2020 Riptides Time Trial #3
- September 20, 2020
- Vaughan Center, Aurora, Illinois
- Short Course Yards (25 yard) pool
- Results on Meet Mobile: “Riptides Time Trial #3”
After clocking a lifetime best in the 200 IM in her last meet in late August, 14-year old Leah Hayes of the Fox Valley Park District Riptides swam her encore on Sunday, just missing best times in all 3 races she swam.
She opened up the meet in the 100 free, beating all comers (male and female) in the mixed-gender event. She swam a 50.19, which just-missed her lifetime best of 49.83 set in August.
She followed that with a 1:58.44 in the 200 IM (best time: 1:57.88) and a 2:08.83 in the 200 fly (best time: 2:06.69).
Hayes was the highlight of the meet, though there were some big drops for a handful of her teammates. That was especially true in the 500 free, where 5 of the top 6 finishers swam lifetime bests, led by a 5:16.69 from Trevor Maier. Alex Claessens dropped almost 12 seconds to swim 5:30.57, and Ina Limbu dropped more than 36 seconds to swim a 6:13.
Maier would later add another best time in the 1000 free, dropping 52 seconds to swim 10:58.37.
The other top performer on the boys’ side of the pool was 16-year old Nathaniel Tunggal, an uncommitted high school senior. He swam new best times in both the 200 breast (2:14.38) and 50 free (22.54), and very-nearly added another in the 200 fly, swimming 1:55.96. A versatile swimmer, Tunggal’s best race is the 200 IM, though he swims both the breaststroke and butterfly races well (including 58.2 in the 100).
Congratulations Leah! Respectfully speaking, does anyone know why she has no hair on her head? A taper shave? TYVM
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