- Friday March 19 – Monday March 22, 2021
- Locations
- Preliminary Round: Phoenix Country School; Cactus Aquatics and Fitness Center; Chander High School
- Finale: Phoenix Day School
- Short course yards
- Results available through Meet Mobile
The state of Arizona is well represented at the Phoenix Western Sectionals meeting this spring. ASU that has red-shirted the 2020-2021 NCAA seasonuses sectionals as the key meeting point for their swimmers. The meeting has a unique planning fold, as preliminary heats will take place at three different locations in the greater Phoenix area, while the finals will take place in one location.
100 freestyle
Arizona State Senior Camryn curry took over the leadership of the women’s race early on, as she was the first female swimmer to reach the 50th corner at 11.40 p.m. Right behind her was Cal Alumna Amy Bilquist at 11.46 p.m. Bilquist had a stronger second 50 to finish first with 48.82, well behind her best time of 47.02 from the 2019 Pac 12 championship meeting. Curry finished second with 49.19 and within two tenths of her personal best 49.03. Ashley Strouse of the Scottsdale Aquatic Club finished third with 49.49. That was Strouse’s second best time of her career, surpassed by a 49.24 she swum three years ago.
The men’s final could have been mistaken for an Arizona State exercise as all lanes were occupied by Sun Devils. Grant House led from the start and got his first 50 out in 20.44 seconds. House had the only sub-22-second 50 split, ending in 42.42. This is House’s best swim according to the U.S. swim database as it has fallen 0.50 from the 42.92 he swam a year ago. Cody Bybee finished second in 43.13 and Carter Swift was right behind in third place in 43.19.
200 breaststroke
The women’s race consisted of three swimmers. Mary Codevilla of Elevation Athletics took the early lead when it led after the first 50 at 29.64. Were right behind her Lydia Jacoby (Swimming without ties) at 29.74 and Nora Deleske from Arizona State at 29.80. Jacoby prevailed over the second 50 and led the race by 1: 02.05, followed by Codevilla (1: 02.52) and Deleske (1: 02.67). Jacoby pulled back over the second 100, ending in 2: 08.61. She fell over four seconds from her previous best time of 2: 12.82 four weeks ago. Deleske moved up to second place with a personal best of 2: 11.26. Codevilla faded away, finishing third at 2:12:83.
Jacoby, who is heading to Texas in the fall, now has the third fastest time this season in the 17-18 age bracket. Her time from last night would have brought her to the consolation finale at the NCAA Division I women’s meeting last night.
In the men’s 200 breaststrokes, swimmers with different racing strategies were represented. Elijah Warren of Arizona State took the lead with a first 50 of 26.43. He kept his pace through the second 50 as he was the only swimmer under 57 at 56.87. About the crucial third 50, the rest of the field began to catch up. Warren’s teammate at ASU, Jarod Arroyo went ahead and led the race in the 150 by 1: 27.91, ahead of Warren (1: 27.93) and Ryan Grady (1: 28.07) from the Spokane Waves Aquatic Team. Marco Nosack of Tualatin Hills, who was 7th on the 100th point, used a 29.96 last 50 to jump in front of the field and land first in 1: 58.29. Arroyo was second in 1: 58.79 and Grady was third with a personal best of 1: 59.48. John Heaphy of ASU won the consolation final with the best time of the day and a personal best of 1: 57.45.
200 butterfly
A pair of Sun Devils resulted in a 2-1 win. Lindsay Looney took an early lead when she led the first 50 at 26:14. Looney would maintain her pace and retire in the second half of the race to end with a new meet record and a personal best of 1: 55.27. Your teammate Jade Foelske was second in 1: 56.76 and Elizabeth Cook von Tualatin Hills was third in 1: 59.05.
The men’s race was similar to the women’s race, with two swimmers taking first and second place in the state of Arizona. Alexander Colson would lead from start to finish and take first place with a new personal best of 1: 42.33. Colson fell more than a second from his previous best time of 1: 43.39 from last year’s Pac 12 encounter. Colson’s teammate William Bresette finished second in 1: 45.20. Bresette’s best time to meet was a 1: 49.42 from over four years ago. He went 1: 46.15 in the preliminary rounds before losing almost another second in the final. Daniel Matheson of Scottsdale finished third with a personal best of 1: 45.59.
200 IM
Kennedy Noble of the YMCA Westside Silver Fins took advantage of the field’s fastest setback to lead at halftime. Noble extended her lead to chest and freestyle legs and was the only female swimmer below 2:00 with a time of 1: 57.53. Mia Rankin of the Phoenix Swim Club had the fastest freestyle split (27.86) to move forward, finishing second in 2: 00.21. This was the best time for Rankin, who last November had set the best time to date with 2: 02.01. Former sun devil Chloe Isletaand swam with the YMCA Westside Silver Fins, who finished third in 2: 00.28.
ASU swimmers continued a theme of the night’s events, finishing one event again 1-2. House would win their second event of the night, setting a new meet record of 1: 43.16. House had the fastest fly, back and chest splits in the field and was just below his best of 1: 42.83 at the 2019 Pac 12 meetup. Julian Hill from ASU came in second at 1: 45.58. According to the USA Swimming Database, Hill’s previous best time was a 1: 49.03 from 2018. Matheson would finish third in the meeting with a best time of 1: 48.04.
800 free relay
The night would end with the 800 free season. The race on the women’s side took place between the Phoenix Swim Club and Tualatin Hills. Rankin gave PSC a 1: 49.43 lead as they led Tualatin Hills by more than three seconds. Tualatin Hills would use a 1: 49.80 second leg from Lily Gardner Reduce PSC’s lead to 0.99 in half. Tualatin Hills would continue to fill the gap on stage three as PSC’s lead shrunk to 0.58 as the last swimmers would dive into the water. Both PSC and Tualatin Hills had splits under 1:49 at anchor as PSC would hold on to victory. Rankin, Danielle Gleason (1: 51.93), Kelly Scott (1: 52.06) and Samantha crew (1: 48.69) won in 7: 22.11. Tualatin Hills was second in 7: 22.56 and Scottsdale was third in 7: 25.86. Scottsdale’s Strouse had the fastest division of the field with 1: 47.90.
For the men, Tualatin Hills would take the early lead with a 1: 40.27 from Nosack. Scottsdale would take the lead over the second 200. Scottsdale would win by more than three seconds Aaron Rosen (1: 42.67), Kellan Pattison (1: 41.31), William Bansberg (1: 43.19) and Matheson (1: 36.81) win in 6: 43.98. Swim Neptune finished second in 6: 47.67 and Flying Fish was third in 6: 49.77.
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