2019 NCSA JUNIOR NATIONALS
- Tuesday, August 6 – Saturday, August 10, 2019
- Indiana University Natatorium, Indianapolis, IN
- LCM format
- Prelims 8:30 AM / Finals 5:30 PM (U.S. Eastern Time)
- Psych Sheets
- Live results available on Meet Mobile under “2019 NCSA Summer Swimming Championships”
During the first night session of the 2019 NCSA Summer Junior Nationals, the 4-month-old girls 13-14 LCM 200 free relay NAG got taken down by the Sandpipers of Nevada girls.
The 13-14 quartet of Arabella Sims, Katie Grimes, Paige Kuwata, and Audrey Yu placed 7th overall in the 200 free relay event with a time of 1:47.13. That time narrowly clipped the former NAG of 1:47.25, held by Phoenix Swimming from March 2019.
Comparative Splits:
| Sandpipers of Nevada (8/6/19) | Phoenix Swimming (3/17/19) | ||
| Arabella Sims | 26.55 | Michaela Chokureva | 26.80 |
| Katie Grimes | 26.91 | Alexis Martino | 26.78 |
| Paige Kuwata | 27.73 | Megan Reich | 27.18 |
| Audrey Yu | 25.94 | Malia Amuan | 26.49 |
| 1:47.13 |
1:47.25
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Lead-off Sims shaved almost a second off her lifetime best to start off her relay. Teammates Grimes and Kuwata continued the momentum as they raced high school competitors. Anchor Yu blasted a sub-26 split and aided her relay to chip 0.12s off the months-old NAG.
Earlier in the meet, Katie Grimes and Arabella Sims made their marks in the 800 free timed finals by scoring the 2020 Trials cuts, finishing 2-3 respectively, and putting up two of the top 20 times in 13-14 age group history.