Top Times By Gold Medal Swimmers At The State High School Championships and the Day After Meet

Gold Medal Swim Club had many high placers, best times, winners, and new qualifiers to Sectionals, Futures, Junior Nationals and the US Open. The results below are just a small sample of the many great swims from the weekend. State champions are highlighted. 

Top Performances High School State Weekend:

First Time Qualifiers:

Eli Neeley: Sectionals in the 50 FR (22.25)

Tim Fay: Futures in the 100 FR (46.32)

Notable Swims:

D1- 

Caleb Stanley: 50 FR champion (20.84) and first time under 21 sec

Evan Bushko, Hunter Helsten, Michael Johnson: first time 21 sec 50 FRs (21.46, 21.64, 21.87 respectively)

Eli Neeley: First time sectionals qualifier 50 FR (22.25)

Evan Nail: 

  200 IM champion (1:48.12) Automatic All American and first SCY US Open cut

  100 BK champion (48.73) Automatic All American and pool record

  100 FR (45:58) leading off the relay

Hunter Helsten: 100 BK (52.75)

Sam Arredondo: 

  2nd place 100 BR (1:04.5)

  100 FR (52.3)

Jack Luken : 1^st place in the 200 and 500 free styles with best times 138.62 and 4.28.23 Male Swimmer of the Meet

Clare Luken 1^st place in the 200 free with a 1:50.28 and 2^nd in the 100 free with a 51.40

Reed Lucero: 2^nd place in the 100 breast with a 57.2 and 6^th in 200 IM

Colin Campbell 5^th in the 200 IM and 5^th in the 500 free

Markus Quillinan 8^th in the 200 free and 7^th in the 500 free

Finn Crawford 7^th in the 200 free and 4^th in the 500 free

Ava Elliott 6^th in the 100 fly and 6^th in the 500 free

Grace Nickell 8^th in the 200 free and 5^th in the 500 free

Ryne Davenport 6^th in the 100 free and 6^th in the 100 back

D2-

Ryder Androsky: 

  50 FR champion (21.29) and a Futures cut

  2nd place 100 FL (50.03)

Camryn Colvin and Sydney Prentice: first time 54 sec 100 FRs (54.50 and 54.93 respectively)

Tim Fay:

  100 FR champion (46.32) and first time Futures qualifier

  First time under 1:00 in the 100 BR (59.56)

Caleb Wehmeir: 22.52 50 FR on the relay

Lorin Tobler: 3^rd place in the 100 fly in 57.44 and a new Futures cut and 6^th place in 100 back

D3

Colorado Stanley: 5^th place in the 200 IM and 2^nd in the 100 back in 53.99 a new Sectional cut

Seonju Song 7^th place in the 200 free and 4^th place in the 500 free

Julia Thomas: 1^st in the 50 free in 24.37 and 2^nd in the 100 free in 53.63 and a new Sectional cut

Kendall Alexander 5^th place in 200 free and 4^th place in the 500 free

Top Performances Day After Meet:

Tim Fay: first time 21 sec 50 FR (21.57)

Sam Arredondo: 200 BR best time (2:21.70) and futures cut in the 200 IM (2:07.25)

Ryan King: 200 FL best time (1:54.92)

Evan Nail: 400 IM best time (3:56.83)

Davis Therrien: 15 sec drop in the 200 FR

Tim Fay: 100 FL sectional cut (53.02)

Dana El-Rayes: 21 sec drop 1650

Grace Nickell 400 IM best time in 4:36.25

Jack Luken 100 fly best time in 50.89

Colin Campbell: New Futures cut in the 400 IM

Paige Downey: Sectional cut in the 1650 and 1000 free in the same race

Lawrence Wen: Best times in 400 IM and 100 back

Max Nielsen: Best times in 50 free in 21.28 and 100 free in 46.01

Taylor Downey: Best times in the 50 and 100 free

Other Top 1650’s:Caroline Grimsley, Jason Sugihara, Joe Luken, Alex George, Adia Peterson