2018 AUSTIN SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 12th-15th, 2018
- Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, Austin, Texas
- Meet Site
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results
U.S. National Teamer and Texas post-grad Andrew Wilson out-dueled his U.S. National Team and Texas post-grad teammate Will Licon in prelims of the men’s 100 breaststroke on day 1 of the Austin Sectionals (albeit in different heats). Wilson, the better long-course sprinter of the two to date, swam a 1:00.87 to qualify 1st into the final, while Licon was about a second back in 1:01.95.
The pair were among a handful of national teamers and junior national teamers to kick off their meets on Monday morning. Not racing in the session, however, was Texas post-grad Madisyn Cox, who still hasn’t raced since March’s Pro Swim Series stop in Atlanta. Texas so far has claimed that there’s no injury, and that meet scratches from her have been due to scheduling conflicts with classes.
She’s entered in the 100 breaststroke and 400 IM on Friday, plus the 200 IM on Sunday.
Other Top Qualifiers on Day 1:
- Texas A&M’s Jorie Caneta led the heats of the women’s 100 breaststroke in 1:09.32. Her teammate Anna Belousova (1:09.73) and Rice’s Marie-Claire Schillinger (1:09.97) were close behind, with Schillinger’s time being a new personal best.
- Texas’ Quinn Carrozza led heats of the women’s 200 back in 2:11.77.
- 15-year old Magnolia Aquatic Club swimmer Lilllie Nordmann led qualifying in the women’s 200 fly in 2:13.54. She’s already been 2:12 this season, in Atlanta.
- Stanford commit Jack Levant led all swimmers in prelims of the 200 fly with a new best time of 1:58.55. He’s now the fastest American junior in that event this year (although the two ranked right behind him, Gianluca Urlando and Dare Rose, did their season-bests at just 16 and 15, respectively).
- Aggie Swim Club’s Julia Cook led the qualifying in the women’s 100 free in 55.41.
- Jack Conger swam 49.40 in the men’s 100 free prelims – the only swimmer under 50 seconds. John Shebat qualified 6th in 50.63, and Townley Haas qualified 8th in 50.73.
Conger went 48.7 tonight … I doubt he swims this event at Nationals but I’m curious to see if they will maybe put him on the 400 free relay to see what he can do when he is fully rested.
I do hate the convention of putting swimmers on a relay when they didn’t “earn” the spot.
But that doesn’t mean I don’t wanna see him drop a 47 mid relay start.
Jack Conger drops a 48.76 pre-taper. This could be good.
I don’t like relay prelim only swimmers getting a medal but I see the reasons for anyone to getting on the relay. Sometimes there is a schedule conflict with the 100 free but not with the relay at the big meet
He will be on one of the 2 Big Us relays this summer ….no problems there
IMO, seems like these guys are racing too close to Nationals …
It’s just a tune up some people like to see how fast they can go right before taper.
totally right
yeah…Eddie Reese has no idea what he is doing…
A Gator that doesn’t know how it works seems funny to me ….lol ( especially due to the fact that the Gators also went for a meet recently to test their shape )
the 100 breast will be Epic in 2 weeks time ….
Totally agree. And so will the 200 breast
Austin Katz looking good at 2:01 in 2 back for a prelim swim. Winning the race comfortably he obviously has a lot left in the tank for tonight… I’m anxious to see what he can do in finals!
It looks like he scratched finals so what we saw in prelims is what he has today
Best times for LeVant in the 200 fly and Cook in the 100 free. Only prelims.
LeVant one of the most promising US juniors in the 200 fly and 200 free. I’m surprised he will not go to Texas in NCAA. And Cook had a great SCY season with new PBs of 22.19/47.82/1.44.21 last March. No doubt she will go 54 fully tapered in a few weeks.
Best times. Best times. It smells rest. Taper. It smells the championship season! 😎
LeVant has wanted to go to Stanford since long before he “got good.” Kid’s just following his dreams.
Plus a Stanford degree is worth much more than a Texas degree…
That’s hard to prove. University of Texas graduates make a lot of money, thanks to a strong engineering program and proximity to the energy industry, which has notoriously high salaries. Stanford graduates also make a lot of money, because it’s a great school, and the tech industry. “Worth” depends on location – there’s no real data available about what the average University of Texas graduate who lives in the Bay Area makes, or what the average Stanford graduate who lives in Texas, make. On scale with cost of living of where most of their respective graduates live, I wouldn’t be surprised to see that either is “worth” more than the other.
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Stanford is clearly a better school. I don’t care what kind of hypotheticals you pull with grads from each school working in different cost of living areas. Texas is a good school, but it’s more of a regional school with strength in the south (for job purposes).
Stanford is globally recognized. Want to work in business? Stanford will get you to all of the elite financial, consulting, marketing, tech companies in the world.
Want to go to grad school? Stanford will turn a lot more heads in the admissions office.
Want to work abroad? Stanford.
Is the quality of education THAT different? Probably not, but the brand of a school is very important for future job/educational prospects. To… Read more »
The question I was answering and the question you are answering aren’t the same question, so I can’t disagree with your answer! Stanford is a better school. The question I was answering was “which is worth more.” The question you were answering was “which is a better school.”
Undergraduate degrees matter less and less
Bruh he was always good when he was swimming in Illinois everyone knew him
Since when was the younger Nordmann sister 25? Or did I miss something
15
She’s technically the second of 5
Actually, Lillie is the second of four (all girls).