OA Finishes 9th at Junior Nationals in Atlanta
Junior Nationals Recap
Orinda Aquatics finished 9th at the recent Junior National Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. We traveled with six swimmers; Courtney Whyte, Robbie Ashby, Sven Campbell, Chris Leon, Jeffrey Strausser, and Steven Stumph and made an impressive showing in what is easily the fastest 18 & under meet in the nation, if not the world. With nearly 3,000 teams in the country, this was a very positive performance and another example of a small team accomplishing impressive results. The men’s relays were very successful, placing 6th in four relays!; 200 Free Relay (1:25.33), 200 Medley Relay (1:33.45), 400 Medley (3:24.54), 400 Free relay 3:05.12.
The following is a recap of the results;
| Name |
Event |
Time |
Notes |
| Steven Stumph |
100 Breast |
57.25 |
14th |
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200 Breast |
1:58.95 |
Best time (3rd) .04 off winning event |
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200 IM |
1:50.93 |
Best time (15th) |
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400 IM |
3:57.96 |
Best time (18th) |
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| Robbie Ashby |
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50 Free |
21.34 |
On best time |
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50 Free |
21.05 |
Relay split |
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100 Free |
47.32 |
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200 Free |
1:43.39 |
Best time |
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100 Free |
45.9 |
Relay split |
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| Sven Campbell |
50 Free |
21.02 |
Best time (18th) |
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100 Free |
45.4 |
Lead off |
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200 Free |
1:40.07 |
Best time (23rd) |
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50 Back |
23.6 |
Relay split |
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100 Back |
50.93 |
Best time (30th) |
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200 Back |
1:50.99 |
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| Chris Leon |
100 Breast |
58.45 |
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200 Breast |
2:07.14 |
Best time |
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50 Breast |
26.1 |
Medley split |
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| Jeffrey Strausser |
100 Breast |
58.49 |
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100 Fly |
50.82 |
(50.02 Relay split) |
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50 Free |
21.40 |
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50 Free |
21.05 |
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100 Free |
47.43 |
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100 Free |
45.9 |
Relay split |
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| Courtney Whyte |
200 Free |
1:55.1 |
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100 Back |
57.78 |
Best time |
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200 Back |
2:05.96 |
Best time |
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100 Fly |
56.72 |
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200 Fly |
2:04.06 |
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Following Junior Nationals, Steven went to Sectionals in Long beach and swam the following times in off events;
| Name |
Event |
Time |
Notes |
| Steven Stumph |
200 Free |
1:44.53 |
Three second |
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200 Fly |
1:54.44 |
Three second drop |
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500 Free |
4:41.98 |
Six second drop |
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200 Back |
1:57.20 |
Five second drop |
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100 Fly |
51.70 |
Two second drop |
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