I'm normally reluctant to highlight non-high school season activities, as the primary focus of the blog is high school swimming.
But this bears mentioning. At the Short Course National Championships being held in Federal Way, Wash., Elmbrook Swim Club's Kelsey Hojan-Clark (a junior at Brookfield Academy) yesterday swam a 4:47.96 in the 500 free to finish 14th in the event. That's under the all-time 500 free time swum by a Wisconsin high schooler (4:48.60, swum by Madison East's Aja Van Hout last year at the D1 state meet).
Hojan-Clark, who smashed the D2 state record in the 500 free last month with a time of 4:50.19, swam a 4:49.07 in the short-couse meet prelims, then came back to cut more than a second off that time. You can watch the race here; Hojan-Clark is in Lane 8 at the top of the picture:
http://www.swimnetwork.com/videos/v/20091203/women_s_500yd_free_b_final-17427.html
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she is unreal. unreal
phil, I would like to clarify that the fastest time from a Wisconsin swimmer is a 4:47.70 by Aja last year at nationals
Yeah, good point -- I was comparing K H-C's time to the best recorded at the state meet.
And also, it appears Aja is concentrating on longer races right now. She placed in the 400 IM, and finished an amazing FIFTH in the mile at that meet.
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