Tom Dolan Invitational Day Four Finals – Katie Ledecky Scares 1000 Free American Record

Womens 1000 Free

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There was no denying a total domination by Madison Homovich and Sinead Eksteen as they took absolute control of the race, breaking out from the rest of the field and eventually finishing in that order.

It was Homovich, who placed second in the 500 freestyle earlier in the meet, who ran away with it tonight to come first with a time of 9:42.80. Ekseen was a distant second but also under the 10 minute mark sporting a 9:55.75 for the silver.

Coming in third was Maggie Wallace who dropped a 10:14.40 to finish well behind the two leaders.

Open

In her first event of the night Katie Ledecky came dangerously close to Katie Hoff’s American record in the 1000 freestyle with  time of 9:11.52 to finish just two-tenths off of her personal best of 9:11.31.

Ledecky was all alone in the race as expected with her closest competitor being her NCAP teammate, 16-year-old Megan Byrnes, who was a 9:47.72 for silver.

Mens 1000 Free

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With 12-year-old Brendan Lee of WEST winning the boys 12&under final by default as he was the only swimmer, the 13-14 year-old final seemed to be much more competitive. Winning the event was Jordan Ren of NCAC, clocking in at 9:57.27 to take the win.

The race was kept close by CJ Hinckley who posted a 10:00.50 to finish second ahead of third place finisher Daniel Gyenis.

Open 

NCAP continued their distance dominance with a mens 1000 freestyle win by Matthew Hirschberger. Hirschberger unloaded an 8:58.21 on the field to win by almost 12 seconds. He was the only swimmer under nine minutes at the competition.

Coming in second was James Murphy in 9:10.04 who spoiled a 1-2 finish for NCAP as Gavin Springer touched in just behind him in 9:10.62.

Womens 200 Back

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Alex Sumner was all on her own in the 200 backstroke final taking the win in a time of 1:57.88. She held off all advances from NCAP’s Katie Mack who ultimately finished second to her in 2:00.34.

Coming in for the bronze medal was Lauren Meeker in 2:02.37.

Amazingly, all three girls showed significant time-drops from their prelim swims with Mack’s being the largest. She dropped an amazing 3.12 seconds to squeeze in the that silver medal.

Open

All Szekely swam to another big win with a huge 1:53.36 in the 200 backstroke to once again finish ahead of her competition. Annie Boone of NCAP was second behind her in 1:56.79, but couldn’t match the amazing swim by Szekely and had to settle for second.

Emily Cornell was third, and also under the two-minute mark with a time of 1:59.21. Kate Nezelek was just left out off the podium succumbing to a fourth place finish with a time of 1:59.39, narrowly being left out of the hunt regardless of the fact that she had a stellar swim.

Mens 200 Back

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Jake Johnson was the winner of the boys 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.89 to drop almost three seconds off his morning swim and take the gold. Second was Destin Lasco in 1:52.06 followed by Luke Durocher in 1:55.11.

Open 

Andrew Seliskar cleaned up another event for his team with a huge 1:41.37 to win the 200 backstroke. Seliskar, a master at working his walls, won the event by over six second as second place finisher John Montesi was nowhere close, sporting s 1:47.62 to take the silver.

Wade O’Brien was third overall with a 1:48.34.

With Seliskar’s time he closed the gap to just about four seconds off Ryan Murphy’s 17-18 age-group mark in the event.

Boys 11-12 100 IM

The winner of the boys 11-12 100 IM was NCAP’s Ryan Catron who rocked a 57.33 to win a close race with his teammate Darius Truong. Truong was second in 57.80 over Benjamin Charles who touched in at 58.74 for the bronze.

Girls 11-12 100 IM

Stealing the show in the girls 11-12 100 IM was Isabel Gormley who swam a 59.72 to out-touch her teammate Sophia Zhang. Zhang was a 59.84. The two were the only swimmers under one minute with Lauren aylmer coming second in 1:01.65.

Womens 100 Free

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The women’s 13-14 100 freestyle final went to Morgan Scott in 50.97 ahead of Olivia Schmid who finished over a full second behind her in 51.99. Rounding out the top three was 200 backstroke silver medallist Katie Mack who swam a 52.33 for the bronze.

Fourth was Kate Douglass who wasn’t far behind Mack in 52.55.

Open

Katie Ledecky, Katie Ledecky, Katie Ledecky. Ledecky went from one of the spectrum to the other, getting up on the blocks after her 1000 free win to race in the 100 freestyle. Ledecky posted a very quick 48.31 to take home the gold ahead of Morgan Hill who swam a 49.42.

Suzanna Dolan was third, and also the only other swimmer under 50 seconds as she trudged to the wall and touched in at 49.97.

That time for Ledecky would have came first at Junior Nationals in Federal Way.

Mens 100 Free

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Taking gold in the boys 13-14 100 freestyle final was Phil Costin as he rocked his way to a 47.19 to take home the win. Second was Colin Reilly in 47.60 followed by Destin Lasco, who already picked up a silver in the 200 backstroke earlier in the evening.

Open 

With Andrew Seliskar not swimming in the prelims of the 100 free it opened the event up by a considerable margin. Coming first was Greg Brocato who came close to his personal best time and dropped a 44.12 to win the event.

Second was James Murphy in 44.85 as he took half-a-second off his prelims time to take home the silver. Vince Regent raced in for the bronze medal, also dropping significant time off his prelim swim to put up a 45.18.

Girls 11-12 100 fly

Abby Harter was the winner of the girls 11-12 100 fly with a 58.20. Coming in second was Sophia Zhang to take home her second silver of the night as she already had one from the 100 IM earlier on. Zhang clocked in at 58.52.

Third was Allison Kopac in 59.18.

Boys 11-12 100 fly

NCAP’s Leo Goldblatt took home the gold with a solid 56.16 ahead of 100 IM bronze medallist Benjamin Charles. Charles swam a 56.98 to take the silver over NCAP’s Darius Truong. Truong took home the bronze medal with a time of 57.40.

Womens 200 IM

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Coming in for her second win of the evening was Alex Sumner, swimming a 2:05.29 to take down Kate Douglass in a very close 200 IM matchup. Douglass, who placed fourth in the 100 freestyle earlier, touched in just behind Sumner in 205.44.

Taking the bronze medal over a second behind Douglass was Morgan Scott in 2:05.55.

Open 

Allie Szekely also grabbed her second win of the evening as she stormed to the wall to touch in at 1:57.68 and win the 200 IM. She had her hands full with NCAP’s Cassidy Bayer who rocked a 1:58.87 to come second behind her.

Anna Belousova rounded out the top three, although well behind the two leaders in 2:02.56.

Mens 200 IM

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NAG record holder Reece Whitley, who’s already had an incredible meet, took home another win with a 1:49.02 in the 200 IM. He was less than four seconds away from Michael Andrew’s age-group record in the event.

Second was Luke Durocher in 1:55.77 followed by Jake Johnson in 1:55.95.

Open

Andrew Seliskar once again released total domination on the field with a huge 1:43.26 to take gold in the 200 IM. Finishing second behind him was his teammate Grant Goddard, although he was almost six seconds behind in 1:48.98.

Coming third was Aaron Schultz in 1:49.46.

Girls 11-12 200 Free

Chase Travis was the winner of the girls 11-12 200 freestyle, clocking at at 1:54.12 for the win. Putting up a 1:55.37 for second was Isabel Gormley ahead of NCAP’s Allison Kopac who touched the wall in 1:57.26 for bronze.

Boys 11-12 200 Free

Ryan Catron won another one with a 1:51.10 in the 200 freestyle. He beat out NCAP’s Leo Goldblatt who rocked a 1:52.71 for the silver. Coming in third was Joey Dickson in 1:55.39.

Womens 400 Freestyle Relay

The NCAP girls won the 13-14 year-olds relay event, however ended up coming second in the open race. The winning time was a 3:30.74 for the girls. The open NCAP team was a 3:24.05 however they were topped by MACH who grabbed the gold in 3:23.73.

Mens 400 Freestyle Relay

The boys had the opposite result as the 13-14 NCAP relay came second to PSDN with a 3:21.83 to their 3:19.04. The open team, led by Andrew Seliskar, was first in 3:00.84.

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