Lee, Zoie Hartman and Isabelle Stadden on Friday night in East Meadow, New York.
Tonight’s events:
- Women’s 200 Free
- Men’s 200 Free
- Women’s 200 Breast
- Men’s 200 Breast
- Women’s 100 Back
- Men’s 100 Back
- Women’s 800 Free Relay
Women’s 200 Free
North Baltimore’s Easop Lee came from fifth place to steal the 200 free win from the middle of the pool on Friday night at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals in East Meadow, New York. Lee won with a 2:00.08 using the only sub-30 second last 50 in the field. Lee finished ahead of Brea’s Kenisa Liu (2:00.34) and Lakeside’s Lauren Pitzer (2:00.39). Pitzer was the early leader through 150 meters and ended up fading to third.
Enfinity’s Oliva Carter (2:00.67), La Mirada Armada’s Taylor Ault (2:01.08), Pleasanton’s Miranda Heckman (2:01.16), Austin’s Dakota Luther (2:01.18) and Gator’s Isabel Ivey (2:02.47) also swam in the championship final.
Lee finished 20th at the recent World Championships in this event while representing South Korea with a 1:59.38. Liu finished her freshman season at UCLA and Pitzer is also already committed to Stanford.
Ironically, Lucie Nordmann won the B-final with a 2:00.01 and would have won the overall event with that time.
Event 20 Women 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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Jr World: W 1:56.12 8/20/2014 Shen Duo, China
Meet: M 1:58.26 8/11/2011 Lia Neal, Asphalt Green Un
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Lee, Easop 17 North Baltimore- 2:01.33 2:00.08 832 20
28.73 59.66 (30.93)
1:30.46 (30.80) 2:00.08 (29.62)
2 Liu, Kenisha 18 Brea Aquatics-CA 2:01.81 2:00.34 827 17
28.60 59.56 (30.96)
1:30.30 (30.74) 2:00.34 (30.04)
3 Pitzer, Lauren 18 Lakeside Aquatic 2:01.90 2:00.39 826 16
27.94 58.49 (30.55)
1:29.36 (30.87) 2:00.39 (31.03)
4 Carter, Olivia 17 Enfinity Aquatic 2:01.39 2:00.67 820 15
28.45 59.11 (30.66)
1:29.98 (30.87) 2:00.67 (30.69)
5 Ault, Taylor 18 La Mirada Armada 2:01.45 2:01.08 812 14
28.79 59.40 (30.61)
1:30.34 (30.94) 2:01.08 (30.74)
6 Heckman, Mirand 16 Pleasanton Seaha 2:01.61 2:01.16 810 13
29.06 1:00.15 (31.09)
1:30.85 (30.70) 2:01.16 (30.31)
7 Luther, Dakota 17 Austin Swim Club 2:01.97 2:01.18 810 12
28.78 59.69 (30.91)
1:30.58 (30.89) 2:01.18 (30.60)
8 Ivey, Isabel 16 Gator Swim Club- 2:01.48 2:02.47 785 11
28.82 59.38 (30.56)
1:30.52 (31.14) 2:02.47 (31.95)
Men’s 200 Free
17-year-old Alex Zettle of Lakeside Aquatic Club in Texas won the 200 free for his second win of the meet at 1:49.13. Zettle won the 400 free last night and doubles up with a win in the 200 tonight at Speedo Junior Nationals in East Meadow. North Texas’ Jack LeVant (1:50.25) and Mason Manta Rays’ Carson Foster (1:50.44) finished second and third as those two have had multiple trips to the podium this week in New York.
Team Greenville’s Tal Davis (1:51.23), Irvine Nova’s Andrew Koustik (1:51.30), Nation’s Capital’s Lane Stone (1:51.76), Irvine Nova’s Owen Kao (1:52.45) and Nitro’s Shaine Casas (1:52.80).
Zettle will be headed to Texas and LeVant will be headed to Stanford in the fall of 2018.
Event 21 Men 200 LC Meter Freestyle
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Jr World: W 1:47.10 8/7/2015 Maxime Rooney, USA
Meet: M 1:48.64 8/8/2013 Caeleb Dressel, Bolles School
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Zettle, Alex 17 Lakeside Aquatic 1:50.03 1:49.13M 816 20
25.74 53.21 (27.47)
1:21.07 (27.86) 1:49.13 (28.06)
2 LeVant, Jack 17 North Texas Nada 1:51.04 1:50.25 791 17
25.62 53.37 (27.75)
1:21.63 (28.26) 1:50.25 (28.62)
3 Foster, Carson 15 Mason Manta Rays 1:50.48 1:50.44 787 16
26.25 53.90 (27.65)
1:22.15 (28.25) 1:50.44 (28.29)
4 Davis, Tal 18 Team Greenville- 1:51.47 1:51.23 771 15
26.77 54.99 (28.22)
1:23.28 (28.29) 1:51.23 (27.95)
5 Koustik, Andrew 18 Irvine Novaquati 1:52.11 1:51.30 769 14
25.95 54.59 (28.64)
1:23.21 (28.62) 1:51.30 (28.09)
6 Stone, Lane 18 Nation's Capital 1:51.61 1:51.76 760 13
26.37 54.56 (28.19)
1:22.93 (28.37) 1:51.76 (28.83)
7 Kao, Owen 17 Irvine Novaquati 1:52.30 1:52.45 746 12
26.89 55.34 (28.45)
1:24.01 (28.67) 1:52.45 (28.44)
8 Casas, Shaine 17 Nitro Swimming-S 1:51.65 1:52.80 739 11
26.01 54.64 (28.63)
1:24.32 (29.68) 1:52.80 (28.48)
Women’s 200 Breast
Zoie Hartman of Crow Canyon won her second race of the meet after winning the 100 breast on Tuesday. Hartman won the 200 breast on Friday night at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals in East Meadow with a 2:28.09. The 16-year-old finished two seconds ahead of her nearest competitor as Triton’s Claire Donan (2:30.21) and Texas Ford’s Rachel Ramey (2:30.25) finished second and third.
Ramey will be swimming at Florida this fall.
Chelsea Piers’ Kaki Christensen (2:32.29), Lake Erie’s Laura Goettler (2:32.62), Waves Bloomington’s Noelle Peplowski (2:34.30), Lakeside’s Emma Garfield (2:34.38) and Terrapins’ Emily Lo (2:35.87) also competed in the championship final.
Event 22 Women 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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Jr World: W 2:19.64 8/30/2015 Viktoria Gunes, Turkey
Meet: M 2:26.35 8/13/2012 Allie Szekely, Central Bucks Sw
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Hartman, Zoie 16 Crow Canyon Coun 2:32.17 2:28.09 828 20
33.82 1:11.48 (37.66)
1:49.55 (38.07) 2:28.09 (38.54)
2 Donan, Claire 15 Triton Swimming- 2:31.18 2:30.21 794 17
34.36 1:12.30 (37.94)
1:50.37 (38.07) 2:30.21 (39.84)
3 Ramey, Rachel 18 Texas Ford Aquat 2:31.57 2:30.25 793 16
34.27 1:12.72 (38.45)
1:50.95 (38.23) 2:30.25 (39.30)
4 Christensen, Ka 17 Chelsea Piers Aq 2:33.55 2:32.29 762 15
34.85 1:13.72 (38.87)
1:52.83 (39.11) 2:32.29 (39.46)
5 Goettler, Laura 15 Lake Erie Silver 2:34.94 2:32.62 757 14
34.92 1:14.84 (39.92)
1:53.46 (38.62) 2:32.62 (39.16)
6 Peplowski, Noel 17 Waves Bloomingto 2:33.94 2:34.30 732 13
34.66 1:13.91 (39.25)
1:54.26 (40.35) 2:34.30 (40.04)
7 Garfield, Emma 17 Lakeside Aquatic 2:33.62 2:34.38 731 12
34.91 1:14.44 (39.53)
1:54.42 (39.98) 2:34.38 (39.96)
8 Lo, Emily 16 Terrapins Swim T 2:33.99 2:35.87 710 11
35.53 1:14.79 (39.26)
1:54.87 (40.08) 2:35.87 (41.00)
Men’s 200 Breast
17-year-old Daniel Roy of King Aquatic Club won the 200 breast at the Speedo Junior Nationals in New York with a new meet record of 2:11.25. Roy wipes nearly a full second off of the meet record held by Reece Whitley of 2:12.17 from 2015. Roy split consistent 33’s throughout his race as he swam the second fastest time for a 17-18 year old. Roy sits behind only Kevin Cordes who went 2:10.92 in 2012. Roy is one of the top recruits in the class of 2018 and has not committed to a school yet.
Ridgefield’s AJ Bornstein (2:13.96) and Mason Manta Rays’ Jake Foster (2:14.34) finished second and third.
King’s Ethan Dang (2:15.13), Team Rebel’s AJ Pouch (2:15.98), Portland’s Josh Bottelberghe (2:16.37), Crimson’s Calvin Yang (2:16.51) and Team Rebel’s Zane Backes (2:22.06) also competed in the A-final.
Event 23 Men 200 LC Meter Breaststroke
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Jr World: W 2:09.64 8/6/2015 Anton Chupkov, Russia
Meet: M 2:12.17 8/2/2015 Reece Whitley, Penn Charter Aqu
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Roy, Daniel 17 King Aquatic Clu 2:12.31 2:11.25M 906 20
30.89 1:04.42 (33.53)
1:37.67 (33.25) 2:11.25 (33.58)
2 Bornstein, AJ 17 Ridgefield Aquat 2:15.75 2:13.96 852 17
30.76 1:04.94 (34.18)
1:39.41 (34.47) 2:13.96 (34.55)
3 Foster, Jake 16 Mason Manta Rays 2:14.97 2:14.34 845 16
30.46 1:04.43 (33.97)
1:38.74 (34.31) 2:14.34 (35.60)
4 Dang, Ethan 15 King Aquatic Clu 2:17.80 2:15.13 830 15
30.46 1:04.58 (34.12)
1:38.88 (34.30) 2:15.13 (36.25)
5 Pouch, AJ 16 Team Rebel Aquat 2:17.59 2:15.98 814 14
31.14 1:05.30 (34.16)
1:40.36 (35.06) 2:15.98 (35.62)
6 Bottelberghe, J 17 Portland Aquatic 2:17.60 2:16.37 807 13
31.28 1:06.32 (35.04)
1:41.54 (35.22) 2:16.37 (34.83)
7 Yang, Calvin 17 Crimson Aquatics 2:16.59 2:16.51 805 12
31.46 1:05.64 (34.18)
1:40.59 (34.95) 2:16.51 (35.92)
8 Backes, Zane 18 Team Rebel Aquat 2:16.34 2:22.06 714 11
31.96 1:07.52 (35.56)
1:44.33 (36.81) 2:22.06 (37.73)
Women’s 100 Back
15-year-old Isabelle Stadden of Fastjets in Minnesota won the 100 back title at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals in New York with a 1:01.23 for the win. Stadden finished ahead of Lucie Nordmann of Magnolia (1:01.63) and Indiana freshman-to-be Grace Haskett (1:01.78).
Beach Cities’ Alexandra Crisera (1:01.88), Missoula’s Katharine Berkoff (1:01.93), SwimMAC’s Sinclair Larson (1:02.01), SwimMAC’s Julia Menkhaus (1:02.46) and Gator’s Isabel Ivey (1:04.33) also competed in the final.
Event 24 Women 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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Jr World: W 59.34 7/2/2016 Minna Atherton, Australia
Meet: M 59.77 8/14/2009 Rachel Bootsma, Aquajets
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Stadden, Isabel 15 Fastjets-MN 1:02.02 1:01.23 855 20
29.91 1:01.23 (31.32)
2 Nordmann, Lucie 17 Magnolia Aquatic 1:01.90 1:01.63 838 17
29.88 1:01.63 (31.75)
3 Haskett, Grace 18 Indiana Swim Te 1:02.66 1:01.78 832 16
29.87 1:01.78 (31.91)
4 Crisera, Alexan 16 Beach Cities Swi 1:02.42 1:01.88 828 15
30.06 1:01.88 (31.82)
5 Berkoff, Kathar 16 Missoula Aquatic 1:01.97 1:01.93 826 14
30.01 1:01.93 (31.92)
6 Larson, Sinclai 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:02.25 1:02.01 823 13
30.76 1:02.01 (31.25)
7 Menkhaus, Julia 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:02.41 1:02.46 805 12
30.49 1:02.46 (31.97)
8 Ivey, Isabel 16 Gator Swim Club- 1:01.81 1:04.33 737 11
30.66 1:04.33 (33.67)
Men’s 100 Back
15-year-old Carson Foster won his third event of the meet at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals with a victory in the 100 back at 55.61. The Mason Manta Ray swimmer already claimed wins in the 200 fly and the 200 back and now claims a third in the 100 back. Foster had a tight battle with Nitro’s Shaine Casas who finished second at 55.79. Katy’s Glen Cowand (56.19) finished in third place.
Academy Bullets’ Spencer Walker (56.62), Aquajets’ Jack Dahlgren (56.77), Nitro’s Isaac Gwin (57.26), Pacific’s Hayden Cornellison (57.31) and Fort Collins’ Danny Kovac (57.46) also competed in the championship final.
Cowand will be headed to Stanford in the fall while Walker has committed to Alabama and Dahlgren has committed to Missouri for the fall of 2018.
Event 25 Men 100 LC Meter Backstroke
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Jr World: W 53.65 7/7/2016 Kliment Kolesnikov, RUS
Meet: M 54.99 8/2/2015 Michael Andrew, Indie Swimming-M
Name Age Team Prelims Finals FINA Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Foster, Carson 15 Mason Manta Rays 55.93 55.61 814 20
26.97 55.61 (28.64)
2 Casas, Shaine 17 Nitro Swimming-S 56.13 55.79 806 17
27.18 55.79 (28.61)
3 Cowand, Glen 18 Katy Aquatic Tea 56.76 56.19 789 16
27.04 56.19 (29.15)
4 Walker, Spencer 17 Academy Bullets- 56.69 56.62 771 15
27.37 56.62 (29.25)
5 Dahlgren, Jack 17 Aquajets Swim Te 56.91 56.77 765 14
27.63 56.77 (29.14)
6 Gwin, Isaac 17 Nitro Swimming-S 57.46 57.26 746 13
27.35 57.26 (29.91)
7 Cornellison, Ha 17 Pacific Swim-SI 57.60 57.31 744 12
27.93 57.31 (29.38)
8 Kovac, Danny 17 Fort Collins Are 57.52 57.46 738 11
28.14 57.46 (29.32)
Women’s 800 Free Relay
Magnolia Aquatic Club closed out the penultimate night of action from the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals narrowly missing the meet record in the women’s 800 free relay. Lucie Nordmann (2:00.78), Monica Gumina (2:03.36), Kaitlynn Sims (2:04.38) and Lille Nordmann (2:02.12) swam an 8:10.64 to just miss the meet record of 8:10.13 held by York YMCA set in 2013.
York’s record with Courtney Harnish, Nicole Price, Emily Ilgenfritz and Meghan Small will live to see another day.
Austin Swim Club finished in second at 8:13.97 with Ella Collins (2:04.14), Diana Dunn (2:02.63), Kendall Shields (2:04.75) and Dakota Luther (2:02.45) in a tight race with SwimMAC Carolina who finished third at 8:15.34 with Sophie Lindner (2:03.94), Olwyn Bartis (2:03.21), Sinclair Larson (2:03.52) and Heidi Lowe (2:04.67).
Other fast splits by swimmers not in the top three were Easop Lee (2:00.82), Lauren Pitzer (2:01.74) and Kristen Romano (2:02.85).
Long Island (8:16.36), Lakeside Aquatic Club (8:17.05), Santa Clara (8:22.86), SwimMAC Carolina B (8:22.95) and North Baltimore (8:23.27) also placed in the top eight.
Event 26 Women 4x200 LC Meter Freestyle Relay
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Jr World: W 7:56.68 8/25/2015 Australia
T Cook, L McJannett, S Jack, G Cooney
Meet: M 8:10.13 8/8/2013 York YMCA, York YMCA-MA
C Harnish, N Price, E Ilgenfritz, M Small
Team Seed Finals FINA Points
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1 Magnolia Aquatic-GU 8:10.62 8:10.64 835 40
1) Nordmann, Lucie 17 2) Gumina, Monica 17
3) Sims, Kaitlynn 16 4) Nordmann, Lillie 15
27.94 58.46 (58.46)
1:30.04 (1:30.04) 2:00.78 (2:00.78)
2:28.49 (27.71) 2:59.55 (58.77)
3:31.65 (1:30.87) 4:04.14 (2:03.36)
4:33.20 (29.06) 5:04.53 (1:00.39)
5:36.72 (1:32.58) 6:08.52 (2:04.38)
6:36.36 (27.84) 7:07.63 (59.11)
7:39.01 (1:30.49) 8:10.64 (2:02.12)
2 Austin Swim Club-ST 8:12.45 8:13.97 818 34
1) Collins, Ella 16 2) Dunn, Diana 17
3) Shields, Kendall 17 4) Luther, Dakota 17
28.97 1:00.20 (1:00.20)
1:32.11 (1:32.11) 2:04.14 (2:04.14)
2:32.61 (28.47) 3:03.33 (59.19)
3:34.89 (1:30.75) 4:06.77 (2:02.63)
4:35.45 (28.68) 5:06.97 (1:00.20)
5:39.12 (1:32.35) 6:11.52 (2:04.75)
6:39.39 (27.87) 7:09.98 (58.46)
7:41.48 (1:29.96) 8:13.97 (2:02.45)
3 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 8:16.06 8:15.34 811 32
1) Lindner, Sophie 17 2) Bartis, Olwyn 16
3) Larson, Sinclair 17 4) Lowe, Heidi 17
28.55 59.10 (59.10)
1:31.08 (1:31.08) 2:03.94 (2:03.94)
2:31.49 (27.55) 3:02.34 (58.40)
3:34.72 (1:30.78) 4:07.15 (2:03.21)
4:35.52 (28.37) 4:41.00 (33.85)
5:38.99 (1:31.84) 6:10.67 (2:03.52)
6:38.73 (28.06) 7:09.85 (59.18)
7:42.50 (1:31.83) 8:15.34 (2:04.67)
4 Long Island Aqua-MR 8:24.24 8:16.36 806 30
1) Antoniuk, Isabela 15 2) Johnson, Lauryn 16
3) Stepanek, Chloe 15 4) Romano, Kristen 17
29.56 1:00.83 (1:00.83)
1:32.56 (1:32.56) 2:04.44 (2:04.44)
2:32.71 (28.27) 3:04.10 (59.66)
3:36.78 (1:32.34) 4:09.01 (2:04.57)
4:36.93 (27.92) 5:08.16 (59.15)
5:40.88 (1:31.87) 6:13.51 (2:04.50)
6:41.09 (27.58) 7:12.48 (58.97)
7:44.35 (1:30.84) 8:16.36 (2:02.85)
5 Lakeside Aquatic-NT 8:18.65 8:17.05 803 28
1) Porter, Samantha 18 2) Pitzer, Lauren 18
3) Savoy, Lauren 18 4) Eisenmann, Kara 18
29.38 59.96 (59.96)
1:31.70 (1:31.70) 2:03.54 (2:03.54)
2:31.11 (27.57) 3:02.07 (58.53)
3:34.25 (1:30.71) 4:05.28 (2:01.74)
4:33.92 (28.64) 5:05.04 (59.76)
5:37.32 (1:32.04) 6:10.02 (2:04.74)
6:39.42 (29.40) 7:11.35 (1:01.33)
7:44.45 (1:34.43) 8:17.05 (2:07.03)
6 Santa Clara Swim-PC 8:22.35 8:22.86 775 26
1) Le, Tina 16 2) Oliva, Nicole 15
3) Ma, Jenny 18 4) Teng, Cathy 16
30.07 1:01.91 (1:01.91)
1:35.29 (1:35.29) 2:08.58 (2:08.58)
2:36.87 (28.29) 3:07.97 (59.39)
3:40.28 (1:31.70) 4:11.98 (2:03.40)
4:41.95 (29.97) 5:14.58 (1:02.60)
5:47.05 (1:35.07) 6:19.80 (2:07.82)
6:48.50 (28.70) 7:19.68 (59.88)
7:51.73 (1:31.93) 8:22.86 (2:03.06)
7 SwimMAC Carolina-NC 'B' 8:27.65 8:22.95 775 24
1) Dragelin, Amy 16 2) Corbi, Katie 16
3) Vannote, Ellie 15 4) Menkhaus, Julia 17
29.10 1:01.07 (1:01.07)
1:33.67 (1:33.67) 2:05.40 (2:05.40)
2:34.70 (29.30) 3:07.09 (1:01.69)
3:39.69 (1:34.29) 4:12.51 (2:07.11)
4:42.39 (29.88) 5:14.64 (1:02.13)
5:46.76 (1:34.25) 6:18.68 (2:06.17)
6:47.47 (28.79) 7:19.09 (1:00.41)
7:51.33 (1:32.65) 8:22.95 (2:04.27)
8 North Baltimore-MD 8:26.88 8:23.27 774 22
1) Poole, Lauren 16 2) Peacock, Selah 18
3) Travis, Brooke 17 4) Lee, Easop 17
29.27 1:00.94 (1:00.94)
1:34.44 (1:34.44) 2:08.55 (2:08.55)
2:38.56 (30.01) 3:10.93 (1:02.38)
3:43.51 (1:34.96) 4:15.88 (2:07.33)
4:44.89 (29.01) 5:17.36 (1:01.48)
5:50.54 (1:34.66) 6:22.45 (2:06.57)
6:51.40 (28.95) 7:22.05 (59.60)
7:53.13 (1:30.68) 8:23.27 (2:00.82)
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