2017 U.S. Winter Nationals: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

2017 Winter National Championships

• Live Results
• November 29th-December 2nd
• Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion, Columbus, OH
• Short Course Yards
• Live stream (USA Swimming Homepage)

WOMEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY

1. University of Louisville ‘A’ – 1:36.86
2. University of Louisville ‘B’ – 1:37.95
3. Ohio State University ‘A’ – 1:38.28

Louisville’s ‘A’ team cleaned up, racing to an NCAA ‘A’ cut time of 1:36.86. The team of Alina Kendzior (24.70), Mariia Astashkina (27.47), Nastja Govejsek (23.24), and Casey Fanz (21.45) came in over a second in front of their ‘B’ team, who got 2nd. Astashkina, Govejsek, and Fanz all had the fastest splits for their respective strokes in the field. Nation’s Capital’ Phoebe Bacon had the fastest back split at 24.66.

MEN’S 200 MEDLEY RELAY

1. California Aquatics ‘A’ – 1:24.58
2. University of Louisville ‘A’ – 1:25.79
3. Ohio State ‘A’ – 1:26.03

The Cal Aquatics medley relay team of Olympians Ryan Murphy, Josh Prenot, Jacob Pebley, and Nathan Adrian stormed to a victory by over a second. Ryan Murphy (20.88) and Nathan Adrian (18.78) had the fastest splits in the field for their respective strokes, while Louisville’s Carlos Claverie had the fastest breast split (23.45), and Michael Salazar of Ohio State had the fastest fly split (20.37).

WOMEN’S 800 FREE RELAY

1. University of Louisville ‘A’ – 6:58.41 (Meet Record)
2. Ohio State ‘A’ – 7:07.31
3. University of Louisville ‘B’ – 7:10.35

The Louisville ‘A’ team of Arina Openysheva (1:46.31), Mallory Comerford (1:41.67), Sophie Cattermole (1:44.89), and Rachel Bradford-Feldman (1:45.54) destroyed the field on their way to a meet record, NCAA ‘A’ cut, and the fastest time in the NCAA this season. Comerford’s split came in just under her season best 200 of 1:41.70, which she swam at the SMU Classic in October. The Louisville ‘A’ team was also the team in the field to have any swimmers under 1:45.

MEN’S 800 FREE RELAY

1. University of Louisville ‘A’ – 6:22.02
2. Ohio State University ‘A’ – 6:23.74
3. University of Louisville ‘B’ – 6:26.36

The Louisville ‘A’ team of Andrej Barna (1:35.89), Nicolas Albiero (1:35.31), Samuel Steele (1:35.40), and Zach Harting (1:35.42) went out to the early lead and maintained about a 1 second lead the whole way through the race. The only sub-1:35 split in the field came from Louisville ‘B’ member Marcel Acosta, who went 1:34.87.