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2024 Winter Junior Championships – East: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

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2024 Winter Junior Championships – East

The second day of the 2024 Winter Junior Championships – East gets underway this morning with preliminary heats in the girls’ and boys’ 500 free, 200 IM and 50 free.

Carmel Swim Club’s Lynsey Bowen and Molly Sweeney own top seeds in the girls’ 500 free and 200 IM, respectively, with Laker Swimming’s Rylee Erisman leads the 50 free field after anchoring her team to victory last night in the 800 free relay.

On the boys’ side, Erisman’s older brother, Ryan Erisman, is the top seed in the 500 free, while Thomas Heilman is the top seed in both the 200 IM and 50 free. Heilman is the defending champion in the 200 IM, and will be looking to move up one spot after placing 2nd in the 50 free last year.

GIRLS’ 5oo FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

  1. Chloe Kim (Scarlet Aquatics), 4:43.31
  2. Nicole Zettel (TAC Titans), 4:47.46
  3. Emily Wolf (FAST), 4:47.61
  4. Emerson Callis (Quest Swimming), 4:47.80
  5. Brinkleigh Hansen (Saint Petersburg), 4:48.30
  6. Abby Dunford (Sarasota Sharks), 4:48.55
  7. Ellie Clarke (Carmel Swim Club), 4:48.77
  8. Lexie Ward (Carmel Swim Club), 4:48.86

Scarlet Aquatics’ Chloe Kim was dominant in the heats of the girls’ 500 free, posting the top time by more than four seconds in 4:43.31.

The swim for the 17-year-old Princeton commit marks a best time by more than two and a half seconds, improving on the 4:45.95 she produced at this meet last year.

TAC Titans’ Nicole Zettel logged the second-fastest time of the morning in 4:47.46, adding just under a second from her PB, while 15-year-old Emily Wolf of the Fishers Area Swimming Tigers dropped a second and a half to advance 3rd in 4:47.61.

Fourteen-year-old Brinkleigh Hansen of Saint Petersburg cruised through to the final in 5th, clocking 4:48.30 after setting a PB of 4:43.95 earlier this season.

Sarasota’s Abby Dunford notably posted her fastest time in more than three years, advancing to the final 6th in 4:48.55.

BOYS’ 5oo FREESTYLE – PRELIMS

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

  1. Ryan Erisman (Laker Swim), 4:14.50
  2. Ethan Ekk (Area Tallahassee), 4:17.86
  3. Xavier Sohovich (Bolles School Sharks), 4:18.21
  4. Nathan Szobota (Nova of Virginia), 4:19.82
  5. Norvin Clontz (Mecklenburg), 4:20.01
  6. Baylor Stanton (Gwinnett Aquatics), 4:20.30
  7. Koby Bujak-Upton (Unattached), 4:21.00
  8. Will Mulgrew (Shawmut Aquatic Club), 4:22.42

Windermere Lakers swimmer Ryan Erisman dropped a massive best time in the heats of the boys’ 500 free, clocking 4:14.50 from the 13th and final heat to qualify first into the final by more than three seconds.

Erisman, 18, knocks off his previous best of 4:17.63, set just last month, and moves into 17th all-time in the boys’ 17-18 age group.

In the penultimate heat, Area Tallahassee’s Ethan Ekk touched first, edging out Bolles School’s Xavier Sohovich, as they advanced 2-3 into the final. Ekk, 17, posted the second-fastest time of the morning in 4:17.86, dropping from his previous best of 4:19.35 to rank 79th all-time in the 17-18 age group.

Sohovich, also 17, broke 4:20 for the first time in 4:18.21, advancing him 3rd into the final and ranking 90th all-time for 17-18 boys.

Nova of Virginia’s Nathan Szobota made it four swimmers to break 4:20, as the Virginia commit touched in 4:19.82, a new season-best and a second and a half off his PB of 4:18.38.

Gwinnett Aquatics’ Baylor Stanton improved on his lifetime best by two-tenths in 4:20.30, advancing 6th into the final, with Mecklenburg’s Norvin Clontz (4:20.01) out-touching him in the 13th and final heat.

GIRLS’ 200 IM – PRELIMS

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

  1. Elle Scott (SwimMAC), 1:56.42
  2. Audrey Derivaux (Jersey Wahoos), 1:57.08
  3. Rylee Erisman (Laker Swim), 1:57.54
  4. Reina Liu (TAC Titans), 1:57.65
  5. Sophie Umstead (Michigan Lakeshore), 1:57.69
  6. Annie Jia (Upper Dublin Aquatic Club), 1:58.87
  7. Molly Sweeney (Carmel Swim Club), 1:59.11
  8. Sarah Rodrigues (Jersey Aquatic Club), 1:59.14

SwimMAC’s Elle Scott paced the field in the girls’ 200 IM, clocking 1:56.42 to come just 17 one-hundredths shy of her best time set en route placing 2nd at this meet last year.

BOYS’ 200 IM – PRELIMS

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

  1. Thomas Mercer (Lakeside Swim Team), 1:43.69
  2. Baylor Stanton (Gwinnett Aquatics), 1:44.35
  3. Ian Stutts (Marlins of Raleigh), 1:45.41
  4. Sascha Macht (Bolles School Sharks), 1:46.04
  5. Grant Murphy (Annapolis Swim Club), 1:46.06
  6. Joseph Campagnola (West Florida Lightning Aquatics), 1:46.15
  7. Thomas Heilman (Cavalier Aquatics), 1:46.25
  8. Kenneth Barnicle (Greater Somerset County YMCA), 1:46.40

GIRLS’ 50 FREE – PRELIMS

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

BOYS’ 50 FREE – PRELIMS

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

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About James Sutherland

James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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