Day one of the 2017 Speedo Junior Nationals splashed into action in East Meadow, NY today. One of the top stories coming out of night one was Olivia Carter’s new meet record in the women’s 200 fly, while Erica Sullivan followed up her U.S. Open success with a top showing in the women’s 800 free.
Schedule of Events:
- Women’s 200 Fly
- Men’s 200 Fly
- Women’s 100 Breast
- Men’s 100 Breast
- Women’s 800 Free
- Men’s 1500 Free
Women’s 200 Fly
Olivia Carter of Enfinity Aquatics delivered the top time of the evening in finals of the women’s 200 fly. Carter flew beneath the previous meet record of 2:09.28, lowering it to a 2:09.02. The previous record was posted in 2010 by Palo Alto Stanford’s Jasmine Tosky.
Joining Carter beneath the previous meet record was Metroplex’s Lindsay Looney. Looney touched in a final time of 2:09.22 for second overall, while this morning’s top seed, Dakota Luther, settled for third and a 2:09.58.
Isabella Gati of Nation’s Capital was fourth with a 2:13.34, folowed by AquaKids Sharks’ Mary Smutney and her time of 2:13.87.
Magnolia Aquatics’ Lillian Nordmann (2:14.47), SoCal’s Elise Garcia (2:16.69), and Issaquah’s Sarah Dimeco (2:17.32) were sixth through eighth.
=== A - Final ===
1 Carter, Olivia 17 Enfinity Aquatic 2:13.50 2:09.02M 841 20
r:+0.69 29.52 1:02.30 (32.78)
1:35.14 (32.84) 2:09.02 (33.88)
2 Looney, Lindsay 16 Metroplex Aquati 2:12.59 2:09.22M 837 17
r:+0.74 29.38 1:02.04 (32.66)
1:35.92 (33.88) 2:09.22 (33.30)
3 Luther, Dakota 17 Austin Swim Club 2:11.40 2:09.58 830 16
r:+0.75 29.11 1:01.65 (32.54)
1:34.86 (33.21) 2:09.58 (34.72)
4 Gati, Isabella 17 Nation's Capital 2:14.01 2:13.34 762 15
r:+0.69 30.29 1:04.21 (33.92)
1:38.32 (34.11) 2:13.34 (35.02)
5 Smutny, Mary 16 AquaKids Sharks- 2:14.19 2:13.87 753 14
r:+0.69 29.64 1:03.19 (33.55)
1:37.91 (34.72) 2:13.87 (35.96)
6 Nordmann, Lilli 15 Magnolia Aquatic 2:14.21 2:14.47 743 13
r:+0.75 29.99 1:04.30 (34.31)
1:38.76 (34.46) 2:14.47 (35.71)
7 Garcia, Elise 17 Socal Aquatics A 2:14.68 2:16.69 707 12
r:+0.71 30.10 1:03.83 (33.73)
1:39.13 (35.30) 2:16.69 (37.56)
8 Dimeco, Sarah 16 Issaquah Swim Te 2:14.60 2:17.32 697 11
r:+0.75 31.16 1:05.87 (34.71)
1:40.91 (35.04) 2:17.32 (36.41)
Men’s 200 Fly
Carson Foster of Mason Manta Rays held his spot at the top of the podium with a time of 1:58.47. His time put him within two seconds of Andrew Seliskar’s meet record of 1:56.54.
North Texas’ Jack LeVant finished second overall with a time of 1:58.64, followed closely by Irvine Novaquatics’ Andrew Koustik’s 1:58.77.
Luca Urlando of Davis Aquadarts was fourth with a time of 1:58.93, rounding out the athletes who finished beneath the two-minute mark.
Multnomah’s Van Mathias (2:00.31), Mason Manta Rays’ Jake Foster (2:00.79), Delaware Swim Team’s Jake Johnson (2:00.85), and Team Greenville’s Tal Davis (2:00.99) took fifth through eighth.
=== A - Final ===
1 Foster, Carson 15 Mason Manta Rays 1:59.18 1:58.47 833 20
r:+0.69 26.66 57.09 (30.43)
1:27.97 (30.88) 1:58.47 (30.50)
2 LeVant, Jack 17 North Texas Nada 1:59.58 1:58.64 830 17
r:+0.72 27.13 57.39 (30.26)
1:27.91 (30.52) 1:58.64 (30.73)
3 Koustik, Andrew 18 Irvine Novaquati 2:00.40 1:58.77 827 16
r:+0.68 26.74 57.67 (30.93)
1:28.43 (30.76) 1:58.77 (30.34)
4 Urlando, Luca 15 Davis Aquadarts- 2:00.33 1:58.93 824 15
r:+0.75 27.04 56.71 (29.67)
1:27.62 (30.91) 1:58.93 (31.31)
5 Mathias, Van 16 Multnomah Athlet 2:01.37 2:00.31 796 14
r:+0.74 26.96 57.91 (30.95)
1:29.09 (31.18) 2:00.31 (31.22)
6 Foster, Jake 16 Mason Manta Rays 2:01.41 2:00.79 786 13
r:+0.78 26.86 57.43 (30.57)
1:28.36 (30.93) 2:00.79 (32.43)
7 Johnson, Jake 17 Delaware Swim Te 2:01.57 2:00.85 785 12
r:+0.68 26.64 57.21 (30.57)
1:28.80 (31.59) 2:00.85 (32.05)
8 Davis, Tal 18 Team Greenville- 2:01.21 2:00.99 782 11
r:+0.71 27.59 58.40 (30.81)
1:29.55 (31.15) 2:00.99 (31.44)
Women’s 100 Breast
Crow Canyon’s Zoie Hartman posted the top time in finals of the women’s 100 breast, securing gold with a top time of 1:08.65. She just missed the meet record of 1:08.11, set by Zoe Bartel in 2016.
Triton Swimming’s Claire Donan grabbed second with a time of 1:09.98 while Chelsea Piers’ Kate Douglass rounded out the podium with a time of 1:10.05.
Rachel Ramey of Texas Ford Aquatics tied with Kaki Christensen of Chelsea Piers for fourth. The two delivered matching times of 1:10.72.
Santa Clara’s Jenny Ma (1:10.74), Asphalt Green’s Sophia Zhang (1:10.94), and Dublin Community’s Ellie Andrews (1:11.01) rounded out the top eight.
=== A - Final ===
1 Hartman, Zoie 16 Crow Canyon Coun 1:10.03 1:08.65 823 20
r:+0.74 32.27 1:08.65 (36.38)
2 Donan, Claire 15 Triton Swimming- 1:10.86 1:09.98 777 17
r:+0.68 32.91 1:09.98 (37.07)
3 Douglass, Kate 15 Chelsea Piers Aq 1:10.96 1:10.05 775 16
r:+0.77 33.34 1:10.05 (36.71)
4 Ramey, Rachel 18 Texas Ford Aquat 1:11.09 1:10.72 753 14.5
r:+0.75 33.44 1:10.72 (37.28)
4 Christensen, Ka 17 Chelsea Piers Aq 1:10.92 1:10.72 753 14.5
r:+0.75 33.13 1:10.72 (37.59)
6 Ma, Jenny 18 Santa Clara Swim 1:11.40 1:10.74 752 13
r:+0.77 33.58 1:10.74 (37.16)
7 Zhang, Sophia 15 Asphalt Green Un 1:11.40 1:10.94 746 12
r:+0.76 33.51 1:10.94 (37.43)
8 Andrews, Ellie 14 Dublin Community 1:11.09 1:11.01 744 11
r:+0.71 32.97 1:11.01 (38.04)
Men’s 100 Breast
Daniel Roy of King Aquatic Club topped the competition in finals of the men’s 100 breast. Roy dashed to a final time of 1:01.42 to secure gold by more than half a second.
Picking up second was Zane Backes of Team Rebel Aquatics, stopping the clock at a time of 1:02.00. Stanford Swimming’s Hank Poppe rounded out the podium with a time of 1:02.30.
Fourth place went to Jake Foster of the Mason Manta Rays and his time of 1:02.38, while Josh Bottelberghe of Portland Aquatics was fifth with a time of 1:02.84.
Ohio State’s Jason Matthews (1:02.97), King Aquatic’s Ethan Dang (1:03.21), and SwimMAC’s Will Chan (1:03.48) completed the top eight.
=== A - Final ===
1 Roy, Daniel 17 King Aquatic Clu 1:02.28 1:01.42 862 20
r:+0.64 28.90 1:01.42 (32.52)
2 Backes, Zane 18 Team Rebel Aquat 1:02.68 1:02.00 838 17
r:+0.72 28.77 1:02.00 (33.23)
3 Poppe, Hank 18 Stanford Swimmin 1:02.43 1:02.30 826 16
r:+0.80 29.38 1:02.30 (32.92)
4 Foster, Jake 16 Mason Manta Rays 1:03.03 1:02.38 823 15
r:+0.69 28.97 1:02.38 (33.41)
5 Bottelberghe, J 17 Portland Aquatic 1:03.35 1:02.84 805 14
r:+0.78 29.57 1:02.84 (33.27)
6 Mathews, Jason 18 Ohio State Swim- 1:03.69 1:02.97 800 13
r:+0.64 29.50 1:02.97 (33.47)
7 Dang, Ethan 15 King Aquatic Clu 1:03.44 1:03.21 791 12
r:+0.69 29.55 1:03.21 (33.66)
8 Chan, Will 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:03.46 1:03.48 781 11
r:+0.73 29.67 1:03.48 (33.81)
Women’s 800 Free
Erica Sullivan “Ledecky’d” her way to victory in the women’s 800 free final. Sullivan, who represents Sandpipers of Nevada, cruised well ahead of the competition to claim gold with a time of 8:33.49. Her time put her within North Baltimore’s Gillian Ryan’s meet record of 8:30.84, set in 2012.
La Mirada Armada’s Taylor Ault delivered a second place finish of 8:40.12, while Madelyn Donohoe of The Fish was a close third with a time of 8:41.43.
Easop Lee of North Baltimore claimed fourth overall with a time of 8:42.41, followed by Lakeside’s Lauren Pitzer and her time of 8:43.78.
Magnolia’s Kaitlynn Sims (8:45.82), Gulliver’s Marcella Ruppert-Gomez (8:47.72), and Swim Florida’s Olivia McMurray (8:48.22) were sixth through eighth.
1 Sullivan, Erica 16 Sandpipers Of Ne 8:34.93 8:33.49 874 20
r:+0.70 28.89 1:00.18 (31.29)
1:32.04 (31.86) 2:04.17 (32.13)
2:36.39 (32.22) 3:08.84 (32.45)
3:41.33 (32.49) 4:14.00 (32.67)
4:46.78 (32.78) 5:19.52 (32.74)
5:52.08 (32.56) 6:24.71 (32.63)
6:57.11 (32.40) 7:29.78 (32.67)
8:01.80 (32.02) 8:33.49 (31.69)
2 Ault, Taylor 18 La Mirada Armada 8:35.06 8:40.12 841 17
r:+0.75 29.46 1:01.88 (32.42)
1:34.67 (32.79) 2:07.52 (32.85)
2:40.46 (32.94) 3:13.32 (32.86)
3:46.27 (32.95) 4:19.32 (33.05)
4:52.06 (32.74) 5:24.70 (32.64)
5:57.34 (32.64) 6:30.02 (32.68)
7:02.79 (32.77) 7:35.66 (32.87)
8:08.43 (32.77) 8:40.12 (31.69)
3 Donohoe, Madely 15 The Fish-PV 8:42.10 8:41.54 834 16
r:+0.79 29.84 1:02.04 (32.20)
1:34.66 (32.62) 2:07.59 (32.93)
2:40.57 (32.98) 3:13.30 (32.73)
3:46.41 (33.11) 4:19.26 (32.85)
4:52.18 (32.92) 5:25.03 (32.85)
5:58.04 (33.01) 6:31.08 (33.04)
7:04.07 (32.99) 7:37.21 (33.14)
8:09.90 (32.69) 8:41.54 (31.64)
Men’s 1500 Free
The men’s 1500 free was dominated by Johannes Calloni of Scarlet Aquatics. The 17-year-old delivered a final time of 15:18.44, finishing more than ten seconds ahead of the competition.
Lleyton Plattel of the Pleasanton Seahawks grabbed a narrow second place victory, stopping the clock at a time of 15:29.71. His time moves him to 26th in USA Swimming’s all-time top 100 list for the 15-16 age group.
Sandpipers of Nevada’s Brennan Gravley posted a close third place finish of 15:29.86, followed by Mission Viejo’s Noah Brune and his time of 15:37.60.
Joseph Gutierrez, also of Sandpipers of Nevada, delivered a 15:39.99 for fifth, while sixth went to Nation’s Capital’s Liam Stone (15:42.22).
SwimMAC’s Curtis Wiltsey and North Carolina’s Thomas Bretzmann were seventh and eighth respectively with times of 15:44.31 and 15:45.55.
1 Calloni, Johann 17 Scarlet Aquatics 15:16.62 15:18.44 852 20
r:+0.83 28.61 59.44 (30.83)
1:30.32 (30.88) 2:01.41 (31.09)
2:32.02 (30.61) 3:02.72 (30.70)
3:33.39 (30.67) 4:03.91 (30.52)
4:34.49 (30.58) 5:04.98 (30.49)
5:35.48 (30.50) 6:05.92 (30.44)
6:36.61 (30.69) 7:06.93 (30.32)
7:37.41 (30.48) 8:07.77 (30.36)
8:38.40 (30.63) 9:09.20 (30.80)
9:39.72 (30.52) 10:10.54 (30.82)
10:40.53 (29.99) 11:12.04 (31.51)
11:42.94 (30.90) 12:13.88 (30.94)
12:44.88 (31.00) 13:15.94 (31.06)
13:47.16 (31.22) 14:17.92 (30.76)
14:48.74 (30.82) 15:18.44 (29.70)
2 Plattel, Lleyto 15 Pleasanton Seaha 15:35.36 15:29.71 822 17
r:+0.68 28.41 59.41 (31.00)
1:30.72 (31.31) 2:01.96 (31.24)
2:33.54 (31.58) 3:04.12 (30.58)
3:35.32 (31.20) 4:06.54 (31.22)
4:37.92 (31.38) 5:09.28 (31.36)
5:40.46 (31.18) 6:11.73 (31.27)
6:43.05 (31.32) 7:14.33 (31.28)
7:45.81 (31.48) 8:17.05 (31.24)
8:47.63 (30.58) 9:18.79 (31.16)
9:50.27 (31.48) 10:21.65 (31.38)
10:52.83 (31.18) 11:23.72 (30.89)
11:54.89 (31.17) 12:25.55 (30.66)
12:57.15 (31.60) 13:28.01 (30.86)
13:59.34 (31.33) 14:30.09 (30.75)
15:00.87 (30.78) 15:29.71 (28.84)
3 Gravley, Brenna 16 Sandpipers Of Ne 15:32.05 15:29.86 821 16
r:+0.70 28.26 59.19 (30.93)
1:30.57 (31.38) 2:01.77 (31.20)
2:32.80 (31.03) 3:03.68 (30.88)
3:34.72 (31.04) 4:05.73 (31.01)
4:36.84 (31.11) 5:07.85 (31.01)
5:39.12 (31.27) 6:10.27 (31.15)
6:41.65 (31.38) 7:12.87 (31.22)
7:44.22 (31.35) 8:15.30 (31.08)
8:46.47 (31.17) 9:17.64 (31.17)
9:49.01 (31.37) 10:20.34 (31.33)
10:51.74 (31.40) 11:23.06 (31.32)
11:54.42 (31.36) 12:25.58 (31.16)
12:56.87 (31.29) 13:28.21 (31.34)
13:59.27 (31.06) 14:30.27 (31.00)
15:01.16 (30.89) 15:29.86 (28.70)
Oh my
That’s something
*Joseph Gutierrez
Congratulations