Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.

Phil White reported the results of the inaugural United States Winter Swimming Championships held in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont on February 21st and 22nd.

Several swimmers did multiple events and a handful competed in all 4 events on both Saturday and Sunday: 25m breaststroke, 25m freestyle, 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle.

Aleksandr Jakovlevs, Roman Karkachev, Greg O’Connor, Yuta Tsuboi, Kellie Joyce, Elena Pavlova, Helen Lin, Lelané Rossouw-Bancroft and Paula Yankauskas were kept busy throughout the United States Winter Swimming Championships, going 4 for 4.

Men 25m Breaststroke Results:
1. Aleksandr Jakovlevs 18.03
2. Mark Johnston 18.59
3. Richard Born 19.45
4. Roman Karkachev 20.39
5. Yuta Tsuboi 20.99
6. John Gladstone 23.59
7. John Coningham-Rolls 25.79
8. Silverio Bracaglia 27.65
9. William Bradley 30.34
10. Ted Newmann 33.19
11. Greg O’Connor 33.19
12. George Glum 35.99
13. Iosif Plagov 39.16
14. Seth Bornstein 53.65

Female 25m Breaststroke Results:
1. Jaimie Monahan 20.4
2. Elena Pavlova 22.59
3. Kellie Joyce 22.75
4. Helen Lin 23.18
5. Elaine Howley 24.56
6. Jody Corbett 26.29
7. Paula Yankauskas 27.06
8. Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen 27.39
9. Bethany Bosch 28.91
10. Sarah Watson 30.34
11. Lelané Rossouw-Bancroft 30.82
12. Bryanna Tucker 36.00
13. Capri Djatiasmoro 40.59

Men 25m Freestyle Results:
1. Mark Johnston 15.1
2. Yuta Tsuboi 15.38
3. Arik Thornahlen 15.99
4. Aleksandr Jakovlevs 16.00
5. Greg O’Connor 16.99
6. Richard Born 17.38
7. Kenn Lichtenwalter 18.37
8. John Gladstone 19.38
9. David Bosch 19.91
10. Roman Karkachev 19.99
11. John Coningham-Rolls 19.99
12. Francis O’Loughlin 20.31
13. George Glum 20.59
14. Robert Bailey 20.68
15. Silverio Bracaglia 22.10
16. John Daquino 22.48
17. William Bradley 25.24

Women 25m Freestyle Results:
1. Daina Bouquin 15.39 [shown above]
2. Kellie Joyce 16.39
3. Jaimie Monahan 16.99

4. Elena Pavlova 17.39
5. Lelané Rossouw-Bancroft 19.38
6. Bethany Bosch 19.58
7. Devon Clifford 20.87
8. Ranie Pearce 21.72
9. Amanda Hunt 21.72
10. Helen Lin 21.99
11. Elaine Howley 21.99
12. Paula Yankauskas 23.99
13. Robert Bailey 25.41
14. Sarah Watson 28.16
15. Capri Djatiasmoro 29.53
16. Rena Demeo 37.22

Men 50m Freestyle Results
1. Mark Johnston 31.99
2. Arik Thornahlen 32.39
3. Cristian Vergara 33.88
4. Greg O’Connor 33.9
5. Yuta Tsuboi 34.17
6. Richard Born 35.29
7. Aleksandr Jakovlevs 37.22
8. Roman Karkachev 41.18
9. John Gladstone 41.32
10. Kenn Lichtenwalter 44.28
11. John Coningham-Rolls 44.32
12. David Bosch 47.06
13. Silverio Bracaglia 48.72

Women 50m Freestyle Results
1. Daina Bouquin 33.23
2. Jaimie Monahan 36.09
3. Kellie Joyce 37.37
4. Elena Pavlova 38.19
5. Helen Lin 41.34
6. Lelané Rossouw-Bancroft 41.56
7. Bethany Bosch 43.34
8. Elaine Howley 48.37
9. Ranie Pearce 50.53
10 Paula Yankauskas 52.84
11. Capri Djatiasmoro 1.02.53
12. Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen 1.09.63

Men 100m Freestyle Results
1. Arik Thornahlen 1.15.65
2. Yuta Tsuboi 1.16.12
3. Mark Johnston 1.18.46
4. Roman Karkachev 1.20.15
5. Cristian Vergara 1.20.56
6. Greg O’Connor 1.24.15
7. Kenn Lichtenwalter 1.30.68
8. John Gladstone 1.33.36
9. Aleksandr Jakovlevs 1.41.19
10. David Bosch 1.45.56
11. Silverio Bracaglia 1.51.25
12. John Coningham-Rolls 2.07.51

Women 100m Freestyle Results
1. Daina Bouquin 1.18.46
2. Kellie Joyce 1.20.15
3. Jaimie Monahan 1.21.03
4. Devon Clifford 1.26.13
5. Elena Pavlova 1.30.21
6. Helen Lin 1.32.54
7. Lelané Rossouw-Bancroft 1.38.97
8. Ranie Pearce 1.50.88
9. Elaine Howley 1.52.28
10. Paula Yankauskas 1.53.44
11. Capri Djatiasmoro 2.26.00

Upper photo shows Paula Yankauskas and Helen Lin in the 100m freestyle heats.

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