Boeckman and Plage Win Distance Events to Kick Off Ithaca Sectionals

2018 EZ North Speedo Short Course Sectionals (Ithaca)

• Thursday-Sunday, March 22-25th
• Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
• Short Course Yards (SCY)
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results

TOP 5 TEAM SCORES (DAY 1)

COMBINED

1. Victor Swim Club – 34
2. Blue Devil Swim Club – 31
3. Aquabears – 23
4. SoCo Aquatic Club – 20
5. Crimson Aquatics – 16

MEN

1. Aquabears – 22
2. X-Cel Swimming/Victor Swim Club – 19
3. –
4. Purple Valley Aquatics – 18
5. Charter Oak Aquatic Club – 17

WOMEN

1. Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club – 41
2. Seascoast Swimming Association – 26
3. Westchester Aquatic Club – 20
4. Blue Devil Swim Club – 18
5. Victor Swim Club – 15

On the first night of the 2018 Speedo Sectional meet in Ithaca, 17 year old Chelsea Piers teammates Eliza Boeckman and Alexandra Truwit went 1-2 in the women’s 1000 free, 15 year old James Plage of Aquabears won the men’s 1650 free.

Boeckman led the race the whole way through, holding a 2 second lead over Truwit for a large portion of the race, then opening up to a 4 second lead towards the end, finishing in 9:54.23 to Truwit’s 9:58.87. Boeckman was incredibly consistent in her splits, with her 2nd-19th 50s staying within .87 seconds of each other. Her first 500 came in at 4:53.52, and her 2nd 500 was a 5:00.71.

James Plage led the field in the men’s 1650, holding the lead at the beginning and end of the race, finishing 1.87 seconds ahead of runner-up Kai Wisner, 15:30.65 to 15:32.52. Plage led over Wisner through the 600, where Wisner then took the lead and expanding it to almost a full second, then Plage re-took the lead fairly dramatically in the final 300 of the race. That time marked a 7 second drop for Plage, and a 9 second add for Wisner.