The 2022 U.S. Junior Nationals East continued with Day 2 from Greensboro, North Carolina.
The events for Thursday’s prelims session included the 500 freestyle, 200 IM and 50 freestyle for both the men and women.
Here is a look at how each event turned out at Junior Nationals East:
Junior Nationals East: Women’s 500 Freestyle
Canada teen sensation Summer McIntosh, swimming for the Sarasota Sharks, broke the meet record to win the 500 freestyle, leading off the session.
McIntosh was fastest in prelims to take the top seed in 4:34.15, cruising past the field by 10 seconds, a stunning swim for an athlete still getting used to short-course yards. In fact, this was her first official 500 freestyle swim.
Carmel’s Lynsey Bowen took second in 4:44.36, followed by Sarasota’s Michaela Mattes (4:45.15).
Event 5 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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SC Juniors: M 4:37.10 12/6/2018 Regan Smith, Riptide-MN
Pool Record: P 4:29.54 12/4/2014 Katie Ledecky, NCAP-PV
Name Age Team Seed Prelims HyPts
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Summer McIntosh 16 Sarasota Sharks- 3:59.32L 4:34.15Mq1002
r:+0.78 24.97 52.13 (27.16)
1:19.75 (27.62) 1:47.48 (27.73)
2:15.26 (27.78) 2:42.80 (27.54)
3:10.54 (27.74) 3:38.42 (27.88)
4:06.65 (28.23) 4:34.15 (27.50)
2 Lynsey Bowen 15 Carmel Swim Club 4:45.35 4:44.36 q889
r:+0.81 25.20 52.63 (27.43)
1:20.68 (28.05) 1:48.77 (28.09)
2:17.84 (29.07) 2:46.80 (28.96)
3:16.20 (29.40) 3:45.93 (29.73)
4:15.86 (29.93) 4:44.36 (28.50)
3 Michaela Mattes 17 Sarasota Sharks- 4:40.12 4:45.15 q880
r:+0.80 26.33 54.65 (28.32)
1:23.44 (28.79) 1:52.59 (29.15)
2:21.61 (29.02) 2:50.26 (28.65)
3:18.88 (28.62) 3:47.79 (28.91)
4:16.82 (29.03) 4:45.15 (28.33)
4 Libby Grether 17 DCST-OH 4:51.68 4:46.72 q864
r:+0.77 26.47 55.36 (28.89)
1:24.46 (29.10) 1:53.63 (29.17)
2:22.37 (28.74) 2:51.18 (28.81)
3:20.12 (28.94) 3:49.11 (28.99)
4:17.96 (28.85) 4:46.72 (28.76)
5 Lilla Bognar 16 TG-SC 4:50.90 4:48.52 q844
r:+0.63 26.10 54.56 (28.46)
1:23.45 (28.89) 1:52.46 (29.01)
2:21.48 (29.02) 2:50.52 (29.04)
3:20.03 (29.51) 3:49.74 (29.71)
4:19.35 (29.61) 4:48.52 (29.17)
6 Maddie Waggoner 18 Jersey Wahoos-MA 4:45.27 4:48.76 q842
r:+0.79 26.18 54.76 (28.58)
1:23.50 (28.74) 1:52.63 (29.13)
2:21.88 (29.25) 2:51.02 (29.14)
3:20.05 (29.03) 3:49.52 (29.47)
4:19.30 (29.78) 4:48.76 (29.46)
7 Summer Cardwell 18 TBAC-FL 4:47.97 4:49.42 q835
r:+0.72 25.40 53.13 (27.73)
1:21.88 (28.75) 1:50.82 (28.94)
2:19.76 (28.94) 2:49.00 (29.24)
3:18.83 (29.83) 3:49.34 (30.51)
4:20.02 (30.68) 4:49.42 (29.40)
8 Amanda Barnard 16 NOVA of Virginia 4:51.48 4:49.64 q833
r:+0.78 26.84 55.13 (28.29)
1:23.94 (28.81) 1:52.91 (28.97)
2:21.99 (29.08) 2:51.31 (29.32)
3:20.79 (29.48) 3:50.63 (29.84)
4:20.33 (29.70) 4:49.64 (29.31)
Junior Nationals East: Men’s 500 Freestyle
Henry McFadden of the Jersey Wahoos, 17, took the top seed in the men’s 500 free in 4:17.78 to start the men’s session from Greensboro.
Carmel’s Aaron Shackell, 18, took the second seed in 4:20.35, followed by SwimAtlanta’s Tristan DenBrok (4:21.08).
Event 6 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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SC Juniors: M 4:12.72 12/12/2019Jake Magahey, SwimAtlanta-GA
Pool Record: P 4:07.97 3/24/2021 Jake Magahey, UGA-GA
Name Age Team Seed Prelims HyPts
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Henry McFadden 17 Jersey Wahoos-MA 4:22.92 4:17.78 q916
r:+0.69 23.70 49.46 (25.76)
1:15.62 (26.16) 1:41.66 (26.04)
2:08.05 (26.39) 2:34.43 (26.38)
3:00.59 (26.16) 3:26.99 (26.40)
3:53.10 (26.11) 4:17.78 (24.68)
2 Aaron Shackell 18 Carmel Swim Club 4:22.22 4:20.35 q889
r:+0.66 23.01 49.16 (26.15)
1:15.71 (26.55) 1:42.35 (26.64)
2:09.06 (26.71) 2:35.30 (26.24)
3:00.99 (25.69) 3:27.41 (26.42)
3:54.27 (26.86) 4:20.35 (26.08)
3 Tristan DenBrok 17 SwimAtlanta-GA 4:19.65 4:21.08 q881
r:+0.71 24.50 50.74 (26.24)
1:17.30 (26.56) 1:43.95 (26.65)
2:09.93 (25.98) 2:36.08 (26.15)
3:02.51 (26.43) 3:29.12 (26.61)
3:55.59 (26.47) 4:21.08 (25.49)
4 Norvin Clontz I 15 SwimMAC-NC 4:28.03 4:21.69 q875
r:+0.76 24.46 50.40 (25.94)
1:16.92 (26.52) 1:43.77 (26.85)
2:10.59 (26.82) 2:37.25 (26.66)
3:03.71 (26.46) 3:30.24 (26.53)
3:56.44 (26.20) 4:21.69 (25.25)
5 Nathan Szobota 15 NOVA of Virginia 4:26.82 4:22.48 q867
r:+0.70 23.74 49.40 (25.66)
1:15.66 (26.26) 1:42.38 (26.72)
2:09.18 (26.80) 2:35.82 (26.64)
3:02.67 (26.85) 3:29.85 (27.18)
3:56.70 (26.85) 4:22.48 (25.78)
6 Gregg Enoch 16 Carmel Swim Club 4:25.53 4:22.69 q865
r:+0.63 23.12 48.76 (25.64)
1:15.03 (26.27) 1:41.73 (26.70)
2:08.61 (26.88) 2:35.61 (27.00)
3:02.41 (26.80) 3:29.24 (26.83)
3:56.20 (26.96) 4:22.69 (26.49)
7 Andrew Taylor 18 TBAC-FL 4:19.17 4:23.09 q861
r:+0.72 24.00 50.09 (26.09)
1:16.50 (26.41) 1:43.18 (26.68)
2:10.04 (26.86) 2:36.81 (26.77)
3:03.49 (26.68) 3:30.18 (26.69)
3:56.95 (26.77) 4:23.09 (26.14)
8 Jason Zhao 15 Mason Manta Rays 4:02.18L 4:23.31 q859
r:+0.64 23.14 48.60 (25.46)
1:14.81 (26.21) 1:41.57 (26.76)
2:08.29 (26.72) 2:35.35 (27.06)
3:02.17 (26.82) 3:29.70 (27.53)
3:56.88 (27.18) 4:23.31 (26.43)
Women’s 200 IM
Carmel’s Alex Shackell, 16, took the top spot in the women’s 200 IM, couching the wall in 1:56.61, a second faster than her seed time.
Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics’ Sophia Umstead, 15, (1:58.69) took the second seed, dropping nearly two seconds from her seed time.
GSCY’s Emily Thompson took the third spot in 1:58.83, just three hundredths ahead of Carmel’s Molly Sweeney (1:58.86).
Event 7 Women 200 Yard IM
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SC Juniors: M 1:53.69 12/6/2018 Alex Walsh, Nashville Aquati
Pool Record: P 1:51.36 2/20/2020 Katherine Douglass, UVA-VA
Name Age Team Seed Prelims HyPts
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Alex Shackell 16 Carmel Swim Club 1:57.63 1:56.61 q970
r:+0.73 24.48 53.79 (29.31)
1:28.91 (35.12) 1:56.61 (27.70)
2 Sophia Umstead 15 Mich Lakeshore-M 2:00.33 1:58.69 q925
r:+0.69 25.82 55.59 (29.77)
1:29.72 (34.13) 1:58.69 (28.97)
3 Emily Thompson 16 GSCY-NJ 1:57.67 1:58.83 q922
r:+0.64 25.87 55.46 (29.59)
1:30.37 (34.91) 1:58.83 (28.46)
4 Molly Sweeney 15 Carmel Swim Club 1:57.67 1:58.86 q921
r:+0.71 25.55 56.19 (30.64)
1:30.01 (33.82) 1:58.86 (28.85)
5 Lilla Bognar 16 TG-SC 1:58.69 1:59.06 q917
r:+0.63 26.46 55.43 (28.97)
1:30.88 (35.45) 1:59.06 (28.18)
6 Grace Rainey 18 SwimMAC-NC 1:59.14 1:59.18 q914
r:+0.82 26.18 57.68 (31.50)
1:30.65 (32.97) 1:59.18 (28.53)
7 Avery Klamfoth 15 SwimMAC-NC 1:59.76 1:59.39 q910
r:+0.71 26.69 56.99 (30.30)
1:30.93 (33.94) 1:59.39 (28.46)
8 Emily Brown 16 DCST-OH 1:57.96 1:59.58 q906
r:+0.78 25.69 55.38 (29.69)
1:31.14 (35.76) 1:59.58 (28.44)
Junior Nationals East: Men’s 200 IM
Cavalier’s Thomas Heilman held off Daniel Diehl to take the top seed in the 200 IM, none of the most anticipated head-to-head battles of juniors on the men’s side.
Heilman touched the wall in 1:43.39 and will be right next to Diehl in the finals, who finished in 1:43.90.
Will Modglin took the third seed in 1:44.68.
Event 8 Men 200 Yard IM
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SC Juniors: M 1:42.01 12/9/2021 Baylor Nelson, SwimMAC Carolina
Pool Record: P 1:39.28 11/17/2022Leon Marchand, ASU
Name Age Team Seed Prelims HyPts
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Thomas Heilman 15 Cavalier Aquatic 1:46.61 1:43.39 q995
r:+0.65 22.37 48.12 (25.75)
1:18.65 (30.53) 1:43.39 (24.74)
2 Daniel Diehl 17 CUY-MD 1:46.69 1:43.90 q982
r:+0.70 22.23 48.37 (26.14)
1:18.41 (30.04) 1:43.90 (25.49)
3 Will Modglin 18 ZSC-IN 1:44.10 1:44.68 q962
r:+0.67 22.70 49.26 (26.56)
1:19.01 (29.75) 1:44.68 (25.67)
4 Gibson Holmes 18 Mason Manta Rays 1:44.59 1:45.92 q931
r:+0.62 22.66 49.38 (26.72)
1:20.29 (30.91) 1:45.92 (25.63)
5 Carter Lancaste 16 Bolles-FL 1:45.02 1:45.95 q930
r:+0.67 22.56 48.70 (26.14)
1:19.29 (30.59) 1:45.95 (26.66)
6 Caleb Maldari 17 SwimMAC-NC 1:47.55 1:46.03 q928
r:+0.64 23.17 49.34 (26.17)
1:20.20 (30.86) 1:46.03 (25.83)
7 Sean Sullivan 18 Carmel Swim Club 1:48.93 1:46.49 q916
r:+0.60 22.56 48.97 (26.41)
1:20.70 (31.73) 1:46.49 (25.79)
8 Will Heck 18 Bolles-FL 1:46.62 1:46.85 q907
r:+0.68 23.12 50.06 (26.94)
1:20.45 (30.39) 1:46.85 (26.40)
Junior Nationals East: Women’s 50 Free
Carmel’s Alex Shackell turned right around after taking the top seed in the 200 IM and claimed the top seed in the 50 free. The 16-year-old touched the wall in 21.87, the third-fastest 15-16 time in history.
Erika Pelaez took the second spot in 22.02, followed by Annie Jia (22.64).
Event 9 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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SC Juniors: M 21.49 12/12/2014Abbigail Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatic
Pool Record: P 21.09 3/18/2021 Kate Douglass, UVA-VA
Name Age Team Seed Prelims HyPts
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Alex Shackell 16 Carmel Swim Club 22.34 21.87 q984
r:+0.70
2 Erika Pelaez 16 EA-FG 22.40 22.02 q968
r:+0.67
3 Annie Jia 15 UDAC-MA 27.00L 22.64 q904
r:+0.68
4 Alexa Fulton 18 Upper Main Line- 22.46 22.65 q903
r:+0.68
5 Lillie Nesty 16 Gator Swim Club- 23.06 22.67 q901
r:+0.72
6 Josie Connelly 16 OLY-MI 22.64 22.76 q892
r:+0.71
7 Charlotte Crush 14 Lakeside-KY 22.14 22.78 q890
r:+0.73
8 Lily Christians 16 IA-IN 22.14 22.79 q889
r:+0.66
8 Julie Mishler 15 Fishers Area-IN 23.26 22.79 q889
Junior Nationals East: Men’s 50 Free
GTAC’s Scotty Buff raced to the wall first in the men’s 50 free prelims. He touched the wall in 19.46, a tenth of a second drop from his seed time.
East Carolina’s Lucca Battaglini took the second seed in 19.76, tied with Brandon Whitfield.
Moglin took the fifth seed (19.86) after swimming the 200 IM.
Event 10 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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SC Juniors: M 18.71 12/10/2016Ryan Hoffer, Scottsdale Aq.
Pool Record: P 18.33 3/25/2021 Ryan Hoffer, CAL-PC
Name Age Team Seed Prelims HyPts
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Scotty Buff 18 GTAC-OH 19.56 19.46 q935
r:+0.63
2 Lucca Battaglin 17 East Carolina-NC 19.96 19.67 q913
r:+0.59
2 Brendan Whitfie 18 LY-VA 19.93 19.67 q913
r:+0.72
4 Kaii Winkler 16 EA-FG 20.22 19.78 q902
r:+0.64
5 Will Modglin 18 ZSC-IN 19.99 19.86 q894
r:+0.66
6 Roman Jones 17 Fainwood-Scotch- 20.04 19.93 q887
r:+0.62
7 Jerry Fox 17 TAC Titans-NC 20.21 19.96 q884
r:+0.64
8 Wells Walker 18 Marlins of Ral-N 22.86L 20.02 q878
r:+0.62
Small typo: Brendan Whitfield
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