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The 5 day meet at belmont plaza in Long Beach was a very strong
showing for Rattler.
Caitie Hawthorne posted 2 personal bests including a 2:06.6 200
backstroke. Lilly Parks also had a pair of personal bests with a
1:06.2 and a 2:23.3 in the 100 and 200 breast. Garrett Hubbard swam
a monster 52.3 100 back and 1:53.5 200 back, both swims were fast
enough to make the finals session. Valerie Orellana had personal
bests in the 200 fly at 2:06.0, and the 200 free at 1:58.8. Heidi
Zeiger swam just off her season best in the mile in 17:33, good
enough for a top 16 finish. Gary Arthur swam a season best 52.6 in
the100 fly. Nina Morrison rocked a 54.0 100 free and 1:56.7 200
free. Chloe Kargodorian swam a personal best 55.6 100 free leading
off the 400 free B relay and swam a super fast 1:00.2 100 fly leg
on the 400 medley B relay. Grant Richman went out 2 seconds faster
than his personal best at the 100 in his 200 fly, and held on
strong to finish the race in a 2:04, knocking 4 seconds off his
best time. Sami Elam raced to personal bests in the 100 free
posting a 55.3, and the 500 free with a 5:11. 12 year old Christina
McCoy slipped under the 26 second mark and raced to a 25.9 in the
50 free.
Meghan Hawthorne and Andrea Kropp led the way in points by
qualifying for numerous finals and setting 2 new team records a
piece. Meghan swam a 2:02.2 in the 200 backstroke and a whopping
2:02.9 in the 200 fly, which were 2 and 4 second drops from her
best times. Andrea Kropp lowered team records in the 100 breast
with 1:02.5, and the 200 breast in 2:12.0. In the 200, Andrea
pulled ahead of the 2009 World Championships Silver medalist at the
100 mark and never looked back. The race put her just 2 tenths of a
second off the 15-16 age group Southern California record and won
her the Gold Medal.
The womens 400 medley relay team of Meghan Hawthorne, Andrea
Kropp, Valerie Orellana, and Nina Morrison added a very
dramatic end to the competition on Tuesday night. They split 57.7,
1:03.1, 57.8, 53.2 for a 5th place finish overall. They were seeded
16th. The relay was under the time standard for the 2009 short
course USA National Championships, and just one second off
qualifying for the 2010 USA National Championships! The Rattler
girl will get another crack at that time standard next month at the
USA Grand Prix in Long Beach.
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