Rule takes fourth in 500 free at Y Nationals
Y swimmer breaks state record
Waynesboro YMCA SMAC swimmer Remedy Rule finished an impressive fourth in the 500-yard freestyle final at the YMCA Nationals Short Course Championships on Tuesday.
Rule, 14, broke the 14-and-under Virginia state record in the 500 free with her time of 4:48.23, shaving .86 second off the previous state record time.
Rule was the youngest competitor in the A Final at the national meet, which was won by Taylor Katz, 16, of Sarasota, Fla., in a time of 4:43.64.
Rule had to rally in the final 50 yards to break the state-record time. Her split of 27.75 was her second-fastest 50 yards of the race.
SMAC swimmer goes for national title
Y athlete competes at Y Nationals Finals
Waynesboro Family YMCA SMAC swimmer Remedy Rule is competing at the 2011 YMCA Nationals Short Course Championship in Florida.
Rule, 14, has advanced as the fourth overall seed nationally in the 500-yard Freestyle and will swim in the finals at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Rule also has a chance to break the Virginia state record for 14-and-under girls time of 4:49.09.
Below is a list recent records that Rule broke at the Virginia SC Championships last month.
- SC Age Group Champs Meet Record in the 13-14 1000 Freestyle with a time of 10:06.50, eclipsing the old mark of 10:16.28 set in 2008.
- SC Age Group Champs Meet Record in the 13-14 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:49.92, eclipsing the old mark of 1:51.42 set in 2006.
- SC Age Group Champs Meet Record in the 13-14 100 Butterfly with a time of 55.74, eclipsing the old mark of 55.96 set in 1991.
- SC Age Group Champs Meet Record in the 13-14 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:59.88, eclipsing the old mark of 2:01.94 set in 1991. This is also a new LSC Record in the 13-14 200 Backstroke, which bested the previous record, 2:01.94, set by Darby Chang (ODAC) in 1991.
- SC Age Group Champs Meet Record in the 13-14 200 Individual Medley with a time of 2:05.48, eclipsing the old mark of 2:06.74 set in 2008.
- SC Age Group Champs Meet Record in the 13-14 100 Backstroke with a time of 55.94, eclipsing the old mark of 57.72 set in 1991. This is also a new LSC Record in the 13-14 100 Backstroke, which bested the previous record, 56.21, set by Jenna Brick (RAYS) in 2003.
- SC Age Group Champs Meet Record in the 13-14 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:51.58, eclipsing the old mark of 5:00.93 set in 2008.
Rule shines at Y Nationals
13-year-old Remedy Rule took home a nice honor from the 2010 YMCA Short Course National Championships held earlier this month in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Rule, swimming for the Waynesboro Family YMCA, won the women’s 500-yard freestyle C final in a time of 4:55.26, besting competitors as old as 18.
Rule qualified for the final second with a time of 4:59.29. Her showing in the final beat the rest of the field by nearly a second overall.
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