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USA Swimming's fastest championship meet was
held August 14-18th in Fresno, California. This elite event and the World
University Games were the selection meets for the Goodwill Games which
began August 29th in Brisbane, Australia. Four top Connecticut
athletes made the trip to Fresno: Kelly Harrigan (CAT), Katie McWilliams (AJSC),
Ben Michaelson (SOCO) and Tammie Repass (UAC). Also competing were
former CSI athletes Dan Shevick (WYW) and John Waters (GYWD).
Ben Michaelson (SOCO) finished 7th in the
men's 100M butterfly and broke his own CSI Resident Record clocking a
54.29. Kelly Harrigan (CAT) and Tammie Repass (UAC) also qualified
for finals and both finished 20th in their respective events.
Harrigan swam a 2:18.78 in the 200M backstroke and Repass swam a 2:16.91
in the 200M butterfly. Both competitors achieved personal bests.
Katie McWilliams finished 19th in the 1500M freestyle with a 17:00.87 and
22nd in the 800M freestyle with a personal best of 8:55.13.
Outdoor Life Network (OLN) will be showing
taped coverage of this event on September 9th and 11th at 1:00pm EST and
on October 7th at 4:00pm EST.
Results and USA Swimming Coverage
Speedo Champions Series
The second Speedo Champions Series meet for the Eastern Zone, Region I was held July 26-29, 2001 in Buffalo, NY. This was a championship meet for many of Connecticut's senior swimmers. Special congratulations to Men's High Point recipient Michael McLean (OMNI)! Connecticut teams fared well with the following athletes competing in finals:
A Finalists:
Kevin Budris (SOCO) 50
Free, 100 Free
David Cohen (UAC) 200 Fly
Jaime Crowley (CAT) 50 Free
Kelly Hannigan (GYWD) 200 IM
Kelly Harrigan (CAT) 100 Free, 200 Free, 100 Back and 200 Back
Meredith Lindgren (WAC) 100 Breast
Steven Marcucio (AJSC) 100 Breast, 200 Breast
Michael McLean (OMNI) 200
Free, 400 Free, 200 Back, 100 Fly, 400 IM
Ben Michaelson (SOCO) 50
Free, 100 Fly
Jason Oberman (WRAT) 100
Back
Sean Raffile (UAC) 100
Breast, 200 Breast
Geoff Rathgeber (SOCO) 200 Back, 200 Breast, 200 IM, 400 IM
B Finalists:
Sarah Bowman (SOCO) 100
Fly
Jacyln Carey (HNHS) 200
Breast
Adam Clements (UAC) 50
Free
David Cohen (UAC) 100 Fly
Jaime Crowley (CAT) 100
Breast
Jaime Falco (HNHS) 50
Free, 100 Back
Steve Falcon (ZEUS) 100
Breast
Dan Garaffa (NES) 200
Back
David Guernsey (CAT) 50
Free
Kelly Hannigan (GYWD) 50
Free, 400 IM
Kelly Harrigan (CAT) 400
Free, 100 Fly, 400 IM
Liz Klink (UAC) 200 Free, 400 Free
Louis Krasenics (ARAC) 400 Free
Steven Marcucio (AJSC) 200 IM
Whitney McLellan (SOCO) 200 Breast
Katie McWilliams (AJSC) 400 Free
Ben Michaelson (SOCO) 200
IM
Kevin Norman (OMNI) 400
Free
Jason Oberman (WRAT) 200
Back
Laura O'Brien (OMNI) 400
Free, 200 IM
Sean Raffile (UAC) 400 IM
Geoff Rathgeber (SOCO) 100 Breast
Tammie Repass (UAC) 200
Fly
C Finalists:
Sarah Bowman (SOCO) 200
IM
Jessica Brookman (CAT) 100
Back
Brian Carey (WRAT) 100
Fly, 200 Fly, 400 IM
Jacyln Carey (HNHS) 200
IM
Adam Clements (UAC) 100
Free
Deron Cooper Huff (HNHS) 100 Free
Jaime Crowley (CAT) 100
Free
Steve Falcon (ZEUS) 200
Breast
Kristen Frost (CAT) 200
Free
Dan Garaffa (NES) 100
Back
Kelly Harrigan (CAT) 200
Fly
Louis Krasenics (ARAC) 200 Free
Meredith Lindgren (WAC) 200 Breast
Kevin Norman (OMNI) 200
Free
Jason Oberman (WRAT) 200
IM
Laura O'Brien (OMNI) 400
Free, 200 IM, 400 IM
Sean Raffile (UAC) 200 IM
Tammie Repass (UAC) 100
Fly
Dan Vitagliano (HNHS) 200
Free
Finishing in the top 24 for the 800M and 1500M Freestyle were:
Jacyln Carey (HNHS) 1500
Kristen Frost (CAT) 800
Louis Krasenics (ARAC) 800 and 1500
Michael McLean (OMNI) 800 and 1500
Denise McWhirter (CAT) 1500
Katie McWilliams (AJSC) 800 and 1500
Kevin Norman (OMNI) 800Mand 1500
Laura O'Brien (OMNI) 800 and 1500
Swimmers in bold achieved National Top 16 Consideration times. All times are LCM.
RESULTS (Click on Meet Information)
Three CSI Resident Records fell at this meet. David Guernsey (CAT) broke the 13/14 Boys 50M Free swimming a 25.23 and Michael McLean (OMNI) broke the 17/18 Boys 400M Free swimming a 4:02.92 and the 800M Free swimming a 8:24.63. Correction: Geoff Rathgeber (SOCO) broke the 15/16 Boys 200M IM record swimming a 2:09.41. This brings the total number of CSI Resident records broken to four.