Indian River Records Nine More Top Seeds During NJCAA Day Three Prelims
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During day three prelims at the NJCAA swimming championships in Ft. Pierce, Fla., Indian River swimmers picked up top seeds in nine of ten events. The Pioneer women and men look poised to extend their lead during the finals session.
In the women’s 100 IM, Sophia Diagne posted the top time at 57.46, and her Indian River teammate Elianna Kennon took second in 59.94. Diagne has already won two titles this week. Iowa Central’s Sandra Alonso Rivas qualified third in 1:00.79.
Event 25 Women 100 Yard IM ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 56.43 3/4/2016 Tayla Lovemore, Indian River 3:00.09 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Diagne, Sophia 19 Indian River-FL 2:06.91 57.46 QUAL 26.71 57.46 (30.75) 2 Kennon, Elianna 19 Indian River-FL 2:17.37 59.94 QUAL 27.78 59.94 (32.16) 3 Alonso Rivas, S Iowa Central-IA 2:16.97 1:00.79 QUAL 27.98 1:00.79 (32.81) 4 Furgeson, Colle 19 Lincoln-IL 2:26.88 1:02.77 QUAL 27.95 1:02.77 (34.82) 5 Burner, Jana 20 Iowa Central-IA 2:21.11 1:02.83 QUAL 28.48 1:02.83 (34.35) 6 Asuncion, Shayn Iowa Lakes-IA 2:21.61 1:03.95 QUAL 29.56 1:03.95 (34.39) 7 O'Connell, Magg FIT-MR 2:25.60 1:04.32 QUAL 28.85 1:04.32 (35.47) 8 Priest, Angel Genesee 2:26.02 1:05.07 QUAL 28.69 1:05.07 (36.38)
Ryen Van Wyk, also a two-time winner for Indian River this week, topped the men’s 100 IM in prelims in 50.02. Teammate Guillaume Bolivard took second in 52.08, and Iowa Central’s Mitch Emery was third (54.23) in qualifying.
Event 26 Men 100 Yard IM ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 50.54 3/4/2016 Jairo Emer, Indian River 2:22.09 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Van Wyk, Ryen 19 Indian River-FL 1:58.94 50.02 QUAL 22.46 50.02 (27.56) 2 Bolivard, Guill 20 Indian River-FL 2:00.85 52.08 QUAL 22.96 52.08 (29.12) 3 Emery, Mitch Iowa Central-IA 2:02.90 54.23 QUAL 24.04 54.23 (30.19) 4 Metzger, Benjam 22 MCC 2:06.19 54.34 QUAL 25.21 54.34 (29.13) 5 Neinas, Macoy 19 Lincoln-IL 1:54.67 54.65 QUAL 25.23 54.65 (29.42) 6 Bopp, Orion SGSC-GA 2:01.31 54.92 QUAL 25.49 54.92 (29.43) 7 Ferrer, Joan Genesee 2:13.13 55.85 QUAL 25.25 55.85 (30.60) 8 Fujii, Shin 22 Swocc-OR 2:10.13 56.13 QUAL 25.84 56.13 (30.29)
Indian River’s Sule Van Der Merwe topped the women’s 500 free prelims in 4:55.38, more than 11 seconds ahead of teammate Elizabeth Watts (5:06.96). The Pioneers’ Molly Layde took third in 5:14.89.
Event 27 Women 500 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 4:53.48 1983 Gwen Cross, Brevard 7:17.99 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Van Der Merwe, 19 Indian River-FL 5:00.14 4:55.38 QUAL 26.47 55.31 (28.84) 1:24.65 (29.34) 1:54.36 (29.71) 2:24.66 (30.30) 2:55.31 (30.65) 3:25.55 (30.24) 3:55.86 (30.31) 4:25.91 (30.05) 4:55.38 (29.47) 2 Watts, Elizabet 18 Indian River-FL 4:56.94 5:06.96 QUAL 26.48 55.66 (29.18) 1:25.87 (30.21) 1:57.03 (31.16) 2:28.53 (31.50) 3:00.23 (31.70) 3:32.28 (32.05) 4:04.56 (32.28) 4:36.62 (32.06) 5:06.96 (30.34) 3 Layde, Molly 18 Indian River-FL 5:09.82 5:14.89 QUAL 28.08 58.82 (30.74) 1:30.34 (31.52) 2:02.17 (31.83) 2:34.30 (32.13) 3:06.68 (32.38) 3:39.01 (32.33) 4:11.24 (32.23) 4:43.48 (32.24) 5:14.89 (31.41) 4 Herndon, Britta SGSC-GA 5:18.80 5:21.54 QUAL 28.80 1:00.21 (31.41) 1:32.42 (32.21) 2:05.14 (32.72) 2:38.13 (32.99) 3:10.89 (32.76) 3:43.89 (33.00) 4:16.95 (33.06) 4:49.46 (32.51) 5:21.54 (32.08) 5 Hall, Casey SGSC-GA 5:22.29 5:23.34 QUAL 29.53 1:01.66 (32.13) 1:34.40 (32.74) 2:07.35 (32.95) 2:40.15 (32.80) 3:13.33 (33.18) 3:46.46 (33.13) 4:19.47 (33.01) 4:52.08 (32.61) 5:23.34 (31.26) 6 VanDermeer, Ash 19 MCC 5:39.65 5:24.66 QUAL 28.87 1:00.51 (31.64) 1:33.18 (32.67) 2:06.25 (33.07) 2:39.29 (33.04) 3:12.81 (33.52) 3:46.01 (33.20) 4:19.26 (33.25) 4:52.15 (32.89) 5:24.66 (32.51) 7 Reis, Gabriela Iowa Lakes-IA 5:37.89 5:35.93 QUAL 29.73 1:02.43 (32.70) 1:36.65 (34.22) 2:10.43 (33.78) 2:44.99 (34.56) 3:19.60 (34.61) 3:53.95 (34.35) 4:28.30 (34.35) 5:02.80 (34.50) 5:35.93 (33.13) 8 Nordquist, Grac 20 Iowa Central-IA 5:34.60 5:36.15 QUAL 29.51 1:02.13 (32.62) 1:35.88 (33.75) 2:10.20 (34.32) 2:44.80 (34.60) 3:19.33 (34.53) 3:53.97 (34.64) 4:28.31 (34.34) 5:02.79 (34.48) 5:36.15 (33.36)
Indian River’s Ruben Van Leeuwen was first in the men’s 500 free in 4:43.70, with Southwestern Oregon’s Collin McGuire (4:44.23) and Indian River’s Nikola Milosavljevic (4:45.12) not far behind.
Event 28 Men 500 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 4:22.17 2009 Mateo DeAngulo, Indian River 5:56.79 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Van Leeuwen, Ru 20 Indian River-FL 4:25.84 4:43.70 QUAL 24.81 52.49 (27.68) 1:20.99 (28.50) 1:49.89 (28.90) 2:19.33 (29.44) 2:48.71 (29.38) 3:17.82 (29.11) 3:46.48 (28.66) 4:15.11 (28.63) 4:43.70 (28.59) 2 McGuire, Collin 19 Swocc-OR 4:54.24 4:44.23 QUAL 26.20 54.90 (28.70) 1:24.16 (29.26) 1:53.02 (28.86) 2:22.07 (29.05) 2:50.98 (28.91) 3:19.85 (28.87) 3:48.38 (28.53) 4:17.19 (28.81) 4:44.23 (27.04) 3 Milosavljevic, 19 Indian River-FL 4:35.16 4:45.12 QUAL 26.16 54.50 (28.34) 1:23.35 (28.85) 1:52.68 (29.33) 2:22.01 (29.33) 2:51.11 (29.10) 3:20.52 (29.41) 3:49.20 (28.68) 4:17.49 (28.29) 4:45.12 (27.63) 4 Tomic, Luka 19 Indian River-FL 4:28.62 4:46.14 QUAL 25.95 54.59 (28.64) 1:24.03 (29.44) 1:53.46 (29.43) 2:23.10 (29.64) 2:52.98 (29.88) 3:22.75 (29.77) 3:52.07 (29.32) 4:20.69 (28.62) 4:46.14 (25.45) 5 Woith, Andrew SGSC-GA 4:44.72 4:46.41 QUAL 25.67 53.66 (27.99) 1:22.94 (29.28) 1:52.68 (29.74) 2:22.27 (29.59) 2:52.14 (29.87) 3:21.82 (29.68) 3:51.00 (29.18) 4:19.91 (28.91) 4:46.41 (26.50) 6 Bargate, Kevin 19 Indian River-FL 4:31.59 4:47.72 QUAL 25.30 53.26 (27.96) 1:22.03 (28.77) 1:50.72 (28.69) 2:19.69 (28.97) 2:48.86 (29.17) 3:18.28 (29.42) 3:48.05 (29.77) 4:17.96 (29.91) 4:47.72 (29.76) 7 Wagner, Cameron 19 MCC 5:09.72 4:55.16 QUAL 27.00 56.91 (29.91) 1:27.14 (30.23) 1:57.69 (30.55) 2:27.83 (30.14) 2:57.97 (30.14) 3:28.00 (30.03) 3:58.11 (30.11) 4:27.30 (29.19) 4:55.16 (27.86) 8 Shimon, Karter Iowa Central-IA 4:58.62 4:56.54 QUAL 26.75 56.10 (29.35) 1:26.02 (29.92) 1:56.26 (30.24) 2:26.69 (30.43) 2:57.47 (30.78) 3:27.96 (30.49) 3:58.13 (30.17) 4:27.99 (29.86) 4:56.54 (28.55)
Indian River’s Courtney Stewart was the top seed in the women’s 100 back in 57.04, well ahead of Monroe’s Alicia Shenal (58.56) and Indian River’s Malin Wallen (59.47). Southwestern Oregon’s Piper Engler (59.61) and Indian River’s Jillian Contich (59.98) also broke the 1:00 barrier.
Event 29 Women 100 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 54.35 3/6/2013 Yurie Nakano, Indian River 1:16.99 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Stewart, Courtn 20 Indian River-FL 57.55 57.04 QUAL 27.46 57.04 (29.58) 2 Shenal, Alicia 19 MCC 1:00.13 58.56 QUAL 28.66 58.56 (29.90) 3 Wallen, Malin 20 Indian River-FL 59.65 59.47 QUAL 29.05 59.47 (30.42) 4 Engler, Piper 18 Swocc-OR 1:00.51 59.61 QUAL 28.18 59.61 (31.43) 5 Contich, Jillia 19 Indian River-FL 1:00.60 59.98 QUAL 29.12 59.98 (30.86) 6 Furgeson, Colle 19 Lincoln-IL 1:00.87 1:01.71 QUAL 29.52 1:01.71 (32.19) 7 Robinson, Jessi 19 Swocc-OR 1:01.06 1:01.77 QUAL 29.93 1:01.77 (31.84) 8 Hall, Casey SGSC-GA 1:00.99 1:01.89 QUAL 30.66 1:01.89 (31.23)
Indian River teammates Conor Lynch (51.12) and Jared Ingram (51.93) finished 1-2 in the men’s 100 back prelims, with Iowa Central’s Lasse Jorgensen taking third in 53.22.
Event 30 Men 100 Yard Backstroke ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 47.55 3/4/2015 Stefan Stojmenovic, Indian River 1:09.69 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Lynch, Conor 19 Indian River-FL 50.63 51.12 QUAL 24.50 51.12 (26.62) 2 Ingram, Jared 19 Indian River-FL 51.24 51.93 QUAL 24.73 51.93 (27.20) 3 Jorgensen, Lass Iowa Central-IA 54.14 53.22 QUAL 25.84 53.22 (27.38) 4 Sasia, Gabriele 20 Indian River-FL 50.76 53.57 QUAL 25.81 53.57 (27.76) 5 Gantenbein, Daw 20 Barton-ZZ 56.28 53.74 QUAL 26.15 53.74 (27.59) 6 Neinas, Macoy 19 Lincoln-IL 53.18 54.16 QUAL 26.23 54.16 (27.93) 7 Lobrutto, Derek 20 Indian River-FL 55.10 54.18 QUAL 25.98 54.18 (28.20) 8 Eyre, Kalen 18 Lincoln-IL 53.97 54.25 QUAL 26.45 54.25 (27.80)
In the women’s 100 breast, Indian River’s Courtney Perrett took the top spot in qualifying, stopping the clock in 1:03.70. Teammate Olivia Berglund was second in 1:04.63, and well back in third was Erie’s Allie DeBiase (1:09.27).
Event 31 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 1:01.20 11/20/2015Christina Loh, Indian River 1:30.79 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Perrett, Courtn 20 Indian River-FL 1:03.08 1:03.70 QUAL 30.49 1:03.70 (33.21) 2 Berglund, Olivi 19 Indian River-FL 1:04.65 1:04.63 QUAL 30.39 1:04.63 (34.24) 3 DeBiase, Allie 20 Erie-NI 1:13.08 1:09.27 QUAL 32.71 1:09.27 (36.56) 4 Neves, Brenda Iowa Lakes-IA 1:10.00 1:09.67 QUAL 32.08 1:09.67 (37.59) 5 Kindhart, Miran Lincoln-IL 1:12.22 1:11.47 QUAL 33.01 1:11.47 (38.46) 6 Graham, Jessily SGSC-GA 1:09.36 1:11.93 QUAL 33.15 1:11.93 (38.78) 7 Quigley, Lexi 20 Iowa Central-IA 1:14.64 1:13.88 QUAL 34.52 1:13.88 (39.36) 8 Smith, Delaney SGSC-GA 1:13.81 1:14.13 QUAL 35.04 1:14.13 (39.09)
Iowa Lakes’ Hylton Collinson, the 400 IM champion from Thursday evening, was the only non-Indian River top seed of the session as he led the men’s 100 breast prelims with a time of 57.05. South Georgia State’s Andrew Brown (57.24) and Indian River’s Eric Veit (57.47) rounded out the top three qualifiers.
Event 32 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 52.57 3/4/2016 Craig Emslie, Indian River 1:20.99 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Collinson, Hylt Iowa Lakes-IA 59.26 57.05 QUAL 26.72 57.05 (30.33) 2 Brown, Andrew SGSC-GA 58.90 57.24 QUAL 26.75 57.24 (30.49) 3 Veit, Eric 19 Indian River-FL 57.26 57.47 QUAL 26.33 57.47 (31.14) 4 Nishimura, Chri 19 Indian River-FL 57.54 57.87 QUAL 27.23 57.87 (30.64) 5 Williams, Shane 19 Swocc-OR 59.82 58.44 QUAL 27.45 58.44 (30.99) 6 Scaglione, Chri 18 Swocc-OR 1:03.91 59.59 QUAL 28.08 59.59 (31.51) 7 Sanders, Gregor 19 MCC 1:02.56 1:00.47 QUAL 28.12 1:00.47 (32.35) 8 Johns, Oakley 20 Lincoln-IL 1:01.17 1:01.21 QUAL 28.74 1:01.21 (32.47)
In the women’s 200 fly, Indian River’s Ianthe Van Der Westhuizen grabbed the top seed with a time of 2:08.81, and the only woman within three seconds was South Georgia State’s Jessica Dunton (2:11.57). Iowa Lakes’ Monique Dias finished third in 2:20.53.
Event 33 Women 200 Yard Butterfly ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 1:59.54 12/6/2013 Yurie Nakano, Indian River 3:09.39 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Van Der Westhui 19 Indian River-FL 2:08.54 2:08.81 QUAL 28.26 1:01.39 (33.13) 1:34.40 (33.01) 2:08.81 (34.41) 2 Dunton, Jessica SGSC-GA 2:11.62 2:11.57 QUAL 30.08 1:03.19 (33.11) 1:37.14 (33.95) 2:11.57 (34.43) 3 Dias, Monique Iowa Lakes-IA 2:16.90 2:20.53 QUAL 30.18 1:05.94 (35.76) 1:43.59 (37.65) 2:20.53 (36.94) 4 Garrison, Linds SGSC-GA 2:18.43 2:21.26 QUAL 31.26 1:06.13 (34.87) 1:42.36 (36.23) 2:21.26 (38.90) 5 Shiozawa, Nanak Genesee 2:24.55 2:22.87 QUAL 30.17 1:05.24 (35.07) 1:42.76 (37.52) 2:22.87 (40.11) 6 Aldridge, Abiga SGSC-GA 2:22.07 2:23.41 QUAL 29.94 1:06.39 (36.45) 1:44.62 (38.23) 2:23.41 (38.79) 7 Valentine, Kail 19 Iowa Central-IA 2:25.04 2:27.61 QUAL 30.55 1:06.52 (35.97) 1:47.03 (40.51) 2:27.61 (40.58) 8 Misech, UB 20 Lincoln-IL 2:29.12 2:31.72 QUAL 31.96 1:10.70 (38.74) 1:50.71 (40.01) 2:31.72 (41.01)
Finally, Indian River teammates Tucker Adams and Tiger Pilkington qualified first and second, respectively, in the men’s 200 fly. Adams put up a time of 1:52.45, followed by Pilkington in 1:53.30. Emery grabbed his second top-three finish of the morning, touching in 1:54.91.
Event 34 Men 200 Yard Butterfly ================================================================== NJCAA Record: * 1:45.34 12/18/2017Ruben van Leewen, Indian River 2:31.79 QUAL Qualifying Standards Name Age School Seed Prelims ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Adams, Tucker 19 Indian River-FL 1:51.25 1:52.45 QUAL 24.99 53.05 (28.06) 1:22.17 (29.12) 1:52.45 (30.28) 2 Pilkington, Tig 18 Indian River-FL 1:48.55 1:53.30 QUAL 25.22 53.32 (28.10) 1:22.92 (29.60) 1:53.30 (30.38) 3 Emery, Mitch Iowa Central-IA 1:56.82 1:54.91 QUAL 24.72 53.87 (29.15) 1:24.23 (30.36) 1:54.91 (30.68) 4 Martinez, Ferra Genesee 1:58.71 1:56.04 QUAL 25.78 54.72 (28.94) 1:24.94 (30.22) 1:56.04 (31.10) 5 Wilson, Keagan 19 Barton-ZZ 2:02.56 1:58.36 QUAL 25.94 55.65 (29.71) 1:26.38 (30.73) 1:58.36 (31.98) 6 Thompson, Micha SGSC-GA 2:06.67 2:01.77 QUAL 26.66 57.36 (30.70) 1:29.35 (31.99) 2:01.77 (32.42) 7 Bloom, Jackson SGSC-GA 2:01.66 2:03.27 QUAL 26.28 56.49 (30.21) 1:29.82 (33.33) 2:03.27 (33.45) 8 Marsh, Patrick 20 MCC 2:09.31 2:03.33 QUAL 27.36 59.07 (31.71) 1:31.01 (31.94) 2:03.33 (32.32)