The third night of the 2017 Austin Speedo Sectionals saw some fast times thrown down, especially by Joseph Schooling of Longhorn Aquatics. Schooling flew to a sizzling 50.96 in the men’s 100 fly, improving upon his 2017 best and rocketing him up to second in the world rankings.
Women’s 100 Back
Kendall Shields of Austin Swim Club grabbed a narrow victory in the women’s 100 back, finishing .31 seconds ahead of the competition with a time of 1:03.01.
Kaitlin Harty, swimming unattached, was second overall with a time of 1:03.32, while Victoria Edwards, also swimming unattached, was third with a 1:04.28.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Kendall Shields 17 Austin Swim Club 1:03.42 1:03.01 20
30.60 1:03.01 (32.41)
2 Kaitlin Harty 19 Un-St 1:03.77 1:03.32 17
30.88 1:03.32 (32.44)
3 Victoria Edwards 18 Un-St 1:04.33 1:04.28 16
31.07 1:04.28 (33.21)
4 Samantha Siebenaller 18 Aggie Swim Club 1:04.41 1:04.39 15
31.80 1:04.39 (32.59)
5 Katherine Smith 18 Un-La 1:04.99 1:04.48 14
31.47 1:04.48 (33.01)
6 Laine Reed 21 Un-St 1:05.13 1:04.71 13
31.56 1:04.71 (33.15)
7 Kaitlyn Swinney 21 Rice Aquatics 1:05.04 1:04.73 12
31.63 1:04.73 (33.10)
8 Sara Metzsch 19 Aggie Swim Club 1:04.36 1:04.97 11
31.53 1:04.97 (33.44)
Men’s 100 Back
Aggie Swim Club’s Brock Bonetti took home gold in the men’s 100 back with a top showing of 55.64, finishing well ahead of the competition.
Iegor Lytvenok of Streamline Aquatics picked up second with a time of 57.46, followed by Longhorn Aquatics’ Samuel Stewart’s 57.89.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Brock Bonetti 21 Aggie Swim Club 55.40 55.64 20
26.83 55.64 (28.81)
2 Iegor Lytvenok 23 Streamline Aquat 57.85 57.46 17
27.41 57.46 (30.05)
3 Samuel Stewart 20 Longhorn Aquatic 58.48 57.89 16
28.01 57.89 (29.88)
4 Andrii Nikishenko 28 Streamline Aquat 57.89 58.26 15
28.19 58.26 (30.07)
5 Isaac Gwin 17 Nitro Swimming 58.18 58.77 14
28.08 58.77 (30.69)
6 Earl Kilbride 20 Lost Creek Aquat 58.73 58.99 13
28.38 58.99 (30.61)
7 Coby Carrozza 16 Longhorn Aquatic 58.99 59.07 12
28.36 59.07 (30.71)
8 Miguel Velasquez 17 Austin Swim Club 58.74 59.52 11
28.56 59.52 (30.96)
Women’s 100 Breast
Marie-Claire Schillinger of Rice Aquatics turned in the top time of the evening in the women’s 100 breast, stopping the clock at a time of 1:10.92.
Longhorn Aquatics’ Brooke Hansen touched second overall with a 1:11.66, followed closely by Aggie Swim Club’s Monika Gonzalez-Hermos‘ 1:11.71.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Marie-Claire Schillin 20 Rice Aquatics 1:11.73 1:10.92 20
r:+0.65 33.27 1:10.92 (37.65)
2 Brooke Hansen 20 Longhorn Aquatic 1:13.79 1:11.66 17
r:+0.77 33.61 1:11.66 (38.05)
3 Monika Gonzalez-Hermo 21 Aggie Swim Club 1:13.95 1:11.71 16
r:+0.74 34.18 1:11.71 (37.53)
4 Lauren Savoy 18 Lakeside Aquatic 1:14.46 1:13.41 15
r:+0.78 35.23 1:13.41 (38.18)
5 Victoria Roubique 19 Cypress Fairbank 1:14.21 1:13.59 14
r:+0.84 35.02 1:13.59 (38.57)
6 Emma Garfield 17 Lakeside Aquatic 1:14.55 1:13.67 13
r:+0.65 35.20 1:13.67 (38.47)
7 Jadyn Jannasch 15 Un-Nt 1:14.56 1:13.78 12
r:+0.76 35.18 1:13.78 (38.60)
8 Catriona Macgregor 18 Austin Swim Club 1:15.01 1:14.50 11
r:+0.72 34.63 1:14.50 (39.87)
Men’s 100 Breast
Aggie Swim Club’s Mauro Castillo Luna posted the fastest time of the evening in the men’s 100 breast, delivering a gold-medal time of 1:02.94.
Casey Melzer of Longhorn Aquatics grabbed second with a time of 1:03.12 and Teo D’Alessandro, swimming unattached, was third with a 1:03.28.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Mauro Castillo Luna 21 Aggie Swim Club 1:05.04 1:02.94 20
r:+0.67 29.83 1:02.94 (33.11)
2 Casey Melzer 20 Longhorn Aquatic 1:03.86 1:03.12 17
r:+0.72 29.45 1:03.12 (33.67)
3 Teo D'Alessandro 23 Un-Nt 1:04.45 1:03.28 16
r:+0.69 29.20 1:03.28 (34.08)
4 Benjamin Walker 19 Aggie Swim Club 1:04.04 1:04.46 15
r:+0.73 29.94 1:04.46 (34.52)
5 Jared Butler 21 RACE 1:05.82 1:04.89 14
r:+0.76 30.26 1:04.89 (34.63)
6 Arthur Cheng 18 Coastal Bend All 1:06.06 1:06.01 13
r:+0.69 30.83 1:06.01 (35.18)
7 Andrew Riebel 20 Un-Gu 1:06.07 1:06.31 12
r:+0.79 31.36 1:06.31 (34.95)
8 Cameron Karkoska 19 Austin Swim Club 1:05.74 1:06.33 11
r:+0.77 31.11 1:06.33 (35.22)
Women’s 400 Free
Joanna Evans, swimming unattached, added to her medal collection with a dominating win in the women’s 400 free. Evans turned in a final time of 4:10.86, more than five seconds ahead of the competition.
Lakeside Aquatics’ Lauren Pitzer finished second overall with a 4:15.94, while Aggie Swim Club’s Kathryn Portz took third with a 4:18.21.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Joanna Evans 19 Un-St 4:17.45 4:10.86 20
r:+0.77 29.06 1:00.20 (31.14)
1:31.90 (31.70) 2:03.53 (31.63)
2:35.17 (31.64) 3:07.27 (32.10)
3:39.68 (32.41) 4:10.86 (31.18)
2 Lauren Pitzer 18 Lakeside Aquatic 4:18.24 4:15.94 17
r:+0.74 29.12 1:00.64 (31.52)
1:32.67 (32.03) 2:05.06 (32.39)
2:37.53 (32.47) 3:10.93 (33.40)
3:43.64 (32.71) 4:15.94 (32.30)
3 Kathryn Portz 19 Aggie Swim Club 4:19.02 4:18.21 16
r:+0.73 29.42 1:01.23 (31.81)
1:34.07 (32.84) 2:06.67 (32.60)
2:39.74 (33.07) 3:12.65 (32.91)
3:45.93 (33.28) 4:18.21 (32.28)
4 Karling Hemstreet 19 Aggie Swim Club 4:18.80 4:19.98 15
r:+0.74 30.27 1:02.90 (32.63)
1:35.47 (32.57) 2:08.24 (32.77)
2:40.79 (32.55) 3:13.71 (32.92)
3:46.67 (32.96) 4:19.98 (33.31)
5 Logan Shiller 17 Un-St 4:24.62 4:21.01 14
r:+0.74 30.10 1:02.82 (32.72)
1:35.70 (32.88) 2:08.84 (33.14)
2:41.87 (33.03) 3:15.15 (33.28)
3:48.27 (33.12) 4:21.01 (32.74)
6 Haley Yelle 18 Mansfield Aquati 4:22.38 4:21.64 13
r:+0.77 29.84 1:01.80 (31.96)
1:34.54 (32.74) 2:07.96 (33.42)
2:41.05 (33.09) 3:14.90 (33.85)
3:48.91 (34.01) 4:21.64 (32.73)
7 Sara Metzsch 19 Aggie Swim Club 4:22.71 4:21.99 12
r:+0.71 29.93 1:02.11 (32.18)
1:34.94 (32.83) 2:08.15 (33.21)
2:41.37 (33.22) 3:14.99 (33.62)
3:48.85 (33.86) 4:21.99 (33.14)
8 Carson Kaufmann 15 Cypress Fairbank 4:22.99 4:24.72 11
r:+0.74 29.98 1:02.46 (32.48)
1:36.32 (33.86) 2:09.99 (33.67)
2:44.07 (34.08) 3:18.03 (33.96)
3:52.29 (34.26) 4:24.72 (32.43)
Men’s 400 Free
Jeffrey Newkirk, swimming unattached, delivered the only sub-four minute swim in the men’s 400 free, touching first in a time of 3:57.91.
Joshua Artmann, also swimming unattached, took second in the men’s race with a final time of 4:01.94, just ahead of Aggie Swim Club’s Felipe Rizzo and his time of 4:02.18.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Jeffrey Newkirk 20 Un-St 4:05.72 3:57.91 20
r:+0.71 27.00 56.10 (29.10)
1:26.04 (29.94) 1:56.14 (30.10)
2:26.27 (30.13) 2:56.88 (30.61)
3:27.78 (30.90) 3:57.91 (30.13)
2 Joshua Artmann 18 Un-St 4:06.29 4:01.94 17
r:+0.69 27.37 56.97 (29.60)
1:27.11 (30.14) 1:58.26 (31.15)
2:29.11 (30.85) 3:00.44 (31.33)
3:31.54 (31.10) 4:01.94 (30.40)
3 Felipe Rizzo 19 Aggie Swim Club 4:02.59 4:02.18 16
r:+0.74 28.10 58.18 (30.08)
1:28.98 (30.80) 1:59.88 (30.90)
2:31.05 (31.17) 3:02.46 (31.41)
3:32.97 (30.51) 4:02.18 (29.21)
4 Riley Dafoe 17 Cypress Fairbank 4:03.91 4:03.09 15
r:+0.74 27.98 58.49 (30.51)
1:29.84 (31.35) 2:01.08 (31.24)
2:32.09 (31.01) 3:03.23 (31.14)
3:34.16 (30.93) 4:03.09 (28.93)
5 William Karau 18 North Texas Nada 4:04.99 4:04.94 14
r:+0.80 28.28 58.36 (30.08)
1:29.15 (30.79) 2:00.24 (31.09)
2:31.27 (31.03) 3:03.11 (31.84)
3:34.44 (31.33) 4:04.94 (30.50)
6 Mason Nyboer 16 Tiger Aquatics 4:07.74 4:07.14 13
r:+0.73 28.77 59.48 (30.71)
1:30.89 (31.41) 2:02.41 (31.52)
2:33.07 (30.66) 3:05.00 (31.93)
3:36.09 (31.09) 4:07.14 (31.05)
7 Benjamin Walker 19 Aggie Swim Club 4:06.76 4:08.98 12
r:+0.72 27.98 58.01 (30.03)
1:28.64 (30.63) 1:59.66 (31.02)
2:30.87 (31.21) 3:03.19 (32.32)
3:36.28 (33.09) 4:08.98 (32.70)
8 Samuel Kline 19 Longhorn Aquatic 4:06.70 4:10.25 11
r:+0.71 27.98 58.20 (30.22)
1:29.69 (31.49) 2:01.53 (31.84)
2:33.95 (32.42) 3:05.89 (31.94)
3:38.56 (32.67) 4:10.25 (31.69)
Women’s 100 Fly
Beryl Gastaldello of Aggie Swim Club flew to victory in the women’s 100 fly, grabbing the gold medal by over two seconds. Her time of 59.46 was the only sub-minute time in the field.
El Paso Aqua’s Miriam Guevara delivered a second place time of 1:01.64, followed by Aggie’s Natasha Gvakharia’s 1:02.22.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Beryl Gastaldello 22 Aggie Swim Club 1:01.26 59.46 20
r:+0.66 27.48 59.46 (31.98)
2 Miriam Guevara 16 El Paso Aqua Pos 1:01.78 1:01.64 17
r:+0.73 28.72 1:01.64 (32.92)
3 Natasha Gvakharia 20 Aggie Swim Club 1:02.44 1:02.22 16
r:+0.75 29.00 1:02.22 (33.22)
4 Lauren Pitzer 18 Lakeside Aquatic 1:01.94 1:02.49 15
r:+0.74 29.37 1:02.49 (33.12)
5 Kornkarnjana Sapianch 20 Aggie Swim Club 1:03.13 1:02.62 14
r:+0.67 29.45 1:02.62 (33.17)
6 Katherine Zenick 15 Lakeside Aquatic 1:03.25 1:03.11 13
r:+0.73 29.18 1:03.11 (33.93)
7 Hannah Feng 17 Un-St 1:02.79 1:03.16 12
r:+0.64 28.91 1:03.16 (34.25)
8 Cassandra Phillips 17 Aquatex Swim Tea 1:02.76 1:03.56 11
r:+0.73 28.95 1:03.56 (34.61)
Men’s 100 Fly
Joseph Schooling of Longhorn Aquatics turned up the heat in the men’s 100 fly, posting a final time of 50.96. Schooling’s time improves upon his 2017 best of 51.82 and rockets him to second in the world rankings behind fellow NCAA ace Caeleb Dressel (50.87).
Fellow Longhorn’s James Cooper and Bryce Bohman were second and third with times of 52.13 and 53.08.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Joseph Schooling 22 Longhorn Aquatic 53.12 50.96 20
r:+0.60 23.76 50.96 (27.20)
2 James Cooper 24 Longhorn Aquatic 53.16 52.13 17
r:+0.70 24.32 52.13 (27.81)
3 Bryce Bohman 27 Longhorn Aquatic 53.46 53.08 16
r:+0.70 24.97 53.08 (28.11)
4 Brock Bonetti 21 Aggie Swim Club 54.43 54.55 15
r:+0.68 25.63 54.55 (28.92)
5 Brett Ringgold 22 North Texas Nada 55.20 54.76 14
r:+0.71 25.49 54.76 (29.27)
6 Jacob Huerta 19 Longhorn Aquatic 55.03 54.96 13
r:+0.73 25.27 54.96 (29.69)
7 Matthew Willenbring 17 Austin Swim Club 55.56 55.05 12
r:+0.73 25.71 55.05 (29.34)
8 Mateo Gonzalez 20 Aggie Swim Club 55.44 55.30 11
r:+0.61 25.72 55.30 (29.58)
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