2021 CA/NV SPEEDO SECTIONALS – HUNTINGTON BEACH
- December 16-19, 2021
- Golden West College, Huntington Beach, California
- Hosted by Golden West Swim Club (GWSC)
- SCY (25 yards)
- Event Page
- Meet Info
- Results on Meet Mobile: “2021 CA Dec CA NV Speedo Sect at GWSC w/DITCH”
Team Scores (Top 5)
Women
- Sandpipers of Nevada – 1033
- Pleasanton Seahawks – 738
- Sierra Marlins Swim Team – 579
- La Mirada Armada – 530
- Riverside Aquatics Association – 273.5
Men
- Sandpipers of Nevada – 918
- Evolution Racing Club – 651
- Las Vegas Swim Club – 465
- Irvine Novaquatics – 446.5
- Alpha Aquatics – 440
The Sandpipers of Nevada flexed their distance freestyle muscles on Sunday in Huntington Beach. Olympic Silver medalist Bella Sims (16) won the women’s 1650 free in 15:48.70, adding just 0.02 seconds to her personal best. Given the amount of racing Sims has done in the past week and a half, it’s impressive she can still get up to race a mile. She won the race by 26.32 seconds, nearly lapping every other swimmer in the field.
It was 13-year-old La Mirada Armada swimmer Kayla Han who took 2nd, swimming a massive new personal best of 16:15.02. The swim marked a personal best by 24.75 seconds for Han, and even more impressively, she’d just swum that previous best in November. With the swim, Han is now the #4 13-year-old all-time in the SCY 1650, and the #22 13-14 all-time.
Sandpipers 17-year-old Paige Kuwata took 3rd, swimming a 16:19.48. Kuwata was 8 seconds off her personal best of 16:11.10, which she swam last Saturday at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships West in Austin, TX.
The Sandpipers went 1-2-3 in the men’s 100 free tonight, led by 17-year-old Brice Barrieault, who won the event in 9:02.27. For Barrieault, the performance was a personal best by 10 seconds. His previous best of 9:12.22 was set in January of 2020. Ilya Kharun, who has been lighting it up in the fly events and IMs since last week, took 2nd with a 9:02.58. It was a massive personal best, melting 41 seconds off his previous mark if 9:43.89, which he swam in October of 2020. Kharun now sits at #31 all-time in the 15-16 age group. 15-year-old Luke Ellis swam a 9:12.76 for 3rd, dropping 33.5 seconds from his previous best.
Bella Sims had a huge performance to win the women, taking the race in 1:51.69. The swim was well under Sims’ previous best of 1:53.66. She took the race out fast, splitting 54.25 on the opening 100, before coming home in 57.44. With the performance, Sims is now #9 all-time in the 15-16 girls age group.
Clovis Swim Club 34-year-old Danielle Herrmann completed her sweep of the women’s breaststroke events, taking the 200 in 2:11.78. The swim was close to Herrmann’s personal best of 2:10.27, which she swam back in 2014. Kayla Han was back in action in the 200 breast as well, swimming a personal best of 2:17.73.
32-year-old Brandon Fischer took the men’s 200 breast in 1:54.85. After swimming a lifetime best in the 100 breast on Saturday, Fischer was just off his personal best mark of 1:54.10 tonight.
Other Event Winners:
- Women’s 100 Free: Vasilissa Buinaia (NOVA) – 49.75
- Men’s 100 Free: Jesse Novak (NOVA) – 43.54
- Men’s 200 Back: Joshua Hanson (NOVA) – 1:45.89
Her versatility is just so nuts
Looks like she has the class fastest time in the 200 back now? Or if not, is very close to it.
She got the SCS record only 9 minutes after the mile. That is pure guts.