2024 Futures – Richmond
- July 25 to 28, 2024
- LCM (50m)
- Swim RVA, Richmond, VA
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results (on Meet Mobile as “USA Swimming Futures – Richmond – 2024”)
The first day of the 2024 Futures Championships in Richmond, Virginia, which featured the men’s and women’s 200 free, 100 breast, 200 fly, and timed finals of the women’s 800 free and men’s 1500 free, has come to a close.
The first individual champion of the meet was 15-year-old Jane Wheeler of Crimson Aquatics in the 200 free, who chopped nearly 4 seconds off her previous best time of 2:06.36 to win handily in a 2:02.68. A thrilling race for second between Metro Area Lifetime’s Sidney Arcella and All Star Aquatics’ Virginia Hinds concluded in a tie of 2:03.80, both of whom established new PBs with that swim.
Daniel Diehl became the first men’s individual champion, swimming a 1:47.65 to run away with the win. Diehl, a semi-finalist at the US Olympic Trials in this event, was just under a second off his PB of 1:46.83 that he set in prelims last month to earn a semi-finals berth. Harvard commit Will Browne, who split 53.80/57.87, held off a charging Norvin Clontz (55.43/56.49) to secure second place. Browne’s 1:51.67 was a new PB, while Clontz’s time of 1:51.92 was off the 1:49.99 he set at US Trials last month.
The podium of the women’s 100 breast was filled by 16-year-olds, with Mecklenburg Swim Association’s Kayda Geyer narrowly taking the win in a 1:10.86. She out-touched Cavalier Aquatic’s Sara Czirjak (1:10.90) and her teammate Eliza Wallace (1:11.14) to sneak under the Summer Nationals cut of 1:10.99 for the first time in her career. Geyer is the daughter of former LSU head coach Dave Geyer, who spent 16 seasons with the Tigers. He is now the head coach of MSA.
In the men’s 100 breast, Tennessee commit Gabe Nunizata swam a 1:01.49, splitting 28.88/32.61 for the win. He was over a second off his PB of 1:00.36, which he set at a time trial during the US Olympic Trials last month. Following Nunizata, less than a second separated Lleyton Arnold (1:02.32), William Slowey (1:02.32), Jack Grandy (1:02.61), and Matvei Namakonov (1:02.77), who finished 2nd – 5th, respectively.
16-year-old Emerson Callis of Quest Swimming won the women’s 200 fly in 2:13.41, beating out Jane Wheeler, the 200 free champ. Despite being on the second half of a tough double, Wheeler continued to impress, shaving a second off her previous PB of 2:15.76 to swim a 2:14.47. Purdue University commit Campbell Scofield rounded out the podium with a 2:16.11.
A rising sophomore at Villanova University, Justin Nowicki, claimed the men’s 200 fly in a 2:01.77. The swim marked a huge personal best, as he took over 2 seconds off his previous PB of 2:03.92, which he set at last year’s Speedo Junior National Championships. 15-year-old Ewan Dalrymple swam an impressive 2:02.83 to take second. He was a second off his PB of 2:01.82, which he swam just last week at the South Carolina LC Senior Championships.
The distance session additionally saw some fast swimming, with Kylie McMurray taking the decisive win in the 800 free. The UGA commit swam an 8:57.79, slightly off the 8:53.08 she swam earlier this month. Second place went to Metro Area Lifetime’s Madeline Crawford, who got on the podium despite swimming in the early heats. Crawford, 16, took an impressive 20 seconds off her previous PB, hitting the wall in 9:04.62.
NC State saw a second win this evening in addition to Diehl’s 200 free, as incoming freshman Hudson DeGroote won the 1500 free. DeGroote swam a 15:40.19, shaving 3 seconds off his PB and taking first by 10 seconds.
