2023 PRO SWIM SERIES – WESTMONT
- April 12-15, 2023
- FMC Aquatic Center, Westmont, Illinois
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- Day 2 Prelims Live Recap | Day 2 Finals Live Recap
The second day of the 2023 Pro Swim Series in Westmont, IL, saw two PSS Records go down. We covered those records, as well as the top finishers in each event, in our live recap, which you can find here. This post, however, is dedicated to those races that might have flown under the radar in yesterday’s action.
Let’s start out with 14-year-old Brayden Capen, who swims for Academy Bullets. Capen came in third in the ‘C’ final of the men’s 400 IM last night, swimming a 4:32.85. That performance marks a new lifetime best for Capen, whose previous best was 4:33.59, a time which he swam last summer at the NCSA LC Championships, when he was just 13 years old.
Capen put together a great race, splitting 1:02.32 on fly, 1:07.01 on back, 1:20.34 on breast, and 1:03.18 on free. With the performance, Capen has now risen to #19 all-time in the 13-14 boys age group. The important thing there is that Capen will have all summer to move up the all-time rankings in the age group. Though he’s still quite a bit off it at this point, for reference’s sake, the 13-14 boys National Age Group Record in the LCM 400 IM is a 4:24.77, held by none other than Michael Phelps.
Elmbrook Swim Club 18-year-old Campbell Stoll put up a great 400 IM performance last night as well. Stoll clocked a 4:50.26 to win the ‘B’ final in the women’s 400 IM last night, taking more than six seconds off her personal best with the swim. Her previous best of 4:56.68 was swum last July.
Stoll took her race out in 1:06.04 on fly, then split 1:16.25 on back, 1:22.05 on breast, and 1:05.92 on freestyle. Though it was a very good swim for the Stoll, the really exciting thing about it is that it still looks like there’s some big areas of improvement for the Texas recruit. For example, she split 39.70 on the first 50 of breaststroke, then faded to 42.35 on the second 50 of the 100. Similarly, her first 50 free split came in at 34.10, which she then blew away by roaring home in 31.82 on the second 50.
SMU sophomore Luana Alonso won the ‘B’ final of the women’s 100 fly last night in 59.88. While we noted her swim in our live recap last night, it felt right to include it here as well, because not only did Alonso break 1:00 in the event for the first time in her career, she also set a new Paraguayan Record with the performance. Alonso was an NCAA Championships qualifier this year.
14-year-old Maddie Moreth had a huge swim in the 100 breast last night. The Valparaiso Swim Club product won the ‘C’ final of the women’s 100 breast last night with a 1:10.86, blowing away her previous best in the process. Moreth took 0.66 seconds off her personal best with the swim. She was out fast, splitting 32.93 on the first 50 of the race last night. Adding to how impressive her swim was, Moreth just swam a yards lifetime best of 1:03.20 last month at the IN Age Group State Championships.
Pikes Peak Athletics 15-year-old Madi Mintenko, who was on fire at the Speedo Sectionals meet in Austin a few weeks ago, clocked a new personal best in the women’s 200 free yesterday. Mintenko entered the meet with a lifetime best of 2:00.64, then clipped that mark with a 2:00.59 in prelims. She was just off that mark in finals, swimming a 2:00.81 to finish sixth overall.
Hinsdale Swim Club 17-year-old Vidar Carlbaum was excellent in the men’s 50 backstroke last night, taking 14th overall with a new personal best of 26.04. According to USA Swimming’s database, Carlbaum hadn’t swum the LCM 50 back officially before yesterday, but he has a yards personal best of 22.51, which he swam at NCSAs about three weeks ago.
Kids a stud