Swimmers in the zone midway through State meet

Justin Karpinos
After a successful Region meet two weeks ago, thirteen members of the USN Swimming team returned to Centennial Sportsplex for the 2014 Tennessee High School State Championship.  We were excited about the opportunity to taper and compete among the best swimmers in Tennessee and confident that our training had prepared us to race very well.
After a successful Region meet two weeks ago, thirteen members of the USN Swimming team returned to Centennial Sportsplex for the 2014 Tennessee High School State Championship.  We were excited about the opportunity to taper and compete among the best swimmers in Tennessee and confident that our training had prepared us to race very well.

Friday prelims:
 
We kicked off the meet on Friday morning with the 200 medley relay.  The boys’ “B” relay of Daniel Pannock, Mackenzie Myers, Neil Zheng, and Rob Dobie began by swimming the third fastest time in USN history, crushing USN’s season best and putting them in the Top 24 overall.  The girls’ 200 medley relay was next, and Trudy Zou, Elena Escalas, Natalie TeSelle, and Marina Escalas won their heat in a season-best time that placed them in the top 20, just out of finals.  The boys’ A relay (Mark Rusznak, Nicholas Ng, Will Jones, Ben Tattersfield) raced very well in one of the fastest heats to qualify for finals, just off the 2011 school record.
 
Kellon Patey, who sat out of the medley relay to prepare for the 200 freestyle, responded with an electrifying swim, dropping ten seconds off his season best time  (the biggest improvement over seed of anyone at the meet today) the and grabbing the attention of the entire boys’ pool deck.
 
Trudy’s 200 IM was another lifetime best, as were both Ben and Rob’s 50 freestyles.  Notably, Rob’s improvement from Regions moved him up to 4th on the USN all-time Top 10 list.  Neil swam a best time in the 200 IM, despite some sub-par turns, and earned himself a spot on the all-time Top 10 list.
 
In the 100 butterfly, both Elena and Nicholas earned scoring swims.  Elena qualified sixth, breaking Taylor Melton’s school record in the process, while Nicholas qualified 10th in a lifetime best.  Natalie and Will Jones both swam lifetime bests, and Neil’s third race of the morning was just off his best.
 
Friday Finals:
 
In finals, the boys’ 200 medley relay was in a very tight consolation heat.  We thought they could just as easily win the heat as finish last.  They ended up splitting the difference, finishing fourth, largely on the strength of Rob Dobie’s 22.5 anchor split.
 
Elena and Nicholas both had solid 100 butterfly swims in finals.  Elena held onto sixth place, improving on her prelim time to set the USN record at 57.34.  Nicholas finished third in the consolation heat, just off his prelim time of 53.29.

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