DCST National Results Day 4

DCST National Results (Day 4)

 

                The 800 Freestyle Relay and the 200 Backstroke were extremely productive events for DCST on Day 4 of the YMCA National Championships. DCST’s women’s 800 freestyle relay team of Grace Waller, Valerie Jones, Casey Jepsen and Emily Launer swam 6.25 seconds under their seed time to finish 5 ^th. While the men’s team of Michael Gordon, Sam Seneczko, Chad Thompson and Grant Alef dropped almost 9 full seconds to finish in 6 ^th place. All 8 swimmers earned National All-American honors. This was the first time Sam earned National All-American honors.

In the Men’s 200 Backstroke, Grant Alef took 2 ^nd place while Chad Thompson was 11 ^th. Both swimmers earn National All-American honors, broke the previous DCST team record and had significant time improvements (Grant – 3.3 seconds; Chad – 0.8 seconds). In the Women’s 200 Backstroke, DCST had a trio of swims in the final session (Emily Launer - 6 ^th place, Tara Gidaszewski – 15 ^th place, Casey Jepsen – 22 ^nd place). Emily and Tara both earned National All-American honors. This was the first time for Tara to achieve this status.

In DCST’s other two final swims on Thursday, Valerie Jones and Kei Ishimaru both set new DCST team records. In the 400 IM, Valerie Jones dropped 6.3 seconds in finals after dropping 2.5 seconds in prelims. She finished in 18 ^th place. Kei dropped 1.6 seconds on the day while finishing in 18 ^th place.

For the day, DCST’s had 9 lifetime best times out of 15 individual swims. This brings the week’s total to 26 career best times out of 38 swims. DCST’s other time improvements on the day: Casey Jepsen – 100 Freestyle (0.01 seconds), Cory Page - 100 Freestyle (1 second), Tara Gidaszewski - 200 Backstroke (1.2 seconds), Casey Jepsen - 200 Backstroke (1.3 seconds), Sharron Isola – 50 Butterfly (0.05 seconds).

 

Complete DCST Results from Day 4

 

Women’s 400 IM

                Valerie Jones

                                Prelims – 5:19.78 (17 ^th)

                                Finals – 5:13.44 (18 ^th) – New DCST Team Record

                Katie Hallenbeck – 5:24.38 (27 ^th)

                Sharron Isola – 5:27.45 (34 ^th)

 

Men’s 400 IM

                Michael Gordon – 4:59.47 (26 ^th)

 

Women’s 100 Freestyle

Casey Jepsen – 1:01.48 (Tied – 38 ^th)

 

Men’s 100 Freestyle

                Cory Page – 57.58 (121 ^st)

 

Women’s 200 Backstroke

                Emily Launer

                                Prelims – 2:25.15 (5 ^th)

                                Finals – 2:24.03 (6 ^th) – National All-American

                Tara Gidaszewski

                                Prelims – 2:26.01 (9 ^th)

                                Finals – 2:27.38 (15 ^th) – National All-American

                Casey Jepsen

                                Prelims – 2:29.18 (22 ^nd)

                                Finals – 2:29.10 (22 ^nd)

 

Men’s 200 Backstroke

                Grant Alef

                                Prelims – 2:11.07 (4 ^th) – New DCST Team Record

                                Finals – 2:08.85 (2 ^nd) – National All-American, New DCST Team Record

                Chad Thompson

                                Prelims – 2:13.07 (10 ^th)

                                Finals – 2:12.09 (11 ^th) – National All-American, New DCST Team Record

                Michael Gordon – 2:32.04 (113 ^th)

 

Women’s 50 Butterfly

                Sharron Isola – 30.69 (36 ^th)

                Katie Hallenbeck – 30.77 (37 ^th)

 

Men’s 50 Butterfly

                Kei Ishimaru

                                Prelims – 27.29 (23 ^rd)

                                Finals – 27.00 (18 ^th) – New DCST Team Record

 

Women’s 800 Freestyle Relay

                Grace Waller, Valerie Jones, Casey Jepsen, Emily Launer – 8:53.25

                All 4 swimmers earned National All-American honors

 

Men’s 800 Freestyle Relay

                Michael Gordon, Sam Seneczko, Chad Thompson, Grant Alef – 8:04.57

                All 4 swimmers earned National All-American honors

 

Team Scoring

                Women – 11 ^th place

                Men – 5 ^th place

                Combined Men and Women – 7 ^th place