Six Historic Triangle swimmers put their skills to the test during the 2015 Speedo Winter Junior Championships that ran Dec. 9 to 12 at Georgia Tech.
The Speedo Winter Junior Championships allow top junior swimmers from across the nation to compete against each other in hopes of swimming personal best times.
Swimmers also have the opportunity to improve times enough to qualify for the Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb., which will take place June 26 to July 3 and allows swimmers to compete for a spot in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Four swimmers competed for the Coast Guard Blue Dolphins, while another two represented 757Swim.
Jared Norton of Coast Guard Blue Dolphins had the best overall finish of any Historic Triangle swimmer, placing 11th overall in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:59.88 and 23rd overall in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 56.81.
Norton also finished 25th in the 200-yard individual medley preliminaries and 43rd in the 400-yard individual medley preliminaries.
Danika Katzer, the top girls swimmer competing for Coast Guard Blue Dolphins, finished 13th overall in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:19.06.
She also placed 34th in the 200-yard individual medley preliminaries and 51st in the 200-yard butterfly preliminaries.
In the long-course time trials held Sunday, which gives top swimmers a chance to qualify for the Olympic Trials, Katzer finished sixth overall in the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:22.64, which fell short of the Olympic Trial qualifying standard of 2:18.69.
Maddie Morello of Coast Guard Blue Dolphins placed 58th in the 50-yard freestyle preliminaries, 69th in the 200-yard freestyle preliminaries, 66th in the 100-yard breaststroke preliminaries and 93rd in the 100-yard freestyle preliminaries.
Alex Slayton, the final Coast Guard Blue Dolphins swimmer to compete, took 97th in the 50-yard freestyle preliminaries, 81st in the 100-yard butterfly preliminaries, 104th in the 100-yard backstroke preliminaries and 78th in the 100-yard freestyle preliminaries.
Colby Hurt, representing 757Swim, finished 55th in the 500-yard freestyle preliminaries, 35th in the 400-yard individual medley and 49th in the 200-yard breaststroke preliminaries.
Hurt’s teammate, Joelle Vereb, placed 68th in the 50-yard freestyle preliminaries, 45th in the 100-yard butterfly preliminaries, 46th in the 100-yard breaststroke preliminaries and 53rd in the 100-yard freestyle preliminaries.
To see full results from the meet, click here.
