Race video courtesy of USA Swimming.
Girls’ 50 Yard Freestyle – FINALS – As reported by Braden Keith
Canyon’s Aquatic Club 17-year-old Abby Weitzeil wasn’t able to match her Meet Record from the prelims, but she was still fast enough to crush the finals field, going 22.29 after her blazing 22.02 this morning. Amy Bilquist moved up from the third seed to take the runner-up spot in 22.51, just ahead of Alex Cleveland’s 22.55. That trio was separated from the rest of the field – last year’s Winter Junior National Champion Lindsey Engel of the JCC Waves came in 4th in 22.82, while Kasey Schmidt of the Bolles School was 22.86. Constance Moseley, at 15 the youngest swimmer in the championship final, went 22.96 to move up to 6th. Just behind her was Ann Ochitwa (22.98) and Nora McCullagh 23.02.
Impressive day of fast 50 for Miss Weitzeil.
Funny to see she doesn’t look happy after the final despite the win.
I’m sure she wanted to swim a sub 22.
It will be next year. The future looks bright for her.