Lauren Pitzer Collects Two Wins on Final Night of Austin Sectionals
The final night of the 2017 Austin Speedo Sectionals concluded with athletes competing in the longest and shortest freestyle races on the schedule.
Lauren Pitzer of Lakeside Aquatics delivered top finishes in both the women’s 50 and 800 frees, leaving with two gold medals for the night.
Women’s 200 IM
Monika Gonzalez-Hermosillo of Aggie Swim Club took home a dominant win in the women’s 200 IM. She turned in a time of 2:15.70, to finish more than two seconds ahead of the competition.
Mckenna Debever, swimming unattached, finished second overall with a time of 2:18.39, while Esther Gonzalez Medina of Aggie Swim Club was third with a 2:19.06.
=== Championship Final === 1 Monika Gonzalez-Hermo 21 Aggie Swim Club 2:20.25 2:15.70 20 r:+0.76 29.78 1:04.90 (35.12) 1:44.06 (39.16) 2:15.70 (31.64) 2 Mckenna Debever 21 Un-Gu 2:21.24 2:18.39 17 r:+0.73 30.19 1:05.32 (35.13) 1:45.89 (40.57) 2:18.39 (32.50) 3 Esther Gonzalez Medin 22 Aggie Swim Club 2:19.98 2:19.06 16 r:+0.73 30.17 1:07.64 (37.47) 1:46.97 (39.33) 2:19.06 (32.09) 4 Kaitlyn Swinney 21 Rice Aquatics 2:21.61 2:21.65 15 r:+0.76 30.71 1:06.47 (35.76) 1:48.48 (42.01) 2:21.65 (33.17) 5 Nora McCullagh 20 Longhorn Aquatic 2:22.35 2:21.85 14 r:+0.74 30.83 1:08.41 (37.58) 1:49.23 (40.82) 2:21.85 (32.62) 6 Regan Barney 18 Longhorn Aquatic 2:21.62 2:22.09 13 r:+0.76 30.75 1:05.58 (34.83) 1:48.90 (43.32) 2:22.09 (33.19) 7 Jaecey Parham 21 Rice Aquatics 2:21.70 2:23.08 12 r:+0.69 30.46 1:06.68 (36.22) 1:49.88 (43.20) 2:23.08 (33.20) 8 Lauren Savoy 18 Lakeside Aquatic 2:21.68 2:23.40 11 r:+0.77 31.75 1:08.12 (36.37) 1:48.82 (40.70) 2:23.40 (34.58)
Men’s 200 IM
Longhorn Aquatics’ Samuel Stewart turned in a top time of 2:03.02 to earn gold in the men’s 200 IM.
Teo D’Alessandro, swimming unattached, picked up second with a time of 2:04.33, followed by Nitro Swimming’s Shaine Casas’ 2:05.73.
=== Championship Final === 1 Samuel Stewart 20 Longhorn Aquatic 2:05.08 2:03.02 20 r:+0.72 26.69 57.40 (30.71) 1:33.20 (35.80) 2:03.02 (29.82) 2 Teo D'Alessandro 23 Un-Nt 2:06.55 2:04.33 17 r:+0.68 26.17 58.72 (32.55) 1:34.21 (35.49) 2:04.33 (30.12) 3 Shaine Casas 17 Nitro Swimming 2:09.35 2:05.73 16 r:+0.69 25.67 57.93 (32.26) 1:34.67 (36.74) 2:05.73 (31.06) 4 Braden Vines 17 City Of Midland 2:07.55 2:07.31 15 r:+0.64 27.66 1:01.23 (33.57) 1:37.20 (35.97) 2:07.31 (30.11) 5 Mason Tenney 20 Longhorn Aquatic 2:08.35 2:07.62 14 r:+0.66 26.48 58.91 (32.43) 1:36.72 (37.81) 2:07.62 (30.90) 6 Cameron Dafoe 15 Cypress Fairbank 2:09.07 2:08.58 13 r:+0.66 28.11 1:00.69 (32.58) 1:37.79 (37.10) 2:08.58 (30.79) 7 Alberto Gomez 17 Magnolia Aquatic 2:09.97 2:09.85 12 r:+0.64 27.72 1:00.24 (32.52) 1:39.32 (39.08) 2:09.85 (30.53) 8 Cameron Karkoska 19 Austin Swim Club 2:08.41 2:11.03 11 r:+0.72 27.90 1:02.33 (34.43) 1:39.87 (37.54) 2:11.03 (31.16)
Women’s 800 Free
Lauren Pitzer of Lakeside Aquatics added to her medal collection with a top showing in the women’s 800 free. Pita stopped the clock at a time of 8:52.78 for the gold.
Mansfield Aquatics’ Haley Yelle took second overall with a final time of 8:54.49, while Texas Ford’s Ashlyn Fiorilli earned bronze with a 9:00.67.
1 Lauren Pitzer 18 Lakeside Aquatic 8:44.63 8:52.78 20 r:+0.77 31.26 1:04.81 (33.55) 1:38.57 (33.76) 2:12.55 (33.98) 2:45.88 (33.33) 3:19.69 (33.81) 3:52.77 (33.08) 4:26.58 (33.81) 4:59.44 (32.86) 5:32.89 (33.45) 6:06.34 (33.45) 6:40.03 (33.69) 7:13.59 (33.56) 7:47.04 (33.45) 8:20.61 (33.57) 8:52.78 (32.17) 2 Haley Yelle 18 Mansfield Aquati 8:48.34 8:54.49 17 r:+0.79 31.34 1:05.24 (33.90) 1:39.56 (34.32) 2:13.48 (33.92) 2:47.53 (34.05) 3:21.08 (33.55) 3:55.20 (34.12) 4:28.94 (33.74) 5:02.85 (33.91) 5:36.68 (33.83) 6:10.16 (33.48) 6:43.21 (33.05) 7:16.20 (32.99) 7:49.54 (33.34) 8:22.51 (32.97) 8:54.49 (31.98) 3 Ashlyn Fiorilli 16 Texas Ford Aquat 9:04.97 9:00.67 16 r:+0.76 31.28 1:05.10 (33.82) 1:38.77 (33.67) 2:12.85 (34.08) 2:46.88 (34.03) 3:20.99 (34.11) 3:54.92 (33.93) 4:28.98 (34.06) 5:02.76 (33.78) 5:37.18 (34.42) 6:11.14 (33.96) 6:45.39 (34.25) 7:19.53 (34.14) 7:53.65 (34.12) 8:27.75 (34.10) 9:00.67 (32.92) 4 Karling Hemstreet 19 Aggie Swim Club 8:48.03 9:00.85 15 r:+0.76 31.27 1:05.45 (34.18) 1:39.76 (34.31) 2:14.21 (34.45) 2:48.56 (34.35) 3:22.51 (33.95) 3:56.54 (34.03) 4:30.35 (33.81) 5:03.79 (33.44) 5:37.39 (33.60) 6:11.08 (33.69) 6:45.16 (34.08) 7:19.26 (34.10) 7:53.44 (34.18) 8:27.45 (34.01) 9:00.85 (33.40) 5 Morgan Johnson 17 Lost Creek Aquat 9:08.29 9:02.37 14 r:+0.84 31.67 1:05.35 (33.68) 1:39.99 (34.64) 2:14.04 (34.05) 2:48.60 (34.56) 3:22.72 (34.12) 3:57.30 (34.58) 4:31.52 (34.22) 5:05.90 (34.38) 5:40.05 (34.15) 6:14.47 (34.42) 6:48.47 (34.00) 7:22.17 (33.70) 7:56.38 (34.21) 8:29.91 (33.53) 9:02.37 (32.46) 6 Hanna Huston 21 Rice Aquatics 8:54.96 9:06.29 13 r:+0.76 31.79 1:06.29 (34.50) 1:41.38 (35.09) 2:16.38 (35.00) 2:51.31 (34.93) 3:26.13 (34.82) 4:00.79 (34.66) 4:35.46 (34.67) 5:09.81 (34.35) 5:44.04 (34.23) 6:18.18 (34.14) 6:52.26 (34.08) 7:26.46 (34.20) 8:00.25 (33.79) 8:33.81 (33.56) 9:06.29 (32.48) 7 Carson Kaufmann 15 Cypress Fairbank 9:08.95 9:07.00 12 r:+0.73 31.21 1:04.53 (33.32) 1:38.51 (33.98) 2:12.59 (34.08) 2:46.68 (34.09) 3:21.05 (34.37) 3:55.58 (34.53) 4:30.18 (34.60) 5:05.09 (34.91) 5:39.75 (34.66) 6:14.55 (34.80) 6:48.90 (34.35) 7:23.87 (34.97) 7:58.51 (34.64) 8:33.32 (34.81) 9:07.00 (33.68) 8 Caitlynn Moon 21 Aggie Swim Club 8:47.87 9:07.60 11 r:+0.75 31.38 1:05.27 (33.89) 1:39.91 (34.64) 2:14.33 (34.42) 2:48.93 (34.60) 3:23.35 (34.42) 3:57.78 (34.43) 4:32.34 (34.56) 5:07.08 (34.74) 5:41.89 (34.81) 6:16.79 (34.90) 6:51.58 (34.79) 7:26.23 (34.65) 8:00.52 (34.29) 8:34.60 (34.08) 9:07.60 (33.00)
Men’s 1500 Free
David Forsyth of Alamo Area Aquatics outlasted the competition in the men’s 1500 free, delivering a top showing of 15:54.51.
Tiger Aquatics’ Mason Nyboer grabbed second with a 16:04.16, followed by North Texas Nadadores’ William Karau (16:07.17).
1 David Forsyth 17 Alamo Area Aquat 16:30.04 15:54.51 20 r:+0.75 28.93 1:00.24 (31.31) 1:32.21 (31.97) 2:04.36 (32.15) 2:36.53 (32.17) 3:08.56 (32.03) 3:40.67 (32.11) 4:12.89 (32.22) 4:44.85 (31.96) 5:16.67 (31.82) 5:48.66 (31.99) 6:20.38 (31.72) 6:52.31 (31.93) 7:24.08 (31.77) 7:56.01 (31.93) 8:27.90 (31.89) 9:00.11 (32.21) 9:31.90 (31.79) 10:03.82 (31.92) 10:35.53 (31.71) 11:07.62 (32.09) 11:39.35 (31.73) 12:11.65 (32.30) 12:43.68 (32.03) 13:15.69 (32.01) 13:47.72 (32.03) 14:19.99 (32.27) 14:51.85 (31.86) 15:23.84 (31.99) 15:54.51 (30.67) 2 Mason Nyboer 16 Tiger Aquatics 16:33.41 16:04.16 17 r:+0.83 29.80 1:01.53 (31.73) 1:34.07 (32.54) 2:06.38 (32.31) 2:38.74 (32.36) 3:10.94 (32.20) 3:43.63 (32.69) 4:15.78 (32.15) 4:48.46 (32.68) 5:20.82 (32.36) 5:53.18 (32.36) 6:25.80 (32.62) 6:58.49 (32.69) 7:30.84 (32.35) 8:03.35 (32.51) 8:35.83 (32.48) 9:08.51 (32.68) 9:41.09 (32.58) 10:13.35 (32.26) 10:45.61 (32.26) 11:17.92 (32.31) 11:50.04 (32.12) 12:22.36 (32.32) 12:54.60 (32.24) 13:26.72 (32.12) 13:58.63 (31.91) 14:30.43 (31.80) 15:01.99 (31.56) 15:33.12 (31.13) 16:04.16 (31.04) 3 William Karau 18 North Texas Nada 16:26.30 16:07.17 16 r:+0.79 29.06 1:01.19 (32.13) 1:33.31 (32.12) 2:05.69 (32.38) 2:38.15 (32.46) 3:10.73 (32.58) 3:43.36 (32.63) 4:15.77 (32.41) 4:48.41 (32.64) 5:20.97 (32.56) 5:53.19 (32.22) 6:25.68 (32.49) 6:57.95 (32.27) 7:30.54 (32.59) 8:02.97 (32.43) 8:35.57 (32.60) 9:07.84 (32.27) 9:40.42 (32.58) 10:12.99 (32.57) 10:45.64 (32.65) 11:17.80 (32.16) 11:50.39 (32.59) 12:22.45 (32.06) 12:55.01 (32.56) 13:27.26 (32.25) 13:59.69 (32.43) 14:31.75 (32.06) 15:04.44 (32.69) 15:36.35 (31.91) 16:07.17 (30.82) 4 Riley Dafoe 17 Cypress Fairbank 16:34.66 16:23.59 15 r:+0.71 28.77 1:00.93 (32.16) 1:33.56 (32.63) 2:07.07 (33.51) 2:40.57 (33.50) 3:13.76 (33.19) 3:47.21 (33.45) 4:20.92 (33.71) 4:54.12 (33.20) 5:26.10 (31.98) 5:59.19 (33.09) 6:32.89 (33.70) 7:06.91 (34.02) 7:40.23 (33.32) 8:13.64 (33.41) 8:46.83 (33.19) 9:20.20 (33.37) 9:53.59 (33.39) 10:26.78 (33.19) 10:59.71 (32.93) 11:32.87 (33.16) 12:05.36 (32.49) 12:38.41 (33.05) 13:11.10 (32.69) 13:44.07 (32.97) 14:17.09 (33.02) 14:49.62 (32.53) 15:21.69 (32.07) 15:48.68 (26.99) 16:23.59 (34.91) 5 Colin Rockwell 22 Un-Gu 16:05.53 16:27.36 14 r:+0.69 30.16 1:02.05 (31.89) 1:29.34 (27.29) 2:07.77 (38.43) 2:41.23 (33.46) 3:14.54 (33.31) 3:45.99 (31.45) 4:21.03 (35.04) 4:54.39 (33.36) 5:27.48 (33.09) 6:00.53 (33.05) 6:33.54 (33.01) 7:06.31 (32.77) 7:39.47 (33.16) 8:12.84 (33.37) 8:45.77 (32.93) 9:18.78 (33.01) 9:51.83 (33.05) 10:24.82 (32.99) 10:57.66 (32.84) 11:30.67 (33.01) 12:03.68 (33.01) 12:36.68 (33.00) 13:09.78 (33.10) 13:43.07 (33.29) 14:16.98 (33.91) 14:50.41 (33.43) 15:23.20 (32.79) 15:55.90 (32.70) 16:27.36 (31.46) 6 Reilly Gilbert 15 Nitro Swimming 16:32.73 16:29.52 13 r:+0.71 29.09 1:01.15 (32.06) 1:34.16 (33.01) 2:06.90 (32.74) 3:13.36 ( ) 4:20.42 ( ) 4:53.78 (33.36) 5:26.63 (32.85) 6:00.32 (33.69) 6:33.88 (33.56) 7:07.52 (33.64) 7:40.67 (33.15) 8:14.07 (33.40) 8:47.36 (33.29) 9:20.86 (33.50) 9:54.08 (33.22) 10:27.30 (33.22) 10:59.98 (32.68) 11:33.52 (33.54) 12:06.42 (32.90) 12:39.75 (33.33) 13:12.80 (33.05) 13:46.20 (33.40) 14:19.09 (32.89) 15:25.31 ( ) 15:58.31 (33.00) 16:29.52 (31.21) 7 Cameron Dafoe 15 Cypress Fairbank 16:39.08 16:29.57 12 r:+0.68 29.55 1:02.45 (32.90) 1:34.96 (32.51) 2:08.02 (33.06) 2:40.59 (32.57) 3:13.78 (33.19) 3:46.17 (32.39) 4:19.13 (32.96) 4:51.56 (32.43) 5:24.24 (32.68) 5:56.82 (32.58) 6:29.76 (32.94) 7:02.39 (32.63) 7:35.55 (33.16) 8:08.40 (32.85) 8:41.43 (33.03) 9:14.62 (33.19) 9:47.50 (32.88) 10:20.76 (33.26) 10:54.55 (33.79) 11:27.27 (32.72) 12:00.85 (33.58) 12:34.69 (33.84) 13:09.13 (34.44) 13:43.22 (34.09) 14:17.29 (34.07) 14:50.78 (33.49) 15:25.16 (34.38) 15:58.87 (33.71) 16:29.57 (30.70) 8 Lucas Stuart 17 Magnolia Aquatic 9:02.92 16:34.40 11 r:+0.73 29.78 1:02.11 (32.33) 1:34.95 (32.84) 2:07.83 (32.88) 2:40.75 (32.92) 3:14.12 (33.37) 3:47.20 (33.08) 4:20.45 (33.25) 4:53.92 (33.47) 5:27.31 (33.39) 6:00.52 (33.21) 6:33.87 (33.35) 7:07.22 (33.35) 7:40.71 (33.49) 8:14.00 (33.29) 8:47.25 (33.25) 9:20.61 (33.36) 9:54.13 (33.52) 10:27.46 (33.33) 11:00.89 (33.43) 11:34.48 (33.59) 12:07.94 (33.46) 12:41.14 (33.20) 13:14.76 (33.62) 13:48.29 (33.53) 14:21.98 (33.69) 14:55.45 (33.47) 15:29.21 (33.76) 16:02.45 (33.24) 16:34.40 (31.95)
Women’s 50 Free
Lauren Pitzer of Lakeside Aquatics added a second gold to her name after a top showing in the 800 free, with a narrow victory in the 50. Pitzer out-touched Longhorn Aquatics’ Anelise Diener 26.14 to 26.15.
Emma Wheal rounded out the podium with a time of 26.24.
=== Championship Final === 1 Lauren Pitzer 18 Lakeside Aquatic 26.22 26.14 20 2 Anelise Diener 19 Longhorn Aquatic 26.16 26.15 17 3 Emma Wheal 15 WHAC 26.34 26.24 16 4 Alexandra Bumpas 15 Texas Ford Aquat 26.75 26.55 15 5 Quinn Schaedler 15 Austin Swim Club 26.67 26.58 14 6 Ella Collins 16 Austin Swim Club 26.66 26.61 13 7 Laine Reed 21 Un-St 26.77 26.75 12 8 Jordan Wheeler 18 Longhorn Aquatic 26.75 26.98 11
Men’s 50 Free
Tate Jackson of Longhorn Aquatics delivered the top time in the men’s 50 free, splashing to a final time of 22.54.
North Texas Nadadores’ Brett Ringgold took second overall with a 22.75, followed by a tie between Jeremy Nichols and Austin Swim Club’s Matthew Willenbring. The two posted matching times of 22.95 for the bronze.
=== Championship Final === 1 Tate Jackson 20 Longhorn Aquatic 22.80 22.54 20 2 Brett Ringgold 22 North Texas Nada 23.04 22.75 17 3 Jeremy Nichols 19 Un-St 23.03 22.95 15.5 3 Matthew Willenbring 17 Austin Swim Club 23.05 22.95 15.5 5 James Cooper 24 Longhorn Aquatic 23.42 23.39 14 6 Jacob Huerta 19 Longhorn Aquatic 23.79 23.68 13 7 Luke Bowman 18 Austin Swim Club 23.72 23.89 12 8 Teo D'Alessandro 23 Un-Nt 23.61 24.08 11