AUSTIN – Lotte Friis, still wondering whether she will be able to stay in the U.S., smashed the 1650 free tonight at the American Short Course Championships.
While NBAC teammate Allison Schmitt has been getting most of the press this week in Austin, Friis has been getting her feet wet with some fast-yard swims. Tonight, she shot to fifth all time in the women’s 1650-yard free with a stunning 15:30.84. Notably, teammates Becca Mann (15:48.04) and Sierra Schmidt (15:57.89) finished second and third.
1 Lotte Friis 26 North Baltimore 15:49.76 15:30.84*A
25.90 53.43 (27.53)
1:21.31 (27.88) 1:49.40 (28.09)
2:17.40 (28.00) 2:45.51 (28.11)
3:13.61 (28.10) 3:41.68 (28.07)
4:09.96 (28.28) 4:38.10 (28.14)
5:06.18 (28.08) 5:34.30 (28.12)
6:02.57 (28.27) 6:30.74 (28.17)
6:58.96 (28.22) 7:27.24 (28.28)
7:55.62 (28.38) 8:24.02 (28.40)
8:52.47 (28.45) 9:21.00 (28.53)
9:49.33 (28.33) 10:17.74 (28.41)
10:46.41 (28.67) 11:14.84 (28.43)
11:43.56 (28.72) 12:12.16 (28.60)
12:40.60 (28.44) 13:09.08 (28.48)
13:37.51 (28.43) 14:06.09 (28.58)
14:34.76 (28.67) 15:03.39 (28.63) 15:30.84 (27.45)
All Time 1650 Free
NYAC’s Megan Romano kicked off the final night of action with a lifetime best in the women’s 200-yard back. Romano blasted her way to a 1:51.72, well below her previous best of 1:53.41 from the 2014 Arena Pro Swim Series stop in Minneapolis last November.
Longhorn’s Quinn Carrozza placed second in 1:55.53 with Nitro’s Regan Barney claiming third in 1:56.23.
NBAC’s Austin Surhoff chased down the men’s 200-yard back with a time of 1:43.31, while Texas A&M’s Brock Bonetti earned second in 1:43.58. Texas’ Ian Lemaistre placed third in 1:43.65.
Canyons’ Abbey Weitzeil, the U.S. 17-18 National Age Group record holder with a 46.29, won the women’s 100-yard free tonight with a time of 47.05.
NBAC’s Allison Schmitt, who has been on fire this weekend with several world-class times, dropped a personal best time of 47.77 for second. That swim eclipsed her 47.95 from the 2013 SEC Championships while swimming for Georgia.
Romano, shortly after cranking out a scorcher in the 200 back, took third in the 100 free with a time of 48.30.
NBAC’s Frank Dyer took home the men’s 100-yard free in 43.12 with Nitro’s Tate Jackson placing second in 43.62. SMU’s Christian Scherubl wound up third in 43.83.
BlueFish’s Laura Sogar hit the wall in 2:09.53 to claim the women’s 200-yard breaststroke title. Aquazot’s Catherine Lowengrub finished second in 2:13.35 with Golden West’s Nora Deleske clinching third in 2:15.35.
Missouri’s Igor Kozlovski captured the men’s 200-yard breast in a time of 1:54.12 with NBAC’s Gabriel De Sousa (1:55.93) and Daniel Tranter (1:56.75) rounded out the top three.
Aquazot’s Sonia Wang raced her way to a 1:56.08 to win the women’s 200-yard fly. NBAC’s Becca Mann touched second in 1:56.97 with Longhorn’s Dakota Luther earning third in 1:57.08.
Bobby Bollier won the men’s 200-yard fly in 1:42.25 with NBAC’s Tom Luchsinger placing second in 1:43.15. SMU’s Tyler Rauth finished third in 1:44.59.
Canyons’ Mik Ranslem (51.57), Abbey Weitzeil (46.56), Nikol Popov (49.46) and Tamara Santoyo (50.71) won the women’s 400-yard free relay in 3:18.30. Aquazot (3:24.64) and TPA (3:26.55) took second and third.
NBAC’s Frank Dyer (43.27), Austin Surhoff (43.77), Tom Luchsinger (44.93) and Daniel Tranter (43.17) won the men’s 400-yard free relay in 2:55.14.
Nitro’s Tate Jackson (43.74), Micah Slaton (45.90), Mason Tenney (45.93) and Corban Rawls (45.82) took second in 3:01.39, while Canyons’ Kevin Dai (45.29), Johnny Ellery (45.24), Tanner Olson (45.83) and Brandon Yong (45.64) finished third in 3:02.00.
NBAC’s Nezir Karap won the men’s 1650-yard free in 14:55.31. Texas’ Nic Munoz placed second in 15:04.88 with Texas’ Jake Ritter posting a third-place 15:08.96.
2015 American Short Course Championships, Day Three – Results