2017 PLANTATION SECTIONALS
- March 9-12, 2017
- Plantation Aquatic Complex- Plantation, FL
- Hosted by Plantation Swim Team
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After breaking the 400 meter IM 11-12 National Age Group Record on Friday by nearly 6 seconds, the record in Saturday’s 200 IM seemed almost inevitable for Joshua Zuchowski of Flood Aquatics. Swimming again in prelims at the Plantation, Florida Sectionals meet, Zuchowski did just that, swimming a 2:14.93 to qualify 15th in a field of 83 swimmers – the rest of whom were all teenagers-and-up.
This time, the record-breaking was a much narrower margin – he slid four-tenths of a second under Destin Lasco‘s 2014 record of 2:15.33. Lasco also previously held the 400 IM record that Zuchowski broke on Friday.
Comparative splits:
| Joshua Zuchowski ’17 | Destin Lasco ’14 | |
| New Record | Old Record | |
| Fly | 29.55 | 30.14 |
| Back | 34.55 | 32.5o |
| Breast | 39.85 | 42.01 |
| Free | 30.98 | 30.63 |
| 2:14.93 | 2:15.33 |
The pacing differences between the two are very similar to the 400 IM, with Zuchowski’s biggest advantage being the breaststroke and Lasco’s being the backstroke. Lasco also had a better freestyle split in both distances.
Zuchowski also swam prelims of the 100 back (1:02.91) and the 50 breast (33.13). He scratched finals of the 100 back, but will swim both the 200 IM and the 50 breaststroke in the evening session.