BEST Excels at Seattle Sectionals
The Brophy East Swim Team had a great Speedo Sectional Championships in Seattle, Washington over the weekend.
BEST won the Men's Team title, was 2nd in the overall combined team scores (to King Aquatics) and 4th in the women's team. This was probabaly the fastest Sectional Championship in the country. BEST's Alex Lendrum was the male high point winner also.
Two of the highlights of the weekend were 2 new Olympic Trial cuts achieved by Alex Lendrum in winning the 200 back (2:03.94) and Erica Stock's 3rd place time of 2:34.69! Whitney Lopus picked up new OT cuts in the 100fr & 200IM also.Way to go!
Other highlights follow:
800fr: Ashley Evans, 2nd, 8:43.28 (OT), Malia Johnson, 9th, 9:11.31 (Jrs B), Alex Lendrum, 2nd, 8:28.92 (Jrs), Mark Rubin, 12th, 8:47.86.
200fr relay: Ashley E./Julia C./Noriko, I/ Cimone M, 7th, John W./Austen T/Michael B/Kohei K, 2nd, Patrick C/Alex L/Chris L/Mike J, 11th.
100fr: Traycie Swartz, 2nd, 56.54 (OT), Whitney Lopus, 4th, 57.02 (OT), Ashley Evans, 5th, 57.77 (Jrs), John Wojciechowski, 11th, 53.81(Jrs B), Austen Thompson, 13th, 54.20, Patrick Cardenas, 16th, 54.61, Michael Branning, 20th, 54.67.
200breast: Erica Stock, 3rd, 2:34.69 (OT), Harrison Gibson, 16th, 2:31.13.
200back: Alex Lendrum, 1st, 2:03.94 (OT), Austen Thompson, 7th, 2:09.74 (Jrs), Mike Johnson, 21st, 2:14.75, Chris Lee, 23rd, 2:25.50.
200fly: Whitney Lopus, 2nd, 2:11.83 (OT), Ashley Evans, 3rd, 2:12.46 (OT), Malia Johnson, 9th, 2:18.39 (Jrs), Erin DeVinney, 18th, 2:23.12 (Jrs B), John Wojciechowski, 3rd, 2:07.73 (Jrs).
200 med rly: Noriko I/Amanda D/Cimone M/Ashley E, 4th, Alex L/Austen T/John W/Kohei K, 1st, Chris L/Harrison G/Mike B/Patrick C, 10th.
200fr: Whitney Lopus, 2nd, 2:01.38 (OT), Traycie Swartz, 6th, 2:05.26 (Jrs), Ally Loper, 24th, 2:09.94, Mike Johnson, 22nd, 2:00.23.
400IM: Erica Stock, 10th, 4:59.43 (Jrs), Alex Lendrum, 1st, 4:31.88 (Open), Austen Thompson, 4th, 4:35.72 (Jrs), Nick Ryan, 19th, 4:45.43.
400fr relay: Ashley E/Ally L/Julia C/Cimone M, 5th, John W/Kohei K/Austen T/Alex L, 2nd, Patrick C/Mike B/Mike J/Brian C, 6th.
100back: Traycie Swartz, 2nd, 1:03.54 (OT), Noriko Inada, 3rd, 1:04.29 (Open), Ashley Brwer, 14th, 1:06.54 (Jrs B), Alex Lendrum, 4th, 58.83 (Jrs), Mike Johnson, 19th, 1:01.33 (Jrs B).
400fr: Ashley Evans, 2nd, 4:15.21 (OT), Malia Johnson, 17th, 4:26.36 (Jrs B), Alex Lendrum, 1st, 4:05.06 (Jrs), Austen Thompson, 7th, 4:08.68 (Jrs B), Michael Branning, 14th, 4:15.87, Mark Rubin, 18th, 4:14. 32.
100breast: Erica Stock, 10th, 1:14.15 (Jrs).
100fly: Whitney, 1st, 1:00.20 (OT), Kohei Kawamoto, 1st, 53.76 (Open), John Wojciechowski, 3rd, 56.32 (Jrs), Mike Johnson, 21st, 58.81 (Jrs B).
800fr relay: Alex L/John W/Michael B/Austen T, 2nd, Brian C/Mike J/Patrick C/Mark Rubin, 4th.
200IM: Whitney Lopus, 5th, 2:19.07 (OT), Alex Lendrum, 1st, 2:09.57 (Jrs), Austen Thompson, 5th, 2:11.96 (Jrs B).
1500free: Ashley Evans, 1st, 16:43.70 Open), Erin DeVinney, 13th, 17:48.44, Mark Rubin, 14th, 16:50.68.
50free: Traycie Swartz, 1st, 26.07 (OT), Cimone Miner, 20th, 27.59 (Jrs B), Norkio Inada, 22nd, 27.77, Kohei Kawamoto, 7th (fly), 24.93.
400med relay: Noriko I/Amanda D/Malia J/Ashley E, 3rd, Alex L/Austen T/John W/Kohei K, 1st, Mike J/Harrison G/Patrick C/Michael B, 11th.
We are now looking forward to some fast short course racing at the Arizona State meet and then we will get back into full training to prepare for Long Course competitions in April, May, and the summer. BEST now has 4 females and 1 male qualified for the US Olympic Trials in Omaha in July. With a few more meets before that, I know we can/will get some more. We are also looking like we will have/could have a strong Junior National meet.
