The fifth and final day of competition at the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals has come to a close and featured fast swims all around.
The Foster brothers continued to post quick times, finishing 1-2 in the men’s 200 IM, while Johannes Calloni delivered a meet record in the men’s 1500 free for gold.
Kate Douglass, Erica Sullivan, Anya Goeders, and Sid Farber all collected individual wins as well.
Event Schedule:
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 1500 free
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 50 free
- Men’s 800 free
Women’s 200 IM
Kate Douglass of Chelsea Piers grabbed a narrow victory of Enfinity’s Olivia Carter in finals of the women’s 200 IM. Douglass delivered a final time of 2:15.09 to grab gold and move to 25th all-time for the 15-16 age group.
Carter finished second overall with a time of 2:15.12, followed by Long Island’s Kristen Romano and her time of 2:15.15.
Lindsay Looney of Metroplex took fourth overall with a time of 2:15.74, while Austin Swim Club’s Diana Dunn was fifth with a 2:16.93.
South Florida’s Kathleen Golding (2:17.19), Triton’s Claire Donan (2:17.55), and Mason Manta Rays’ Hannah Foster (2:18.55) were sixth through eighth.
=== A - Final ===
1 Douglass, Kate 15 Chelsea Piers Aq 2:17.90 2:15.09 814 20
r:+0.79 28.82 1:05.16 (36.34)
1:44.49 (39.33) 2:15.09 (30.60)
2 Carter, Olivia 17 Enfinity Aquatic 2:17.92 2:15.12 813 17
r:+0.69 28.42 1:01.79 (33.37)
1:43.69 (41.90) 2:15.12 (31.43)
3 Romano, Kristen 17 Long Island Aqua 2:18.64 2:15.15 813 16
r:+0.79 29.16 1:03.06 (33.90)
1:43.46 (40.40) 2:15.15 (31.69)
4 Looney, Lindsay 16 Metroplex Aquati 2:18.05 2:15.74 802 15
r:+0.76 28.50 1:03.56 (35.06)
1:45.12 (41.56) 2:15.74 (30.62)
5 Dunn, Diana 17 Austin Swim Club 2:18.06 2:16.93 781 14
r:+0.74 30.24 1:05.25 (35.01)
1:45.11 (39.86) 2:16.93 (31.82)
6 Golding, Kathle 16 South Florida Aq 2:17.62 2:17.19 777 13
r:+0.70 29.00 1:04.65 (35.65)
1:45.26 (40.61) 2:17.19 (31.93)
7 Donan, Claire 15 Triton Swimming- 2:18.35 2:17.55 771 12
r:+0.67 30.43 1:05.96 (35.53)
1:45.12 (39.16) 2:17.55 (32.43)
8 Foster, Hannah 17 Mason Manta Rays 2:18.80 2:18.55 754 11
r:+0.64 29.48 1:05.25 (35.77)
1:46.56 (41.31) 2:18.55 (31.99)
Men’s 200 IM
The brothers Foster continued to dominate the Speedo Junior Nationals with a top showing in the men’s 200 IM. The two brothers, Carson and Jake, entered as the top two seeds and concluded the meet in the same fashion. The two represent Mason Manta Rays and posted times of 2:01.97 and 2:02.88 respectively. Their times rank as the sixth and ninth fastest all-time for the 15-16 age group.
Shaine Casas of Nitro Swimming turned in a third place finish of 2:03.06, followed closely by Braden Vines (2:03.76) of the City of Midland.
Magnolia Aquatic’s Alberto Gomez grabbed fifth with a 2:04.43, while Lexington Dolphins’ Zach Hils was sixth with a 2:05.09.
Alexei Sancov of Terrapins and Tal Davis of Team Greenville posted times of 2:05.10 and 2:05.83 for seventh and eighth.
=== A - Final ===
1 Foster, Carson 15 Mason Manta Rays 2:02.23 2:01.97 816 20
r:+0.71 25.96 56.45 (30.49)
1:32.98 (36.53) 2:01.97 (28.99)
2 Foster, Jake 16 Mason Manta Rays 2:04.00 2:02.88 798 17
r:+0.71 26.17 58.84 (32.67)
1:33.46 (34.62) 2:02.88 (29.42)
3 Casas, Shaine 17 Nitro Swimming-S 2:04.35 2:03.06 794 16
r:+0.68 25.59 56.96 (31.37)
1:33.61 (36.65) 2:03.06 (29.45)
4 Vines, Braden 17 City Of Midland- 2:04.48 2:03.76 781 15
r:+0.66 26.55 59.10 (32.55)
1:34.11 (35.01) 2:03.76 (29.65)
5 Gomez, Alberto 17 Magnolia Aquatic 2:05.43 2:04.43 769 14
r:+0.66 26.49 57.96 (31.47)
1:35.12 (37.16) 2:04.43 (29.31)
6 Hils, Zach 16 Lexington Dolphi 2:05.77 2:05.09 756 13
r:+0.73 26.70 57.71 (31.01)
1:35.61 (37.90) 2:05.09 (29.48)
7 Sancov, Alexei 17 Terrapins Swim T 2:05.03 2:05.10 756 12
r:+0.66 25.78 57.80 (32.02)
1:35.77 (37.97) 2:05.10 (29.33)
8 Davis, Tal 18 Team Greenville- 2:05.87 2:05.83 743 11
r:+0.74 27.63 59.79 (32.16)
1:37.18 (37.39) 2:05.83 (28.65)
Women’s 1500 Free
Erica Sullivan of the Sandpipers of Nevada cruised well ahead of the competition in the final heat of the women’s 1500 free. Sullivan quickly jumped to the front of the pack and never looked back, finishing first my almost ten full seconds with a time of 16:21.74.
Taylor Ault of La Mirada Armada grabbed second overall with a time of 16:31.55, followed by Colorado Springs’ Kate Sanderson and her time of 16:33.48.
The Fish’s Madelyn Donohoe took fourth overall with a time of 16:37.58, while fifth went to Sullivan’s teammate Reese Lamph (16:40.93).
Egg Harbor’s Maggie Wallace (16:46.30), Bolles School’s Kensey McMahon (16:46.61), and Gulliver’s Marcella Ruppert-Gomez (16:47.38) rounded out the top eight.
1 Sullivan, Erica 16 Sandpipers Of Ne 16:25.92 16:21.74 861 20
r:+0.69 29.70 1:01.32 (31.62)
1:33.50 (32.18) 2:05.73 (32.23)
2:38.26 (32.53) 3:10.95 (32.69)
3:43.78 (32.83) 4:16.89 (33.11)
4:49.73 (32.84) 5:23.02 (33.29)
5:56.62 (33.60) 6:29.82 (33.20)
7:02.60 (32.78) 7:35.52 (32.92)
8:08.27 (32.75) 8:41.13 (32.86)
9:13.98 (32.85) 9:46.85 (32.87)
10:19.68 (32.83) 10:52.78 (33.10)
11:25.42 (32.64) 11:58.31 (32.89)
12:31.10 (32.79) 13:03.98 (32.88)
13:37.16 (33.18) 14:10.17 (33.01)
14:43.08 (32.91) 15:16.27 (33.19)
15:49.09 (32.82) 16:21.74 (32.65)
2 Ault, Taylor 18 La Mirada Armada 16:30.36 16:31.55 836 17
r:+0.73 29.80 1:02.31 (32.51)
1:35.19 (32.88) 2:08.33 (33.14)
2:41.48 (33.15) 3:14.59 (33.11)
3:47.89 (33.30) 4:21.03 (33.14)
4:54.08 (33.05) 5:27.26 (33.18)
6:00.42 (33.16) 6:33.59 (33.17)
7:06.86 (33.27) 7:40.06 (33.20)
8:13.27 (33.21) 8:46.44 (33.17)
9:19.67 (33.23) 9:52.99 (33.32)
10:26.28 (33.29) 10:59.81 (33.53)
11:33.09 (33.28) 12:06.29 (33.20)
12:39.51 (33.22) 13:12.88 (33.37)
13:46.20 (33.32) 14:19.41 (33.21)
14:52.54 (33.13) 15:25.96 (33.42)
15:59.27 (33.31) 16:31.55 (32.28)
3 Sanderson, Kate 17 Colorado Springs 16:44.13 16:33.48 831 16
r:+0.82 31.08 1:04.27 (33.19)
1:37.82 (33.55) 2:11.23 (33.41)
2:44.60 (33.37) 3:18.01 (33.41)
3:51.06 (33.05) 4:24.44 (33.38)
4:57.41 (32.97) 5:30.50 (33.09)
6:03.43 (32.93) 6:36.38 (32.95)
7:09.55 (33.17) 7:42.76 (33.21)
8:16.20 (33.44) 8:49.56 (33.36)
9:22.80 (33.24) 9:55.93 (33.13)
10:29.12 (33.19) 11:02.24 (33.12)
11:35.37 (33.13) 12:08.38 (33.01)
12:41.45 (33.07) 13:14.63 (33.18)
13:47.55 (32.92) 14:21.16 (33.61)
14:54.52 (33.36) 15:27.93 (33.41)
16:01.24 (33.31) 16:33.48 (32.24)
Women’s 50 Free
There was no stopping Anya Goeders of Mako Swim Team in finals of the women’s 50 free. The 16-year-old jumped to an early lead and propelled ahead of the competition, winning by half a body length with a 25.26.
Grace Ariola of Waves Bloomington turned in a second place finish of 25.38, while Chelsea Piers’ Kate Douglass rounded out the top three with a 25.38.
Indiana Swim Team’s Grace Haskett and Magnolia’s Lucie Nordmann tied for fourth overall with matching times of 25.69.
Lauren Pitzer of Lakeside delivered a sixth place finish of 25.86, followed by Wichita’s Megan Keil’s 25.96.
Club Seminole’s Nika Blank completed the top eight with a time of 25.98.
=== A - Final ===
1 Goeders, Anya 16 Mako Swim Team-I 25.65 25.26 829 20
r:+0.71
2 Ariola, Grace 17 Waves Bloomingto 25.75 25.38 817 17
r:+0.64
3 Douglass, Kate 15 Chelsea Piers Aq 25.66 25.54 802 16
r:+0.74
4 Haskett, Grace 18 Indiana Swim Te 25.81 25.69 788 14.5
r:+0.68
4 Nordmann, Lucie 17 Magnolia Aquatic 25.71 25.69 788 14.5
r:+0.68
6 Pitzer, Lauren 18 Lakeside Aquatic 26.00 25.86 772 13
r:+0.68
7 Keil, Megan 17 Wichita Aqua Sho 26.04 25.96 763 12
r:+0.68
8 Blank, Nika 18 Club Seminole-FL 25.80 25.98 762 11
r:+0.68
Men’s 50 Free
The men’s splash and dash was anyone’s race heading into the final 15-meters, but Sid Farber of Portland Aquatics turned up the heat. Farber stopped the clock at a final time of 22.89, out-touching Bolles’ Will Davis by .10 seconds. Davis claimed second overall with a 22.99.
Nitro Swimming’s Shaine Casas collected his second bronze of the day with a 23.05 showing.
Blaise Vera of Mississippi Makos took fourth overall with a time of 23.31, followed closely by Mason Manta Rays’ Adam Chaney’s 22.38.
SwimMAC’s Will Chan (23.42), Nation’s Capital’s Brandon Hamblin (23.60), and SwimUnited’s David Madej (23.63) finished sixth through eighth.
=== A - Final ===
1 Farber, Sid 18 Portland Aquatic 23.09 22.89 762 20
r:+0.75
2 Davis, Will 17 Bolles School Sh 22.99 22.99 752 17
r:+0.65
3 Casas, Shaine 17 Nitro Swimming-S 23.27 23.05 746 16
r:+0.68
4 Vera, Blaise 18 Mississippi Mako 23.35 23.31 721 15
r:+0.66
5 Chaney, Adam 15 Mason Manta Rays 23.29 23.38 715 14
r:+0.67
6 Chan, Will 17 SwimMAC Carolina 23.44 23.42 711 13
r:+0.68
7 Hamblin, Brando 17 Nation's Capital 23.63 23.60 695 12
r:+0.65
8 Madej, David 17 SwimUnited-LE 23.63 23.63 692 11
r:+0.64
Men’s 800 Free
The individual events of the meet concluded just as they started – with a new meet record. Johannes Calloni of Scarlet Aquatics powered to a new record in the men’s 800 free, stopping the clock at a time of 8:01.63. His time bests the previous meet record of 8:01.75 set in 2006 by Chad La Tourette of Mission Viejo.
Lakeside’s Alexander Zettle posted a second place finish of 8:03.30, while Pleasanton’s Lleyton Plattel was third with a time of 8:11.39.
Brennan Gravley of the Sandpipers of Nevada finished fourth with a time of 8:11.72, followed by North Carolina’s Thomas Bretzmann’s 8:13.36.
SwimMAC’s Curtis Wiltsey (8:13.83), Episcopal’s Ivan Puskovitch (8:14.50), and Nation’s Capital’s Lane Stone (8:14.68) completed the top eight.
1 Calloni, Johann 17 Scarlet Aquatics 8:02.77 8:01.63M 827 20
r:+0.83 28.08 58.21 (30.13)
1:28.39 (30.18) 1:58.68 (30.29)
2:29.00 (30.32) 2:59.18 (30.18)
3:29.53 (30.35) 3:59.73 (30.20)
4:29.89 (30.16) 5:00.17 (30.28)
5:30.50 (30.33) 6:00.97 (30.47)
6:31.12 (30.15) 7:01.52 (30.40)
7:31.79 (30.27) 8:01.63 (29.84)
2 Zettle, Alexand 17 Lakeside Aquatic 8:17.62 8:03.30 818 17
r:+0.83 27.48 57.64 (30.16)
1:27.87 (30.23) 1:58.51 (30.64)
2:29.00 (30.49) 2:59.99 (30.99)
3:30.87 (30.88) 4:01.45 (30.58)
4:31.90 (30.45) 5:02.39 (30.49)
5:32.58 (30.19) 6:03.03 (30.45)
6:33.56 (30.53) 7:03.85 (30.29)
7:33.87 (30.02) 8:03.30 (29.43)
3 Plattel, Lleyto 15 Pleasanton Seaha 8:09.74 8:11.39 778 16
r:+0.70 27.94 58.46 (30.52)
1:28.97 (30.51) 1:59.88 (30.91)
2:31.06 (31.18) 3:02.28 (31.22)
3:33.68 (31.40) 4:04.88 (31.20)
4:36.14 (31.26) 5:06.93 (30.79)
5:38.34 (31.41) 6:09.81 (31.47)
6:41.06 (31.25) 7:12.15 (31.09)
7:42.55 (30.40) 8:11.39 (28.84)
