2016 Winter Nationals: Day Four Finals Live Recap

The 2016 Winter National Championships are taking place in Atlanta at the beginning of December. A lot of collegiate stars are coming out to race so it should be fast. Tune in and refresh for updates.

Dec 3, 2016

2016 Winter Nationals: Day Four Finals Live Recap

1650 Yard Freestyle Women:

Brooke Zieger captured victory in a fast 15:44.00 followed by Erica Sullivan in 15:47.39 and Lindsey Clary rounded out the top 3 in 15:57.03.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) ZEIGER Brooke (Minnesota) 15:44.00
2) SULLIVAN Erica (SANDCA) 15:47.39
3) CLARY Lindsey (OSU-OH) 15:57.03
4) MARCHUK Stephanie (IU-IN) 16:10.11
5) JERNBERG Cassy (IU-IN) 16:10.44
6) FINKE Autumn (UF-FL) 16:14.89
7) SALLADIN Cathryn (FAST-CA) 16:14.98
8) EMERY Erin (Minnesota) 16:21.08

1650 Yard Freestyle Women:

Ben Lawless wins the final heat of the Men's 1650 Freestyle, but the title goes to Marwan El Kamash who crushed the heat prior posting a time of 14:48.34. Lawless was second in 14.58.83 and his teammate Blake Manganiello was third at 15:02.06.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) EL KAMASH Marwan (IU) 14:48.34
2) LAWLESS Ben (UF) 14:58.83
3) MANGANIELLO Blake (UF) 15:02.06
4) ABBOTT Taylor (Tennessee) 15:03.43
5) DELK Taylor (UF-FL) 15:05.12
6) LAMAR Simon (FAST-CA) 15:07.09
7) COLLINS Jack (IU-IN) 15:07.58
8) MILLER Jackson (IU-IN) 15:08.40

200 Yard Backstroke Women:

Alexander Bridgette comes away with the gold in the women's 200 backstroke with a time of 1:52.38. Following her in a great race for second were Hannah Moore and Kristen Romano in second and third respectively.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) ALEXANDER Bridgette (UN01KY) 1:52.38
2) MOORE Hannah (NCS-NC) 1:53.51
3) ROMANO Kristen (LIACMR) 1:53.98
4) EARLEY Erin (HMSTCT) 1:55.05
5) MADDEN Paige (CMSASE) 1:55.07
6) WADDELL Tevyn (UOFMMN) 1:55.21
7) SEIBERLICH Emma (PAY-MA) 1:55.47
8) ROCKETT Ally (IU-IN) 1:57.39

200 Yard Backstroke Men:

Arkady Vyatchanin, of New York Athletic Club, wins the men's 200 backstroke by over a second in 1:40.12. He was followed by Omar Pinzon and Bob Glover respectively.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) VYATCHANIN Arkady (NYACMR) 1:40.12
2) PINZON Omar (FASTCA) 1:41.27
3) GLOVER Bob (IU-IN) 1:41.96
4) NIKOLAEV Mark (GCU-AZ) 1:42.99
5) MEYER Michael (UNC-NC) 1:43.39
6) BOHMAN Bryce (CM-WV) 1:44.48
7) PARK Jason (MTRONT) 1:45.90
8) SAFRA Yuval (UN01GA) 1:47.26

100 Yard Freestyle Women:

Isabel Ivey holds off a charging Sarah Hitchens and Caroline Baldwin for the victory in the women's 100 freestyle. Hitchens and Baldwin rounded out the top three at second and third.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) IVEY Isabel (GSC-FL) 48.33
2) HITCHENS Sarah (UNC-NC) 48.74
3) BALDWIN Caroline (UNC-NC) 48.86
4) WANG Iris (GTCHGA) 49.15
5) COLE Emma (GOLDGA) 49.30
6) CUNNINGHAM Victoria (SMU-NT) 49.39
7) MACK Katie (NCAPPV) 49.76
- AVESTRUZ Zoe UOFMMN DSQ

100 Yard Freestyle Men:

Bowen Becker brings some outside smoke winning the event from lane one in a time of 42.87. Anze Tavcar and Jacob Molacek brough home silver and bronze.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) BECKER Bowen (UOFMMN) 42.87
2) TAVCAR Anze (IU-IN) 43.12
3) MOLACEK Jacob (GOALMW) 43.14
4) KOSKI Matias (DYNAGA) 43.24
5) LORENTZ Sam (IU-IN) 0.66 (6) 21.09 43.48
6) FAIR Paul (UOFMMN) 0.69 (5) 21.04 43.80
7) DOLAN Jack (RSCAOZ) 0.79 (8) 21.26 44.08
8) ROMANY Josh (IU-IN)44.22

200 Yard Breaststroke Women:

Breeja Larson pushes the second 100 and breaks away from the field to finish in a time of 2:06.42 followed by Miranda Tucker and Nikol Popov.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) LARSON Breeja (NYACMR) 2:06.42
2) TUCKER Miranda (CW-MI) 2:07.44
3) POPOV Nikol (CANYCA) 2:09.33
4) HOREJSI Lindsey (UOFMMN) 2:10.05
5) CREW Kendra (UN02KY) 2:11.39
6) HERRMANN Danielle (CLOVCC) 2:11.40
7) PEARL Vanessa (MTRONT) 2:11.64
8) VARGO Taylor (OSU-OH) 2:13.44

200 Yard Breaststroke Men:

Kevin Cordes utilizes his long gliding stroke to ease to victory in the men's 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:53.51. Coming in behind Cordes were Nick Zito and Conner McHugh.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) CORDES Kevin (UN04SE) 1:53.51
2) ZITO Nick (WESTIL) 1:54.67
3) 3 MCHUGH Conner (UOFMMN) 1:54.85
4) 1 DE LARA Miguel (UN03SE) 1:55.65
5) 7 ALEXANDROV Mike (NYACMR) 1:56.62
6) 6 BUSHMAN John (UOFMMN) 1:56.83
7) 8 SEQUERA Juan (UN01FL) 1:56.94
8) 2 OLSON Tanner (CANYCA) 1:57.40

200 Yard Butterfly Women:

Hannah Saiz becomes the AT&T National Champion in the Women's 200 Butterfly with a time of 1:55.73. In second was Meg Bailey of Ohio State and third Caty Hulsey of North Carolina.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) SAIZ Hannah (SSTYWI) 1:55.73
2) BAILEY Meg (OSU-OH) 1:56.10
3) HULSEY Caty (UNC-NC) 1:56.45
4) KOUCHEKI Sarah (UNC-NC) 1:56.52
5) NACK Danielle (UOFMMN) 1:56.83
6) COOK Reagan (IU-IN) 1:57.50
7) DALESANDRO Gia (IU-IN) 1:58.36
8) CEFAL Michelle (TENNSE) 1:59.04

200 Yard Butterfly Men:

Vini Lanza of Indiana wins the Men's 200 Butterfly in a time of 1:41.43 and taking his name to the top of the list for this season. Second went to Sam Pomajevich Nation's Capital Swim Club and third to Sean Lee of Palo Alto Stanford.

Top Eight Finishers:

1) LANZA Vini (IU-IN) 1:41.34
2) POMAJEVICH Sam (NCAPPV) 1:44.03
3) LEE Sean (PASACA) 1:45.57
4) SOTO RAMIREZ Luis (IM-US) 1:45.98
5) BURNS Brendan (UMLYMA) 1:46.50
6) IRWIN Max (IU-IN) 1:47.13
7) GRIMES Carter (SANDCA) 1:47.29
8) PIPER Scott (MSU-MI) 1:48.18

400 Yard Freestyle Relay Women:

Minnesota University brings home the gold, followed by Indiana University and Villanova University in second and third respectively.

1) University Of Minnesota 3:18.92
2) Indiana University 3:20.82
3) Villanova University 3:21.49

400 Yard Freestyle Relay Men:

Winning the final event of the meet was Indiana University in a time of 2:52.93 in the 400 Freestyle Relay. In second place with a time of 2:54.89 was Minnesota and third at 2:55.62 Grand Canyon University.

1) Indiana University 2:52.93
2) University Of Minnesota 2:54.89
3) Grand Canyon University 2:55.62