2014 YMCA Nationals – Men’s 100 Butterfly – FINALS – Reported by Braden Keith
Though this race didn’t result in as fast of a winning time as last year’s meet did, the growing depth of the meet was immediately obvious. Led by Nick Petersen from the Schroeder YMCA in 48.12, last year’s runner-up, there were 5 swimmers in this final under 49 seconds. That list includes Brent Benedict (48.25), Bryce Keblish (48.70), Zachary Molloy (48.73), and Brad Oberg (48.97).
That’s as compared to just two (Petersen and then-champ Sam Lynch) who did as such last year.
Maxwell Dolan took 6th in 49.03, followed by Tommy Kealy (49.04) and Alex Trompke(49.20).
The top two in the B-Final of this race would add two more under 49 seconds: Joseph Shepley(48.62) and Sebastian Lutz (48.97) were 9th and 10th overall, respectively.
