On night four of the 2018 YMCA National Championships no more National Records fell, but there were more close races and great swims. There are a number of tight team races going on headed into the final day.
Women’s 500 Freestyle
After winning the 400 IM last night in a huge lifetime best time, York’s senior Leah Braswell won the 500 freestyle in 4:42.09, three seconds ahead of second place, Emma Weyant of Sarasota (4:45.45), who was also runner up in the 400 IM. Wilton’s Catherine Buroker, who was in second at the 200, touched third in 4:47.62.
Event 401 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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National: * 4:39.13 4/3/2014 Courtney Harnish, York-PA
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Leah Braswell 17 York-PA 4:49.27 4:42.09 20
26.45 54.55 (28.10)
1:23.15 (28.60) 1:51.76 (28.61)
2:20.32 (28.56) 2:48.82 (28.50)
3:17.49 (28.67) 3:46.29 (28.80)
4:14.81 (28.52) 4:42.09 (27.28)
2 Emma Weyant 16 Sarasota-FL 4:49.16 4:45.45 17
26.65 55.40 (28.75)
1:24.27 (28.87) 1:53.22 (28.95)
2:22.08 (28.86) 2:50.88 (28.80)
3:19.87 (28.99) 3:48.79 (28.92)
4:17.45 (28.66) 4:45.45 (28.00)
3 Catherine Buroker 18 Wilton-CT 4:51.89 4:47.62 16
26.73 55.04 (28.31)
1:23.78 (28.74) 1:52.65 (28.87)
2:21.81 (29.16) 2:50.95 (29.14)
3:20.28 (29.33) 3:49.64 (29.36)
4:18.91 (29.27) 4:47.62 (28.71)
4 Anna Durak 18 Hickory -nc 4:50.45 4:51.09 15
26.76 55.43 (28.67)
1:24.68 (29.25) 1:53.97 (29.29)
2:23.30 (29.33) 2:52.95 (29.65)
3:22.87 (29.92) 3:52.52 (29.65)
4:22.10 (29.58) 4:51.09 (28.99)
5 Mia Leko 17 Cheshire-CT 4:53.15 4:51.38 14
26.65 55.50 (28.85)
1:25.15 (29.65) 1:54.89 (29.74)
2:24.51 (29.62) 2:54.15 (29.64)
3:23.67 (29.52) 3:53.24 (29.57)
4:22.46 (29.22) 4:51.38 (28.92)
6 Lucy Callard 18 Powel Crosley-OH 4:49.81 4:51.49 13
27.39 56.73 (29.34)
1:26.23 (29.50) 1:55.83 (29.60)
2:25.41 (29.58) 2:54.87 (29.46)
3:24.16 (29.29) 3:53.63 (29.47)
4:22.84 (29.21) 4:51.49 (28.65)
7 Aziza Ganihanova 15 SomersetValleyNJ 4:53.05 4:52.24 12
27.01 56.30 (29.29)
1:25.82 (29.52) 1:55.79 (29.97)
2:25.38 (29.59) 2:54.79 (29.41)
3:24.39 (29.60) 3:53.71 (29.32)
4:23.35 (29.64) 4:52.24 (28.89)
8 Sarah Grinalds 17 Westport/Weston 4:52.29 4:52.67 11
25.74 55.38 (29.64)
1:25.23 (29.85) 1:55.23 (30.00)
2:24.83 (29.60) 2:54.45 (29.62)
3:24.17 (29.72) 3:54.40 (30.23)
4:23.73 (29.33) 4:52.67 (28.94)
Men’s 500 Freestyle
Ross Dant was faster than his prelims time, but still couldn’t close in on the YMCA National record in the 500 freestyle. The Hickory swimmer earned gold in 4:19.86. While verbally committed to NC State, Dant is still only a junior, and has one more Nationals to break Nicholas Caldwell‘s 2011 mark of 4:18.01. He adds this gold to his 1,000 victory and 200 backstroke silver.
Sarasota’s Arik Katz followed his teammate Weyant in finishing second, stopping the clock in 4:24.38. Greenwich’s Christian Farricker couldn’t match Katz’s closing speed and finished third in 4:25.12.
Event 402 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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National: * 4:18.01 4/5/2011 Nicholas Caldwell, Sarasota-FL
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Ross Dant 17 Hickory -nc 4:20.60 4:19.86 20
23.77 49.62 (25.85)
1:15.77 (26.15) 1:41.88 (26.11)
2:08.15 (26.27) 2:34.41 (26.26)
3:00.96 (26.55) 3:27.58 (26.62)
3:54.06 (26.48) 4:19.86 (25.80)
2 Arik Katz 16 Sarasota-FL 4:26.75 4:24.38 17
23.98 49.99 (26.01)
1:16.41 (26.42) 1:43.35 (26.94)
2:10.25 (26.90) 2:37.55 (27.30)
3:04.82 (27.27) 3:32.04 (27.22)
3:58.60 (26.56) 4:24.38 (25.78)
3 Christian Farricker 17 Greenwich-CT 4:30.94 4:25.12 16
24.24 50.49 (26.25)
1:17.01 (26.52) 1:43.60 (26.59)
2:10.37 (26.77) 2:37.23 (26.86)
3:04.35 (27.12) 3:31.37 (27.02)
3:58.70 (27.33) 4:25.12 (26.42)
4 Nico Hernandez-Tome 17 Sarasota-FL 4:28.00 4:26.50 15
24.12 50.07 (25.95)
1:16.63 (26.56) 1:43.66 (27.03)
2:10.84 (27.18) 2:38.19 (27.35)
3:05.50 (27.31) 3:33.03 (27.53)
4:00.57 (27.54) 4:26.50 (25.93)
5 Josh Cohen 17 FanwoodScotch-NJ 4:29.89 4:29.20 14
24.31 50.43 (26.12)
1:16.96 (26.53) 1:43.81 (26.85)
2:10.94 (27.13) 2:38.13 (27.19)
3:05.68 (27.55) 3:33.24 (27.56)
4:01.31 (28.07) 4:29.20 (27.89)
6 Brendan Firlie 18 Sarasota-FL 4:32.01 4:31.68 13
24.97 52.04 (27.07)
1:19.30 (27.26) 1:46.71 (27.41)
2:14.37 (27.66) 2:42.43 (28.06)
3:10.17 (27.74) 3:37.46 (27.29)
4:05.07 (27.61) 4:31.68 (26.61)
7 Sammy Rennard 17 Red Bank - NJ 4:32.42 4:32.91 12
25.05 51.85 (26.80)
1:18.92 (27.07) 1:46.38 (27.46)
2:14.19 (27.81) 2:42.28 (28.09)
3:10.39 (28.11) 3:38.42 (28.03)
4:06.06 (27.64) 4:32.91 (26.85)
8 Luke Mikesell 16 Clearfield-PA 4:32.12 4:37.23 11
24.10 51.08 (26.98)
1:18.16 (27.08) 1:45.45 (27.29)
2:13.19 (27.74) 2:41.57 (28.38)
3:09.99 (28.42) 3:38.77 (28.78)
4:08.26 (29.49) 4:37.23 (28.97)
Women’s 200 IM
Springfield’s Kaitlynn Wheeler was the lone swimmer under two minutes, clocking a 1:59.39. She was a half second ahead of anybody else after the fly leg and also posted one of two sub-30 second backstroke splits in the A final, before hanging on for the victory.
Boise’s Charity Pittard separated herself from the pack with a 33.79 breaststroke split, racing to second in 2:00.26. Third went to Abigail Doss of Susquehanna in 2:01.00.
Event 403 Women 200 Yard IM
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National: * 1:54.25 4/3/2015 Meghan Small, York-PA
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Kaitlynn Wheeler 17 Springfield-IL 2:00.44 1:59.39 20
25.75 54.96 (29.21)
1:30.55 (35.59) 1:59.39 (28.84)
2 Charity Pittard 17 Boise-ID 2:01.47 2:00.26 17
26.64 58.19 (31.55)
1:31.98 (33.79) 2:00.26 (28.28)
3 Abigail Doss 16 Susquehanna-PA 2:02.46 2:01.00 16
27.30 58.18 (30.88)
1:32.72 (34.54) 2:01.00 (28.28)
4 Hannah Ownbey 16 Spartanburg-SC 2:02.84 2:02.01 15
26.97 57.67 (30.70)
1:33.01 (35.34) 2:02.01 (29.00)
5 Sydney Radloff 18 Springfield-IL 2:02.26 2:02.46 14
26.26 56.76 (30.50)
1:33.06 (36.30) 2:02.46 (29.40)
6 Marget Shelly 18 York-PA 2:02.83 2:02.63 13
26.77 56.54 (29.77)
1:34.06 (37.52) 2:02.63 (28.57)
7 Megan Glass 17 Blue Ash-OH 2:03.61 2:03.83 12
26.39 57.89 (31.50)
1:35.79 (37.90) 2:03.83 (28.04)
8 Meredith Ginn 17 Orlando-FL 2:03.47 2:05.88 11
26.67 57.54 (30.87)
1:35.91 (38.37) 2:05.88 (29.97)
Men’s 200 IM
Two swimmers cleared 1:50 in the 200 IM. North Shore’s Oliver Zmetrovich took a slight lead after the fly and he never relinquished it, getting to the wall in 1:49.58. Just .05 behind him was York’s Alec Peckmann in 1:49.63. Western North Carolina’s Reid Arwood finished third (1:50.11).
Event 404 Men 200 Yard IM
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National: * 1:45.76 4/7/2017 Paul DeLakis, Eau Claire-WI
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Oliver Zmetrovich 18 North Shore-MA 1:52.02 1:49.58 20
23.26 50.51 (27.25)
1:23.35 (32.84) 1:49.58 (26.23)
2 Alec Peckmann 18 York-PA 1:50.89 1:49.63 17
23.79 51.50 (27.71)
1:23.57 (32.07) 1:49.63 (26.06)
3 Reid Arwood 17 W.North Carolina 1:50.34 1:50.11 16
24.18 51.24 (27.06)
1:23.42 (32.18) 1:50.11 (26.69)
4 Dan Cashell 18 Powel Crosley-OH 1:51.63 1:50.66 15
24.61 53.31 (28.70)
1:24.33 (31.02) 1:50.66 (26.33)
5 Brett Riley 18 Sarasota-FL 1:51.83 1:50.75 14
24.74 51.45 (26.71)
1:24.15 (32.70) 1:50.75 (26.60)
6 Zachary Wolbert 18 Pocono-PA 1:50.06 1:50.91 13
23.72 51.10 (27.38)
1:24.15 (33.05) 1:50.91 (26.76)
7 Jackson Cunningham 18 Boise-ID 1:51.36 1:51.11 12
25.06 52.80 (27.74)
1:24.96 (32.16) 1:51.11 (26.15)
8 Ted Gunn 18 York-PA 1:51.88 1:52.08 11
24.37 51.83 (27.46)
1:25.63 (33.80) 1:52.08 (26.45)
Women’s 50 Freestyle
After finishing second in last night’s 200 freestyle Sarah Grinalds of Westport/Weston moved up on the podium, taking first in the 50 freestyle with a 22.52. The champion in that 200 freestyle (and in the 200 backstroke), Paige Hetrick of Bradford, finished second in 22.85, .05 ahead of Fanwood Scotch’s Darlene Fung in 22.90.
Event 405 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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National: * 22.19 4/2/2015 Katrina Konopka, Middle Tyger-SC
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 Sarah Grinalds 17 Westport/Weston 22.69 22.52 20
2 Paige Hetrick 16 Bradford-PA 23.09 22.85 17
3 Darlene Fung 17 FanwoodScotch-NJ 23.33 22.90 16
4 Maggie Summit 16 North Shore-MA 23.40 23.10 15
5 Kate Morris 14 B R Ryall-IL 23.40 23.13 14
6 Maria Baric 16 Triangle Area-NC 23.39 23.17 13
7 Olivia Schmelzer 18 Lancaster-OH 22.99 23.23 12
8 Jade Knueppel 18 Schroeder-WI 23.16 23.44 11
Men’s 50 Freestyle
Ryan Held‘s National record of 19.52 lived to see another day, but it might not last too many more years. Finishing at the top of the podium tonight was a pair of 15 year olds. David Curtiss of Tri-Hampton was first to the wall with a 19.75. Taking second was Somerset Hills’ Jack Alexy in 20.11. Rapid Area’s Henry Schutte, who finished second in last night’s 200 freestyle, placed third (20.21).
Event 406 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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National: * 19.52 4/1/2014 Ryan Held, Springfield-IL
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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=== Championship Final ===
1 David Curtiss 15 Tri-Hampton-PA 20.12 19.75 20
2 Jack Alexy 15 SomersetHills-NJ 20.20 20.11 17
3 Henry Schutte 17 Rapid Area-MI 20.26 20.21 16
4 Maxwell McHugh 18 Door County-WI 20.39 20.24 15
5 Justin Fleagle 16 AuglaizeMercerOH 20.68 20.43 14
6 Max Walther 18 Red Bank - NJ 20.62 20.44 13
7 Robert Negron 18 Bethlehem-PA 20.51 20.45 12
8 Marcus Hodgson 16 Greenwich-CT 20.65 20.59 11
Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay
The night’s final relay was one of the tightest races of the night. Elizabeth Boyer led off for Cheshire in 1:52.91 while Meghan French got York started in 1:54.10. Sarasota’s Emma Weyant was out fast in 1:49.78. At the 400 mark Cheshire led York by a second after Mia Leko went a 1:50.26 for the Sea Dogs and Madison Nalls split a 1:50.19 for York.
Julia Stevens (1:50.36) and Margest Shelly (1:50.09) swam third for Cheshire and York. Heading into the final leg Cheshire had an eight tenth lead on York. Alexandra Tyler posted a 1:47.99 to get Cheshire to the wall in 7:21.52. York’s Lead Braswell was charging home though, splitting a 1:47.20 to get York to the wall in 7:21.58.
Weyant was followed by Savannah Barr, Christina Cianciolo, and Kirsty Hobson as Sarasota earned bronze in 7:24.41.
Event 407 Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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National: * 7:10.06 4/2/2015 York And York County YMCA, York-PA
M Small, E Ilgenfritz, L Braswell, C Harnish
Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Cheshire-CT 7:26.20 7:21.52 40
1) Elizabeth Boyer 17 2) Mia Leko 17
3) Julia Stevens 15 4) Alexandra Tyler 15
26.20 55.11 (55.11)
1:24.05 (1:24.05) 1:52.91 (1:52.91)
2:18.66 (25.75) 2:46.47 (53.56)
3:14.88 (1:21.97) 3:43.17 (1:50.26)
4:08.52 (25.35) 4:36.50 (53.33)
5:05.14 (1:21.97) 5:33.53 (1:50.36)
5:58.97 (25.44) 6:26.65 (53.12)
6:54.17 (1:20.64) 7:21.52 (1:47.99)
2 York-PA 7:27.44 7:21.58 34
1) Meghan French 17 2) Madison Nalls 17
3) Marget Shelly 18 4) Leah Braswell 17
26.57 55.06 (55.06)
1:24.53 (1:24.53) 1:54.10 (1:54.10)
2:18.99 (24.89) 2:46.95 (52.85)
3:15.49 (1:21.39) 3:44.29 (1:50.19)
4:10.00 (25.71) 4:38.06 (53.77)
5:06.26 (1:21.97) 5:34.38 (1:50.09)
5:59.20 (24.82) 6:26.57 (52.19)
6:54.47 (1:20.09) 7:21.58 (1:47.20)
3 Sarasota-FL 7:21.70 7:24.41 32
1) Emma Weyant 16 2) Savannah Barr 16
3) Christina Cianciolo 16 4) Kirsty Hobson 17
25.41 52.96 (52.96)
1:21.43 (1:21.43) 1:49.78 (1:49.78)
2:15.53 (25.75) 2:43.52 (53.74)
3:12.41 (1:22.63) 3:41.33 (1:51.55)
4:06.76 (25.43) 4:35.29 (53.96)
5:04.70 (1:23.37) 5:33.49 (1:52.16)
5:58.64 (25.15) 6:26.78 (53.29)
6:55.56 (1:22.07) 7:24.41 (1:50.92)
4 Spartanburg-SC 7:25.82 7:25.19 30
1) Emily Horomanski 17 2) Annika McEnroe 15
3) Kirsti McEnroe 13 4) Rachel Reistroffer 18
26.16 53.95 (53.95)
1:22.03 (1:22.03) 1:50.45 (1:50.45)
2:16.13 (25.68) 2:44.47 (54.02)
3:13.33 (1:22.88) 3:42.60 (1:52.15)
4:07.96 (25.36) 4:36.49 (53.89)
5:05.40 (1:22.80) 5:34.06 (1:51.46)
5:59.28 (25.22) 6:27.70 (53.64)
6:56.80 (1:22.74) 7:25.19 (1:51.13)
5 Springfield-IL 7:22.28 7:25.31 28
1) Kendra Preski 16 2) Ashleigh Sinks 17
3) Kaitlynn Wheeler 17 4) Maddie Haschemeyer 17
25.64 53.42 (53.42)
1:22.30 (1:22.30) 1:51.27 (1:51.27)
2:16.72 (25.45) 2:45.41 (54.14)
3:15.01 (1:23.74) 3:45.17 (1:53.90)
4:10.08 (24.91) 4:37.81 (52.64)
5:05.21 (1:20.04) 5:33.18 (1:48.01)
5:58.52 (25.34) 6:26.76 (53.58)
6:55.48 (1:22.30) 7:25.31 (1:52.13)
6 Boise-ID 7:27.20 7:26.10 26
1) Charity Pittard 17 2) Eva Suggs 17
3) Sammie Eyolfson 17 4) Nikita Rubocki 18
25.81 54.18 (54.18)
1:23.48 (1:23.48) 1:52.13 (1:52.13)
2:17.20 (25.07) 2:45.10 (52.97)
3:13.35 (1:21.22) 3:41.99 (1:49.86)
4:07.44 (25.45) 4:36.14 (54.15)
5:05.39 (1:23.40) 5:34.13 (1:52.14)
5:59.15 (25.02) 6:27.33 (53.20)
6:56.43 (1:22.30) 7:26.10 (1:51.97)
7 ME Lyons-OH 7:28.98 7:27.26 24
1) Meredith Moellering 17 2) Madeline Hart 16
3) Kate Overbey 16 4) Grace Hastings 15
26.22 54.26 (54.26)
1:22.01 (1:22.01) 1:49.28 (1:49.28)
2:15.36 (26.08) 2:43.60 (54.32)
3:12.91 (1:23.63) 3:42.22 (1:52.94)
4:08.80 (26.58) 4:37.47 (55.25)
5:06.77 (1:24.55) 5:36.31 (1:54.09)
6:02.24 (25.93) 6:30.56 (54.25)
6:59.39 (1:23.08) 7:27.26 (1:50.95)
8 Countryside-OH 7:32.37 7:29.29 22
1) Leah Luckett 15 2) Maggie Clough 16
3) Emilee Carlin 18 4) Shannon Jelley 17
25.90 53.80 (53.80)
1:22.19 (1:22.19) 1:51.68 (1:51.68)
2:17.46 (25.78) 2:45.61 (53.93)
3:14.13 (1:22.45) 3:42.46 (1:50.78)
4:08.42 (25.96) 4:37.58 (55.12)
5:08.00 (1:25.54) 5:38.44 (1:55.98)
6:03.38 (24.94) 6:31.38 (52.94)
7:00.19 (1:21.75) 7:29.29 (1:50.85)
Men’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay
Sarasota and Somerset Hills swam well ahead of the field in the 800 freestyle relay. Sarasota’s Brendan Firlie (1:38.88), Arik Katz (1:40.07), J.J. Corrigan (1:40.18), and Nico Hernandez-Tome (1:38.34) finished in 6:37.47 while Somerset Hills’ Lukas Scheidl (1:39.73), Billy Fallon (1:41.15), Jack Alexy (1:37.94), and Victor Vollbrechthausen (1:40.11) touched in 6:38.93.
Boise claimed third with a 6:44.08 from the quartet of Luke Yost, Jackson Cunningham, Nathan Quarterman, and Thomas Roark.
Full results were not yet available.
Team Scores
With one night remaining Sarasota leads the combined team scores with 467 points. Boise has 360 in second, just ahead of Red Bank with 334 in third.
On the women’s side Cheshire is pulling away from York as the two teams have 214 and 192 points. Greater Spartanburg (186) and Springfield IL (184) are in a tight battle for third.
The Sarasota men have a handle on first with 316 points to Somerset Hills’ 233. Upper Maine Line is third with 198, just ahead of Boise with 190.
Congratulations