2014 NCSA Junior Nationals: Day 3 Full Recap

by Samuel Wood 21

March 21st, 2014 News

2014 NCSA Junior Nationals

Day Three Results: Here 

Championship Central: Here 

Day three of NCSA Junior National action saw just one NAG record fall, a surprising fact considering the last two days of swimming in Orlando, Florida.  

Simone Manuel took home the first title of the night in the girls 200 free, speeding to a career best time of 1:43.00.  The First Colony standout finished well ahead of Dynamo’s Kylie Stewart (2nd, 1:44.66) and Ozaukee’s Katherine Drabot (3rd 1:45.22).  Manuel’s time of 1:43.00 puts her in a three-way tie for 15th on the top-performance list, joining the likes of Sara Isakovic and Christine Magnuson.

The boys 200 free saw Townley Hasas pick up his third title of the meet, finishing first in 1:35.26.  Tristan Sanders took a runner-up position with a time of 1:36.32 and Liam Egan rounded out third at 1:36.79.  The 14 year old phenom Michael Andrew managed to take down the 13-14 NAG record in the B-final, finishing fourth in 1:38.31.  That will likely be Andrew’s last 13-14 record record before aging up, and he will lay claim to all but three records in that age group.  The 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free and 200 breast are the only 13-14 NAG marks Andrew has yet to take down.

Samantha Senczyszyn of Ozaukee would prove victorious in the girls 50 breast with a time of 28.08, doubling up on her title earned in the 100 breast yesterday.  Olivia Anderson from the Aquajets took second in 28.19 followed by New Trier’s Ingrid Wall in third at 28.50.

Conner Hoppe of Clovis snagged the 50 breast title in 24.57 after finishing second in the 100 breast last night. Carsten Vissering, last night’s 100 breast champion, was runner-up with a time of 24.76.  Michael Andrew earned a third place finish in 24.96.

Katherine Drabot took home the girls 400 IM title in a time of 4:09.43, just after taking third in 200 free.  Kylie Stewart, second place finisher in the 200 free, took second in 4:10.22.  Sydney Lofquist finished third in 4:10.90.  All three girls mentioned above had career best’s in the event.

Gunnar Bentz just out-touched Baylor’s Robert McHugh in the boys 400 IM to take home the NCSA crown.  Bentz put down a time 3:45.53, besting McHugh’s 3:45.81.  The fight for third place was waged between Illinois swimmers Jae Park of Nasa Aquatics and Jake Miller from the Redbird Swim Club.  Park bested Miller, touching in 3:50.30. Miller would take fourth in 3:50.36.

A crowded field in the field in the girls 50 fly, packed with 400 swimmers, was dominated by Janet Hu of Nation’s Capital.  Hu touched first in 23.40, ahead of 15 year old runner-up Elizabeth Nelson (23.80). Mary Schneider of Academy rounded out third in 24.21.

Baylor’s Lucas Kaliszak managed to get to the wall just ahead of Michael Andrew in the boys 50 fly with a time of 21.30.  Andrew would touch second in 21.49, followed by Gunnar Bentz in third at 21.55.

The girls 400 freestyle relay would see a comeback performance by Nation’s Capital Swim Club to earn the NCSA title. At the final exchange, NCSC was trailing Aquaujets Swim Team 2:31.00 to 2:30.54, and was in fourth place.  A huge final split of 48.27 from Janet Hu was enough to catapult them into first place with a time of 3:19.27.  Aquajets snagged the runner-up position with a 3:20.06 followed by Ozaukee in third at 3:21.30.

Nation’s Capital also managed to win the boys 400 freestyle relay and their B relay took third.  The A relay crushed the field by almost three seconds, speeding to a time of 2:57.83.  Andrew Seliskar had a blistering leadoff time of 44.06.  Dynamo Swim club would take second in 3:00.54 with Nation’s Capital “B” not far behind in 3:00.93.

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TheTroubleWithX
10 years ago

Where’d you get the 44.06 lead off time for Seliskar? The announcer on the livestream of the 400 free relay awards ceremony just said the same thing, but I saw 44.42 on both Meet Mobile and the PDF results.

bobo gigi
10 years ago

Ok. Thanks to swimswam we have a recap of the prelims.
Michael Andrew has swum 3 races this morning.
48.27 in the 100 back
2.02.28 in the 200 breast. Vidi, you have watched the good race. 🙂
47.66 in the 100 fly
Big schedule for him tonight.

VIDI
Reply to  bobo gigi
10 years ago

He has dropped 200br. On that note Seliskar should swim 4 races tonight.

bobo gigi
10 years ago

Well. It was more simple last year with the real-time results.
We could at least have the results. 🙂

NCSARULES
Reply to  bobo gigi
10 years ago

Believe it or not, the static vido is actually better than being there to watch it, because there’s no spectator space. I’m pretty sure Vissering and Andrew finished 1, 2 with 1:58’s

Kaizer Soze
10 years ago

What is going on with Meet Mobile. Not working. Can someone please tell me what Michael Andrew swam this morning and his times please?

bobo gigi
Reply to  Kaizer Soze
10 years ago

We are waiting like you. 🙂

bobo gigi
10 years ago

Michael Andrew’s time in the 200 breast prelims?

NCSARULES
Reply to  bobo gigi
10 years ago

Sub-2 minutes in his heat, 2nd to Vissering

bobo gigi
Reply to  NCSARULES
10 years ago

Record or not?
1.58.39 is the time to beat.

VIDI
Reply to  bobo gigi
10 years ago

2.02?

bobo gigi
Reply to  VIDI
10 years ago

Have you watched the same race? 🙂

VIDI
Reply to  bobo gigi
10 years ago

Ha! The stream was so poor, I could’ve been wrong. But he swam in another heat than Vissering and was on top of the screan and came maybe 4?

DAN
10 years ago

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE FIX MEET MOBILE!!!!!

DAN
10 years ago

SOMEONE PLEASE FIX MEET MOBILE!!!!!

bobo gigi
10 years ago

Dear swimswam, don’t forget to start you live recap on time tonight. 😉

About Samuel Wood

Samuel Wood swam club and high school for 12 years,  choosing not to pursue a college career for academic reasons. He is a junior at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale where he studies political science and journalism.  In the summer months Samuel is an instructor at Miller Aquatics in Homer, Illinois where …

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