9-Seed Emily Weiss and 18-Seed Emily Escobedo DQed in 100 Breast

2018 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Would-be A-finalist Emily Weiss and would-be C finalist Emily Escobedo were disqualified in prelims of the 100 breaststroke at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships Saturday.

Weiss, 17, finished in 1:08.02 before getting disqualified, and would have qualified for Junior Pan Pacs; Escobedo, 22, was 1:09.36. Both were called for multiple butterfly kicks underwater: Weiss off the start, and Escobedo off the turn.

A slew of swimmers have been called for the same violation this morning. Others include Dillon Hillis, Van Mathias, Sam Lida, and Matt Salerno.

Update: Weiss’ DQ ruling was overturned and she is the 6-seed in finals. 

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200 SIDESTROKE B CUT
5 years ago

How can a call like that be overturned? Underwater video?

DrSwimPhil
Reply to  200 SIDESTROKE B CUT
5 years ago

Yes

Friuti
5 years ago

I believe Weiss had her DQ overturned.

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Torrey is from Oakland, CA, and majored in media studies and American studies at Claremont McKenna College, where she swam distance freestyle for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team. Outside of SwimSwam, she has bylines at Sports Illustrated, Yahoo Sports, SB Nation, and The Student Life newspaper.

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