Thomas Heilman Lowers 200 Fly NAG Another Second to 1:42.77 at Speedo Juniors
Thomas Heilman continued his assault on the national age-group record board Saturday night, the 14-year-older lowering the 200 butterfly mark for the second time in a day.
The day began with Michael Andrew owning the record for the 13-14 age-group since 2014 at 1:45.39. Heilman went 1:43.97, a drop of more than two seconds off his seed time, in the morning prelims session at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships East Meet in Greensboro, N.C.. He then went 1:42.77 at night to lower it even further and claim victory over a swimmer four years his senior.
Heilman’s morning splits:
Event 34 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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SC Jrs Meet: M 1:40.91 12/8/2018 Gianluca Urlando, DART Swimming-SN
Pool Record: P 1:38.65 2/29/2020 Nicolas Albiero, LOU
Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Thomas Heilman 14 Cavalier Aquatic 1:46.13 1:43.97
23.38 50.17 (26.79)
1:17.24 (27.07) 1:43.97 (26.73)
And his splits at night:
Event 34 Men 200 Yard Butterfly
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SC Jrs Meet: M 1:40.91 12/8/2018 Gianluca Urlando, DART Swimming-SN
Pool Record: P 1:38.65 2/29/2020 Nicolas Albiero, LOU
Name Age Team Prelims Finals
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=== A - Final ===
1 Thomas Heilman 14 Cavalier Aquatic 1:43.97 1:42.77
22.98 49.57 (26.59)
1:16.09 (26.52) 1:42.77 (26.68)
2 Carl Bloebaum 18 Mason Manta Rays 1:45.99 1:42.94
22.64 48.71 (26.07)
1:15.88 (27.17) 1:42.94 (27.06)
3 Gibson Holmes 17 Mason Manta Rays 1:45.83 1:42.95
23.45 49.57 (26.12)
1:16.09 (26.52) 1:42.95 (26.86)
Cavalier Aquatic Club/Piedmont Family YMCA swimmer owns NAGs in the 100 free, 200 free and 100 fly, plus on the 400 free relay.
- Day one recap
- Day two recap
- Day three recap
- Full Junior Nationals coverage
- Speedo Winter Junior Championships East Live Results
Saturday night, he faced a challenge down the stretch. He turned tied for second at the 150-yard wall, but used a split of 26.68 to rally to the win. Second was Carl Bloebaum in 1:42.94. Third place went to Bloebaum’s Mason Manta Rays teammate Gibson Holmes in 1:42.95. No one else in the race cracked 1:45.
