Juniata Swimmer Houtz performs well at Nationals
Juniata Swimmer Sydney Houtz just got back from the 2019 YMCA Short Course Swimming Nationals at Greensboro, NC, that was held April 1-5.
She swam five individual events and swam in five relays. She had five personal best times in all her individual events.
Highlights include:
200 backstroke 2:03.99, dropped 2.3 seconds. She was seeded 94th, and moved up to 48th nationally.
100 butterfly 56.59. Seeded 55, finished 38th.
200 butterfly 2:06.28, dropped 4 seconds. She was seeded 100th, and finished 34th in the nation.
She had a strong week and performed well. She will participate in the 2019 YMCA Long Course Nationals at the University of Maryland this summer.