posted August 6, 2008
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Spencer Rowe moved up from a 45th place seed to 7th place in the preliminaries by posting an over five second time drop time of 2:21.05. This time is the third fastest nationally for any 15 year old this year, and qualified Spencer for the 2008 Short Course National Championships in Atlanta. His time was a mere 3 tenths of a second off qualifying the 2009 World Championship trials and the 2008 Olympic Trials.
Arden Pitman was the second highest placing 15 year old posting a time of 57.66 to finish 19th in the 100 freestyle. Sister Sloane Pitman dropped over a second to place 25th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 57.76, movinup from being seeded 102nd.
Nathan Vredeveld and Reese Shirey both posted best times in the 200 backstroke going 2:08.55 and 2:08.01 respectively. Reese moved up from 45th seed to place 33rd, Nathan moved up from being seeded 101st to 45th place.
Nathan also posted a personal best time of 8;24.99 in the 800 freestyle, qualifying him for the 2009 World Championship Trials and the 2008 short Course Nationals. Nathan moved from being seeded 75th and placing him 33rd. This swim was the 11th best nationally by a 17 year old in 2008.
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