It’s Tuggle Time: Clovis Star Posts 4:15.4 400 Free at NCSAs

2017 NCSA SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Clovis 13-year-old Claire Tuggle continues to progress rapidly, and she’s beating girls as old as five years her senior. She came into the meet with a 4:18.41, and won the women’s 400 free tonight with a big drop at 4:15.45. Tuggle now moves to #24 in the 13-14 age group after just a few weeks in the age group itself. NCAP 15-year-old Chase Travis took eight tenths off of her best time to take 2nd at 4:17.05.

The Dayton Raiders went 1-2 in a very tight finish for the men’s 400 free. Eric Knowles got the touch at 3:56.51, followed closely by his teammate Cody Bybee (3:56.55). RACE’s Ford Blaylock was right there with them, finishing at 3:56.63.

In the 100 fly, Bybee was back, though he couldn’t close for a victory. St. Charles Swim Team’s Tyler Sesvold was 53.84 for the win, followed by Sierra Marlins’ Bryce Mefford (54.02) and Rose Bowl’s Trenton Julian (54.52). Bybee wound up 4th, posting a 54.56 to edge Jack Dolan (54.77). For the women, DART’s Halladay Kinsey had a much easier route to the top of the field. She was 1:00.08, well ahead of NCAP’s Abigail Harter (1:01.00) and her teammate Amalie Fackenthal (1:01.03). Kinsey came into the meet with a 1:01.01 PR, and has now nearly taken that mark under a minute.

NCAP and Clovis were once again in a tight battle for a relay win, taking on the 800 free relay tonight for the women. NCAP prevailed with a 2:03.61 anchor from Travis (8:19.49), while Clovis touched 2nd in 8:20.94, as Tuggle led off in 2:03.57.

OTHER WINNERS

  • Gillian Davey of Central Iowa Aquatics posted a 2:32.14 to win the women’s 200 breast by more than 2 seconds.
  • NCAP’s Spencer Rowe swam a time of 2:17.03 to take the men’s 200 breast.

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bobo gigi
7 years ago

Another big swim from Claire Tuggle. She still has the 200 IM and the 50 free today.
Anyone knows if that’s her last meet of the summer?

MLAformat
Reply to  bobo gigi
7 years ago

Hi Bobo, the last meet she is swimming at this summer is the northern part she says but I am so excited for my sister and she says I’m a good sister to my mom she said today that she had been the most amazing woman I ever did for my mother to the most important thing.

Scott Morgan
7 years ago

Great swimming! Exciting improvements.

Anonymous
7 years ago

Eric was 3:56.51 not 21, also bybee had about 17 min between his races if that’s worth mentioning.

marklewis
7 years ago

Is there video of this girl swimming? Her times are amazing.

marklewis
Reply to  marklewis
7 years ago

I found a video of her 500 free this spring.

Wow, this girl is a true prodigy. I guess that’s what keeps the USA on top of the Swimming World.

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  marklewis
7 years ago

yes , totally right , there is always a prodigy that will show up at some point .

Steve Hulford
Reply to  marklewis
7 years ago

I found this video of her swimming from July. 400 free long course she goes 4:21.8 in it. 4th from the bottom.

Baker-King-Vollmer-Manuel
7 years ago

Claire Tuggle = Ledecky junior

200 m free, 400 m free, 800 m free, 400 m IM

pvdh
Reply to  Baker-King-Vollmer-Manuel
7 years ago

more like Leah Smith jr.

bobo gigi
Reply to  Baker-King-Vollmer-Manuel
7 years ago

Much better technique than Leah Smith. 🙂

Notsofast
Reply to  Baker-King-Vollmer-Manuel
7 years ago

I wouldn’t compare – worried about her going 2:03.5 leading off a relay that lost by :01. You can add a second because you are tired, not three.

Swim
Reply to  Notsofast
7 years ago

Yeah… let’s not forget she just turned 13… consistency is a virtue learned later in swimming

SwimDad
Reply to  Notsofast
7 years ago

So what you’re saying is that a swimmer should never swim more than a second slower than her PB when not tired on 200M race?
Wow, you sound like a swimming “expert”. You probably have what 10-20 NAGs and some WRs to boot?

Ridiculous. The rest of us will never measure up to you…

James
Reply to  Notsofast
7 years ago

Really on the relay swim? She’s had an incredibly demanding schedule at this meet…a challenge for any swimmer much less one who just turned 13. She’s performed PB’s in basically every individual event, often times twice in prelims and finals.

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Karl Ortegon

Karl Ortegon studied sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, graduating in May of 2018. He began swimming on a club team in first grade and swam four years for Wesleyan.

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