The 2017 Speedo Southern Sectionals splashed into action today down in Austin, Texas, hosted by the Longhorn Aquatic Club.
Women’s 100 Free
Lauren Pitzer of Lakeside Aquatic’s splashed to gold in the women’s 100 free, stopping the clock at the only sub-56 second time – 55.79. Analise Diener and Brooke Hansen, both of Longhorn Aquatics, picked up second and third with times of 56.39 and 56.84 respectively.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Lauren Pitzer 18 Lakeside Aquatic 56.58 55.79 20
r:+0.71 26.52 55.79 (29.27)
2 Anelise Diener 19 Longhorn Aquatic 57.08 56.39 17
r:+0.75 26.99 56.39 (29.40)
3 Brooke Hansen 20 Longhorn Aquatic 57.93 56.84 16
r:+0.76 27.18 56.84 (29.66)
4 Kathryn Portz 19 Aggie Swim Club 57.67 57.02 15
r:+0.72 27.45 57.02 (29.57)
5 Monica Gumina 17 Magnolia Aquatic 57.91 57.41 14
r:+0.73 27.70 57.41 (29.71)
6 Sydney Stanford 16 Cypress Fairbank 58.03 57.66 13
r:+0.74 27.94 57.66 (29.72)
7 Samantha Porter 18 Lakeside Aquatic 58.03 57.94 12
r:+0.76 27.61 57.94 (30.33)
8 Emma Wheal 15 WHAC 58.09 57.98 11
r:+0.70 28.23 57.98 (29.75)
Men’s 100 Free
Joseph Schooling, representing Longhorn Aquatics, delivered the top time of the night in the men’s 100 free at a final 48.74. Fellow Longhorn, Tate Jackson, grabbed second overall with a time of 49.60, while Jeremy Nichols, swimming unattached, was third with a 50.44.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Joseph Schooling 22 Longhorn Aquatic 50.14 48.74 20
r:+0.59 23.44 48.74 (25.30)
2 Tate Jackson 20 Longhorn Aquatic 50.01 49.60 17
r:+0.70 23.75 49.60 (25.85)
3 Jeremy Nichols 19 Un-St 51.21 50.44 16
r:+0.72 24.32 50.44 (26.12)
4 Brett Ringgold 22 North Texas Nada 50.72 50.66 15
r:+0.71 23.94 50.66 (26.72)
5 Jeffrey Newkirk 20 Un-St 51.24 50.98 14
r:+0.67 24.50 50.98 (26.48)
6 James Cooper 24 Longhorn Aquatic 51.39 51.03 13
r:+0.69 24.58 51.03 (26.45)
7 Alexander Zettle 17 Lakeside Aquatic 52.05 51.40 12
r:+0.77 24.94 51.40 (26.46)
8 Jacob Huerta 19 Longhorn Aquatic 51.71 51.89 11
r:+0.73 24.75 51.89 (27.14)
Women’s 200 Back
Quinn Carrozza of Longhorn Aquatics dominated the women’s 200 back field with a time of 2:11.01, finishing more than four second ahead of the competition.
Kaitlin Harty, swimming unattached, finished second overall with a 2:15.12, followed by Austin Swim Club’s Kendall Shields and her time of 2:15.90.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Quinn Carrozza 20 Longhorn Aquatic 2:11.76 2:11.01 20
30.86 1:03.64 (32.78)
1:36.86 (33.22) 2:11.01 (34.15)
2 Kaitlin Harty 19 Un-St 2:16.21 2:15.12 17
31.62 1:05.10 (33.48)
1:39.82 (34.72) 2:15.12 (35.30)
3 Kendall Shields 17 Austin Swim Club 2:18.91 2:15.90 16
31.93 1:05.84 (33.91)
1:40.97 (35.13) 2:15.90 (34.93)
4 Kaitlyn Swinney 21 Rice Aquatics 2:18.34 2:17.83 15
32.56 1:07.18 (34.62)
1:41.78 (34.60) 2:17.83 (36.05)
5 Jolee Liles 16 Crawfish Aquatic 2:19.87 2:19.02 14
33.30 1:08.32 (35.02)
1:43.84 (35.52) 2:19.02 (35.18)
6 Abigail Koczo 16 Un-Nt 2:19.89 2:19.26 13
32.28 1:07.03 (34.75)
1:43.38 (36.35) 2:19.26 (35.88)
7 Ellery Parish 18 Streamline Aquat 2:20.85 2:20.30 12
34.23 1:08.93 (34.70)
1:45.19 (36.26) 2:20.30 (35.11)
8 Camryn Toney 17 Texas Ford Aquat 2:19.98 2:20.48 11
32.58 1:07.89 (35.31)
1:43.74 (35.85) 2:20.48 (36.74)
Men’s 200 Back
The men’s 200 back was the first final of the night that didn’t feature a member of Longhorn Aquatics on the podium. Joshua Artmann, swimming unattached, stole the show with a top showing of 2:01.62 for gold.
Heart of Texas’ William Grant picked up second with a time of 2:02.88, while Lakeside Aquatics’ Stephen Cheng was third with a 2:06.20.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Joshua Artmann 18 Un-St 2:03.65 2:01.62 20
28.99 59.32 (30.33)
1:30.39 (31.07) 2:01.62 (31.23)
2 William Grant 16 Heart of Texas A 2:03.20 2:02.88 17
28.90 59.83 (30.93)
1:31.51 (31.68) 2:02.88 (31.37)
3 Stephen Cheng 18 Lakeside Aquatic 2:06.38 2:06.20 16
30.25 1:01.61 (31.36)
1:34.21 (32.60) 2:06.20 (31.99)
4 Ethan Gogulski 17 Nitro Swimming 2:08.07 2:07.53 15
29.51 1:01.84 (32.33)
1:34.54 (32.70) 2:07.53 (32.99)
5 Andrii Nikishenko 28 Streamline Aquat 2:07.62 2:08.50 14
29.60 1:02.06 (32.46)
1:35.72 (33.66) 2:08.50 (32.78)
6 Coby Carrozza 16 Longhorn Aquatic 2:08.38 2:08.72 13
29.18 1:01.09 (31.91)
1:35.52 (34.43) 2:08.72 (33.20)
7 Samuel Stewart 20 Longhorn Aquatic 2:07.88 2:09.70 12
31.14 1:03.44 (32.30)
1:37.57 (34.13) 2:09.70 (32.13)
-- Shaine Casas 17 Nitro Swimming 2:04.35 DQ
False start
28.08 1:00.10 (32.02)
1:33.87 (33.77) DQ (34.21)
Women’s 200 Fly
The women’s 200 fly featured a close race for first as the top two finished within .22 seconds of one another. At the touch it was Ashlyn Fiorilli of Texas Ford Aquatics who won gold with a time of 2:14.66. Aggie Swim Club’s Tiffany Futscher finished just behind with a 2:14.88.
Aggie teammate Natasha Gvarkharia completed the podium with a third place finish of 2:16.17.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Ashlyn Fiorilli 16 Texas Ford Aquat 2:15.84 2:14.66 20
r:+0.77 30.44 1:04.48 (34.04)
1:39.16 (34.68) 2:14.66 (35.50)
2 Tiffany Futscher 19 Aggie Swim Club 2:16.29 2:14.88 17
r:+0.69 30.72 1:05.63 (34.91)
1:40.50 (34.87) 2:14.88 (34.38)
3 Natasha Gvakharia 20 Aggie Swim Club 2:17.43 2:16.17 16
r:+0.77 31.00 1:06.14 (35.14)
1:40.82 (34.68) 2:16.17 (35.35)
4 Dorothy Halmy 19 Aggie Swim Club 2:20.26 2:16.56 15
r:+0.67 31.11 1:05.66 (34.55)
1:41.13 (35.47) 2:16.56 (35.43)
5 Haley Yelle 18 Mansfield Aquati 2:18.51 2:18.83 14
r:+0.80 30.59 1:05.59 (35.00)
1:41.50 (35.91) 2:18.83 (37.33)
6 Jessica Sloan 22 Aggie Swim Club 2:19.87 2:19.96 13
r:+0.78 31.75 1:07.07 (35.32)
1:43.12 (36.05) 2:19.96 (36.84)
7 Hannah Feng 17 Un-St 2:18.82 2:20.56 12
r:+0.66 31.44 1:06.97 (35.53)
1:43.40 (36.43) 2:20.56 (37.16)
8 Madison Coughlen 18 Texas Ford Aquat 2:19.92 2:21.00 11
r:+0.84 31.71 1:07.37 (35.66)
1:44.15 (36.78) 2:21.00 (36.85)
Men’s 200 Fly
The men’s 200 fly victory was claimed by Samuel Stewart of Longhorn Aquatics, stopping the clock at a final time of 2:04.19. Teammate Mason Tenney finished third overall with a time of 2:05.84.
Andrew Limpert of Manefield Aquatic was the second place finisher with a time of 2:04.58.
=== Championship Final ===
1 Samuel Stewart 20 Longhorn Aquatic 2:07.24 2:04.19 20
r:+0.69 27.40 58.30 (30.90)
1:30.82 (32.52) 2:04.19 (33.37)
2 Andrew Limpert 17 Mansfield Aquati 2:06.34 2:04.58 17
r:+0.80 28.53 1:00.33 (31.80)
1:32.60 (32.27) 2:04.58 (31.98)
3 Mason Tenney 20 Longhorn Aquatic 2:07.89 2:05.84 16
r:+0.70 27.49 58.72 (31.23)
1:31.79 (33.07) 2:05.84 (34.05)
4 John Grieshop 15 Nitro Swimming 2:06.86 2:05.90 15
r:+0.76 27.95 59.95 (32.00)
1:32.60 (32.65) 2:05.90 (33.30)
5 Beau Fusilier 20 Streamline Aquat 2:08.30 2:06.06 14
r:+0.78 28.10 1:00.17 (32.07)
1:33.40 (33.23) 2:06.06 (32.66)
6 Nathan Coppock 21 Alamo Area Aquat 2:07.88 2:06.91 13
r:+0.73 28.99 1:00.57 (31.58)
1:33.24 (32.67) 2:06.91 (33.67)
7 Riley Dafoe 17 Cypress Fairbank 2:07.13 2:07.26 12
r:+0.75 28.67 1:01.15 (32.48)
1:33.82 (32.67) 2:07.26 (33.44)
8 Isaac Gwin 17 Nitro Swimming 2:09.43 2:11.57 11
r:+0.71 28.26 1:00.70 (32.44)
1:35.04 (34.34) 2:11.57 (36.53)
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