Records are made to be broken they say, and at the 34th Annual Schroeder A+ meet and this past weekend, that held true. In addition to Michael Andrew’s National Age Group Records from Saturday, several more Meet Records were broken in finals on Sunday.
Sunday’s session was timed finals (it was Superbowl Sunday, after all) and the day began with the 50 free. On Saturday night young Michael Andrew had publicly stated that he wanted to make history by going 19 in the 50. While he did not hit the benchmark at the A+ meet, he did touch the wall in 20.10, 8 100ths off of the 13-14 NAG record of 20.02 that is held by Ryan Hoffer. Daniel Krueger, who was pushing Andrew all weekend long, was second in 20.87.
The name Ruby Martin continued to hold weight in the Wisconsin swimming community as the 14-year-old Martin from Iowa set another A+ meet record, this time in the women’s 13-14 200 fly with a time of 2:02.62. That time is almost identical to her meet record setting time in the women’s 13-14 200 IM from Saturday – 2:02.73.
Andrew spent the rest of the session setting two more meet records. He was 1:48.78 in the men’s 13-14 200 fly, which is only 6 tenths off of Ricky Berens’ NAG record from 2003. And he was 1:39.18 in the men’s 13-14 200 free. Daniel Krueger, of Wisconsin’s McFarland Spartan Sharks, was also under the previous meet record, touching second in 1:41.07.
National Team Member Haley Spencer dominated the women’s 200 breast, setting a new meet record of 2:10.55. Spencer was the 2011 NCAA champion in the 200 breast as a member of the University of Minnesota’s team.
Spencer’s teammate Ashley Steenvoorden swept the distance events all weekend, winning the 500 (4:43.66), 1000 (9:41.53), and 1650 (16:16.65). Steenvoorden had been feeling run-down and was not swimming well for much of the year, so she had blood work done to see what was was wrong. “I got the results back and it turns out that I had been sick with mono at some point,” she said. “So I am really happy with my swims this weekend.” Steenvoorden was a member of the 2013 World University Games team.
Congratulations Ruby!
You were fun to watch.
SWEET SWEET SWIMMING!!!!!!
Congratulations Ruby and Michael!’
Congratulations Ruby!!!!
You continue to make us all proud..
Grandma Mary
I got to see these swims with my own two eyes. Absolutely, amazing. It is great to see this sport continue to get faster and more competitive without tech suits.