Clearwater, FL – Through 18 events, the Marietta Marlins are sitting in first place after night 1 of the inaugural NASA Jr. National Cup. The Marlins (159 pts.) are holding a 15 point lead on the First Colony Swim Team (144), with Quest Swimming (123.5), host Clearwater Aquatic Team (98), and the Virginia Gators (91.5) rounding out the top 5 teams in the combined score.
The meet serves as an additional choice for a national short course competition in March. The meet is currently at 325 swimmers, but has the goal of reaching 1000 over the next few years. Finals consist of an A & Bonus finals for 16 & under and 17 & over age groups.
Link to NASA webpage
Link to National Junior Cup Results
Meet results can also be found on Meet Mobile.
Finals recap and meet notes are listed below:
Women’s & Men’s 200 Medley Relay – Results for the 200 Medley relays were not available at time of publishing, but will be reported on in tomorrow’s update.
Women’s 1000 freestyle – With this race being swum with combined age groups, Taylor Ault (15, La Mirada Armada) and Stephanie Peters (18, Marietta Marlins) raced neck and neck the last 100 to finish in 9:50.35 and 9:51.08, respectively, and each win their age group. Mariajose Oceguera (Badger Swim Club) and Kira Makuta (La Mirada) finished 2nd & 3rd in the 17&O division, with Anina Lund (Badger) and Delia Weber (Unat-First Colony) taking 2nd & 3rd in the 16&U division.
Men’s 1000 freestyle – Aidan Burns (Santa Clara Swim Club) lead from start to finish, dropping over 23 seconds from his seed time to finish in 8:51.80. Nazareno Boscaino (Clearwater Aquatic Team), and John Kale (Williamsburg Aquatic Club) finished 2nd & 3rd for 16&U division. Host team Clearwater Aquatic Team picked up a victory from Taylor Uselis (9.13.20) in the 17&O division. Matthew Lantin (Badger) and Robert Rowledge (Schenectady-Saratoga Swim Club) finished 2nd & 3rd.
Women’s 200 IM – Vien Nguyen (St. Augustine Swim Team) and Lisa Bratton (Tri-City Channel Cats) raced to 1:58.10 and 1:58.57, respectively, with Megan Brown of Greenwood Swimming) taking third with 2:03.19 for the 17&Overs. Molly Pierce (Shawmut Aquatic Club), Rose Smiddy (AK Sharks), and Britheny Joassaint (Marietta Marlins) took the top 3 spots in the 16&U heat.
Men’s 200 IM – The 16&U heat paired Michael Andrew (Indie Swimming) against Aidan Burns, fresh off his victory in the 1000 free. In the end, it was Andrew out touching Burns 1:45.29 to 1:45.36 en route to lowering his own 13-14 NAG record by almost 2 seconds, with Tristan Furnary (Multnomah Athletic Club) earning third place with 1:50.34. Ryan Kao (La Mirada), Brandon Deckard (Bend Swim Club), and Michael Craddock (Virginia Gators) took the top 3 spots in the 17&O heat.
Women’s 50 back – Madeline Banic (Quest Swimming) showed her speed for the only sub 25 time of the evening, finishing in 24.76, followed by Christina Paspalas (25.31, Phoenix Aquatic Club) and Sydney Pickrem (25.59, Clearwater) in the 16&U division. Lisa Bratton (25.32, Tri-Cities) followed up her IM with a victory in the 17&O division, with Madison Varisco (First Colony) and Mary Bernadette Escobar (Old Dominion Aquatic Club) finishing 2nd & 3rd.
Men’s 50 back – It took under 22 seconds to place top 3 in the 17&O division. Harrison Pierce (Tide), Josh York (Quest), and Brandon Deckard (Bend) finished in 22.67, 22.74, and 22.78, respectively. John Kilduff (Phoenix) won the 16&U division in 22.87 with Matthew Lujan (Unattached) and John Hartmeier (Bend) rounding out the top 3.
Results for the Men’s and Women’s 800 free relay were not available at time of publishing, but will be reported on in tomorrow’s update.
The above is a press release written and submitted by Beau Caldwell on behalf of the meet organizers.
If this stuff is happening now, what’s left to report on April 1st?
100 free. 47.09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_4jtY4F5XU
Simone Manuel is entered in a few races at this meet.
I have found the videos of her NAG records from last week.
50 free. 21.70
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_qWujt18xs
16-year-old Aidan Burns is also on fire!
He just missed the crazy 15/16 men’s 1000 free NAG record by Jeff Kostoff in 1982!
8.51.80 vs 8.49.97
It’s still one of the oldest NAG records in SCY on the men’s side with also the 200 IM by Chas Morton in the 11/12 category the same year.
Aidan Burns is now the second 15/16 performer in history in that event.
Later he also demolished his PB in the 200 IM. It was 1.51.28 before the meet. Now it’s 1.45.36!
Based on these crazy time drops, the 15/16 men’s 200 free, 500 free and 1650 free are also in jeopardy.
200 free. 1.34.99 by Kyle Gornay. He has for… Read more »
Stunning performance by Michael Andrew in the 200 IM.
That meet is perhaps his last SCY meet before he turns 15 on April 18 so he wants to go big.
1.45.29! Wow! 😯
Can he swim close to the 2 minutes barrier in LCM next summer? Or even under? It would be absolutely amazing.
Also a monster first day for Aidan Burns!
8.51.80 in the 1000 free!
And later he pushed Michael Andrew in the 200 IM and swam 1.45.36.
Very interesting meet.
Simone Manuel is again in the water this week. 😎
YOU CAN WATCH THE ARCHIVED RACES AND THE LIVE WEBCAST OF THE MEET (EACH DAY AT 6 PM EST) HERE!… Read more »
LOL what??? Michael Andrew is swimming again? What an absolutely impressive time he swam for the 2 IM. A 1:45????? Come on, this is really entering some INSANE territory now.
I love it! I am truly amazed.
His previous best times
1:47.44 on Feb 1, 2014
1:47.42 on March 22, 2014