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This past weekend, twenty
Duke Aquatics swimmers competed at Age Group Sectionals in
Charlotte. The meet hosted over 900 of the fastest swimmers hailing
from 93 different teams in North & South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, Alabama, & Mississippi. Duke Aquatics stacked up
very well against the competition, with many impressive team
accomplishments.
The 11-12 Girls 200 Medley relay smashed the team record they set
three weeks ago. Their time of 1:55.74 currently ranks them 10th in
the nation (the 11-12 Girls 400 Medley as well as the 13-14 Girls
200 & 400 Free relays are also currently in the Top 20). Connor
Sept reset three of his own 10 & under boys team records while
also adding a new record in the 200 IM. Maija Roses set a new meet
record in winning the 13-14 Girls 200 Breaststroke in a time of
2:18.44. More
accomplishments are listed below, with *Team Records*
denoted as such.
Relays placing in the Top 16:
*11-12 Girls 200 Medley Relay (3rd)* - Liu, Churchill,
Marzinsky, Xu
13-14 Girls 400 Medley Relay (4th) - Roses,
Sarratt, Stuart, Nolte
13-14 Girls 400 Free Relay (6th) - Roses, Nolte,
Smith, Sarratt
11-12 Girls 200 Free Relay (10th) - Xu,
Churchill, Marzinsky, Liu
13-14 Boys 400 Medley Relay (11th) - Williams,
House, Vosburgh, Harris
13-14 Boys 400 Free Relay (12th) - Vosburgh,
Williams, House, Harris
Individuals placing in the Top 16:
Maija Roses, 14 - 200 Breast (1st), 1650 Free
(5th), 200 Free (5th), 200 Fly (8th), 100 Fly (15th)
Emily Sarratt, 13 - 100 Breast (2nd), 200 Breast
(9th)
Becca Churchill, 12 - 200 Breast (4th), 100
Breast (4th), 50 Breast (6th)
Garrett House, 14 - 200 Breast (4th), 100 Breast
(5th)
Caroline Liu, 12 - 200 Breast (6th), 50 Back
(6th), 100 Breast (8th), 50 Breast (13th), 100 Back (15th), 100 IM
(16th)
Connor Sept, 10 - *100 Breast (6th)*, *50 Free
(8th)*, 100 IM (9th), *100 Free (9th)*, 50 Breast (12th), *200 IM
(13th)*, 50 Back (15th)
Michaela Nolte, 14 - 100 Breast (13th)
CeCe Marzinsky, 12 - 100 Fly (16th)
In addition to the above swimmers, there were notable achievements
from the other members of the Age Group Sectional Team:
Sara Siemens and Lucy Stuart, both 13, competed in two events
each, with Sara going a personal best in the 100 back and Lucy in
the 100 fly. They also backed up their strong performances in the
200 fly from Age Group Champs after improving their times by over
10 seconds in the month of February. Morgan Smith, 13, who at the
beginning of February only had one cut for Age Group Champs,
qualified for and competed in five individual events at Sectionals.
Allison Lai, 10, competed in two events on Sunday, going a personal
best and nearly breaking 30 seconds in the 50 free.
Nathan Greeley represented the 11-12 boys well by swimming to
personal bests in all four of his events and picking up AAA times
in the 200, 100, & 50 backstroke.
Connor Williams posted the 2nd fastest 13-14 Boy’s 1650
& 500 in team history, nearly breaking the 5:00 barrier in the
500 with a 5:01. Jacob Vosburgh, 13, now holds the 2nd fastest time
in North Carolina for his age this season in both the 200 & 100
fly. He also added personal best times in the 500 and 50
freestyles. Tommy Bilden, 13, swam four events, with personal bests
in the 1650 free and 100 fly. Harry Schrickx, 14, made the most of
his one swim by going a lifetime best in the 100 backstroke. Gabe
Shepherd, 13, also squeaked out a best time in his 100 backstroke
while also competing in the 1650 free. Trey Harris, 13, swam two
events and anchored both of the boys relays.
Congratulations to all Duke Aquatics Age Group Sectional
swimmers!
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