NAC Athletes Continue the Success at the Speedo Junior National Championships

This past weekend NAC had 10 athletes travel to Columbus, Ohio for Junior National Championships.  In the combined total, NAC placed 4^th out of all the competition, and on the women’s side placed 2^nd!  Congratulations to Matthew Lattin, Noah Stopkotte, Elijah Patrick, Spencer Klinsky, Gretchen Walsh, Alex Walsh, Allison Raab, Ella Nelson, Lauren Hurt, and Julia Jane Eskew!

On the Women’s side, the quartet of Alex, Allison, Ella, and Gretchen placed 1^st in the 400 Medley Relay, and 2nd in the 200 medley relay as well as 2^nd in the 800 Freestyle relay.  The women’s 200 and 400 Freestyle Relay each placed 2^nd with performances from Gretchen, Allison, Alex, and Julia Jane.

On the Men’s side, Spencer, Noah, Elijah, and Matthew placed 27^th in the 200 Medley Relay, 19^th in the 200 Freestyle Relay, and 24^th in the 400 Freestyle Relay.

Individually, there were many outstanding performances! Alex Walsh finished 1^st in the 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke, 200 IM and the 100 Breaststroke, which set a new National Age Group Record with her time of 58.80.  Allison Raab finished 7^th in the 200 IM, 3^rd in the 100 Breaststroke, and 2^nd in the 200 Breaststroke.  Ella Nelson finished 10^th in the 200 IM, 6^th in the 400 IM, and 3^rd in the 200 Breaststroke.  Gretchen Walsh finished 10^th in the 50 Freestyle, 19^th in the 200 Freestyle, and 9^th in the 100 Freestyle. Elijah Patrick and Spencer Klinsky finished 12th and 20th respectively in the 200 Butterfly.

Go NAC!!