By James Sutherland on SwimSwam

Swimming Canada has named their annual year-end awards for 2019, with Kylie Masse once again earning Swimmer of the Year honors. To no one’s surprise, Maggie MacNeil was awarded Breakout Swimmer of the Year, and Aurelie Rivard and Aly Van Wyck-Smart were named Para Swimmer and Para Breakout Swimmer of the Year as well.

Kylie Masse, Swimmer of the Year

After a steady ascent over the last few years, Masse kept her foot on the gas in 2019. The 23-year-old won her second consecutive world title in the women’s 100 backstroke, becoming the first Canadian to successfully defend one. Since winning bronze at the 2016 Olympics, she remains perfect in the event in major international finals, also winning the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championship titles in addition to the two world golds.

The LaSalle, Ont., native added two bronze medals in Gwangju, placing third in the 200 back and the women’s 4×100 medley relay.

Maggie MacNeil, Breakout Swimmer of the Year

MacNeil had an incredible year in 2019, tearing up both the NCAA and then the World Championships seemingly out of nowhere.

As a freshman with Michigan, MacNeil put everyone on notice with some very fast early season swims, and then at the NCAA Championships in March, had a very strong meet highlighted by an individual runner-up finish in the 100 butterfly.

The London, Ont., native then shocked both the country and the world of swimming by winning World Championship gold in the 100 fly over world record holder and reigning Olympic champion Sarah Sjostrom. MacNeil, 19, added two bronze medals on relays to cap an incredible breakout year.

Aurelie Rivard, Para Swimmer of the Year

Rivard, a three-time Paralympic champion, claims her fourth Para Swimmer of the Year award on the heels of a five-medal effort at the Para World Championships in September. The 23-year-old’s haul included a pair of golds in the S10 50 and 100 free, giving her a total of 14 world podiums throughout her career.

The success in London led her to be nominated for a third Paralympic Games appearance in 2020.

Aly Van Wyck-Smart, Breakout Para Swimmer of the Year

In a year where she went from provincial standout to World medalist and world record holder, Aly Van Wyck-Smart is the inaugural winner of Breakout Para Swimmer of the Year.

The 17-year-old made her Para World debut in London, winning silver and bronze in the S2 100 and 50 backstroke respectively, both in Canadian Record time. Earlier in the year at the Canadian Trials in April, the Toronto native also set the world record in the SM2 150 IM.

Like Rivard, Van Wyck-Smart has been nominated for the 2020 Para Games.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Masse, Rivard Headline Swimming Canada Annual Awards

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – East

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center, Atlanta, Georgia
• SCY (25y) Course
• Pre-scratch Timeline
• Psych Sheets
• Real-time Results

Now that the dust has settled on the 2019 U.S. Open Championships, we turn our attention to the two Speedo Winter Junior Championships. The East Championships will begin on Wednesday, December 11 at the same pool as the U.S. Open last weekend: the Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Below is all the information you need to follow the action.

First, you can read our previews the East meet:

• 6 swimmers to watch at 2019 U.S. Winter Junior Championships East
• Psych sheets for 2019 Winter Juniors East Championships

The sessions will be broadcast online at USA Swimming’s website, according to the following schedule:

Speedo Winter Junior Championships East Webcast Schedule

Finals

In the Finals, the C (bonus final), heat will swim first, followed by the B (consolation) and A (championship) heats. For relays, the second-fastest heat of girls will swim first, followed by the fastest heat of girls. Then it will be the second-fastest heat of boys followed by the fastest heat of boys. Afterwards, the heats will go fastest-to-slowest, alternating girls and boys.

Time Zones

Session times are mostly 9:00 AM Pacific Time/12 noon Eastern Time for prelims and 4:50 PM Pacific Time/7:50 PM Eastern Time for finals. The Wednesday session will begin at 6:00 PM Pacific Time/9:00 PM Eastern Time. Generally speaking, here are the session start times in the major viewing markets:

Read the full story on SwimSwam: All the Links You Need to Follow 2019 Speedo Winter Juniors East

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, Washington
• SCY (25y) Course
• Pre-scratch Timeline
• Psych Sheets
• Real-time Results

The split 2019 Winter Junior Championships, featuring the country’s best 18 & under swimmers, will kick off Wednesday, December 11. The West Championships will take place at the King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington. Below is all the information you need to follow the action.

First, you can read our previews the West meet:

• 6 swimmers to watch at 2019 U.S. Winter Junior Championships West
• Psych sheets for 2019 Winter Juniors West Championships

The sessions will be broadcast online at USA Swimming’s website, according to the following schedule:

Speedo Winter Junior Championships West Webcast Schedule

Finals

In the Finals, the C (bonus final), heat will swim first, followed by the B (consolation) and A (championship) heats. For relays, the second-fastest heat of girls will swim first, followed by the fastest heat of girls. Then it will be the second-fastest heat of boys followed by the fastest heat of boys. Afterwards, the heats will go fastest-to-slowest, alternating girls and boys.

Time Zones

Session times are mostly 9:00 AM Pacific Time/12 noon Eastern Time for prelims and 4:50 PM Pacific Time/7:50 PM Eastern Time for finals. The Wednesday session will begin at 6:00 PM Pacific Time/9:00 PM Eastern Time. Generally speaking, here are the session start times in the major viewing markets:

Read the full story on SwimSwam: All the Links You Need to Follow 2019 Speedo Winter Juniors West

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, Washington
• SCY (25y) Course
• Pre-scratch timeline
• Psych Sheets
• Real-time Results

Women’s 4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• Juniors West record: 1:37.65 12/6/2017 Fort Collins Area Swim Team (B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons)
• SC Juniors record: 1:37.65 12/6/2017 Fort Collins Area Swim Team (B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons)
• 13/14 NAG record: 1:41.87 Tac Titans (Abigail Clark, Keelan Cotter, Claire Curzan, Taylor Morris) 2019
• 15/16 NAG record: 1:39.21 (Virginia Gators Emma Muzzy, Caroline Kulp, Olivia Btay, Whitney Hamilton) 2017
• 17/18 NAG record: 1:39.40 SwimMAC (Kathleen Baker, Caitlin Casazza, Elsa Welshofer, Lauren Rhodes) 2014
• 15/18 NAG record: 1:37.04 Nashville Aq. Club (Alex Walsh, Ella Nelson, Jordan Hurt, Gretchen Walsh) 2019

Top 8 finishers:

1. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 1:40.03
2. University of Denver Hilltoppers – 1:40.11
3. Crow Canyon Country Club – 1:41.28
4. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 1:41.41
5. Irvine Novaquatics – 1:41.52
6. Tualatin Hills Swim Club – 1:42.18
7. Orinda Aquatics – 1:42.37
8. Elevation Athletics – 1:42.67

Scottsdale Aquatic Club won the 200 medley relay but just holding off a fast-charging University of Denver Hilltoppers in heat 2, 1:40.03 to 1:40.11. Greer Pattison (24.69), Sadie Edwards (28.29), Morgan Brophy (24.46), and Ashley Strouse (22.59) combined for the win. The Hilltoppers started with a 25.40 from Sydney Silver and followed with splits of 27.75 for Emma Weber, 24.70 for Holley Dennis, and 22.26 for Anna Shaw. Shaw split the fastest anchor in the field.

Crow Canyon finished third in that heat and third overall, just edging Bellevue Club Swim Team 1:41.28 to 1:41.41.

Men’s 4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• Juniors West record: 1:27 11 12/7/2016 Scottsdale Aquatic Club (R Hoffer, S Gage, R Van Deusen, J Blake)
• SC Juniors record: 1:26.52 12/5/2018 Mason Manta Rays (C Foster, J Foster, J McDonald, A Chaney)
• 13/14 NAG record: 1:35.58 Dynamo Swim Club (Kamal Muhammad, Nathan Jin, Philip Kuznetsov, Charles Lu) 2018
• 15/16 NAG record: 1:28.85 Mason Manta Rays (Carson Foster, Ian Van Gorp, Jacob McDonald, Adam Chaney) 2018
• 17/18 NAG record: 1:26.47 NCAP Nation’s Capital (James Jones, Andrew Seliskar, Grant Goddard, John Shebat) 2015
• 15/18 NAG record: 1:26.47 NCAP Nation’s Capital (James Jones, Andrew Seliskar, Grant Goddard, John Shebat) 2015

Top 8 finishers:

1. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 1:29.21
2. Peak Swimming – 1:29.35
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 1:29.65
4. Sierra Marlins – 1:29.86
5. Aquawolves Swim Team – 1:30.51
6. Rancho San Dieguito – 1:30.53
7. Chicago Wolfpack Aquatic Club – 1:31.06
8. Fort Collins Area Swim Team – 1:31.05

Rose Bowl put up the fastest time in the boys’ race, going 1:29.21 to touch out Peak Swimming by .14. Ronald Dalmacio led off in 22.52, Alejandro Keane went 25.63 on the breast, Danny Syrkin split 21.21 on the fly, and Rafael Gu brought it home in 19.85. Peak led through the first three legs but Gu’s anchor gave Rose Bowl the win.

Peak had a 22.49 leadoff from Andy Huang. He was followed by Jassen Yep (25.46), Ethan Hu (20.97), and Dylan Hawk (20.43) for a final time of 1:29.35.

Bellevue Club took third with 1:29.65 with splits from Raf Barreto (23.48), Ethan Dang (23.96), GabeNickels (22.98), and Matt King (19.23). King’s was by far the fastest anchor.

Women’s 4×200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• Juniors West record: 7:05.91 12/6/2017 Magnolia Aquatic Club (L Nordmann, M Gumina, K Sims, L Nordmann)
• SC Juniors record: 7:05.85 12/6/2017 Nashville Aquatic Club (A Raab, G Walsh, E Nelson, A Walsh)
• 13/14 NAG record: 7:18.96 Nova Of Virginia (Grace Sheble, Caroline Scheble, Oliva Erickson, Cooper Ackerly) 2017
• 15/16 NAG record: 7:13.99 Nations Capital (Sinead Eksteen, Madeline Laporte, Claire Nguyen, Katelyn Mack) 2017
• 17/18 NAG record: 7:07.82 SwimMac (Kathleen Baker, Rebecca Postoll, Heather Merritt, Lauren Rhodes) 2014
• 15/18 NAG record 7:05.91 Magnolia Aquatics (Lucie Nordmann, Monica Gumina, Kaitlynn Sims, Lillie Nordmann) 2017

Top 8 finishers:

1. Scottsdale Aquatic Club –
2. Irvine Novaquatics –
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team –
4. Sierra Marlins Swim Team – 7:19.94
5. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 7:21
6. Lakeside Aquatic Club – 7:24.00
7. Katy Aquatic Team – 7:24.29
8. Austin Swim Club – 7:24.35

Men’s 4×200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• Juniors West record: 6:31.93 12/7/2016 Scottsdale Aquatic Club (R Hoffer, J Blake, T Yang, A Apel)
• SC Juniors record: 6:23.21 12/11/2019 Carmel Swim Club (W Davis, G Rothrock, G Hadley, J Mitchell)
• 13-14 NAG record: 6:55.96 Cinninnati Marlins (Christian Imbus, Nicholas Perera, Justin Grender, Joshua McDonald) 2014
• 15-16 NAG record: 6:38.07 DART Swimming (Gianluca Urlando, Connor Daniels, Tate Cutler, Chris Ranlett) 2018
• 17-18 NAG record: 6:23.21 Carmel Swim Club (W Davis, G Rothrock, G Hadley, J Mitchell) 12/11/2019
• 15-18 NAG record: 6:23.14 Mason Manta Rays (Adam Chaney, Jacob McDonald, Jake Foster, Carson Foster) 2019

Top 8 finishers:

Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships–West: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – East

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center, Atlanta, Georgia
• SCY (25y) Course
• All the links you need
• Pre-scratch Timeline
• Psych Sheets
• Real-time Results

Men’s 4×200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• 6:23.97 12/5/2018 Mason Manta Rays (C Foster, J Foster, J McDonald, A Chaney)
• 13-14 NAG record: 6:55.96 Cinninnati Marlins (Christian Imbus, Nicholas Perera, Justin Grender, Joshua McDonald) 2014
• 15-16 NAG record: 6:38.07 DART Swimming (Gianluca Urlando, Connor Daniels, Tate Cutler, Chris Ranlett) 2018
• 17-18 NAG record: 6:28.90 SwimMac (Matthew Josa, Jack Manchester, Michael Chadwick, Kyle Darmody) 2013
• 15-18 NAG record: 6:23.14 Mason Manta Rays (Adam Chaney, Jacob McDonald, Jake Foster, Carson Foster) 2019

Top 8 finishers:

1. Carmel Swim Club – 6:23.21
2. SwimMAC Carolina – 6:25.50
3. SwimAtlanta – 6:27.89
4. Mason Manta Rays – 6:32.61
5. Upper Dublin Aquatic Club – 6:32.70
6. Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg – 6:37.27
7. Lakeside Swim Team – 6:37.72
8. Carpet Capital Aquatics Club – 6:37.98

Carmel Swim Club broke the Speedo Winter Junior Championships – East meet record and set a National Age Group record for 17-18 boys with their 6:23.21 win in heat 2 of the 800 free relays. Wyatt Davis kicked things off with a 1:33.68, dropping 3.32 seconds from his previous personal best of 1:37.00. Gus Rothrock took over with Carmel in second place and swam a 1:37.94 split to keep within a 2.2 seconds of the leader SwimAtlanta, and within a half-second of second-place SwimMAC Carolina. Griffin Hadley went 1:37.54, narrowing the gap with the leaders, and Jake Mitchell brought it home with a 1:34.05 anchor. He blasted past both SwimAtlanta and SwimMAC by the first 100 of his 200 and finished with a margin of 2.3 seconds in front of SwimMAC.

The quartet took down both the meet record of 6:23.97, set by Mason Manta Rays in December 2018, and the boys’ 17-18 National Age Group record of 6:28.90, set by SwimMAC in 2013.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Carmel Swim Club Downs Boys 17-18 NAG and East Meet Records in 800 Free Relay

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

27TH ANNUAL YOTA/ARENA CAPITAL CLASSIC

• December 6th-8th, 2019
• Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary, North Carolina
• 25 yard course
• Results on Meet Mobile – “27th Annual YOTA/Arena Capital Classic”

12-year old Thomas Heilman finished his meet at the 27th annual YOTA/Arena Capital Classic with 2 more National Age Group Records. That gave him national records in 5 events at the 3 day meet.

In the 100 free, he swam a 47.73 in prelims and a 47.15 in finals. Both of those times are under the old National Age Group Record of 47.89 that was set by Vinny Marciano in 2014.

He also swam a 22.87 in the 50 fly final, which broke the old record of 23.49 that was set earlier this year by Jarrett Payne.

After his swims earlier in the meet, these two records seemed destined to be broken. He was already within half-a-second in the 100 free. He was more than a second away from the 50 fly record, but having already broken the 100 and 200 fly records, along with the 50 free, the 50 fly seemed to be in the crosshairs as well.

Times This Week (With All-Time 11-12 Age Group Rankings):

• 50 yard free – 21.50 (#1)
• 200 yard free – 1:44.18 (#1)
• 500 yard free – 4:49.76 (#25)
• 400 yard IM – 4:14.68 (#8)
• 200 yard fly – 1:53.66 (#1)
• 100 butterfly (on a relay split) – 51.99
• 50 free (on a relay split) – 21.68
• 100 free – 47.15 (#1)
• 50 fly – 22.87 (#1)
• 200 IM (prelims) – 1:59.69 (#13)
• 100 free (on a relay split) – 48.93

Heilman trains with the Piedmont Family YMCA/CYAC in Charlottesville, Virginia. He ages up early in the new year.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Thomas Heilman Breaks 2 More National Age Group Records to Wrap Weekend Meet

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2019 SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – EAST

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center, Atlanta, Georgia
• SCY (25y) Course
• Pre-scratch Timeline
• Psych Sheets
• Real-time Results
• Thursday AM Prelims Heat Sheets – Women
• Thursday AM Prelims Heat Sheets – Men

There are no big scratches for Thursday morning’s prelims session at the Winter Junior Championships – East in Atlanta, Georgia. On the day before the meet, however, a final version of the psych sheets were released that included a scratch out of the women’s 500 free by 17-year old Noelle Kaufmann of the Badger Swim Club. She was due to be the 4th seed in that race.

While she dropped the 500 free, she still has entries in the 200 IM (14th seed) and 50 free (72nd seed, yards time).

The other big news is that Adam Chaney, while he didn’t scratch out of the 50 free before the scratch deadline, won’t race until Friday. His coach Ken Heis says that Chaney had hoped to catch an early enough flight to make the 50 free on Thursday, but won’t arrive until later in the day. He’s still entered to race the 100 free, 200 free, 100 fly, and 100 back at the meet. He’ll also hold the top seed in the 100 free later in the meet.

Thursday’s preliminary session will include swims from Carson Foster in the 500 free and 200 IM, including a 500 free matchup with Jake Magahey and Jake Mitchell – though Foster is seeded well below his best time, so the potential head-to-head battle there won’t happen until the evening.

Thursday morning will also see the first swim of the meet by 15-year old Claire Curzan in the 50 free. A multi-event 13-14 National Age Group Record holder, Curzan missed last week’s U.S. Open with some health issues, but is expected to be ready-to-race this week.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Top Seed Adam Chaney Out of 50 Free at Winter Juniors – East (PSYCH SHEETS)

By SwimSwam on SwimSwam

Courtesy: UC Santa Barbara Athletics

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. – UC Santa Barbara men’s and women’s swim coach Ellie Monobe has been promoted to a new role as associate head coach, as announced by head coach Matt Macedo. The promotion comes during Monobe’s fourth year with the team in what has been a strong start to the season. The men’s team is a perfect 3-0 in dual meets while the women sit at 2-1, and both teams have won first place at each of the three invitationals in which they have competed.

“Ellie has positively impacted this program in so many different ways,” said Macedo. He specifically referenced the huge role Monobe has played in ramping up recruiting, social media presence, and the athletes’ focus on academics, as well as creating and delivering excellent junior days. Macedo testified, “Ellie has coached at the highest level, highlighted by Billy Mullis’ 17^th place finish at the NCAA Championships in 2018. She has been the primary coach of numerous school record holders and has elevated our mental training and team building events that are crucial to the team’s success in and out of the water.”

Monobe appreciates the opportunity, saying “I am grateful for the opportunity to elevate my impact on this already tremendous program.” She continued, “This could not have been possible without the continued support of [Macedo] and deputy athletic director Kelly Barsky. I look forward to working towards our team goals as we head into our championship season.”

Monobe arrived at UCSB for the 2017-18 season and has been an integral part of the staff since, predominantly responsible for the stroke/mid-distance and distance groups. In her time at Santa Barbara, Monobe has helped coach the men’s team to back-to-back MPSF Conference Championships and the women to MPSF Runner-Up performances in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons. She has coached 31 MPSF champions and has been instrumental in helping break 20 UCSB men’s team records in addition to seven women’s team records.

Prior to coming to UCSB, Monobe had previous college coaching experience at University of Massachusetts during the 2014-15 season and UNLV in 2015-16. While at UMass, Monobe trained breaststrokers and the IM group. At UNLV, she focused on training the IM and sprint groups and helped lead the men’s team to NCAA Championships where they tied for 35^th place. Monobe also spent time as a graduate assistant at San Jose State and an undergraduate assistant at her alma matter, Cal.

“I continue to learn from Ellie and appreciate her passion for the sport. She is so deserving of this title and I thank her for all she has done since her arrival at UCSB,” Macedo said.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Ellie Monobe Promoted to Associate Head Coach At UC Santa Barbara

By Lauren Neidigh on SwimSwam

2019 ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL 6A-7A CHAMPIONSHIPS

• December 7th, 2019
• 25 Yards
• James E. Martin Aquatics Center
• Auburn, AL
• Results

FINAL TOP 5 TEAM SCORES – GIRLS

1. Westminster Christian Academy 290
2. Auburn High School 181
3. Spain Park High School 169
4. Grissom High School 165
5. Fairhope High School 163

FINAL TOP 5 TEAM SCORES – BOYS

1. Huntsville High School 288
2. Daphne High School 236
3. Auburn High School 209
4. St Paul’s Episcopal School 205
5. Grissom High School 199

The 2019 Alabama High School State Championships took place last Saturday at Auburn University’s aquatic center. Westminster Christian took home the girls’ title, winning several individual events and sweeping the relays. Though the Huntsville High boys didn’t win any events, they had the depth to take the title over Daphne High.

Westminster Christian had a pair of girls sweep their individual events. Eboni McCarty won gold in the freestyle sprints, clocking in at 22.88 in the 50 and 50.07 in the 100. Teammate Rebekah Hamilton won the middle distance freestyles. Hamilton first touched in 1:46.91 in the 200 free before going on to be the only swimmer under 500 in the 500 free (4:57.95).

Every individual event on the boys’ side was won by a double event winner. Daphne High had a pair of champions take 4 titles between Andrew Jordan and Trey Sheils. Jordan secured the middle distance sweep with a 1:39.64 in the 200 free and a 4:29.34 in the 500 free. Sheils dominated the 200 IM by nearly 5 seconds (1:50.52) before taking the 100 breast in 55.90.

Grissom High’s Owen Harlow swept the sprints, touching in 20.92 for the 50 free and 46.00 in the 100 free. St. Paul’s Episcopal also had a double event winner as Stephen Conrad won the 100 fly (49.93) and 100 back (49.03).

ADDITIONAL EVENT WINNERS:

• Girls’ 200 Medley Relay: Westminster Christian, 1:45.76
• Girls’ 200 IM: Caroline Lawrence, Hoover High, 2:06.87
• Girls’ 100 Fly: Kaleigh Spears, Fairhope High, 56.62
• Girls’ 200 Free Relay: Westminster Christian, 1:36.51
• Girls’ 100 Back: Julia Krichev, Huntsville High, 55.86
• Girls’ 100 Breast: Bradi Jones, Opelika High, 1:04.53
• Girls’ 400 Free Relay: Westminster Christian, 3:33.86
• Boys’ 200 Medley Relay: St. Paul’s Episcopal, 1:34.30
• Boys’ 200 Free Relay: St. Paul’s Episcopal, 1:26.42
• Boys’ 400 Free Relay: Daphne High, 3:09.01

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Sheils Among 4 Boys to Sweep Individual Events at Alabama 6A-7A Championships

By Wendy Mayer on SwimSwam

There was no surprise at the top of the final collegiate men’s water polo poll of the season as NCAA Champion Stanford earned the #1 spot for the fifth straight week and 11th overall in 2019.

The Cardinal defeated then-#5 Pacific 13-8 for their 11th NCAA men’s water polo title on Sunday behind hat tricks by AJ Rossman and Ben Hallock.

After the runner-up finish, the Tigers climbed three spots from #5 to #2. Pacific wrapped up the season at 17-6, including the Golden Coast Conference regular season crown and a fourth-place finish at the GCC Tournament.

Pacific had to share the #2 position in the final poll with USC, which lost to Stanford 15-14 on a golden goal in sudden death in the NCAA semifinals. The Trojans went 15-6 overall and won the MPSF regular season title before finishing third at the conference championship.

Pepperdine checked in at #4 for the second week in a row, while UCLA rounded out the Top 5, down two spots from #3. The Waves fell to Pacific 17-13 in the NCAA semifinals. UCLA was the third in the MPSF regular season and finished fourth at the league tournament, but did not make the NCAA Championships field.

UC San Diego dropped two spots from a tie for 10th into 12th. The Tritons went 20-8, finished second in the WWPA regular season standings and fell to UC Davis 14-5 in the league tournament title match.

Loyola Marymount moved up two spots from 18 to 16. The Lions were 14-12, ending the season with a 21-10 victory over Concordia (Irvine) to finish fifth at the WWPA Championships.

Concordia (Irvine) earned a place among the vote getters outside of the Top 25 in the final poll.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: NCAA Champ Stanford Tops Final CWPA Poll; USC, Pacific Tie for Second

By Karl Ortegon on SwimSwam

2019 SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – EAST

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center, Atlanta, Georgia
• SCY (25y) Course
• Pre-scratch Timeline
• Psych Sheets
• Real-time Results

We’ve included some race videos from tonight’s action below, highlighting the heats in which teams won the timed final for that event. To view other heats from tonight’s session, you can check out USA Swimming’s YouTube channel.

WOMEN’S 4×50 YARD MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Meet record: 1:37.65 12/6/2017 Fort Collins Area Swim Team (B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Dynamo Swim Club – 1:39.51
2. Cardinal Aquatics – 1:40.17
3. SwimMAC Carolina – 1:40.60
4. Lakeside Swim Team – 1:40.79
5. Club Wolverine – 1:41.71
6. Carmel Swim Club – 1:42.08
7. Baylor Swim Club – 1:42.09
8. Mason Manta Rays – 1:42.16

MEN’S 4×50 YARD MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Meet record: 1:26.52 12/5/2018 Mason Manta Rays (C Foster, J Foster, J McDonald, A Chaney)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Carmel Swim Club – 1:28.66
2. SwimMAC Carolina – 1:29.70
3. Spartan Aquatics – 1:30.00
4. Upper Dublin Aquatic Club – 1:30.09
5. Mason Manta Rays – 1:30.29
6. SwimAtlanta – 1:30.42
7. Dynamo Swim Club – 1:30.46
8. Lakeside Swim Team – 1:31.02

WOMEN’S 4×200 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Meet record: 7:05.85 12/6/2017 Nashville Aquatic Club (A Raab, G Walsh, E Nelson, A Walsh)

Top 8 finishers:

1. SwimMAC Carolina – 7:12.97
2. Dynamo Swim Club – 7:14.20
3. Club Wolverine – 7:16.37
4. SwimAtlanta – 7:17.09
5. Blue Dolfins – 7:17.87
6. SwimAtlanta – 7:20.06
7. Lakeside Swim Team – 7:21.87
8. Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg – 7:22.81

MEN’S 4×200 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• 6:23.97 12/5/2018 Mason Manta Rays (C Foster, J Foster, J McDonald, A Chaney)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Carmel Swim Club – 6:23.21
2. SwimMAC Carolina – 6:25.50
3. SwimAtlanta – 6:27.89
4. Mason Manta Rays – 6:32.61
5. Upper Dublin Aquatic Club – 6:32.70
6. Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg – 6:37.27
7. Lakeside Swim Team – 6:37.72
8. Carpet Capital Aquatics Club – 6:37.98

Read the full story on SwimSwam: WATCH: Carmel Boys Erase 17-18 NAG Record in 4×200 Free Relay

By Lauren Neidigh on SwimSwam

2019 LHSAA DIVISION 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS

• November 20-21, 2019
• 25 Yards
• SPAR Aquatic Center
• Sulphur, LA
• Results

FINAL TOP 5 TEAM SCORES – GIRLS

1. E.D. White Catholic High 257
2. Calvary Baptist Academy 233
3. Lusher Charter School 231
4. Episcopal School Baton Rouge 200
5. University High Swimming 192

FINAL TOP 5 TEAM SCORES – BOYS

1. E.D. White Catholic High 345
2. University High Swimming 238
3. Episcopal School Baton Rouge 204
4. Calvary Baptist Academy 194
5. Lusher Charter School 169

The E.D. White Catholic boys set a new D3 Record in the 200 medley relay to kick off the 2019 LHSAA Division 3 Championships. Collin Klingman (back- 25.16), Jacques Rathle (breast- 25.89), Dawson Jeansonne (fly- 23.99), and Brendan Martin (free- 22.29) combined to set the mark in 1:37.33. That lowered their own former record by over 2 seconds. The Calvary Baptist boys also set new D3 Records in the 200 free relay (1:29.81) and 400 free relay (3:13.63).

Rathle went on to win the 200 IM individually, breaking the LHSAA Record with a 1:49.91. He then broke his own D3 Record with a 56.41 win in the 100 breast, narrowly missing another LHSAA Record by just over a tenth.

University High’s Chris Richardson took down the first individual record of the night. Richardson clocked in at 1:40.91 to beat the old D3 Record by almost 2 seconds. He also set a new D3 Record in the 100 back, winning in 50.61 ahead of Lusher Charter’s Derek Zhang (51.02), who was also under the old mark. Zhang set a record with a win of his own in the 100 fly, as he claimed that title with a 50.61 earlier in the meet.

University High’s Maddilyn Geyer set the lone D3 Record on the girls’ side. Geyer broke the record by nearly a second and dominated the field by 4 seconds with her 1:06.39. Calvary Baptist’s Sarah Holt nearly achieved a D3 Record in the 200 free. She was just 3 hundredths shy as she won in 1:52.54. Holt also won the 100 fly with a 56.36.

ADDITIONAL EVENT WINNERS:

• Girls’ 200 Medley Relay: Calvary Baptist, 1:53.42
• Girls’ 200 IM/100 Back: Rylee Moore, Parkview Baptist, 2:06.12/55.03
• Girls’ 50 Free/100 Free: Katherine Bush, Loyola College Prep, 24.72/53.22
• Girls’ 500 Free: Elizabeth Benoit, E.D. White Catholic High, 5:16.36
• Girls’ 200 Free Relay: Calvary Baptist, 1:42.85
• Girls’ 400 Free Relay: E.D. White Catholic High, 3:48.50
• Boys’ 50 Free/100 Free: Brennon Conner, Jennings High, 21.33*/46.24*
• Boys’ 500 Free: Collin Klingman, E.D. White Catholic High, 4:36.38

*= D3 Record

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2019 SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – WEST

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, Washington
• SCY (25y) Course
• Pre-scratch timeline
• Psych Sheets
• Real-time Results

WOMEN’S 4×50 YARD MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Juniors West record: 1:37.65 12/6/2017 Fort Collins Area Swim Team (B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 1:40.03
2. University of Denver Hilltoppers – 1:40.11
3. Crow Canyon Country Club – 1:41.28
4. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 1:41.41
5. Irvine Novaquatics – 1:41.52
6. Tualatin Hills Swim Club – 1:42.18
7. Orinda Aquatics – 1:42.37
8. Elevation Athletics – 1:42.67

MEN’S 4×50 YARD MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Juniors West record: 1:27 11 12/7/2016 Scottsdale Aquatic Club (R Hoffer, S Gage, R Van Deusen, J Blake)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 1:29.21
2. Peak Swimming – 1:29.35
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 1:29.65
4. Sierra Marlins – 1:29.86
5. Aquawolves Swim Team – 1:30.51
6. Rancho San Dieguito – 1:30.53
7. Chicago Wolfpack Aquatic Club – 1:31.06
8. Fort Collins Area Swim Team – 1:31.05

WOMEN’S 4×200 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Juniors West record: 7:05.91 12/6/2017 Magnolia Aquatic Club (L Nordmann, M Gumina, K Sims, L Nordmann)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 7:16.19
2. Irvine Novaquatics – 7:18.18
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 7:18.36
4. Sierra Marlins Swim Team – 7:19.94
5. Riptide – 7:20.96
6. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 7:21.29
7. Crow Canyon Country Club – 7:22.21
8. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics – 7:22.53

MEN’S 4×200 YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Juniors West record: 6:31.93 12/7/2016 Scottsdale Aquatic Club (R Hoffer, J Blake, T Yang, A Apel)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 6:35.67
2. Elevation Athletics – 6:35.75
3. Katy Aquatic Team for Youth – 6:35.79
4. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 6:37.15
5. Longhorn Aquatics – 6:38.77
6. Nitro Swimming – 6:39.71
7. Sierra Marlins Swim Team – 6:39.84
8. Chicago Wolfpack – 6:40.00

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27TH ANNUAL YOTA/ARENA CAPITAL CLASSIC

• December 6th-8th, 2019
• Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary, North Carolina
• 25 yard course
• Results on Meet Mobile – “27th Annual YOTA/Arena Capital Classic”

12-year old Thomas Heilman finished his meet at the 27th annual YOTA/Arena Capital Classic with 2 more National Age Group Records. That gave him national records in 5 events at the 3 day meet.

In the 100 free, he swam a 47.73 in prelims and a 47.15 in finals. Both of those times are under the old National Age Group Record of 47.89 that was set by Vinny Marciano in 2014.

He also swam a 22.87 in the 50 fly final, which broke the old record of 23.49 that was set earlier this year by Jarrett Payne.

After his swims earlier in the meet, these two records seemed destined to be broken. He was already within half-a-second in the 100 free. He was more than a second away from the 50 fly record, but having already broken the 100 and 200 fly records, along with the 50 free, the 50 fly seemed to be in the crosshairs as well.

Times This Week (With All-Time 11-12 Age Group Rankings):

• 50 yard free – 21.50 (#1)
• 200 yard free – 1:44.18 (#1)
• 500 yard free – 4:49.76 (#25)
• 400 yard IM – 4:14.68 (#8)
• 200 yard fly – 1:53.66 (#1)
• 100 butterfly (on a relay split) – 51.99
• 50 free (on a relay split) – 21.68
• 100 free – 47.15 (#1)
• 50 fly – 22.87 (#1)
• 200 IM (prelims) – 1:59.69 (#13)
• 100 free (on a relay split) – 48.93

Heilman trains with the Piedmont Family YMCA/CYAC in Charlottesville, Virginia. He ages up early in the new year.

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This week’s BSN Sports Swim Team of the Week is the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, one of several teams on the rise in an increasingly-competitive Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Panthers are led by head coach John Hargis, whose coaching resume including stints as the head coach at Penn State and associate head coach at Auburn, his alma mata. While swimming at Auburn, he was a 12-time All-American and won a gold medal as part of the USA’s 4×100 medley relay at the 1996 Olympics.

Hargis became Pitt’s head coach in the summer of 2016, and since then the Panthers have almost completely re-written the team record book. International students like Samy Helmbacher (France), Shahar Menahem (Israel), and Eben Vorster (South Africa) have represented their countries on the international stage, and on the NCAA level, junior Blaise Vera currently has the #2 50 free time in Division I swimming.

We spoke with Hargis to get his take on what makes Pitt so special, as well as some of his thoughts on coaching in general.

Asked to describe his coaching philosophy in one sentence, Hargis described it as…

From a training standpoint, we’re a quality, intensity-based program; overall, the philosophy of the program is to have the student-athletes truly take ownership of their athletic and academic lives to maximize their college experience and reach their full potential.

Pitt is consistently ranked as one of top public universities in the country, and the kind of students that Pitt attracts is one of the things that Hargis sees as special about the Panthers.

The people associated with our program and the athletes on this team are what make it so special. We have academically driven individuals who do very well in the classroom and embrace working hard. That adds to the culture and chemistry of our entire program. When we recruit, we strive to bring student-athletes to Pitt who want to excel academically and athletically – both individually and as a team – while competing at a high level in the ACC.

But Hargis and the rest of the coaching staff have their sights set on more than just academic and athletic success, and they also strive to foster an environment that helps athletes develop as leaders, in and out of the pool.

It begins with creating a program culture that allows our athletes to take ownership of their collegiate experience. At the University of Pittsburgh, we have the best Life Skills department in the country. They offer all of our student-athletes career counseling, business etiquette training, résumé building, interview preparation, internship opportunities and so many other programs that help Pitt athletes secure a great job, excel professionally and move into leadership roles in whatever career that they choose. So we encourage our athletes to utilize everything that the Life Skills department at Pitt has to offer.

Hargis has seen high-level success both as an athlete and as a coach, something he wants to replicate with Pitt.

I want success now, so having patience would be my biggest struggle. We’re working really hard to build this program into one that can compete for championships in the ACC and at NCAAs while producing athletes that represent their respective country at international meets. We’re making great progress, but the process takes time, of course.

With roughly two decades of coaching experience under his belt, Hargis has plenty of memories to look back on, but when asked to identify his favorite memory, he emphasized the kinds of memories he rememberers, rather than one specific one.

The smiles are what I remember the most. As a coach, seeing an athlete smile after winning a race or setting a record and seeing them smile again on their graduation day is such an incredible feeling. Collegiate swimming and diving is a team sport culminating in individual performances that boost the entire group. These athletes work so hard, so my greatest memories come from watching individuals succeed and the entire team celebrating that success because they recognize how much time and effort went into it. Those are truly great moments that everyone can enjoy together.

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2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – East

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center, Atlanta, Georgia
• SCY (25y) Course
• Pre-scratch Timeline
• Psych Sheets
• Real-time Results

Day 1 at 2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – East will feature timed finals of the women’s and men’s 200 medley relays and the women’s and men’s 800 free relays.

Women’s 4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• Meet record: 1:37.65 12/6/2017 Fort Collins Area Swim Team (B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Dynamo Swim Club – 1:39.51
2. Cardinal Aquatics – 1:40.17
3. SwimMAC Carolina – 1:40.60
4. Lakeside Swim Team – 1:40.79
5. Club Wolverine – 1:41.71
6. Carmel Swim Club – 1:42.08
7. Baylor Swim Club – 1:42.09
8. Mason Manta Rays – 1:42.16

Dynamo Swim Club won the fastest heat of women’s 200 medley relay with the top time of the evening. Rye Ulett led off with 25.24. She was followed by Alicia Henry (27.45), Tristen Ulett (24.05), and Peyton Curry (22.77). Second place in the heat went to Cardinal Aquatics with 1:40.17 (Krista Wheeler 25.16, Ella Welch 28.40, Gabi Albiero 23.57, and Emma Hixenbaugh 23.04). SwimMAC Carolina (Kensley Merritt 25.24, Grace Rainey 28.75, Kiley Wilhelm 24.04, and Elizabeth Sowards 22.57) edged Lakeside Swim Team for third.

Club Wolverine won heat 1 with 1:41.71, beating Carmel Swim Club, SwimAtlanta, and Blue Dolfins. Casey Chung (24.97), Jordyn Libler (29.09), Rhianna Hensler (24.57), and Sydney Stricklin (23.08) gave CW the win.

Men’s 4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• Meet record: 1:26.52 12/5/2018 Mason Manta Rays (C Foster, J Foster, J McDonald, A Chaney)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Carmel Swim Club – 1:28.66
2. SwimMAC Carolina – 1:29.70
3. Spartan Aquatics – 1:30.00
4. Upper Dublin Aquatic Club – 1:30.09
5. Mason Manta Rays – 1:30.29
6. SwimAtlanta – 1:30.42
7. Dynamo Swim Club – 1:30.46
8. Lakeside Swim Team – 1:31.02

Carmel Swim Club won heat 1 of the men’s 200 medley relay with the fastest overall time, a 1:28.66 produced by Wyatt Davis (21.36), Ryan Malicki (25.36), Griffin Hadley (21.81), and Jake Mitchell (20.13). Upper Dublin Aquatic Club took second in the heat.

SwimMAC Carolina won the fastest heat in 1:29.70 with swims from Tim Connery (21.92), Stephen Kim (26.34), Boyd Poelke (21.19), and Hugh Svendsen (20.25). Spartan Aquatics (Nathaniel Stoffle 21.93, Jacob Budnitz 25.21, KamalMuhammad 22.62, and Grant Allison 20.24), finished second in the heat and third overall with 1:30.00. Mason Manta Rays, the meet record-holder, finished fifth behind UDAD with 1:30.29. The Rays were missing Adam Chaney, who won’t arrive in Atlanta until Thursday.

Women’s 4×200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• Meet record: 7:05.85 12/6/2017 Nashville Aquatic Club (A Raab, G Walsh, E Nelson, A Walsh)

Top 8 finishers:

1. SwimMAC Carolina – 7:12.97
2. Dynamo Swim Club – 7:14.20
3. Club Wolverine – 7:16.37
4. SwimAtlanta – 7:17.09
5. Blue Dolfins – 7:17.87
6. SwimAtlanta – 7:20.06
7. Lakeside Swim Team – 7:21.87
8. Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg – 7:22.81

SwimAtlanta opened the 800 free relay heats with a 1-2 finish, both teams finishing well in front of third-place Carmel Swim Club (7:24.66). Abigail McCulloh (1:48.71), Gigi Johnson (1:49.06), Lily Burke (1:49.78), and Madeline Singletary (1:49.54) got the heat win in 7:17.09 while Abby Grottle (1:48.73), ReaganSweeney (1:49.40), Sarah-Grace Thompson (1:49.86), and Annie Jardina (1:52.07) touched in 7:20.06.

SwimMAC Carolina won the following heat in the fastest overall time with 7:12.97. Elizabeth Sowards led off with 1:49.49, touching in second place behind Dynamo’s Tristen Ulett (1:46.97). 15-year-old KileyWilhelm put SwimMAC back in front with a split of 1:47.53. She was followed by Morgan Razewski, also 15, in 1:49.08, and Kensley Merritt in 1:46.87).

After Tristen Ulett, Dynamo’s quartet consisted of Peyton Curry (1:51.12), Rye Ulett (1:47.76), and AbbyPilkenton (1:48.35).

Club Wolverine’s Stricklin (1:50.55), Hannah Bellard (1:50.17), Sophia Tuinman (1:49.00), and KayleeWilliams (1:46.65) finished 3rd in that heat and 3rd overall with 7:16.37.

Men’s 4×200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• 6:23.97 12/5/2018 Mason Manta Rays (C Foster, J Foster, J McDonald, A Chaney)

Top 8 finishers:

1. Carmel Swim Club – 6:23.21
2. SwimMAC Carolina – 6:25.50
3. SwimAtlanta – 6:27.89
4. Mason Manta Rays – 6:32.61
5. Upper Dublin Aquatic Club – 6:32.70
6. Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg – 6:37.27
7. Lakeside Swim Team – 6:37.72
8. Carpet Capital Aquatics Club – 6:37.98

Carmel Swim Club broke the meet record and set a National Age Group record for 17-18 boys with their 6:23.21 win in heat 2 of the 800 free relays. Wyatt Davis (18) kicked things off with a 1:33.68, the second-fastest 200 free in the field after SwimAtlanta’s Jake Magahey (1:33.32). That was a drop of 3.32 seconds for Davis, whose fastest-recorded time had been 1:37.00. Gus Rothrock swam a 1:37.94 split in the second position to keep Carmel in the hunt, trailing SwimAtlanta and SwimMAC Carolina. Griffin Hadley went 1:37.54, narrowing the gap with the leaders, and Jake Mitchell swung for the fences with a 1:34.05 anchor. He blasted past both SwimAtlanta and SwimMAC by the first 100 of his 200 and finished with a margin of 2.3 seconds in front of second-place SwimMAC.

SwimMAC’s A relay went 6:25.50 with legs from Connery (1:34.77), Svendsen (1:36.39), Ike Atkinson (1:37.20), and Baylor Nelson (1:37.14).

SwimAtlanta finished third in 6:27.89. After a roaring start from Magahey (1:33.32), it was Aikins (1:36.14), Nicholas Kalenik (1:39.12), and Sebastien Sergile (1:39.31).

SwimMAC’s B squad won the first heat with 6:38.52, which was good enough for 9th place overall.

Team Scores – Women’s Meet – Day 1

                     Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 3                      
 
  1. Dynamo Swim Club                   90   2. SwimMAC Carolina                   88
  3. SwimAtlanta                        74   4. Club Wolverine                     60
  5. Lakeside Swim Team                 54   6. Carmel Swim Club                   46
  7. Blue Dolfins                       36   8. Cardinal Aquatics                  34
  8. Mason Manta Rays                   34  10. Aquatic Team Of Mecklenburg        28
 11. Baylor Swim Club                   24  12. Bolles School Sharks               20
 13. Upper Palmetto YMCA Stingrays      14  14. Phoenix Swimming                   10
 15. Tampa Elite Aquatics                4  15. Somerset Valley YMCA                4

Team Scores – Men’s Meet – Day 1

                      Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 4                       
 
  1. SwimMAC Carolina                   98   2. Carmel Swim Club                   80
  3. SwimAtlanta                        58   3. Upper Dublin Aquatic Club          58
  3. Mason Manta Rays                   58   6. Dynamo Swim Club                   46
  6. Lakeside Swim Team                 46   8. Aquatic Team Of Mecklenburg        44
  9. Spartan Aquatic Club               32  10. Carpet Capital Aquatics Club       27
 11. Bolles School Sharks               18  12. Marlins Of Raleigh                 14
 13. North Carolina Aquatic Club        12  14. Zionsville Swim Club               10
 15. Club Wolverine                      6  16. Gator Swim Club                     5
 17. Dayton Raiders                      4  18. Pine Crest Swimming                 2
 18. Marietta Marlins, Inc               2

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2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• King County Aquatic Center, Federal Way, Washington
• SCY (25y) Course
• Pre-scratch timeline
• Psych Sheets
• Real-time Results

Women’s 4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• Juniors West record: 1:37.65 12/6/2017 Fort Collins Area Swim Team (B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons)
• SC Juniors record: 1:37.65 12/6/2017 Fort Collins Area Swim Team (B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons)
• 13/14 NAG record: 1:41.87 Tac Titans (Abigail Clark, Keelan Cotter, Claire Curzan, Taylor Morris) 2019
• 15/16 NAG record: 1:39.21 (Virginia Gators Emma Muzzy, Caroline Kulp, Olivia Btay, Whitney Hamilton) 2017
• 17/18 NAG record: 1:39.40 SwimMAC (Kathleen Baker, Caitlin Casazza, Elsa Welshofer, Lauren Rhodes) 2014
• 15/18 NAG record: 1:37.04 Nashville Aq. Club (Alex Walsh, Ella Nelson, Jordan Hurt, Gretchen Walsh) 2019

Top 8 finishers:

1. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 1:40.03
2. University of Denver Hilltoppers – 1:40.11
3. Crow Canyon Country Club – 1:41.28
4. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 1:41.41
5. Irvine Novaquatics – 1:41.52
6. Tualatin Hills Swim Club – 1:42.18
7. Orinda Aquatics – 1:42.37
8. Elevation Athletics – 1:42.67

Scottsdale Aquatic Club won the 200 medley relay but just holding off a fast-charging University of Denver Hilltoppers in heat 2, 1:40.03 to 1:40.11. Greer Pattison (24.69), Sadie Edwards (28.29), Morgan Brophy (24.46), and Ashley Strouse (22.59) combined for the win. The Hilltoppers started with a 25.40 from Sydney Silver and followed with splits of 27.75 for Emma Weber, 24.70 for Holley Dennis, and 22.26 for Anna Shaw. Shaw split the fastest anchor in the field.

Crow Canyon finished third in that heat and third overall, just edging Bellevue Club Swim Team 1:41.28 to 1:41.41.

Men’s 4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• Juniors West record: 1:27 11 12/7/2016 Scottsdale Aquatic Club (R Hoffer, S Gage, R Van Deusen, J Blake)
• SC Juniors record: 1:26.52 12/5/2018 Mason Manta Rays (C Foster, J Foster, J McDonald, A Chaney)
• 13/14 NAG record: 1:35.58 Dynamo Swim Club (Kamal Muhammad, Nathan Jin, Philip Kuznetsov, Charles Lu) 2018
• 15/16 NAG record: 1:28.85 Mason Manta Rays (Carson Foster, Ian Van Gorp, Jacob McDonald, Adam Chaney) 2018
• 17/18 NAG record: 1:26.47 NCAP Nation’s Capital (James Jones, Andrew Seliskar, Grant Goddard, John Shebat) 2015
• 15/18 NAG record: 1:26.47 NCAP Nation’s Capital (James Jones, Andrew Seliskar, Grant Goddard, John Shebat) 2015

Top 8 finishers:

1. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 1:29.21
2. Peak Swimming – 1:29.35
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 1:29.65
4. Sierra Marlins – 1:29.86
5. Aquawolves Swim Team – 1:30.51
6. Rancho San Dieguito – 1:30.53
7. Chicago Wolfpack Aquatic Club – 1:31.06
8. Fort Collins Area Swim Team – 1:31.05

Rose Bowl put up the fastest time in the boys’ race, going 1:29.21 to touch out Peak Swimming by .14. Ronald Dalmacio led off in 22.52, Keane Alejandro went 25.63 on the breast, Danny Syrkin split 21.21 on the fly, and Rafael Gu brought it home in 19.85. Peak led through the first three legs but Gu’s anchor gave Rose Bowl the win.

Peak had a 22.49 leadoff from Andy Huang. He was followed by Jassen Yep (25.46), Ethan Hu (20.97), and Dylan Hawk (20.43) for a final time of 1:29.35.

Bellevue Club took third with 1:29.65 with splits from Raf Barreto (23.48), Ethan Dang (23.96), GabeNickels (22.98), and Matt King (19.23). King’s was by far the fastest anchor.

Women’s 4×200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• Juniors West record: 7:05.91 12/6/2017 Magnolia Aquatic Club (L Nordmann, M Gumina, K Sims, L Nordmann)
• SC Juniors record: 7:05.85 12/6/2017 Nashville Aquatic Club (A Raab, G Walsh, E Nelson, A Walsh)
• 13/14 NAG record: 7:18.96 Nova Of Virginia (Grace Sheble, Caroline Scheble, Oliva Erickson, Cooper Ackerly) 2017
• 15/16 NAG record: 7:13.99 Nations Capital (Sinead Eksteen, Madeline Laporte, Claire Nguyen, Katelyn Mack) 2017
• 17/18 NAG record: 7:07.82 SwimMac (Kathleen Baker, Rebecca Postoll, Heather Merritt, Lauren Rhodes) 2014
• 15/18 NAG record 7:05.91 Magnolia Aquatics (Lucie Nordmann, Monica Gumina, Kaitlynn Sims, Lillie Nordmann) 2017

Top 8 finishers:

1. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 7:16.19
2. Irvine Novaquatics – 7:18.18
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 7:18.36
4. Sierra Marlins Swim Team – 7:19.94
5. Riptide – 7:20.96
6. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 7:21.29
7. Crow Canyon Country Club – 7:22.21
8. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics – 7:22.53

Scottsdale Aquatic Club pulled off a stunning come-from-behind win in the second heat of the women’s 800 free relay thanks in large part to a 1:44.53 anchor from Ashley Strouse. Strouse, whose best flat-start time is 1:45.44, took over from Grace Dunn in third place, trailing Irvine Novaquatics by 5 seconds and Bellevue Club by 3. She was a second behind them as they flipped together at the 700 wall then proceeded to move ahead by a body length at the 750. SAC ended up winning by 3 body lengths with 7:16.19 while Irvine edged Bellevue 7:18.18 to 7:18.36 for second place.

In addition to Strouse and Dunn (1:50.53), Scottsdale had legs from Kara Church (1:49.89 leadoff) and Pattison (1:51.24). Irvine Nova fielded the quartet of Ella Ristic (1:46.00), Lindsay Ervin (1:50.27), 14-year-old Matilde Turrini (1:50.40), and Alyssa Watson (1:51.51). Bellevue Club’s relay consisted of GracieFelner (1:46.93), Sam Baron (1:50.68), Jaime Chen (1:51.13), and Nathalie Valdman (1:49.62).

Sierra Marlins won the first heat in 7:19.94 over the Texan clubs Lakeside, Katy, and Austin, and placed 4th overall.

Men’s 4×200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• Juniors West record: 6:31.93 12/7/2016 Scottsdale Aquatic Club (R Hoffer, J Blake, T Yang, A Apel)
• SC Juniors record: 6:23.21 12/11/2019 Carmel Swim Club (W Davis, G Rothrock, G Hadley, J Mitchell)
• 13-14 NAG record: 6:55.96 Cincinnati Marlins (Christian Imbus, Nicholas Perera, Justin Grender, Joshua McDonald) 2014
• 15-16 NAG record: 6:38.07 DART Swimming (Gianluca Urlando, Connor Daniels, Tate Cutler, Chris Ranlett) 2018
• 17-18 NAG record: 6:23.21 Carmel Swim Club (W Davis, G Rothrock, G Hadley, J Mitchell) 12/11/2019
• 15-18 NAG record: 6:23.14 Mason Manta Rays (Adam Chaney, Jacob McDonald, Jake Foster, Carson Foster) 2019

Top 8 finishers:

1. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 6:35.67
2. Elevation Athletics – 6:35.75
3. Katy Aquatic Team for Youth – 6:35.79
4. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 6:37.15
5. Longhorn Aquatics – 6:38.77
6. Nitro Swimming – 6:39.71
7. Sierra Marlins Swim Team – 6:39.84
8. Chicago Wolfpack – 6:40.00

Rose Bowl won a tight heat 1 in 6:35.67 over Katy (6:35.79) and Longhorn Aquatics (6:38.77), with what turned out to be the fastest time of the night by .08. Gu (1:37.88), Dalmacio (1:41.45), Chris O’Grady (1:38.86), and Syrkin (1:37.48) contributed to the win.

Elevation Athletics won heat 2 with 6:35.75. Lukas Miller went 1:33.41 to lead off, improving his PB by 2.2 seconds. Pierce Bigelow followed in 1:44.83, then came Max Kreidl with 1:39.80 and Harrison Lierz with 1:37.71.

Team Scores – Women’s Meet – Day 1

1. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 80
2. Irvine Novaquatics – 70
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 62
4. Crow Canyon Country Club Sharks – 56
5. University of Denver Hilltoppers – 46
6. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics – 50
7. Tualatin Hills Swim Club – 34
8. Rose Bowl Aquatics 32
9. Sierra Marlins Swim Team – 30
10. Orinda Aquatics / Riptide – 28

Team Scores – Men’s Meet – Day 1

1. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 80
2. Sierra Marlins Swim Team – 54
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team / Chicago Wolfpack Aquatic Club – 44
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5. Elevation Athletics – 42
6. Peak Swimming – 34
7. Katy Aquatic Team for Youth / Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 32
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9. Alta Swim Club / Aquawolves Swimming / Longhorn Aquatics – 28

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2019 Speedo Winter Junior Championships

• December 11th-14th, 2019
• Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center and King County Aquatic Center
• SCY (25y) Course
• Pre-scratch Timeline East│ Pre-scratch Timeline West
• Psych Sheets East│ Psych Sheets West
• Real-time Results East│ Real-time Results West

With the Speedo Winter Junior Championships meets split between two locations, we’ll be putting together nightly lists of the top eight finishers in each championship final, combining results from the two meets.

Women’s 4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• SC Juniors record: 1:37.65 12/6/2017 Fort Collins Area Swim Team (B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons)
• 13-14 NAG record: 1:41.87 Tac Titans (Abigail Clark, Keelan Cotter, Claire Curzan, Taylor Morris) 2019
• 15-16 NAG record: 1:39.21 (Virginia Gators Emma Muzzy, Caroline Kulp, Olivia Btay, Whitney Hamilton) 2017
• 17-18 NAG record: 1:39.40 SwimMAC (Kathleen Baker, Caitlin Casazza, Elsa Welshofer, Lauren Rhodes) 2014
• 15-18 NAG record: 1:37.04 Nashville Aq. Club (Alex Walsh, Ella Nelson, Jordan Hurt, Gretchen Walsh) 2019

Top 8 finishers:

1. Dynamo Swim Club – 1:39.51
2. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 1:40.03
3. University of Denver Hilltoppers – 1:40.11
4. Cardinal Aquatics – 1:40.17
5. SwimMAC Carolina – 1:40.60
6. Lakeside Swim Team – 1:40.79
7. Crow Canyon Country Club – 1:41.28
8. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 1:41.41

Men’s 4×50 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• SC Juniors record: 1:26.52 12/5/2018 Mason Manta Rays (C Foster, J Foster, J McDonald, A Chaney)
• 13-14 NAG record: 1:35.58 Dynamo Swim Club (Kamal Muhammad, Nathan Jin, Philip Kuznetsov, Charles Lu) 2018
• 15-16 NAG record: 1:28.85 Mason Manta Rays (Carson Foster, Ian Van Gorp, Jacob McDonald, Adam Chaney) 2018
• 17-18 NAG record: 1:26.47 NCAP Nation’s Capital (James Jones, Andrew Seliskar, Grant Goddard, John Shebat) 2015
• 15-18 NAG record: 1:26.47 NCAP Nation’s Capital (James Jones, Andrew Seliskar, Grant Goddard, John Shebat) 2015

Top 8 finishers:

1. Carmel Swim Club – 1:28.66
2. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 1:29.21
3. Peak Swimming – 1:29.35
4. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 1:29.65
5. SwimMAC Carolina – 1:29.70
6. Sierra Marlins Swim Team – 1:29.86
7. Spartan Aquatics – 1:30.00
8. Upper Dublin Aquatic Club – 1:30.09

Women’s 4×200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• SC Juniors record: 7:05.85 12/6/2017 Nashville Aquatic Club (A Raab, G Walsh, E Nelson, A Walsh)
• 13-14 NAG record: 7:18.96 Nova Of Virginia (Grace Sheble, Caroline Scheble, Oliva Erickson, Cooper Ackerly) 2017
• 15-16 NAG record: 7:13.99 Nations Capital (Sinead Eksteen, Madeline Laporte, Claire Nguyen, Katelyn Mack) 2017
• 17-18 NAG record: 7:07.82 SwimMac (Kathleen Baker, Rebecca Postoll, Heather Merritt, Lauren Rhodes) 2014
• 15-18 NAG record 7:05.91 Magnolia Aquatics (Lucie Nordmann, Monica Gumina, Kaitlynn Sims, Lillie Nordmann) 2017

Top 8 finishers:

1. SwimMAC Carolina – 7:12.97
2. Scottsdale Aquatic Club – 7:16.19
3. Dynamo Swim Club – 7:14.20
4. Club Wolverine – 7:16.37
5. SwimAtlanta – 7:17.09
6. Blue Dolfins – 7:17.87
7. Irvine Novaquatics – 7:18.18
8. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 7:18.36

Men’s 4×200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• SC Juniors record: 6:23.97 12/5/2018 Mason Manta Rays (C Foster, J Foster, J McDonald, A Chaney)
• 13-14 NAG record: 6:55.96 Cinninnati Marlins (Christian Imbus, Nicholas Perera, Justin Grender, Joshua McDonald) 2014
• 15-16 NAG record: 6:38.07 DART Swimming (Gianluca Urlando, Connor Daniels, Tate Cutler, Chris Ranlett) 2018
• 17-18 NAG record: 6:28.90 SwimMac (Matthew Josa, Jack Manchester, Michael Chadwick, Kyle Darmody) 2013
• 15-18 NAG record: 6:23.14 Mason Manta Rays (Adam Chaney, Jacob McDonald, Jake Foster, Carson Foster) 2019

Top 8 finishers:

1. Carmel Swim Club – 6:23.21
2. SwimMAC Carolina – 6:25.50
3. SwimAtlanta – 6:27.89
4. Mason Manta Rays – 6:32.61
5. Upper Dublin Aquatic Club – 6:32.70
6. Rose Bowl Aquatics – 6:35.67
7. Elevation Athletics – 6:35.75
8. Katy Aquatic Team for Youth – 6:35.79

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Courtesy of Gary Hall Sr., 10-time World Record Holder, 3-time Olympian, 1976 Olympic Games US Flagbearer and The Race Club co-founder.

Swimming efficiently is important and without it, we probably won’t win a race. Many coaches tend to equate swimming efficiency with speed.  They are not the same. Efficiency doesn’t make the most important factor in a swimming race. Speed does.

There are two different ways of measuring efficiency in swimming, which are related but not equal. Mechanical efficiency has to do with how well the velocity of the swimmer is maintained. The more fluctuation in the swimmer’s velocity, the less efficient they are. Mechanical efficiency is governed by the law of inertia. The more the changes in velocity, the more energy it will cost to reach the average velocity.

Physiological efficiency is measured in meters per calorie. Similar to measuring the efficiency of a car in miles per gallon (fuel efficiency), the physiological efficiency simply measures how much energy is expended by a swimmer to swim a certain distance. The less the energy required to swim that distance, the more efficient a swimmer is. Cars are more fuel-efficient on the freeway moving at a steady speed than they are in stop-and-go traffic downtown. The same can be applied to swimming.

There is no simple way to measure the precise number of calories a swimmer expends to reach a given distance, so using physiological efficiency in swimming is not practical. With Velocity Meter technology, however, we can measure the speed of a swimmer and the variation of that speed accurately. Measuring the mechanical efficiency of a swimmer is relatively easy to do.

A swimmer’s efficiency is not necessarily related to his speed. In fact, at higher speeds, swimmers are generally less efficient than they are swimming at slower speeds. Using Velocity Meter technology, we have noted that the differences between peak and trough speeds for freestyle sprinting technique are nearly always greater than while using the slower, distance technique. To become an elite swimmer, one cannot be inefficient. Great sprinters swim fast by generating a lot of propulsion (power), while still managing to limit the increase in frontal drag. They also burn a lot of calories. Butterfliers and breaststrokers are far less efficient than freestylers. Backstroke, if swum correctly, is the most efficient stroke of all.

As a coach, it is not my goal to reach maximum efficiency for a swimmer. I am more concerned about achieving and maintaining a swimmer’s highest possible speed for the duration of the race. To help achieve that goal, efficiency is just part of the equation. By using a poor technique, such as overbending the knee, pulling too deeply, holding a poor body or head position, for example, a swimmer will lose both efficiency and speed.

Don’t get me wrong. Fast swimmers must be efficient at all distances. When correcting a swimmer’s poor technique, however, you will not only improve his efficiency. More importantly, you will help him swim faster.

Yours in swimming,

Gary Sr.

Gary Hall, Sr., Technical Director and Head Coach of The Race Club (courtesy of TRC)

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The Azevedo Water Polo ball has new innovative features such as hand buffed grip, larger and more pronounced grip channels so the ball doesn’t fade as fast, and optic yellow color for better visibility in the water. According to Tony Azevedo, it is unfortunate that balls are so expensive and don’t last long enough. With these updates, Tony feels the sport is taking some steps in the right direction. “I look at other major sports around the world and if you ever want to get to that level you need competition for all of us to grow”. With a brand like RYTE Sportbacking the ball, he is excited to create healthy competition, give back to the community, and grow the sport.

Courtesy: Minette Rubin and RYTE Sport

Another focus for Azevedo is 6-8 Sports with Maggie Steffens 2X Olympic Gold Medalist & and USA Women’s Water Polo Team Captain. Steffens and Azevedo recognize that to take their sport to the next level, there needs to be more innovation and advancements in technology. The pair have created the 6-8 app to collect and record game and performance statistics and provide training videos in and out of the water that focus on improving techniques, strengthening, and injury prevention. The app is currently available on the App Store.

Courtesy: Minette Rubin and RYTE Sport

The last topic discussed in the interview is Azevedo’s international All-Star training camp. Last year’s trip was such a success, Azevedo plans to host it annually. By attending one of his camps athletes are automatically eligible to be selected as one of the 14 girls and 14 boys to be invited on this trip. You can learn more about the trip, the new Azevedo Water Polo, and the 6-8 app by watching the full interview with Tony Azevedo below. Shop Tony Azevedo‘s collection at www.rytesport.com!

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