2024 Winter Junior Championships – East
The third day of motion on the 2024 Winter Junior Championships – East in Greensboro might be an action-packed one with 5 particular person occasions on the docket for each boys’ and ladies’ this morning, with the 200 free relay added to the schedule for tonight’s finals.
This morning we’ll see heats within the 400 IM, 200 free and the three stroke 100s.
Charlotte Crush and Audrey Derivaux might be two key names to look at this morning on the ladies’ facet of the pool, with Crush coming in as the highest seed in each the 100 fly and 100 again, whereas Derivaux is seeded first within the 400 IM. She additionally held entries within the 100 fly, 200 free and 100 again, however has scratched out.
On the boys’ facet, Thomas Heilman is the two-time defending champion within the 100 fly, whereas Baylor Stanton, Thomas Mercer and Noah Cakir are set to lock horns within the 400 IM.
The 100 breast additionally shapes as much as be an thrilling race with Josh Bey and Cakir main a gaggle of seven boys seeded below 54 seconds.
GIRLS’ 400 IM – PRELIMS
‘A’ Ultimate Qualifiers:
- Audrey Derivaux (Jersey Wahoos), 4:08.64
- Chloe Kim (Scarlet Aquatics), 4:11.17
- Emerson Callis (Quest Swimming), 4:13.22
- Avery Klamfoth (SwimMAC), 4:13.53
- Nicole Zettel (TAC Titans), 4:15.62
- Addie Robillard (Mason Manta Rays), 4:16.01
- Sloane Whelehan (TAC Titans), 4:16.31
- Madeleine Simmons (All Star Aquatics), 4:16.42
Half of the ‘A’ ultimate qualifiers within the ladies’ 400 IM got here out of the tenth and ultimate warmth, with rising star Audrey Derivaux main the way in which.
The 15-year-old Jersey Wahoos’ product rolled to the quickest time of the morning by two and a half seconds, clocking 4:08.64 to fall simply 13 one-hundredths shy of her finest time set at this meet final yr.
At present ranked third all-time within the ladies’ 13-14 age group together with her finest time, Derivaux’s swim this morning ranks her twenty ninth all-time within the 15-16 age group.
Quest Swimming’s Emerson Callis (4:13.22) and SwimMAC’s Avery Klamfoth battled head-to-head for second place in Derivaux’s warmth, with the 16-year-old Callis out-touching the 17-year-old Klamfoth as they advance third and 4th into the ultimate.
Topping the penultimate warmth was Scarlet Aquatics’ Chloe Kim, who has been on good type so far in Greensboro, notably successful the five hundred free final evening.
The 17-year-old put up a time of 4:11.17, simply over a second shy of the very best time she set final month (4:10.07).
One in every of solely two ‘A’ finalists to drop time, All Star Aquatics’ Madeleine Simmons took practically three seconds off her PB to qualify in eighth at 4:16.42.
Carmel Swim Membership’s Ellie Clarke was notably disqualified after initially clocking 4:15.46, which might’ve superior her fifth into the ultimate.
BOYS’ 400 IM – PRELIMS
‘A’ Ultimate Qualifiers:
- Baylor Stanton (Gwinnett Aquatics), 3:45.32
- Ryan Erisman (Laker Swim), 3:46.70
- Noah Cakir (Crew Suffolk), 3:47.03
- Norvin Clontz (Mecklenburg Swim Affiliation), 3:47.06
- Thomas Mercer (Lakeside Swim Crew), 3:48.09
- Mack Schumann (Nashville Aquatic Membership), 3:48.10
- Ian Heysen (Blue Dolfins), 3:48.70
- Liam Smith (Larger Kalamazoo), 3:49.52
Cal commits Baylor Stanton and Ryan Erisman claimed the highest two seeds for tonight’s ultimate within the boys’ 400 IM, with the highest three qualifiers all popping out of the fifteenth and ultimate warmth.
Stanton, 17, clocked 3:45.32 to shave seven one-hundredths off his finest time, transferring him right into a tie for sixtieth all-time within the boys’ 17-18 age group. His outdated PB of three:45.39, set at this meet final yr, ranks him #8 for 15-16 boys.
Erisman, 18, lowered his finest time by practically two seconds, dropping from 3:48.42 to three:46.70 to advance in 2nd, narrowly lacking cracking the highest 100 all-time for 17-18s.
Crew Suffolk’s Noah Cakir, an Indiana commit, was additionally within the warmth, rolling to a lifetime finest by 9 one-hundredths in 3:47.03 to advance in third, simply forward of Mecklenburg’s Norvin Clontz, who went 3:47.06 from one of many early heats.
One other Cal commit, Clontz dropped 3:50 for the primary time, along with his earlier finest standing at 3:50.44 from this meet in 2022.
Advancing in eighth, 16-year-old Liam Smith of Larger Kalamazoo dropped greater than six seconds from his finest time in 3:49.52, transferring him into forty fourth all-time within the boys’ 15-16 age group.
GIRLS’ 100 FLY – PRELIMS
‘A’ Ultimate Qualifiers:
- Charlotte Crush (Lakeside Swim Crew), 50.87
- Annie Jia (Higher Dublin Aquatic Membership), 52.13
- Mena Boardman (Commonwealth Swimming), 52.26
- Molly Sweeney (Carmel Swim Membership), 52.77
- Elle Scott (SwimMAC), 52.97
- Emma Richardson (SwimMAC), 53.14
- Nikki Nixon (TAC Titans), 53.30
- Lily Archibald (Ridgefield Aquatic Membership), 53.33
Lakeside Swim Crew’s Charlotte Crush kicked off her session with a blistering swim within the 100 fly, clocking 50.87 to guide the ladies’ discipline into the ‘A’ ultimate by nicely over a second.
- Crush Splits: 23.41/27.46
The 16-year-old set her lifetime finest of fifty.19 this previous March, which ranks her #2 all-time within the ladies’ 15-16 age group behind NAG file holder Claire Curzan (49.51).
Higher Dublin Aquatics’ Annie Jia (52.13) and Carmel’s Molly Sweeney (52.77) went toe-to-toe within the penultimate warmth, with each swimmers having set their lifetime bests at this meet final yr—Jia in 51.09 and Sweeney in 52.24.
Commonwealth Swimming’s Mena Boardman topped the primary circle-seeded warmth in 52.26, with the Texas commit proudly owning a PB of 51.62 set in March.
SwimMAC’s Emma Richardson took 14 one-hundredths off her finest time in 53.14, rating her 14th all-time within the ladies’ 13-14 age group. The 14-year-old superior sixth into the ‘A’ ultimate.
BOYS’ 100 FLY – PRELIMS
‘A’ Ultimate Qualifiers:
- Thomas Heilman (Cavalier Aquatics), 44.55
- Caiden Bowers (Mercersburg Academy), 46.85
- Alex Townsend (Marlins of Raleigh), 47.14
- Andrew Shackell (Carmel Swim Membership), 47.23
- Antoine Destang (Bolles College Sharks), 47.40
- Austin Carpenter (Central Ohio Aquatics), 47.52
- Luke Bedsole (Huntsville Swim Affiliation), 47.58
- Max Buff (Larger Toledo Aquatic Membership), 47.66
Thomas Heilman rocketed to a lifetime finest and new Nationwide Age Group Document for 17-18 boys within the 100 fly, clocking 44.55 to knock two-tenths off Aiden Hayes‘ file of 44.75 set in 2022.
Heilman additionally broke his personal Winter Junior Championship Meet Document of 44.67, the present 15-16 NAG file which he set two years in the past.
Heilman was the one swimmer within the discipline to separate sub-21 on the primary 50, handing over 20.82, however extra notably, was the one swimmer to shut below 25 seconds, storming dwelling with a blistering 23.73.
Mercersburg Academy’s Caiden Bowers broke 47 seconds for the primary time in 46.85, re-lowering his college file to qualify 2nd into the ultimate.
Marlins of Raleigh’s Alex Townsend knocked greater than a second off his private finest in 47.14, advancing third into the ultimate simply forward of Carmel’s Andrew Shackell, who additionally set a brand new PB in 47.23.
GIRLS’ 200 FREE – PRELIMS
‘A’ Ultimate Qualifiers:
- Sidney Arcella (Metro Space Life), 1:46.78
- Caroline Daher (Laker Swim), 1:47.64
- Mere Whelehan (TAC Titans), 1:47.78
- Religion Gorey (Carmel Swim Membership), 1:47.84
- Brynn Lavigueur (Sarasota Sharks), 1:47.92
- Annabelle Swiney (Zionsville Swim Membership), 1:48.13
- Annam Olasewere (Chelsea Piers Aquatic Membership), 1:48.21
- Maeve Eckerman (Sarasota Sharks), 1:48.32
Life Time Metro’s Sidney Arcella posted the lone sub-1:47 time of the prelims within the ladies’ 200 free, touching in 1:46.78 to qualify 1st into the ultimate by practically nine-tenths of a second.
Arcella, an 18-year-old Duke commit, owns a private better of 1:46.46, set in March.
Qualifying 2nd and third into the ultimate had been Caroline Daher (1:47.64) and Mere Whelehan (1:47.78), who each gained their respective circle-seeded heats and added a bit to their lifetime bests which each sit within the 1:46 vary.
Carmel Swim Membership’s Religion Gorey, 15, knocked greater than half a second off her PB in 1:47.84, breaking 1:48 for the primary time to qualify 4th into the ultimate. Her earlier better of 1:48.40 was set in January.
BOYS’ 200 FREE – PRELIMS
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GIRLS’ 100 BREAST – PRELIMS
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BOYS’ 100 BREAST – PRELIMS
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GIRLS’ 100 BACK – PRELIMS
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BOYS’ 100 BACK – PRELIMS
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