June 11, 2008
University Park, Pa. - Several members of the Penn State men's and women's swimming teams competed at the Charlotte Ultraswim meet last weekend. The elite meet that featured several of the top swimmers in the country was part of the Toyota Grand Prix series of swimming meets and the final one of the 2007-08 competition year. Kaitlin O'Brien picked up two gold medals at the event while Pat Schirk picked up one. Additionally, Chris Sullivan became the ninth Penn State male swimmer to qualify for next month's U.S. Olympic Trials.
O'Brien took first place in both the 200 breaststroke and 400 IM, her two strongest events. In the 200 breast, after finishing second in the prelims, she beat the second place finisher by over a second in the finals, touching the wall in 2:33.51. Three Nittany Lions finished in the top eight in the 200 breast as Clare Clemens finished fourth and Abby Hoisington placed eighth.
In the 400 IM, O'Brien won going away, first swimming the fastest time in the prelims by over five and a half seconds and then coming back to win in the finals by nearly four and half seconds over the second place finisher. Daphne Skelos also finished fourth in the 400 IM finals.
Schirk took first place in the 50 backstroke, winning in :26.71 after finishing second in the prelims.
Sullivan qualified for U.S. Olympic Trials with his swim in the 1500 freestyle. He finished ninth in 15:52.32, just under the qualifying standard of 15:53.59. Additionally, five women who have already qualified for Trials picked up new Trial cuts in different events. Karie Haglund, who already owns Trial cuts in four different events, added a fifth event with a cut in the 400 free. Abby Hoisington, who already had a cut in the 100 breast, added the 200 breast to her list of cuts. Michelle Myers picked up a new cut in the 50 free after already having cuts in the 100 and 200 back while Skelos picked up a new cut in the 200 IM and Clare Clemens picked up a new cut in the 200 IM as well.
Chris Sullivan became the ninth Penn State men's swimmer to qualify for Olympic Trials with a qualifying time in the 1500 freestyle. |
Penn State now has a total of 11 women and nine men that have qualified for and will swim at U.S. Olympic Trials, which will be held June 29-July 5 in Omaha, Neb. Additionally, men's swimmer Basil Kaaki has already qualified for the Olympics, where he will be swimming for his native country of Lebanon.
Listed below are the results for the Penn State swimmers that competed in last weekend's Charlotte Ultraswim (All distances are long-course meters)
Complete results of the meet can be viewed here.
Women
50 FreestyleT10. Michelle Myers (:26.24, :26.60 prelims - 16th)32. Lindsey DeForrest (:26.94)T85. Sarah Baker (:27.92)125. Colby Capretto (:28.69)149. Heather Brady (:29.40)
100 Freestyle22. Kelly Nelson (:58.21)28. Sarah Baker (:58.48)32. Lindsey DeForrest (:58.57)74. Alex Young (1:00.10)81. Stephanie Roop (1:00.38)111. Colby Capretto (1:01.49)169. Heather Brady (1:04.88)
200 Freestyle16. Kelly Nelson (2:04.22, 2:03.10 prelims - 10th)21. Sarah Baker (2:04.66, 2:04.78 prelims - 22nd)40. Michelle Myers (2:05.95)45. Stephanie Roop (2:06.33)120. Lindsey DeForrest (2:01.94)199. Colby Capretto (2:19.55)207. Heather Brady (2:22.77)
400 Freestyle7. Karie Haglund (4:22.12, 4:19.01 prelims - 5th)32. Sarah Baker (4:24.03)37. Stephanie Roop (4:25.52)38. Kelly Nelson (4:25.88)95. Alex Young (4:38.39)
800 Freestyle44. Stephanie Roop (9:19.58)
Daphne Skelos picked up a new Trials cut in the 200 IM. |
50 Backstroke3. Michelle Myers (:29.77, :29.91 prelims - 6th)8. Kaitlyn Ferguson (:30.24, :29.95 prelims - 7th)53. Lauren Smart (:32.90)
100 Backstroke9. Michelle Myers (1:03.25, 1:04.47 prelims - 12th)11. Kaitlyn Ferguson (1:03.91, 1:04.37 prelims - 10th)29. Daphne Skelos (1:05.21)80. Lauren Smart (1:08.67)
200 Backstroke3. Daphne Skelos (2:15.04, 2:17.46 prelims - 11th)24. Michelle Myers (2:20.14)55. Kaitlyn Ferguson (2:26.10)91. Lauren Smart (2:30.34)
50 Breaststroke2. Abby Hoisington (:33.01 prelims)15. Lyndsey Smith (:34.63)31. Caitlin Meehan (:36.08)
100 Breaststroke3. Abby Hoisington (1:10.98, 1:12.15 prelims - 3rd)18. Clare Clemens (1:13.45, 1:14.47 prelims - 21st)26. Caitlin Meehan (1:14.91)35. Lyndsey Smith (1:15.72)
200 Breaststroke1. Kaitlin O'Brien (2:33.51, 2:33.48 prelims - 2nd)4. Clare Clemens (2:35.64, 2:33.86 prelims - 3rd)8. Abby Hoisington (2:38.80, 2:35.63 prelims - 5th)34. Caitlin Meehan (2:44.32)57. Lyndsey Smith (2:48.27)
100 Butterfly24. Kelly Nelson (1:03.10, 1:02.66 prelims - 19th)49. Sarah Baker (1:04.36)52. Karie Haglund (1:04.42)65. Alex Young (1:04.99)86. Lauren Smart (1:05.93)
200 Butterfly4. Kelly Nelson (2:14.63, 2:15.79 prelims - 4th)23. Karie Haglund (2:21.11, 2:18.88 prelims - 18th)48. Alex Young (2:23.35)
200 IM3. Daphne Skelos (2:18.66, 2:21.10 prelims - 8th)4. Clare Clemens (2:20.15, 2:21.57 prelims - 11th)3. Kaitlin O'Brien (2:19.17 prelims)30. Karie Haglund (2:24.71)
400 IM1. Kaitlin O'Brien (4:48.73, 4:49.75 prelims - 1st)4. Daphne Skelos (4:56.80, 4:58.88 prelims - 9th)23. Karie Haglund (5:04.87, 5:04.67 prelims - 29th)
Pat Schirk won the 50 backstroke at the Charlotte Ultraswim meet. |
Men
50 Freestyle35. Basil Kaaki (:24.33)50. Vincent Reydams (:24.62)56. John Austin (:24.78)61. Jason Goldner (:24.87)65. Ben Ryan (:24.97)88. Ed Felty (:25.52)96. Matt Edgin (:25.70)
100 Freestyle42. Ben Ryan (:53.37)73. John Austin (:54.73)76. Vincent Reydams (:54.85)107. Jason Goldner (:56.12)110. Ed Felty (:56.19)112. James Francis (:56.42)116. Ryan Peart (:56.76)125. Matt Edgin (:57.16)133. Max Ettore (:58.79)
200 Freestyle33. Ryan DeWeese (1:56.05)39. Ben Ryan (1:56.59)57. Chris Sullivan (1:57.97)111. Jack Zierenberg (2:00.98)143. James Francis (2:03.98)148. Vincent Reydams (2:04.22)155. David Kraft (2:05.07)156. Max Ettore (2:05.20)160. John Austin (2:08.49)
400 Freestyle26. Chris Sullivan (4:04.88)28. Ryan DeWeese (4:05.24)37. Josh Wakeley (4:07.05)50. Ben Ryan (4:08.32)59. David Kraft (4:10.48)61. Dito Calderon (4:11.14)85. Jack Zierenberg (4:16.98)100. Max Ettore (4:21.55)106. Colin Quirk (4:25.36)
1500 Freestyle9. Chris Sullivan (15:52.32)19. David Kraft (16:06.07)25. Dito Calderon (16:14.26)42. Josh Wakeley (16:53.28)49. Colin Quirk (17:07.73)
50 Backstroke1. Pat Schirk (:26.71, :26.86 prelims - 2nd)13. Dan Fimbianti (:27.87, 27:73 prelims - 9th)35. Vincent Reydams (:29.14)45. John Austin (:29.80)
100 Backstroke3. Pat Schirk (:57.23, :57.49 prelims - 3rd)18. Dan Fimbianti (:58.36, :58.98 prelims - 18th)91. Kyle Miranda (1:04.76)98. John Austin (1:05.82)101. James Francis (1:06.98)
200 Backstroke4. Pat Schirk (2:04.68 prelims)11. Dan Fimbianti (2:06.62 prelims)36. Ryan DeWeese (2:11.53)59. Chris Sullivan (2:15.20)
50 Breaststroke13. Kyle Miranda (:30.53 prelims)27. Ryan Peart (:31.34)29. Kevin Rybicki (:31.50)
100 Breaststroke30. Kyle Miranda (1:07.84)53. Ryan Peart (1:10.57)62. Jason Goldner (1:11.92)
200 Breaststroke34. Kyle Miranda (2:29.40)48. Kevin Rybicki (2:32.79)
50 Butterfly43. Kenny McCormick (:27.74)45. Matt Edgin (:27.83)
100 Butterfly17. Tim Williams (:55.47, :56.40 prelims - 21st)87. Kenny McCormick (:59.67)98. James Francis (1:00.35)103. Jack Zierenberg (1:00.78)106. Matt Edgin (1:01.07)110. Josh Wakeley (1:01.18)126. Max Ettore (1:02.98)
200 Butterfly5. Tim Williams (2:02.64, 2:03.23 prelims - 3rd)22. Josh Wakeley (2:06.11, 2:06.65 prelims - 25th)53. Jack Zierenberg (2:09.13)76. James Francis (2:13.75)90. Max Ettore (2:16.84)97. Dito Calderon (2:17.75)102. Kenny McCormick (2:18.83)
200 IM47. Tim Williams (2:13.21)86. Kenny McCormick (2:18.01)92. Josh Wakeley (2:18.63)104. Dito Calderon (2:20.29)121. Colin Quirk (2:24.14)
400 IM52. David Kraft (4:48.41)55. Dito Calderon (4:49.60)72. Colin Quirk (4:55.24)