2021 PVS SC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES WAVE II
- March 18-21, 2021
- Freedom Aquatic & Fitness Center, Manassas, VA
- SCY (25y)
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- Results on Meet Mobile: “2021 PVS Short Course Championships Series Wave II”
U.S. National Team member Torri Huske of Arlington Aquatic Club won the 200 fly with a lifetime best time of 1:53.71, shaving .33 off her previous best from December and finishing 2.5 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Huske is now ranked #11 all-time out of 17-18 year-olds in the event, just beneath Emma Sticklen who posted a 1:53.56 at the 2021 DI NCAA Championships and finished 7th in finals with a 1:54.09.
Mackenzie McConagha of Nation’s Capital touched the wall in 2nd place with a time of 1:56.10, dropping over a second from her previous best from December and forming another two second lead between her and third place finisher Jill Berger of Nation’s Capital Swim Club (1:58.36). McConagha cracked the top 100 all-time list, now ranked #73, tied with Lizzy Cook. This was a lifetime best for Berger as well, whose previous best 200 fly time was 2:00.17 which she also swam in December.
Nation’s Capital’s Landon Gentry won the 200 fly with a time of 1:45.34, about 2.3 seconds off his lifetime best from December which ranks him #5 out of the all-time fastest 15-16 year-olds in the event. His performance tonight would still rank him#12, right above Cal graduate Andrew Seliskar. Gentry finished the race with a 3.5 second lead over 2nd-place-finisher and his teammate Michael Jiang (1:49.00).
Jiang’s finals time was took 2 seconds off the time he posted in prelims. Rockville Montgomery Swim Club’s Chris Ma and 15-year-old Nolan Dunkel of Arlington Aquatic Club also cracked the 1:50.00 mark, finishing in 3rd and 4th place with times of 1:49.19 and 1:49.84, respectively. Dunkel dropped about 2.5 seconds from his lifetime best while Ma added close to a second.
Nation’s Capital Swim Club’s Paige McKenna won the 500 free with a time of 4:43.04, about 3.3 seconds off her lifetime best. Last year, McKenna was ranked as high as #25 all-time in the 15-16 age group after posting a 4:40.38.
Other Event Winners and Notable Swims:
- Sophie Duncan of Nation’s Capital snagged 2nd in the 500 free with a new lifetime best of 4:45.74, dropping over 3 seconds from her previous best she posted in November.
- FISH’s Sam O’Brien won the 500 free with a time of 4:26.38, crushing his previous best from December by over 4 seconds and making this his first time under 4:30.00.
- In the same 500 heat, Nation’s Capital Swim Club’s Dylan Danaie out touched Occoquan Swimming’s Benjamin Huffman by .06 to earn 2nd place with a time of 4:31.60. Danaie dropped about a second from his best time from December while 16-year-old Huffman crushed his previous best, which he swam last month, by nearly 5 seconds.
- Nation’s Capital’s Aris Runnels won the 100 back with a time of 54.11, about a second within her lifetime best, out touching teammate Tatum Wall by half-a-seconds. In prelims, she shaved .08 off her best time from December.
- In the 100 back Mason Makos’ Katherine Helms took 3rd place (55.81), shaving one-third of a second off her previous best time from February. This swim came after she posted a lifetime best 500 free time of 4:48.46 to snag 3rd place.
- 16-year-old J.T. Ewing claimed 1st in the 100 back with a time of 48.52, taking .17 off the lifetime best he posted in December and out touching FISH teammate Collin McKenzie by .20. This swim was a best time for McKenzie as well whose previous fastest 100 back time was set at 49.08 last month.
The statement about Michael Jiang not having an official time in the event prior to the meet is incorrect. Entry into this meet required a provable time, which he did have (1:49.15).