Reported by Karl Ortegon.
2018 US WINTER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- November 28th-December 1st, 2018
- Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Psych Sheets
- Results
- Short Course Time Trial Info
- Live Stream
- Saturday Finals Heat Sheet
- Prelims/Finals at 9 am / 5 pm ET
- LCM (50m)
WOMEN’S 200 FLY FINALS
- 2020 Olympic Trials Cut: 2:14.59
- Hali Flickinger – 2:07.22
- Olivia Bray – 2:11.38
- Charlotte Hook – 2:11.93
Hali Flickinger, a strategic expert at this event, was controlled on the front-half and let Virginia Gators’ Olivia Bray rocket out to a 1:00.9 first 100. Flickinger executed a phenomenal backhalf, though, blowing past Bray for the final turn and then hammering home over the last 50 meters. Flickinger wound up body lengths ahead for the win at 2:07.22, her sixth-best swim ever and her fastest non-summer LCM swim ever.
2018-2019 LCM WOMEN 200 FLY
FLICKINGER
2.05.96
| 2 | Katie DRABOT | USA | 2.06.59 | 07/24 |
| 3 | Franziska HENTKE | GER | 2.06.50 | 11/21 |
| 4 | Katinka HOSSZU | HUN | 2.06.62 | 05/12 |
| 5 | Boglarka KAPAS | HUN | 2.06.78 | 07/25 |
Bray was able to hold on for 2nd at 2:11.38, while 14-year-old Charlotte Hook of the TAC Titans got onto the podium with a 2:11.93. Athens Bulldogs’ Megan Kingsley was 2:12.61 for 4th.
It was a 2:14.60 to win the B-final for Leah Gingrich of Columbus Aquatic Club.
WOMEN’S 200 BACK FINALS
- 2020 Olympic Trials Cut: 2:14.69
- Kylie Masse – 2:09.92
- Hali Flickinger – 2:10.77
- Ali Galyer – 2:11.02
Canadian star Kylie Masse broke the pool record with a 2:09.92, the first sub-2:10 performance in this event that the Greensboro Aquatic Center’s ever seen. That’s a world-leading time for Masse (with the season being considered from September of this year and on).
2018-2019 LCM WOMEN 200 BACK
SMITH
2.03.35 *WR
| 2 | Margherita PANZIERA | ITA | 2.05.72 | 04/06 |
| 3 | Kylie MASSE | CAN | 2.05.94 | 04/05 |
| 4 | Kaylee McKEOWN | AUs | 2.06.26 | 07/27 |
| 5 | Taylor RUCK | CAN | 2.06.70 | 04/05 |
Athens Bulldogs’ Hali Flickinger booked it the last 10 meters or so to sneak in for 2nd at 2:10.77, about a second and a half off of her PR. Kentucky’s Ali Galyer was 2:11.02 after leading the way this morning, and 16-year-old Phoebe Bacon of NCAP was just behind her and off the podium at 2:11.13.
Paige Hetrick of Bradford YMCA went 2:14.04 out of lane 8 in the B-final, notching a Trials cut as well as a lifetime best.
Is she married now?
Yes she has been married a couple years. She married Martin Grodzki. Martin is from Germany and also swam at UGA where he won NCAAs in the mile and set a NCAA record at the time.