Scottsdale’s Ryan Hoffer could be looking at a special swim in the men’s 100-yard free tonight after a scorcher in prelims at the 2015 USA Swimming Winter Junior Nationals West.
Women’s 200 back
Scottsdale’s Taylor Ruck, a 15-year-old Canadian citizen, topped qualifying in 1:54.38. Fellow 15 year old Rhyan White of Wasatch Front took second in 1:55.29 with Nitro’s Regan Barney qualifying third in 1:56.57.
A Finalists:
=== Preliminaries ===
1 *Ruck, Taylor 15 Scottsdale Aquat 1:53.13 1:54.38 q
26.55 55.18 (28.63)
1:24.69 (29.51) 1:54.38 (29.69)
2 White, Rhyan 15 Wasatch Front Fi 1:54.93 1:55.29 q
27.39 56.42 (29.03)
1:25.89 (29.47) 1:55.29 (29.40)
3 Barney, Regan 16 Nitro Swimming-S 1:56.23 1:56.57 q
27.40 56.68 (29.28)
1:26.63 (29.95) 1:56.57 (29.94)
4 Richter, Abby 16 Boulder City Hen 1:54.88 1:56.65 q
27.69 57.38 (29.69)
1:27.33 (29.95) 1:56.65 (29.32)
5 Nordmann, Lucie 15 Magnolia Aquatic 1:55.59 1:56.73 q
27.10 56.76 (29.66)
1:27.03 (30.27) 1:56.73 (29.70)
6 Smith, Regan 13 Riptide Swim Tea 1:58.44 1:57.14 q
27.11 56.18 (29.07)
1:26.54 (30.36) 1:57.14 (30.60)
7 Waddell, Tevyn 17 Mitchell Aquatic 1:58.61 1:57.73 q
27.57 57.65 (30.08)
1:27.87 (30.22) 1:57.73 (29.86)
8 Isleta, Chloe 17 Palo Alto Stanfo 1:56.89 1:58.11 q
27.18 56.57 (29.39)
1:26.93 (30.36) 1:58.11 (31.18)
Men’s 200 back
Sierra Marlins’ Bryce Mefford picked up the top seed in 1:44.17, while Cheyenne Mountain’s Daniel Carr qualified second in 1:44.38. KING’s Thomas Anderson rounded out the top three in 1:45.97.
A Finalists:
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Mefford, Bryce 17 Sierra Marlins S 1:45.66 1:44.17 q
24.70 50.68 (25.98)
1:17.35 (26.67) 1:44.17 (26.82)
2 Carr, Daniel 17 Cheyenne Mountai 1:44.97 1:44.38 q
24.97 51.23 (26.26)
1:17.77 (26.54) 1:44.38 (26.61)
3 Anderson, Thoma 17 King Aquatic Clu 1:44.10 1:45.97 q
24.98 51.96 (26.98)
1:19.43 (27.47) 1:45.97 (26.54)
4 Alexander, Nick 17 Flyers Aquatic S 1:46.33 1:46.18 q
24.98 52.00 (27.02)
1:19.22 (27.22) 1:46.18 (26.96)
5 Flowers, Braxto 18 Cypress Fairbank 1:43.42 1:46.37 q
25.38 52.22 (26.84)
1:19.58 (27.36) 1:46.37 (26.79)
6 Cowand, Glen 17 Katy Aquatic Tea 1:45.64 1:46.51 q
24.81 52.07 (27.26)
1:19.24 (27.17) 1:46.51 (27.27)
7 Ho, Benjamin 17 Palo Alto Stanfo 1:44.18 1:47.01 q
24.76 51.82 (27.06)
1:19.42 (27.60) 1:47.01 (27.59)
8 Molinari, Joe 18 Palo Alto Stanfo 1:47.15 1:47.16 q
25.45 52.19 (26.74)
1:19.39 (27.20) 1:47.16 (27.77)
Women’s 100 free
Ozaukee’s Katie Drabot, who has been dominant so far this week with a handful of junior titles, paced qualifying in the 100 free with a 49.05. North Bay’s Miki Dahlke qualified second in 49.45 with Scottsdale’s Taylor Ruck earning the third seed in 49.50 just after leading the 200 back prelims.
A Finalists:
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Drabot, Katie 18 Ozaukee Aquatics 48.55 49.05 q
r:+0.74 11.16 23.62 (12.46)
36.46 (12.84) 49.05 (12.59)
2 Dahlke, Miki 17 North Bay Aquati 50.36 49.45 q
r:+0.75 11.41 23.83 (12.42)
36.81 (12.98) 49.45 (12.64)
3 *Ruck, Taylor 15 Scottsdale Aquat 48.54 49.50 q
r:+0.75 11.41 23.91 (12.50)
36.74 (12.83) 49.50 (12.76)
4 Henig, Isabelle 15 Palo Alto Stanfo 49.55 49.70 q
r:+0.70 11.28 23.84 (12.56)
36.88 (13.04) 49.70 (12.82)
5 Fore, Skylar 16 Ozaukee Aquatics 49.92 49.76 q
r:+0.76 11.41 23.97 (12.56)
36.88 (12.91) 49.76 (12.88)
6 Liu, Kenisha 17 Brea Aquatics-CA 49.22 49.88 q
r:+0.60 11.52 24.05 (12.53)
37.06 (13.01) 49.88 (12.82)
7 Green, Lauren 16 Quicksilver Swim 50.05 49.99 q
r:+0.68 11.39 23.94 (12.55)
37.05 (13.11) 49.99 (12.94)
8 Dunn, Diana 15 Austin Swim Club 56.68L 50.23 q
r:+0.72 11.69 24.24 (12.55)
37.23 (12.99) 50.23 (13.00)
Men’s 100 free
Scottsdale’s Ryan Hoffer set himself up for a special swim tonight with a 43.48 to lead the way. He will be gunning for Caeleb Dressel’s 17-18 U.S. National Age Group mark of 41.90 tonight. Iowa Flyer’s Mark McGlaughlin qualified second in 43.69 with Nitro’s Corban Rawls earning third in 44.48.
A Finalists:
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Hoffer, Ryan 17 Scottsdale Aquat 42.67 43.48 q
r:+0.74 9.88 20.68 (10.80)
32.02 (11.34) 43.48 (11.46)
2 McGlaughlin, Ma 18 Iowa Flyers Swim 44.10 43.69 q
r:+0.71 9.99 20.95 (10.96)
32.46 (11.51) 43.69 (11.23)
3 Rawls, Corban 16 Nitro Swimming-S 45.60 44.48 q
r:+0.71 10.21 21.51 (11.30)
33.11 (11.60) 44.48 (11.37)
4 Gwo, Albert 17 Palo Alto Stanfo 44.60 44.60 q
r:+0.65 9.98 20.91 (10.93)
32.54 (11.63) 44.60 (12.06)
5 Mefford, Bryce 17 Sierra Marlins S 44.62 44.87 q
r:+0.66 10.23 21.50 (11.27)
33.20 (11.70) 44.87 (11.67)
6 Huerta, Jacob 18 Coastal Bend All 52.70L 44.89 q
r:+0.71 10.17 21.46 (11.29)
33.16 (11.70) 44.89 (11.73)
7 O'Haimhirgin, L 17 Sierra Marlins S 44.90 45.01 q
r:+1.32 10.75 21.73 (10.98)
33.32 (11.59) 45.01 (11.69)
8 Reed, Thomas 18 Santa Clara Swim 52.60L 45.02 q
r:+0.71 10.26 21.52 (11.26)
33.35 (11.83) 45.02 (11.67)
Women’s 200 breast
PASA’s Grace Zhao dropped more than two seconds from her seed time with a 2:10.87 to pace qualifying. Fort Collins’ Zoe Bartel qualified second in 2:12.98 with Davis Arden’s Halladay Kinsey earning third in 2:13.10.
A Finalists:
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Zhao, Grace 16 Palo Alto Stanfo 2:13.22 2:10.87 q
r:+0.75 29.73 1:03.19 (33.46)
1:37.11 (33.92) 2:10.87 (33.76)
2 Bartel, Zoe 15 Fort Collins Are 2:15.75 2:12.98 q
r:+0.83 29.82 1:03.38 (33.56)
1:38.00 (34.62) 2:12.98 (34.98)
3 Kinsey, Hallada 15 Davis Arden Raci 2:16.07 2:13.10 q
r:+0.73 30.39 1:04.24 (33.85)
1:38.40 (34.16) 2:13.10 (34.70)
4 Liu, Kenisha 17 Brea Aquatics-CA 2:15.14 2:14.16 q
r:+0.62 30.72 1:04.33 (33.61)
1:38.56 (34.23) 2:14.16 (35.60)
5 Brockley, Piper 18 Neptune Swimming 2:13.22 2:14.32 q
r:+0.74 30.50 1:04.32 (33.82)
1:38.65 (34.33) 2:14.32 (35.67)
5 Friesen, Morgan 16 Loveland Swim Cl 2:15.09 2:14.32 q
r:+0.78 30.39 1:04.21 (33.82)
1:38.97 (34.76) 2:14.32 (35.35)
7 Ma, Jenny 16 Santa Clara Swim 2:17.11 2:14.87 q
r:+0.77 31.22 1:06.09 (34.87)
1:40.06 (33.97) 2:14.87 (34.81)
8 Harrison, Alici 16 Buenaventura Swi 2:17.59 2:16.18 q
r:+0.74 31.22 1:05.56 (34.34)
1:40.49 (34.93) 2:16.18 (35.69)
Men’s 200 breast
PASA’s Jeremy Babinet hit the wall in 1:57.61 to lead the way this morning. Nitro’s Sean Grieshop snared the second seed in 1:58.85 with Aquazot’s Alec Hsing capturing the third seed in 2:00.04.
A Finalists:
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Babinet, Jeremy 18 Palo Alto Stanfo 1:58.10 1:57.61 q
r:+0.75 26.51 56.39 (29.88)
1:26.93 (30.54) 1:57.61 (30.68)
2 Grieshop, Sean 17 Nitro Swimming-S 2:00.76 1:58.85 q
r:+0.70 27.51 57.65 (30.14)
1:28.19 (30.54) 1:58.85 (30.66)
3 Hsing, Alec 17 Aquazot Swim Clu 2:00.98 2:00.04 q
r:+0.71 27.34 57.80 (30.46)
1:28.93 (31.13) 2:00.04 (31.11)
4 Arvidsson, Karl 17 Palo Alto Stanfo 2:02.99 2:00.11 q
r:+0.70 27.58 57.87 (30.29)
1:28.89 (31.02) 2:00.11 (31.22)
5 Roy, Daniel 15 Spokane Area Swi 2:02.38 2:01.24 q
r:+0.70 27.89 58.99 (31.10)
1:30.14 (31.15) 2:01.24 (31.10)
6 Smith, Hudson 17 Brenham Swim Clu 2:23.69L 2:02.00 q
r:+0.78 27.21 58.07 (30.86)
1:29.79 (31.72) 2:02.00 (32.21)
7 Hovis, Mitch 16 King Aquatic Clu 2:01.34 2:02.02 q
r:+0.68 27.55 58.00 (30.45)
1:29.24 (31.24) 2:02.02 (32.78)
8 Nguyen, Austin 16 Pacific Swim-SI 2:05.82 2:02.03 q
r:+0.74 27.79 59.19 (31.40)
1:30.44 (31.25) 2:02.03 (31.59)
Women’s 200 fly
Austin’s Dakota Luther earned the top seed with a time of 1:56.58, clearing her seed time of 1:57.08. Iowa Flyers’ Ruby Martin qualified second in a time of 1:57.84 with Longhorn’s Victoria Edwards rounding out the top three in 1:57.89.
A Finalists:
=== Preliminaries ===
1 Luther, Dakota 16 Austin Swim Club 1:57.08 1:56.58 q
r:+0.75 26.05 55.37 (29.32)
1:25.56 (30.19) 1:56.58 (31.02)
2 Martin, Ruby 15 Iowa Flyers Swim 1:56.68 1:57.84 q
r:+0.72 27.16 56.39 (29.23)
1:26.90 (30.51) 1:57.84 (30.94)
3 Edwards, Victor 17 Longhorn Aquatic 1:58.08 1:57.89 q
r:+0.72 26.21 56.29 (30.08)
1:27.05 (30.76) 1:57.89 (30.84)
4 Okada, Amy 17 Royal Swim Team- 1:59.12 1:58.21 q
r:+0.67 26.79 56.70 (29.91)
1:27.55 (30.85) 1:58.21 (30.66)
5 Green, Lauren 16 Quicksilver Swim 2:01.91 1:59.77 q
r:+0.68 26.45 56.72 (30.27)
1:27.79 (31.07) 1:59.77 (31.98)
6 Sanchez, Cather 17 Covina Aquatics- 2:00.11 2:00.13 q
r:+0.72 26.67 57.13 (30.46)
1:28.37 (31.24) 2:00.13 (31.76)
7 Margett, Alexis 17 Brea Aquatics-CA 1:58.72 2:00.40 q
r:+0.74 26.30 56.92 (30.62)
1:28.87 (31.95) 2:00.40 (31.53)
8 Gillilan, Colee 14 Fort Collins Are 2:03.39 2:00.69 q
r:+0.71 26.61 56.97 (30.36)
1:28.44 (31.47) 2:00.69 (32.25)
Men’s 200 fly
PASA’s Alex Liang put up the top time with a 1:46.53, while ROSE’s Trenton Julian qualified second in 1:46.94. NTN’s Jack LeVant snagged the third seed in 1:47.21.
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