IU Wins Five National Titles, Qualifies Six for Pan Pacific Championships

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Current Indiana University swimmers, along with seven postgraduate swimmers wrapped up competition at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships in Irvine, Calif.

Qualifying for Team USA at the Pan Pacific Championships were current IU swimmers Lilly King, Zach Apple and incoming freshman Michael Brinegar. Postgraduate swimmers Zane Grothe, Blake Pieroni and Margo Geer also made the American squad.

Also qualifying for the Pan Pacific Championships were current IU swimmers Vini Lanza (Brazil) and Gabriel Fantoni (Brazil). Postgrad swimmers Kennedy Goss (Canada) and Isabella Arcila (Columbia) also qualified.

IU head swimming coach Ray Looze will serve as Team USA’s head men’s coach at Pan Pacs, while associate head sprint coach Coley Stickels will serve has Columbia’s head coach.

Any athlete who makes Pan Pacs can swim any event they want to there, regardless of which events they qualified in. In addition, open water swimmers can swim pool events and vice versa.

Along with the qualifiers, Indiana swimmers won a total of five national championships. King won the crowns in both the 50m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke, while Grothe won the 400m freestyle and set a U.S. Open record in the his triumph in the 800m freestyle. Pieroni won the title in the 100m freestyle.

The nation’s top swimmers competed for national titles, as well as spots on the United States’ roster for this summer’s Pan Pacific Championships and the 2019 FINA World Championships.

The Phillips 66 National Championships served as the qualifier for the U.S. team in the pool competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships, which run from Aug. 9-12 in Tokyo.

The winner of each Olympic event claimed an automatic spot on the roster, and a complete team selection procedure is outlined at USASwimming.org. The combined results of the Phillips 66 National Championships and the Pan Pacific Championships will determine the roster for the 2019 FINA World Championships.

National Champions

Lilly King – 50m breaststroke

Lilly King – 100m breaststroke

Zane Grothe – 400m freestyle

Zane Grothe – 800m freestyle

Blake Pieroni – 100m freestyle

 

Current IU Swimmers Qualified for 2018 Pan Pacific Championship

Lilly King – 100 breaststroke

Zach Apple – 400m freestyle relay

Michael Brinegar – 10k

#ProIU Swimmers Qualified for 2018 Pan Pacific Championships

Blake Pieroni – 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle relay, 200m freestyle, 800m freestyle relay

Zane Grothe – 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle

Margo Geer – 400m freestyle relay

Finalists (Top-24 Finish)

Lilly King – 50m breaststroke (1st, 29.82), 100m breaststroke (1st, 1:05.36), 200m breaststroke (5th, 2:25.31)

Zane Grothe – 400m freestyle (1st, 3:46.53), 800m freestyle (1st, 7:44.57), 1500m freestyle (3rd, 15:00.85), 200m freestyle* (18th, 1:48.32)

Blake Pieroni – 100m freestyle (1st, 48.08), 200m freestyle (2nd, 1:45.93), 50m freestyle (13th, 22.56)

Margo Geer – 100m freestyle (3rd, 53.44), 50m freestyle (3rd, 24.79)

Christine Jensen – 50m butterfly (6th, 26.73), 100m butterfly (18th, 59.37)

Amanda Kendall – 50m butterfly (7th, 26.82), 100 butterfly (10th, 58.68), 100m freestyle (19th, 55.50)

Shelby Koontz – 50m butterfly (19th, 27.19), 100m butterfly (19th, 59.50)

Ian Finnerty – 50m breaststroke (3rd, 27.19), 100m breaststroke (T-10th, 1:00.93)

Annie Lazor – 200m breaststroke (3rd, 2:24.42), 100m breaststroke (T-12th, 1:08.74)

Zach Apple – 100m freestyle (4th, 48.34), 50m freestyle (5th, 22.06)

Cody Miller – 100m breaststroke (5th, 59.77), 200m breaststroke* (8th, 2:10.59)

Cassy Jernberg – 800m freestyle (11th, 8:35.48), 1500m freestyle (13th, 16:29.68), 400m freestyle (15th, 4:13.24)

Christin Rockway – 400m IM (13th, 4:45.90)

Mikey Calvillo – 1500m freestyle (13th, 15:23.03), 800m freestyle (16th, 8:02.18)

Bailey Kovac – 200m breaststroke (15th, 2:30.55)

Ashley Neidigh – 1500m freestyle (10th, 16:23.62), 800m freestyle (15th, 8:36.57), 400m freestyle (24th, 4:16.84)

Jacob Steele – 200m backstroke (16th, 2:00.89), 100m backstroke (22nd, 55.81)

Spencer Lehman – 400m IM (21st, 4:25.44)

Mackenzie Looze – 200m breaststroke (23rd, 2:31.65)

*Scratched Final

 18-and-Under D Finalists

Mackenzie Looze – 400m IM (1st, 4:46.58), 200m IM (4th, 2:16.05), 100m breaststroke (8th, 1:11.70)

Mikey Calvillo – 400m IM (3rd, 4:22.90), 400m freestyle (4th, 3:54.89)

Ileah Doctor – 50m freestyle (3rd, 25.81)

Abby Kirkpatrick – 50m breaststroke (6th, 32.87)

Complete Results

Women’s 200 Butterfly

T-44. Shelby Koontz – 2:14.97

T-49. Christin Rockway – 2:15.51

Men’s 200 Butterfly

  1. Corey Gambardella – 2:00.72

Women’s 100 Freestyle

  1. Margo Geer – 53.44 (A Final)
  2. Amanda Kendall – 55.50 (C Final)
  3. Ileah Doctor –  57.72
  4. Grace Haskett – 59.30

Men’s 100 Freestyle

  1. Blake Pieroni – 48.08 (School Record)
  2. Zach Apple – 48.34 (48.06 prelims – School Record)
  3. Ian Finnerty – 50.15

Women’s 800 Freestyle

  1. Cassy Jernberg – 8:35.48
  2. Ashley Neidigh – 8:36.57

Men’s 1500 Freestyle

  1. Zane Grothe – 15:00.85
  2. Mikey Calvillo – 15:23.03
  3. Adam Destrampe – 15:46.37
  4. Trey Hubbuch – 15:47.34
  5. Spencer Lehman – 16:10.16

Men’s 200 Freestyle

  1. Blake Pieroni – 1:45.93 (School Record)

18*. Zane Grothe – 1:48.32 (C Final – Scratched Final)

Women’s 200 Breaststroke

  1. Annie Lazor – 2:24.42
  2. Lilly King – 2:25.31
  3. Bailey Kovac – 2:30.55
  4. Mackenzie Looze – 2:31.65
  5. Abby Kirkpatrick – 2:32.06
  6. Mackenzie Atencio – 2:35.40

Men’s 200 Breaststroke

8*. Cody Miller – 2:10.59 (A Final – Scratched Final)

  1. Matt Jerden – 2:16.14
  2. Ian Finnerty – 2:16.70
  3. Gary Kostbade – 2:18.86

Women’s 200 Backstroke

  1. Christin Rockway – 2:16.20
  2. Bailey Kovac – 2:17.34

Men’s 200 Backstroke

  1. Jacob Steele – 2:00.89

Women’s 50 Butterfly

  1. Christine Jensen – 26.73
  2. Amanda Kendall – 26.8
  3. Shelby Koontz – 27.19

Women’s 400 IM

  1. Christin Rockway – 4:45.90

1^. Mackenzie Looze – 4:46.58

Men’s 400 IM

  1. Spencer Lehman – 4:25.44
  2. Matt Jerden – 4:26.07

3^. Mikey Calvillo – 4:22.90

Women’s 100 Butterfly

  1. Amanda Kendall – 58.68 (School Record)
  2. Christine Jensen – 59.37
  3. Shelby Koontz – 59.50

Women’s 50 Breaststroke

  1. Lilly King – 29.82

6^. Abby Kirkpatrick – 32.87

Men’s 50 Breaststroke

  1. Ian Finnerty – 27.19
  2. Gary Kostbade – 28.84

Women’s 50 Backstroke

  1. Grace Haskett – 30.06

Men’s 50 Backstroke

  1. Jacob Steele – 26.18 (25.69 in swim-off)

 Women’s 400 Freestyle

  1. Cassy Jernberg – 4:13.24
  2. Ashley Neidigh – 4:16.84

Men’s 400 Freestyle

  1. Zane Grothe – 3:46.53 (School Record)

4^. Mikey Calvillo – 3:54.39

  1. Adam Destrampe – 3:59.84

Women’s 100 Breaststroke

  1. Lilly King – 1:05.36

T-12. Annie Lazor – 1:08.74

8^. Mackenzie Looze – 1:11.70

  1. Abby Kirkpatrick – 1:10.73

Men’s 100 Breaststroke

  1. Cody Miller – 59.77

T-10. Ian Finnerty – 1:00.93

  1. Gary Kostbade – 1:03.27

Women’s 100 Backstroke

  1. Grace Haskett – 1:05.19

Men’s 100 Backstroke

  1. Jacob Steele – 55.81
  2. Wilson Beckman – 56.40

 Women’s 200 IM

4^. Mackenzie Looze – 2:16.05

  1. Christin Rockway – 2:18.39
  2. Christine Jensen – 2:18.56
  3. Abby Kirkpatrick – 2:20.17

Men’s 200 IM

  1. Jacob Steele – 2:04.26

Women’s 50 Freestyle

  1. Margo Geer – 24.79

3^. Ileah Doctor – 25.81

  1. Amanda Kendall – 25.86
  2. Grace Haskett – 27.08

Men’s 50 Freestyle

  1. Zach Apple – 22.06
  2. Blake Pieroni – 22.56

Women’s 1500 Freestyle

  1. Ashley Neidigh – 16:23.62
  2. Cassy Jernberg – 16:29.68

Men’s 800 Freestyle

  1. Zane Grothe – 7:44.57 (U.S. Open Record, School Record)
  2. Mikey Calvillo – 8:02.18
  3. Adam Destrampe – 8:11.67
  4. Trey Hubbuch – 8:16.60
  5. Spencer Lehman – 8:27.30

^ Place in 18-and-under D Final

 

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