YMCA Nationals finished their fourth day of competition at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana with four Olympic trial cuts and one national record.
In the women’s 400 Freestyle, 16 Year old Abbey Erwin from Downtown Boise Idaho outpaced Emily Ilgenfritz (17) from York PA, and Lauren Soleo (16) from Triangle Area YMCA in North Carolina, by winning the race with a time of 4:19.63. The youngest in the field was Kaitlyn Wheeler, age 14, from Springfield, Illinois, who dropped 5 seconds from prelims to go a 4:23.59.
1 Erwin, Abbey 16 DowntownBoise-ID 4:24.98 4:19.63 20
29.73 1:01.50 (31.77)
1:34.07 (32.57) 2:07.02 (32.95)
2:40.24 (33.22) 3:13.55 (33.31)
3:46.83 (33.28) 4:19.63 (32.80)
2 Ilgenfritz, Emily 17 York-PA 4:26.08 4:22.96 17
30.48 1:03.17 (32.69)
1:36.38 (33.21) 2:09.77 (33.39)
2:43.42 (33.65) 3:17.23 (33.81)
3:50.95 (33.72) 4:22.96 (32.01)
3 Soleo, Lauren 15 Triangle Area-NC 4:26.66 4:23.40 16
In the men’s 400 Free, Hank Siefert earned a USA Swimming Olympic Trials cut and took top honors with a 3:58.37 . Siefert just out touched Zach Snyder from York, PA at the finish by .56. Siefert came roaring back with a boiling kick that produced at 29.10 split on the last fifty meters to overtake Snyder at the wall. Snyder lead througout the race and still had a lifetime best swim. Siefert dropped over 8 seconds from prelims.
1 Siefert, Hank 16 Coffman - OH 4:07.15 3:58.37! 20
27.93 58.12 (30.19)
1:28.45 (30.33) 1:59.45 (31.00)
2:29.37 (29.92) 3:00.24 (30.87)
3:29.27 (29.03) 3:58.37 (29.10)
2 Snyder, Zach 17 York-PA 3:59.07 3:58.93 17
27.31 56.75 (29.44)
1:26.66 (29.91) 1:57.03 (30.37)
2:27.24 (30.21) 2:57.89 (30.65)
3:28.72 (30.83) 3:58.93 (30.21)
The 50 Butterly sprint saw Caitlin Tycz from Bath Area, Maine go under 28 seconds to win in 27.82 and Joseph Delbuono from Somerset Valley, New Jersey crank out a 25.58 to take the national titles. Five tenths of a second separated the top 8 for the men’s swim.
1 Tycz, Caitlin 15 Bath Area-ME 28.31 27.82 20 2 Burzynski, Monika 14 FanwoodScotch-NJ 28.55 28.07 17 3 Davis, Sarah 17 FanwoodScotch-NJ 28.43 28.10 16 4 Orth, Carter 18 Burlington Co-NJ 28.57 28.11 15 5 Engel, Ragen 17 Springfield-OH 28.41 28.13 14 6 Konopka, Katrina 18 Middle Tyger-SC 28.49 28.18 13 7 May, Kate 17 Edwardsville-IL 28.09 28.21 12 8 Purcell, Kayla 17 SomersetHills-NJ 28.44 28.46 11
1 Delbuono, Joseph 18 SomersetValleyNJ 25.99 25.58 20 2 Margherio, Alexander 15 Birmingham-MI 26.00 25.64 17 3 Peloquin, Jacob 17 Countryside-OH 26.37 25.76 16 4 McKenrick, Brian 16 UpperMainLine-PA 26.06 25.82 15 5 German, Jack 19 Countryside-OH 26.24 25.83 14 6 Maslowski, Seth 18 Triangle Area-NC 26.28 25.89 13 7 Strasser, Alex 17 Greensboro-NC 26.28 25.95 12 8 Smith, Teddy 17 Red Bank - NJ 26.41 26.08 11
In the 100 Breaststroke, Cha O’Leary, won the women’s 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:12.65. Getting out touched by a whisker was Heather MacCausland from Lionsville, PA with a time of 1:12.98.
1 O'Leary, Cha 17 Montclair-NJ 1:12.90 1:12.65 20
33.97 1:12.65 (38.68)
2 MacCausland, Heather 13 Lionville-PA 1:13.44 1:12.98 17
35.62 1:12.98 (37.36)
3 Arwood, Alyssa 18 W.North Carolina 1:13.09 1:13.48 16
33.74 1:13.48 (39.74)
4 Prayson, Shelly 18 South Family-OH 1:13.51 1:13.69 15
34.79 1:13.69 (38.90)
5 Baker, Sydney 16 Middle Tyger-SC 1:13.39 1:14.04 14
34.67 1:14.04 (39.37)
6 Colwell, Lizzy 15 New Canaan-CT 1:13.66 1:14.09 13
34.79 1:14.09 (39.30)
7 Werba, Maggie 18 Oshkosh-WI 1:13.42 1:14.11 12
35.30 1:14.11 (38.81)
8 Zukowski, Brooke 16 Butler-PA 1:13.59 1:14.16 11
34.78 1:14.16 (39.38)
The men in the 100 Breaststroke were led by Jacob Limaldi from Red Bank, NJ with a time of 1:04.48 followed by Mark Andrew (Not Andrew Mark) who swam a 1:05.24.
1 Limaldi, Jacob 18 Red Bank - NJ 1:05.62 1:04.48 20
30.70 1:04.48 (33.78)
2 Andrew, Mark 18 Gr. Miami Val-OH 1:05.66 1:05.24 17
31.09 1:05.24 (34.15)
3 Jahan, Alex 17 Greenwich-CT 1:06.43 1:05.30 16
31.18 1:05.30 (34.12)
4 Cummings, Chadd 18 Butler-PA 1:05.98 1:05.56 15
30.71 1:05.56 (34.85)
5 May, David 15 Cheshire-CT 1:05.94 1:06.11 14
31.35 1:06.11 (34.76)
6 Garbee, Stefan 16 Wilton-CT 1:06.60 1:06.19 13
31.49 1:06.19 (34.70)
7 Abdul-Jalil, Majester 15 Charleston-WV 1:05.86 1:06.63 12
31.07 1:06.63 (35.56)
8 Holmquist, Stephen 18 Wilton-CT 1:06.67 1:07.46 11
32.25 1:07.46 (35.21)
The highlight of the night was a new YMCA National record set by Katrina Konopka, from Middle Tyger YMCA in South Carolina with a time of 25.70. That time also qualifies her for the USA Swimming Olympic Trials in Omaha next summer. Also under the old national record of 25.74 set back in 2009 by Emily Lloyd was Ky-lee Perry who swam a 25.77 to also earn an Olympic Qualifying time.
1 Konopka, Katrina 18 Middle Tyger-SC 26.24 25.70! 20 2 Perry, Ky-lee 17 Wilton-CT 26.14 25.77O 17 3 Schmelzer, Olivia 15 Lancaster-OH 26.62 26.36 15.5 3 Brown, Rachel 17 Northwest-NC 26.70 26.36 15.5 5 Grinter, Bailey 16 Edwardsville-IL 26.76 26.40 14 6 Curtis, Emma 16 Gr. Flint-MI 26.95 26.66 13 7 Christensen, Holly 18 SomersetValleyNJ 26.91 26.74 12 8 Davis, Sarah 17 FanwoodScotch-NJ 27.00 26.78 11
On the boys side, Zach (Iphone) Apple swam a 23.04 to win the 50 Free and also earn a trip to Omaha.
1 Apple, Zach 18 Gr. Miami Val-OH 23.58 23.04O 20 2 Zdroik, Brad 18 SomersetValleyNJ 24.09 23.65 17 3 Andrew, Mark 18 Gr. Miami Val-OH 23.94 23.66 16 4 German, Jack 19 Countryside-OH 23.94 23.74 15 5 Sykes, Hugo 16 Wilton-CT 24.42 24.16 14 6 Hulse, Calvin 17 La Crosse-WI 24.34 24.24 13 7 Rogatz, Henry 18 Brandywine-De 24.37 24.33 12 8 Farber, Sid 16 Red Bank - NJ 24.45 24.42 11
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