FEDERAL WAY – In a second-place effort, Aquazot’s Eva Merrell took down the 13-14 U.S. National Age Group record in the 100-yard fly at the Speedo Winter Junior Nationals.
In one of the more heart-breaking DQs in recent memory at Juniors, Quest’s Maddie Banic won the A final with a 52.65 before drawing a disqualification.
That moved Mid-Valley’s Mackenzie Rumrill to first with a time of 52.77, while Aquazot 14-year-old Eva Merrell set the 13-14 U.S. National Age Group record with a second-place time of 53.19.
That swim eclipsed the 53.30 set by Cassidy Bayer earlier this year.
Longhorn’s Victoria Edwards took third overall in 53.43 with PASA’s Heidi Katter taking fourth in 53.60.
Y-Sparta’s Katrina Konopka (53.72), Walnut Creek’s Brittany Usinger (53.94) and Lake Country’s Megan Doty (54.49) placed fifth through seventh.
Taylor Garcia of Byron Center cleared her lifetime best with a winning time of 53.44 in the B final.
That swim undercut her 53.69 from last winters junior nationals.
Maddie Murphy gave Garcia a chase, but wound up second in 53.77. Tamara Santoyo took third in 53.89.
Alexis Margett (53.92), Sonia Wang (54.27), Chloe Isleta (54.33), Tevyn Waddell (54.67) and Paige Maynard (54.89) turned in the rest of the B final swims.
Denver’s Annie Ochitwa cruised to victory in the C final of the event with a 53.82. Her best time entering today had been a 54.10 from the Minneapolis Grand Prix.
Amy Okada took second in 53.98 with Taylor Pike earning third in 54.47.
Gabby Vieira (54.53), Jessi Snover (54.60), Mei Lynn Colby (54.81) and Dakota Luther (54.88) also completed legal swims in the bonus heat. Shelby Koontz drew a disqualification.
Event 15 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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SC Jrs Meet: J 52.44 12/13/2013Danielle Nack, Mantas Swim Club
Name Age Team Prelims Finals HyPts Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Rumrill, Macken 17 Mid-Valley Aquat 53.48 52.77 932 20
24.97 52.77 (27.80)
2 Merrell, Eva 14 Aquazot Swim Clu 53.81 53.19 915 17
24.68 53.19 (28.51)
3 Edwards, Victor 16 Longhorn Aquatic 53.82 53.43 905 16
25.06 53.43 (28.37)
4 Katter, Heidi 17 Palo Alto Stanfo 53.98 53.60 898 15
25.03 53.60 (28.57)
5 Konopka, Katrin 17 Y-Spartaquatics- 53.76 53.72 893 14
25.04 53.72 (28.68)
6 Usinger, Britta 17 Walnut Creek Aqu 53.87 53.94 883 13
25.18 53.94 (28.76)
7 Doty, Megan 16 Lake Country Swi 53.79 54.49 861 12
25.59 54.49 (28.90)
-- Banic, Maddie 17 Quest Swimming-V 52.95 DQ
=== B - Final ===
9 Garcia, Taylor 17 Byron Center-MI 54.23 53.44 904 9
24.51 53.44 (28.93)
10 Murphy, Maddie 16 Crow Canyon Coun 54.24 53.77 890 7
25.36 53.77 (28.41)
11 Santoyo, Tamara 17 Canyons Aquatic- 54.13 53.89 886 6
25.04 53.89 (28.85)
12 Margett, Alexis 16 Aquazot Swim Clu 54.11 53.92 884 5
25.22 53.92 (28.70)
13 Wang, Sonia 17 Aquazot Swim Clu 54.23 54.27 870 4
25.61 54.27 (28.66)
14 Isleta, Chloe 16 Palo Alto Stanfo 54.04 54.33 867 3
25.15 54.33 (29.18)
15 Waddell, Tevyn 16 Mitchell Aquatic 54.03 54.67 854 2
25.33 54.67 (29.34)
16 Maynard, Paige 17 Davis Arden Raci 54.16 54.89 845 1
25.28 54.89 (29.61)
=== C - Final ===
17 Ochitwa, Annie 17 Denver Swim Acad 54.30 53.82 888
24.95 53.82 (28.87)
18 Okada, Amy 16 Royal Swim Team- 54.36 53.98 882
25.84 53.98 (28.14)
19 Pike, Taylor 15 RAC-AquaHawgs-AR 54.53 54.47 862
25.43 54.47 (29.04)
20 *Vieira, Gabby 17 CSP Tideriders-O 54.43 54.53 859
25.02 54.53 (29.51)
21 Snover, Jessi 15 Y-Spartaquatics- 54.48 54.60 856
25.64 54.60 (28.96)
22 Colby, Mei Lynn 17 Academy of Texas 54.78 54.81 848
25.67 54.81 (29.14)
23 Luther, Dakota 15 Longhorn Aquatic 54.58 54.88 845
25.66 54.88 (29.22)
-- Koontz, Shelby 16 Douglas Dolfins- 54.63 DQ
