2024 NCSA Spring Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

2024 NCSA SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS

• March 19-23, 2024
• Rosen Aquatic and Fitness Center, Orlando, Florida
• Short Course Yards Prelims (25 yards)/Long Course Meters (50 meters)
• Live Stream
• Meet Central
• Live Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 NCSA Spring Swimming Championships”
• Day 1 Recap
• Day 2 Prelims Recap | Day 2 Finals Recap
• Day 3 Prelims Recap | Day 3 Finals Recap
• Day 4 Prelims Recap

Friday Finals Heat Sheet

*Tonight’s finals will be contested in long course after this morning’s SCY prelims session*

The penultimate night of the 2024 NCSA Spring Championships has arrived in Orlando, Florida, with finals of the 500 free, 100 fly, 200 breast on the slate for this evening’s session.

Stay tuned for live updates below:

Note about the meet records: NCSA doesn’t apply its summer meet records, where racing is always long course, to the long course events at this spring meet. That means most of the long course meet records are from 2016, as the 2021 pre-Olympic meet was held entirely in yards.

GIRLS 400 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• LCM Meet Record: 4:12.46, Paige Madden – 2016
• Olympic Trials cut: 4:15.49

Top 8:

1. Rylee Erisman (LAKR-FL) – 4:14.74
2. Ella Cosgrove (SAC-AZ) – 4:16.19
3. Andrea Dworak (RMSC) – 4:19.01
4. Arianna Wertheim (STAR-FL) – 4:19.76
5. Lilla Bognar (TG-SC) – 4:20.50
6. Ella Antoniewski (WEST-WI) – 4:25.53
7. Lilly Abdella (TG-SC) – 4:26.22
8. Lily Gormsen (LIAC-MR) – 4:31.60

Laker Swimming 14-year-old Rylee Erisman kicked off the session with a victory in the 400 free (4:14.74), dropping almost two seconds off her previous-best 4:16.69 from January’s Pro Swim Series stop in Knoxville. That had ranked her 50th in the U.S. girls’ 13-14 NAG rankings, but she has now jumped up to 26th with her new lifetime best today. Erisman also hit the Olympic Trials cut in the event, well below the standard of 4:15.49.

Scottsdale Aquatic Club 16-year-old Ella Cosgrove earned a runner-up finish in 4:16.19, a couple seconds shy of her personal-best 4:13.71 from last August’s Junior Nationals, where the Cal commit (’25) won the B-final.

Rockville Montgomery Swim Club 17-year-old Andrea Dworak rounded out the podium with a personal-best 4:19.01 for 3rd place. The Wisconsin commit (’25) shaved just over a second off her previous-best 4:20.15 from last July.

BOYS 400 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• LCM Meet Record: 3:54.60, Brendan Meyer – 2016
• Olympic Trials cut: 3:55.59

Top 8:

1. Sean Green (LIAC-MR) – 3:53.04
2. Ryan Erisman (LAKR-FL) – 3:56.18
3. Nathan Szobota (NOVA-VA) – 3:58.09
4. Luke Corey (NAAC-MD) – 3:58.25
5. Sean Atkinson (LIAC-MR) – 3:58.40
6. Alexander Grocholski (OCCS-PV) – 4:00.71
7. Sam Marsteiner (WAVE-NC) – 4:00.99
8. William Savarese (COR-NT) – 4:02.50

Long Island Aquatic Club 16-year-old Sean Green broke his third meet record of the week in the 400 free with a winning time of 3:53.04. The Georgia commit (’25) sliced more than half a second off his best time of 3:53.60 from last June while lowering Brendan Meyer‘s 2016 meet record (3:54.60) by more than a second and a half. Green broke meet records in the 400 IM (4:18.81) on Wednesday and the 200 free (1:50.08) on Thursday.

Laker Swimming 17-year-old Ryan Erisman reached the wall more than three seconds behind Green in 3:56.18. The Cal commit (’25) was a few seconds off his personal-best 3:52.83 from last month’s duel against Bobby Finke.

Nova of Virginia Aquatics 16-year-old Nathan Szobota eked past Naval Academy Aquatic Club 18-year-old Luke Corey (3:58.25) for 3rd place in 3:58.09. Szobota, a Notre Dame commit (’25), has been as fast as 3:52.49 last June. For Corey, a Florida commit, it was his first time under four minutes, lowering his previous-best 4:00.32 from last July.

GIRLS 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• LCM Meet Record: 1:00.07, Lauren Case – 2015
• Olympic Trials cut: 1:00.19

Top 8:

1. Caroline Larsen (FOXJ-MN) – 59.75
2. Campbell Chase (COR-NT) – 1:01.11
3. Grace Rabb (AQJT-MN) – 1:01.86
4. Taylor Grimley (SSC-MA) – 1:01.88
5. Rebecca Rentz (ACAD-IL) – 1:02.02
6. Annabelle Wentzel (AQJT-MN) – 1:02.23
7. Aspen Gersper (SAS-FG) – 1:02.41
8. Eloise Williamson (COR-NT) – 1:03.05

Foxjets Swim Team 17-year-old Caroline Larsen brought her best time — and the meet record — below a minute with her winning time of 59.75. The Louisville commit (’24) shaved a few tenths off her previous-best 1:00.06 from December, getting under the Olympic Trials cut (1:00.19) in the process. The previous meet standard stood at 1:00.07 by Lauren Case in 2015.

City of Richardson Swim Team 18-year-old Campbell Chase placed 2nd more than a second behind Larsen with a lifetime best of 1:01.11. The Texas commit (’24) dropped almost half a second off her previous-best 1:01.59 from last July.

Aquajets Swim Team 17-year-old Grace Rabb rounded out the podium in 1:01.86, exactly half a second off her best time from last July (1:01.36). The Florida commit (’25) was the top qualifier in SCY prelims this morning at 53.22.

BOYS 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• LCM Meet Record: 52.81, Andrew Seliskar – 2015
• Olympic Trials cut: 53.59

Top 8:

1. Jacob Johnson (SSC-MA) – 53.15
2. Diego Balbi (SAS-FG) – 53.27
3. Logan Robinson (GPAC-SE) – 54.15
4. Rian Graham (NCAP-PV) – 54.58
5. Kyle Peck (RAYS-VA) – 55.15
6. Jeffrey Hou (FMC-IL) – 55.28
7. Crash Ackerly (NOVA-VA) – 55.72
8. Chase Swearingen (NAAC-OH) – 56.07

Suburban Seahawks Club 17-year-old Jacob Johnson emerged victorious in the 100 fly (53.15) after a close battle with St. Andrew’s Aquatics 18-year-old Diego Balbi (53.27).

Johnson, a Minnesota commit (’24), lowered his previous-best 53.82 from December by almost half a second. Balbi, a USC commit (’24), dropped a couple tenths off his previous-best 53.49 from last March.

Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club 17-year-old Logan Robinson placed 3rd in 54.15, slicing .08 seconds off his previous-best 54.23 from last August. The Florida State commit (’24) is closing in on the Olympic Trials cut of 53.59, but he’s running out of time.

Nation’s Capital Swim Club 17-year-old Rian Graham was the only other swimmer under 55 seconds with a 4th-place showing in 54.58. The Louisville commit (’24) dropped more than half a second off his best time from last July (55.11).

GIRLS 200 BREASTSTROKE – FINALS

• LCM Meet Record: 2:30.35, Margaret Aroesty – 2016
• Olympic Trials cut: 2:31.69

Top 8:

1. Emma Sayers (SAC-AZ) – 2:32.49
2. Grace Koenig-Song (WILD-IL) – 2:32.71
3. Elizabeth Nawrocki (ACAD-IL) – 2:33.35
4. Grace Rabb (AQJT-MN) – 2:33.96
5. Lilla Wilbur (NCAP-PV) – 2:36.48
6. Maria Grishaeva (NCAP-PV) – 2:36.65
7. Caroline Agee (NCAP-PV) – 2:37.51
8. Eleanor Hughes (AQJT-MN) – 2:38.16

Scottsdale Aquatic Club 17-year-old Emma Sayers secured the 200 breast win in 2:32.49, just a couple tenths ahead of NASA Wildcat Aquatics 13-year-old Grace Koenig-Song (2:32.71).

Sayers, a UNC commit (’24), was within a second of her personal-best 2:31.77 from last August. Koenig-Song was also just off her lifetime best of 2:31.77 from last summer, which is within a tenth of the Olympic Trials cut (2:31.69).

Academy Bullets Swim Club 16-year-old Elizabeth Nawrocki rounded out the podium with a personal-best 2:33.35. The Georgia commit (’25) dropped a few tenths off her previous-best 2:33.72 from last July.

BOYS 200 BREASTSTROKE – FINALS

• LCM Meet Record: 2:12.82, Andrew Seliskar – 2014
• Olympic Trials cut: 2:15.99

Top 8:

1. Josh Bey (HHSC-IN) – 2:13.55
2. Lleyton Arnold (NCAP-PV) – 2:16.53
3. Pablo Silva (NOVA-VA) – 2:17.10
4. Eli Martin (AAC-PV) – 2:17.46
5. Hudson Schuricht (SAC-AZ) – 2:17.89
6. Colin Zhang (RISE-IL) – 2:19.64
7. Erik Nadecki (BGNW-MR) – 2:21.19
8. Abram Mueller (BAC-WI) – 2:23.22

Highland Hurricanes Swim Club 17-year-old Josh Bey scared Andrew Seliskar‘s meet record (2:12.82), but he couldn’t quite topple the standard with his winning time of 2:13.55. The Indiana commit (’25) was slightly faster earlier this month at the Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont, where he logged a lifetime best of 2:13.21.

Nation’s Capital Swim Club 17-year-old Lleyton Arnold took 2nd place in 2:16.53, almost three seconds behind Bey. Arnold, a Florida State commit (’24), touched within a second of his personal-best 2:15.76 from last July.

Nova of Virginia Aquatics 17-year-old Pablo Silva posted a huge personal best to claim 3rd place in 2:17.10. The Virginia Tech commit (’24) had never been under 2:20 before today, with his previous best sitting at 2:20.40 from last August.

Team Scores

Combined

1. Nation’s Capital Swim Club – 1,523
2. Nova of Virginia Aquatics – 1,033
3. Aquajets Swim Team – 985
4. Academy Bullets Swim Team – 985
5. Rockville Montgomery Swim Club – 948

Boys

1. Nation’s Capital Swim Club – 924
2. Nova of Virginia Aquatics – 661
3. FMC Aquatic – 617
4. Long Island Aquatic Club – 566
5. Rockville Montgomery Swim Club – 509

Girl

1. Academy Bullets Swim Club – 857
2. Nation’s Capital Swim Club – 599
3. Aquajets Swim Team – 541
4. Nasa Wildcat Aquatics – 491
5. Rockville Montgomery Swim Club – 389

New 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifiers:

• Laker Swimming’s Rylee Erisman, 14, in the 400 freestyle (4:14.74)
• Suburban Seahawks Club’s Jacob Johnson, 17, in the 100 butterfly (53.15)