2024 Speedo Summer Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2024 Speedo Summer Championships

• Tuesday, July 23 – Saturday, July 27,2024
• Prelims 9AM, finals 5PM (Pacific Time)
• LCM (50 meters)
• Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, California
• Meet Central
• Pre–scratch Psych Sheet
• Live Results
• Live Stream

WEDNESDAY EVENING HEAT SHEETS

Wednesday night’s finals session will feature the “D,” “C,” “B,” and “A” Finals of the women’s and men’s 100 free and 400 IM, followed by timed finals of the 800 free relay.

Indiana Swim Club’s Kristin Paegle topped the field in the 100 free heats with 54.66, the only sub-55 of the morning. Liberty Clark (55.28) and Michigan’s Claire Newman (55.40) qualified 2nd and 3rd. In the 400 IM, Kayla Han, who was seeded 1st by over 2 seconds coming into the meet, posted the fastest time out of prelims with 4:45.96. Indiana Swim Club’s Reese Tiltmann, Michigan’s Hannah Bellard, and Kentucky’s Caroline Benda all swam sub-4:50s this morning.

Sun Devil Aquatics’ Grant House made a statement with a 49.03 to lead the qualifiers this morning in the men’s 100 free, while Indiana Swim Club’s Dylan Smiley and Owen McDonald also turned in 49-lows (49.24 and 49.29, respectively). Rex Maurer, who is transferring to the University of Texas for the 2024-25 school year, was the fastest in prelims of the 400 IM with a lifetime-best 4:18.72. Levi Sandidge from Kentucky Aquatics qualified 2nd with 4:20.92; he came into the meet seeded #1 with 4:17.61.

Women’s 100m Freestyle – finals

• World: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017)
• American: 52.04 – Simone Manuel, USA (2019)
• US Open: 52.54 – Simone Manuel, Stanford (2018)
• Jr World: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016)

Podium:

1. Kristina Paegle, ISC – 54.78
2. Bella Sims, UNAT – 55.19
3. Liberty Clark, UNAT – 55.23
4. Lindsay Flynn, MICH – 55.47
5. Caroline Larsen, FOXJ – 55.52
6. Julie Mishler, FAST – 55.78
7. Kayla Wilson, TIDE – 56.28

• (DQ Claire Newman, MICH)

Indiana Swim Club’s Kristina Paegle was out quickly in the women’s 100 free final, flipping at the 50 wall in 25.89 to lead the field by half a second. She came home in 28.89 to win with 54.78. Bella Sims, 7th at the 50, went 28.4 on the back half –the fastest second 50 in the field by 4 tenths– to finish in 2nd place with 55.19. Sims blazed past Liberty Clark and Lindsay Flynn, who ended up 3rd and 4th with 55.23 and 55.47.

Claire Newman from University of Michigan was 3rd at the 50 but was disqualified for a false start.

Aria Grossenbach won the “B” Final out of lane 8, going 55.77 to improve her PB by almost 1.1 seconds.

Adalynn Biegler from Edina Swim Club edged Socal Aquatics Association’s Allison Mann, 56.24 to 56.27, for the “C” Final win. Both earned PBs.

Bellevue Club Swim Team’s Heather White took the “D” Final in 57.01, half a second better than her entry time.

Men’s 100m Freestyle – finals

• World: 46.80 – Zhanle Pan, CHN (2024)
• American: 46.96 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2019)
• US Open: 47.08 – Jack Alexy, California Aquatics (2024)
• Jr World: 46.86 – David Popovici, ITA (2022)

Podium:

1. Grant House, SUN – 48.63
2. Owen McDonald, ISC – 48.92
3. Dylan Smiley, ISC – 49.25
4. Jack Dahlgren, TRI – 49.56
5. Steph Goncharov, LSU – 49.57
6. Quin Seider, OJAI – 49.92
7. Evan Croley, SASA – 50.43
8. Thackston McMullan, CM – 51.36

Sun Devil Aquatics’ Grant House won the men’s 100 free with a lifetime-best of 48.63, taking .33 off his previous PB of 48.96 from 2024 Olympic Trials. House flipped first at the halfway wall in 23.53, followed closely by Indiana Swim Club’s Dylan Smiley (23.55) and Owen McDonald (23.64). House was fastest on the back half, too, coming home in 25.1 to McDonald’s 25.2 and Smiley’s 25.7.

Jack Dahlgren of Team Triumph split 25.5 on the second half and moved from 6th to 4th, stopping the clock at 49.56. He edged LSU’s Steph Goncharov by .01.

Vlad Dubinin went 50.19 to eke out a “B” Final win over Swim Neptune’s August Vetsch (50.23). Ben Meulemans of Schroeder YMCA and Dynamo Swim Club’s Cooper McDonald tied for 3rd with 50.60.

Owen Chiles from Iowa Flyers led a trio of sub-51s in the “C” Final, winning in 50.54. Tide Swimming’s Austin Temple went 51.25 to claim the “D” Final.

Women’s 400m Individual Medley – finals

• World: 4:24.38 – Summer McIntosh, CAN
• American: 4:31.12 – Katie Hoff, North Baltimore
• US Open: 4:28.61 – Summer McIntosh, SYS-FL
• Jr World: 4:25.87 – Summer McIntosh, CAN

Podium:

1. Kayla Han, UNAT – 4:43.09
2. Hannah Bellard, MICH – 4:43.27
3. Chloe Kim, SCAR – 4:47.50
4. Reese Tiltmann, ISC – 4:47.63
5. Alexa McDevitt, BC – 4:48.31
6. Kate Hurst, SCAR – 4:49.43
7. Gena Jorgenson, HUSK – 4:50.24
8. Caroline Benda, KYA – 4:53.38

University of Michigan’ s Hannah Bellard took control of the “A” Final from the start, leading the field with a 1:02.7 butterfly. She held on through the backstroke, although Kayla Han whittled away at her lead, going 1:12.8 to Bellard’s 1:13.4.

Bellard was still up by .3 at the 250, but Han was 2 full seconds faster on the breaststroke leg, and eventually moved to the front of the field at the 300 wall. Han led by just over .8 headed into the freestyle. At the 350 wall, Bellard had erased .2 of that lead, and the pair battled stroke for stroke down the final stretch. Han got her hand to the wall just .18 ahead of Bellard to get the win, 4:43.09 to 4:43.27. Bellard dropped 1.4 seconds off her entry time, while Han was .77 off her PB.

Scarlet Aquatics’ Chloe Kim moved from 4th to 3rd over the final 100 meters of the race, coming to the wall in 4:47.50 and edging Reese Tiltmann of Indiana Swim Club by .13. Kim dropped 1.4 seconds and Tiltman was 3.3 seconds better than her seed time.

In the “B” Final, Trojan Swim Club’s Ella Flowers moved from 6th to 3rd place on the first 50 of the breaststroke, then to 2nd at the breast-to-free wall. After splitting 1:19.89 on the breast, she came home in 1:06.7 to pass SwimMAC’s Avery Klamfoth and claim the “B” Final title with 4:49.84.

Olivia Swalley crushed her PB, winning the “C” Final in 4:51.06. She had come into the meet with 4:55.54. Edina Swim Club’s Cate Pawlaski took 3.9 seconds off her lifetime best to win the “D” Final with 4:55.95.

Men’s 400m Individual Medley – finals

• World: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, FRA
• American: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps, USA
• US Open: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
• Jr World: 4:10.02 – Ilia Borodin, RUS

Podium:

1. Rex Maurer, UNAT – 4:13.17
2. Ryan Healy, MICH – 4:18.94
3. Jake Magahey, SA – 4:19.69
4. Levi Sandidge, KYA – 4:20.43
5. Ryan Merani, KYA – 4:20.90
6. Grant Sanders, FAST – 4:22.41
7. AJ Robinson, AGS – 4:25.79
8. Luka Mijatovic, PLS – 4:25.97

Rex Maurer, officially unattached but swimming in a Texas Longhorns cap, set the pace for the “A” Final right away. He was 57.19 at the 100, about 8-tenths faster than he had been this morning when he went a PB of 4:18 in prelims. Jake Magahey of SwimAtlanta was the only other butterflyer under 58, turning at the fly-to-back wall in 57.91.

Maurer continued to outpace the field, going 1:04.8 on the backstroke to build his lead to over 4 seconds. He was also 2.17 seconds ahead of his morning swim. Magahey maintained the second spot through the backstroke, but Ryan Merani of Kentucky Aquatics and Ryan Healy from Michigan State got past him on the breaststroke. Maurer, meanwhile, led by 4 seconds headed into the freestyle with 3:16.22, now 3.1 seconds faster than this morning.

As Maurer barreled home, there was a great deal of jockeying for position behind him. Magahey, who had faded to 6th on the breaststroke leg, passed everyone but Healy on the freestyle. Maurer finished with a PB of 4:13.17 and moved to #21 all-time in the U.S. Healy dropped 3.3 seconds to take 2nd in 4:18.94, while Magahey earned the bronze with 4:19.69, only half a second off his PB.

SwimMAC Carolina’s Santi Alzate eked out a win in the “B” Final over La Mirada’s Anthony Dornoff by a margin of .07. Alzate was 5th after the fly, 5th after the back, and 2nd after the breast, while Dornoff was 4th, 3rd, and 3rd. The pair raced for home, trading stroke for stroke, and touched the wall simultaneously, but Alzate’s time registered as 4:24.58, while Dornoff stopped the clock at 4:24.65.

Jake McCoy of Cougar Aquatics crushed the field in the “C” Final, winning with 4:24.92 and breaking 4:25 for the first time. Irvine Nova’s Gian Santos was 2nd with 4:27.26, taking another 2.2 seconds off his Philippines Junior National Record in the event. SwimMAC Carolina 15-year-old David Sammons was the “D” Final winner with 4:28.05. He came into the meet with a PB of 4:31.67.

Women’s 800m Freestyle Relay – timed finals

• World: 7:37.50 – Australia (M O’Callaghan, S Jack, B Throssell, A Titmus, 2023)
• American: 7:40.73 – 2020 Olympic Games (A Schmitt, P Madden, K McLaughlin, K Ledecky, 2021)
• US Open: 7:51.21 – USA Pan Pacific Team (D Vollmer, M Scroggy, K Hoff, A Schmitt, 2010)
• Jr World: 7:51.47 – CAN (K Sanchez, P Oleksiak, R Smith, T Ruck, 2017)

Podium:

1. University of Michigan – 8:10.69
2. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 8:16.80
3. Scarlet Aquatics – 8:16.98

Michigan’s Kathryn Shanley (2:03.19), Malia Amuan (2:01.81), Madison Smith (2:05.07), and Hannah Bellard (2:00.62) ran away with the women’s 800 free relay title, while behind them, Bellevue Club and Scarlet Aquatics battled for 2nd place. Bellevue Club’s Alexa McDevitt (2:03.10), Sophia Sunwoo (2:05.45), Heather White (2:04.83, and Gracyn Kehoe (2:03.42) made it to the wall .18 ahead of Scarlet’s Kate Hurst (201.10), Chloe Kim (2:07.17), Kathleen Turano (2:05.39), and Molly Urkiel (2:03.32).

Men’s 800m Freestyle Relay – timed finals

• World: 6:58.55 – USA (M Phelps, R Berens, D Waters, R Lochte, 2009)
• American: 6:58.55 – 2009 World Championships (M Phelps, R Berens, D Walters, R Lochte, 2009)
• US Open: 7:03.84 – USA Pan Pacific Team (M Phelps, P Vanderkaay, R Berens, R Lochte, 2010)
• Jr World: 7:08.37 – USA (J Magahey, L Urlando, J Mitchell, C Foster, 2019)

Podium:

1. University of Michigan – 7:21.06
2. Irvine Novaquatics – 7:23.50
3. Kentucky Aquatics – 7:25.92

Ozan Kalafat (1:50.62), Colin Geer (1:50.72), Jack Wilkening (1:49.66), and Ryan Healy (1:50.06) combined to beat Irvine Novaquatics (Andrew Maksymowski, Derek Hitchens, Gian Santos, Will Chen) by nearly 2.5 seconds to win the men’s 800 free relay.

Team Scores Day 2

Women’s Meet

1. University of Michigan – 182
2. Indiana Swim Club – 118.5
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team – 107.5
4. Scarlet Aquatics – 100
5. Irvine Novaquatics – 92
6. Kentucky Aquatics – 79
7. SwimMAC Carolina – 72
8. Alamo Area Aquatic Association – 52
9. Schroeder YMCA – 47
10. Fishers Area Swimming Tigers – 39

Men’s Meet

1. University of Michigan – 119
2. Indiana Swim Club – 112
3. Kentucky Aquatics – 45
4. Iowa Flyers – 77
5. Irvine Novaquatics – 71
6. Scarlet Aquatics – 66
7. SwimMAC Carolina – 62
8. Dynamo Swim Club – 55.5
9. Swim Neptune – 43
10. (tie) Sierra Marlins Swim Team/Tsunami KC – 36