2023 U.S. World Trials: Swims You Might Have Missed On Night 5

2023 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Day 5 Finals Heat Sheets

Highlighting the swims you might have missed on the final night of competition is Paige McKenna who swam a 16:20.66 during the afternoon heats of the women’s 1500 freestyle. That was a huge swim for McKenna who ended up finishing seventh overall. It also was a lifetime best as her previous best time was a 16:26.49 from summer 2019. McKenna came into the meet with a yards qualifying time.

Also highlighting the women’s 1500 was Caroline Pennington, who swam a best time in the afternoon heats by over four seconds as she finished in a 16:28.94. Her previous best was a 16:33.21 from January 2021. Her entry time was a 16:33.49 as her time from 2021 had expired before the qualification period. Pennington’s swim earned her an 11th place finish.

On the men’s side, Nick Caruso swam a personal best during the afternoon. Caruso swam a 7:58.80 to finish eighth overall. That was faster than his previous best of 8:03.04 which he swam at 2022 Summer Nationals.

Cooper Lucas had a big swim in the ‘D’ final of the men’s 200 IM as he swam a 2:02.34. That was much faster than his previous persoanal best of a 2:03.90 which was from summer 2021.

Camden Doane won the women’s 200 IM ‘D’ final in a 2:15.48. That was faster than her previous best time of a 2:17.56 that she swam to finish sixth at Summer Juniors.

Winning the ‘C’ final of the women’s 50 free was Annam Olasewere who swam a 25.08. That was faster than her previous best of. a 25.29 from earlier this year. Her best prior to this summer was a 25.44.

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Old Man Swimmer
1 year ago

I am enjoying these articles…thanks.

Joe guiliano
1 year ago

Paige McKenna outstanding

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Anya has been with SwimSwam since June 2021 as both a writer and social media coordinator. She was in attendance at the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Women's NCAA Championships writing and doing social media for SwimSwam. She also attended 2023 US Summer Nationals as well as the 2024 European Championships …

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