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SSDL National Championships – Day 3 Recap – 15-21s

SSDL National Championships – 15-21s – Day 3 Recap

Women’s 15-21

1650 Yard Freestyle

Finals results

  1. Emma Schumacher – 16:58.32 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  2. Veronica Metz – 17:03.13 – Wahoos of Wellington
  3. Grace Parsons – 17:07.95 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  4. Sofia Wyzga – 17:11.57 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  5. Ayla Madara – 17:26.26 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  6. Sarah Carrico – 17:30.44 – Excel Aquatics
  7. Peyton Ostertag – 18:14.14 – Duneland Swim Club
  8. Kyla Calvin – 18:33.06 – Seahawks Swim Club
  9. Cora Skoog – 18:36.18 – Streamline Aquatics
  10. Maddie McFarland – 18:40.51 – Schenectady Sharks
  11. Rachel Kinzer – 18:43.22 – West Coast Aquatics
  12. Audrey Diehl – 19:29.64 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  13. Zoe MacDonald – 19:36.21 – West Coast Aquatics
  14. Anna Chitty – 19:47.41 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  15. Brinleigh Callahan – 20:25.49 – JCC Sea Serpents

 

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Peyton Ostertag – 18:14.14 (18:22.17) – Duneland Swim Club

200 Yard IM

Super Finals results

  1. Kamryn Meskill – 1:58.86 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  2. Gracyn Kehoe – 2:01.64 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  3. Gio Musiello – 2:02.49 – Eagle Aquatics
  4. Alyssa Albertyn – 2:03.83 – Seahawks Swim Club

With her 4th win of the meet (100 free, 100 breast, and 100 fly), Kamryn Meskill from Bellevue Club would win the 200 IM by nearly 3 seconds.  At the SSDL National Championships, she would swim PBs in the 100 free (48.66), 200 free (1:48.06), 100 back (53.12), 100 breast (1:00.34), and the 100 fly (52.99).  With all her wins and best times, Kamryn would win the high point race by over 20 points!

Swimming in her 5th super final and also representing Bellevue Club, Gracyn Kehoe took 2nd in the 200 IM.  Her 5 super final swims, in the 200 free (1:48.05), 500 (4:53.88), 100 breast (1:03.13), and the 200 breast (2:15.83), would have her finish 3rd in the high point race just behind Averie Hager of Streamline Aquatics.

Swimming a best time in finals, Gio Musiello from Eagle Aquatics in Miami dropped over a second from her previous best of 2:03.64.  Swimming for Rice in the fall, Gio also swam best times in the 400 IM (4:21.83), 100 fly (56.56), and the 200 backstroke (2:00.92).  

Future Arizona State Sun Devil Alyssa Albertyn dropped nearly 2.5 seconds to round out the super final.  Coming into the meet with a 2:06.27, she would take 4th place in the event with her 2:03.83 in the super final!  Alyssa would also super final in the 50 (23.02) and the 100 back (53.97), where she dropped another .2 from her PB swim at sectionals the previous week.  

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Averie Hager – 2:02.74 (2:05.89) – Streamline Aquatics
  2. Alyssa Albertyn – 2:03.83 (2:06.27) – Seahawks Swim Club
  3. Alex Nguyen – 2:10.24 (2:15.12) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  4. Polina Sopova – 2:10.97 (2:11.78) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  5. Anja Mejlaender – 2:14.74 (2:18.65) – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  6. Giada Santanello – 2:16.01 (2:17.44) – Seahawks Swim Club
  7. Maya Surugiu – 2:19.51 (2:21.08) – Wave Aquatics

500 Yard Freestyle

Super Finals results

  1. Jaylee Hager – 4:53.13 – Streamline Aquatics
  2. Gracyn Kehoe – 4:53.88 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  3. Mia Foster – 4:54.80 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  4. Eliza Seibert – 4:55.59 – Bellevue Club Swim Team

Swimming for Streamline Aquatics and coached by Aaron Moran, Jaylee Hager dropped 3 seconds to win the 500 yard freestyle.  Jaylee also swam PBs in the 200 fly (2:02.98), 100 fly (55.26), and the 200 back (2:00.25).  Those swims would have her finish 4th in the high point race, 2 points behind the 3rd place finisher.

After racing the 200 IM, Gracyn would come right back to place 2nd in the 500 free.  Coming into the meet with a PB of 4:59.17, she would drop nearly 5.5 seconds to take 2nd place in this event!  Gracyn will be a Duke Blue Devil in the fall of 2026.

Mia Foster from Bellevue Club would come in 3rd, and she would be 1 of 3 Bellevue Club swimmers in this super final.  In addition to super final’ing in the 500 free, another highlight of her meet was dropping over a second in the 200 backstroke (2:02.08).  Mia will be a Minnesota Golden Gopher in the fall.

Eliza Seibert would take 4th in the 500, and she would drop 4.5 seconds from her previous best time!  The 3rd Bellevue swimmer in this final, Eliza also swam best times in the 100 free (52.67), 200 free (1:52.48), 100 breast (1:06.85), and the 400 IM (4:35.90) while racing in Fishers!

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Gracyn Kehoe – 4:53.88 (4:59.17) – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  2. Kyla Calvin – 5:15.12 (5:23.31) – Seahawks Swim Club
  3. Audrey Diehl – 5:35.01 (5:44.72) – Fishers Area Swimming

100 Yard Butterfly

Super Finals results

  1. Kamryn Meskill – 52.99 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  2. Averie Hager – 53.44 – Streamline Aquatics
  3. Kiera Rampersad – 53.88 – Eagle Aquatics
  4. Emily Wolf – 54.24 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers

On day 3 of the meet, Kamryn would swim in 3 super finals and win 2 of them.  Taking the 100 fly with a 52.99, the future Tar Heel would break 53 for the first time, secure another event win in Fishers, and stack more points towards her high point championship!

Speaking of the high point, the 2nd place finisher in the women’s 15-18 age group also took 2nd place in this event.  Averie Hager from Streamline Aquatics dropped .3 from her previous best time, while also swimming best times in the 200 fly (1:59.03), 200 IM (2:02.74), and the 400 IM (4:25.45)!

Kiera Rampersad from Eagle Aquatics would swim a best time in prelims (53.59) to earn her spot in the 100 fly super final.  Taking 3rd in this event, she would also swim best times in the 50 (23.78), and the 100 free (50.98).  After attending the SSDL Elite Camp (also in Fishers) in the summer, Kiera will be heading to Boston University in the fall.

Racing in her home pool, Emily Wolf from Fishers raced in her 2nd super final of the meet, as she would also super final in the 200 fly (1:59.49).  In addition to her butterfly super final swims, Emily would also anchor FAST’s mixed 400 medley relay that (along with Bellevue Club) broke the NAG where she split a 49.24.  One of the top recruits in the class of 2027, Emily has a very bright future in the water! 

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Gio Musiello – 56.56 (57.35) – Eagle Aquatics
  2. McKenna Carroll – 58.54 (1:00.73) – Coronado Swim Team Elite
  3. Lily Ziino – 58.82 (59.84) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers

50 Yard Freestyle

Super Finals results

  1. Julie Mishler – 21.79 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  2. Kamryn Meskill – 22.46 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  3. Heather White – 22.93 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  4. Alyssa Albertyn – 23.02 – Seahawks Swim Club

Julie Mishler would take home gold in the 50 free, just off her best time of 21.62.  Also super final’ing in the 100 back and 200 back, she would set a new best time in each event.  The future Louisville Cardinal swam a 51.87 in the 100 back, and then 1:53.26 in the 200 back.  Like Emily, Julie was also on the FAST relay that broke the 400 mixed medley NAG with Bellevue Club’s relay.  

In her 3rd super final of the night, Kamryn Meskill capped off an incredible meet by finishing just .07 off of her best time of 22.39.  Like Julie, Kamryn would race on Bellevue Club’s mixed 400 medley relay that broke & set the new NAG.  On that relay, Kamryn would swim fly and split a 52.85 to cap off the meet! 

In the last event of the meet, Heather White would take 3rd swimming a 22.93.  This was not her only super final of the meet, as she also earned super final swims in the 100 free (49.30) and the 200 free (1:47.60, where she won).  Those super final swims, along with her other events would have Heather finish 8th in the high point race!

After swimming in the 200 IM, Alyssa would finish the meet off by racing in the 50 free super final.  Setting a new best time of 22.75 at Sectionals the previous week, she would be just within reach of that time in Fishers.  Alyssa will get the opportunity to race in Fishers one more time, as she will be attending the SSDL Elite Camp this summer in Fishers! 

 

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Kiera Rampersad – 23.78 (24.49) – Eagle Aquatics
  2. Abi Paton – 24.32 (25.19) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  3. Caroline Blatchford – 25.96 (26.38) – JCC Sea Serpents
  4. Lauren Hizzey – 26.48 (27.67) – Wave Aquatics
  5. Devon Gordon – 27.68 (28.73) – Wave Aquatics

Men’s 15-21

1650 Yard Freestyle

Finals results

  1. Syunta Lee – 15:28.87 – West Coast Aquatics
  2. Isaac Yeung – 15:47.34 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  3. Matthew Amodio – 15:56.40 – Excel Aquatics
  4. AJ Adams – 16:05.82 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  5. Henry Geitz – 16:06.63 – Wave Aquatics
  6. Nathan Kennedy – 16:17.27 – Sunkist Swim Team
  7. Dillon Metz – 16:25.18 – Wahoos of Wellington
  8. Anton Mazepa – 16:40.17 – Wave Aquatics
  9. Sean Harvey – 17:05.63 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  10. Hagen Lee – 17:10.25 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  11. Caleb McCoy – 17:10.26 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  12. Matteo Graham – 17:17.83 – Kishwaukee YMCA Dekalb County
  13. Gavin Gannon – 17:45.94 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  14. Oliver Fergus – 18:00.07 – Wahoos of Wellington
  15. Frank Ouyang – 18:27.56 – Bellevue Club Swim Team

 

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Sean Harvey – 17:05.63 (17:12.24) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers

200 Yard IM

Super Finals results

  1. Finn Winkler – 1:45.69 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  2. Syunta Lee – 1:48.59 – West Coast Aquatics
  3. Jaiden Sreenivasan – 1:51.37 – Wave Aquatics
  4. Dillon Albertyn – 1:53.20 – Seahawks Swim Club

 

Coming in first in the 200 IM was Finn Winkler, dropping nearly 2.5 seconds from his previous best!  Finn would also swim best times in the 50 (20.11), 100 free (43.88), and 200 free (1:36.31).  Finn will be racing at another SSDL meet this summer at the SSDL Elite Camp, then he will be heading to the University of Utah this fall!

One of the standout swimmers of the meet, Syunta Lee of West Coast Aquatics took 2nd in the IM.  He would also super final in the 200 free (1:38.40), 500 (4:27.00), 200 back (1:46.51), 400 IM (3:52.26), and win the 1650 (15:28.87).  All of those super finals, which included 4 event wins, led him to take the men’s 15-18 high point championship.

Also from the Pacific Northwest, Jaiden Sreenivasan of Wave Aquatics would swim in his 4th super final in this event.  Taking home 3rd in the 200 IM, he would take 2nd in the 400 IM (3:54.06), 200 breast (2:03.38), and 500 (4:29.53).  Jaiden will be heading to the US Naval Academy in the summer!

Dropping over 3.5 seconds for a new PB was Dillon Albertyn from Seahawks Swim Club.  Dillon would super final in every event he swam in, including the 100 free (44.22), 100 back (49.61), and the 50 which he won with a 20.36.  Like Finn, Dillon will be attending the SSDL Elite Camp this summer & will be doing more racing in Fishers!

 

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Finn Winkler – 1:45.69 (1:48.08) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  2. Dillon Albertyn – 1:53.20 (1:56.85) – Seahawks Swim Club
  3. Jonny Hines – 1:53.68 (1:55.09) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  4. Logan Doody – 2:01.23 (2:05.94) – JCC Sea Serpents
  5. James Gropp – 2:02.57 (2:04.69) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  6. Sam Carroll – 2:07.60 (2:09.71) – Seahawks Swim Club
  7. Peter Hansen – 2:09.69 (2:13.19) – Wave Aquatic

500 Yard Freestyle

Super Finals results

  1. Syunta Lee – 4:27.00 – West Coast Aquatics
  2. Jaiden Sreenivasan – 4:29.53 – Wave Aquatics
  3. Isaac Yeung – 4:33.62 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  4. Henry Geitz – 4:42.93 – Wave Aquatics

 

Right after getting 2nd in the 200 IM, Syunta Lee came right back to win the 500 free by just over 2.5 seconds.  This swim was just off the new PB he set (4:24.03) at HS champs a few weeks earlier!  This event would cap off Syunta’s meet at the SSDL National Championships, where he had a full slate of super final swims and would come out with 4 new best times! 

Like Syunta, Jaiden would come back to swim a sub 4:30 in the 500 after racing in the 200 IM.  And he would be just off his PB from HS champs, swimming a 4:28.14 a few weeks before racing in Fishers!  Jaiden would come out of the meet with 3 new best times, and he’ll look to carry that momentum into the Naval Academy this fall! 

From Bellevue Club, Isaac Yeung was only .3 off his best time of 4:33.22.  He would swim best times in the 400 IM (4:06.97), 100 fly (52.46), and the 200 back (1:54.10).  Those best times would take him to a 4th place finish in the men’s 15-18 high point rankings!

From Wave Aquatics, Henry Geitz took 4th in the 500.  While racing at the SSDL Championships, Henry would swim best times in the 1650 (16:06.63), 200 free (1:44.46), 100 free (49.23), and the 50 (23.10).  Swimming a best time in the 500 at his winter championship meet (4:40.28), Henry dropped over 13 seconds in the 500 this season!  

 

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Brody Chop – 4:43.01 (4:49.76) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  2. Sean Harvey – 4:50.74 (4:58.78) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  3. Everhart Fergus – 4:54.13 (5:00.29) – Wahoos of Wellington
  4. Caleb McCoy – 4:56.91 (5:12.66) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  5. Braeden Hager – 4:59.82 (5:12.22) – Streamline Aquatics
  6. Oliver Fergus – 5:01.75 (5:06.23) – Wahoos of Wellington
  7. Bradley Barkans – 5:16.72 (5:20.41) – Wave Aquatics

100 Yard Butterfly

Super Finals results

  1. Alex Koo – 49.18 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  2. Luke Parsons – 49.96 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  3. Hudson Lee – 50.24 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  4. Tristan Clark – 50.71 – Streamline Aquatics

The top 3 finishers were all from the Fishers Area Swimming Tigers, and it was Alex Koo who took home the gold.  He had an incredible swim, dropping nearly 1.5 seconds from his previous best!  Alex would also swim best times in the 100 back (51.49) and the 200 fly (1:49.37).

Luke Parsons, also from FAST would break 50 for the first time in the 100 fly with his 49.96 at finals.  Luke would also PB in the 200 free (1:40.10), and earn super final swims in the 200 free, 200 fly (1:53.17) and the 400 IM (4:00.12).  He will be staying in Indiana and swimming for the IUPUI Jaguars in the fall! 

Hudson Lee took 3rd in this event, also swimming a best time with a 50.24.  Hudson would also swim best times in the 50 (21.86), and the 100 free (47.33) racing at his home pool in Fishers!  He would also swim a best time in the 50 back leading off the 200 medley relay, with a 25.39.

From Streamline Aquatics in Texas, Tristan Clark dropped nearly .5 off his previous best time.  While racing in Fishers, he would also swim best times in the 50 (21.79), 100 back (49.82), and the 200 back (1:49.99).  He also earned super final swims in the 100 back and 200 back.

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Alex Koo – 49.18 (50.65) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  2. Luke Parsons – 49.96 (50.83) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  3. Cooper Wagner – 52.53 (53.71) – Streamline Aquatics
  4. Qwinton Upshaw – 52.80 (54.95) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  5. Nathan Lumsdaine – 53.67 (54.70) – Excel Aquatics
  6. Kyle Fontelera – 55.63 (56.67) – West Coast Aquatics
  7. Amaris Rus – 55.95 (58.35) – Wave Aquatics
  8. James Gropp – 56.72 (59.18) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  9. Adrian Juco – 57.60 (58.58) – Wave Aquatics
  10. Tynan Meyer – 1:01.72 (1:08.74) – Club North Swimming
  11. Simon Kinsworthy – 1:01.88 (1:05.79) – Aquastar

50 Yard Freestyle

Super Finals results

  1. Dillon Albertyn – 20.36 – Seahawks Swim Club
  2. Finn Winkler – 20.43 – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  3. Torsten Hokanson – 20.61 – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  4. Cooper Wagner – 21.61 – Streamline Aquatics

Dillon Albertyn would win the final super final of the meet, touching first in the 50 free with a 20.36.  This was only .14 off of his previous best time of 20.21 at Sectionals the previous week!  Dillon was 1 of 4 Albertyn’s making noise in Fishers, as he would super final in the 100 free (44.22), 100 back (49.61), and 200 IM (1:53.20).

Going a best time in prelims (20.11), Finn Winkler would come right back to take second in this super final.  He would also swim best times in the 100 free (43.88), 200 free (1:36.31), and the 200 IM (1:45.69).  Finn will be joining the Utah Utes this fall!

From Bellevue Club, Torsten Hokanson would take 3rd place in the 50.  Right after this, he would anchor Bellevue’s 400 mixed medley relay that broke the National Age Group record!  Torsten would also final in the 100 free (44.89), and go best times in the 200 free (1:40.34) and the 100 back (53.87).

Cooper Wagner from Streamline Aquatics took 4th in the 50 with a 21.61.  Part of the Streamline Aquatics team that would win the “Most Hype Team” Award, Cooper would also swim the 100 free (46.30), 100 breast (1:01.49), and the 100 fly where he would swim a best time of 52.53!

 

Highlight Swims – These athletes had massive time drops from their previous bests!  This is written as – their new best time (previous best time):

  1. Cameron Percival – 22.02 (22.71) – Streamline Aquatics
  2. Anthony Mathis – 22.21 (23.12) – Fishers Area Swimming Tigers
  3. Kemper Roberts – 22.66 (23.19) – Club North Swimming
  4. Bradley Barkans – 22.71 (23.39) – Wave Aquatics
  5. Justin King – 22.95 (23.39) – Seahawks Swim Club
  6. Jimmy Piper – 23.03 (23.46) – Streamline Aquatics
  7. Kevin Sullivan – 23.17 (24.26) – Kishwaukee YMCA Dekalb County
  8. Jack Parsons – 23.37 (23.91) – Streamline Aquatics
  9. Matthew Riggs – 23.43 (24.21) – Club North Swimming
  10. Kyle Fontelera – 23.64 (24.17) – West Coast Aquatics
  11. Braeden Hager – 23.65 (24.31) – Streamline Aquatics
  12. Peter Hansen – 23.72 (24.34) – Wave Aquatics
  13. Brandon Wang – 23.85 (24.71) – Bellevue Club Swim Team
  14. Elijah Adams – 23.88 (24.29) – Sunkist Swim Team