2024 Speedo Summer Championships: Top Qualifier Gabrielle Rose Drops 100 Breast Final on Day 1

2024 Speedo Summer Championships

TUESDAY EVENING HEAT SHEETS

After posting the top time in the 100 breast this morning, Alpha Aquatics’ Gabrielle Rose has scratched the final. The 46-year-old went 32.0/36.6 in heats to lead the field by .51, only .34 off her entry time. That will move the #9 qualifier, Mary Elizabeth Cespedes (1:10.66) of Valparaiso Swim Club into the A Final and #17 Bianca Nwaizu (1:11.23), from the home team Irvine Novaquatics, into lane 8 of the B Final. Nwaizu and A-finalist Grace Koenig-Song of NASA Wildcats (7th, 1:10.16) are both 14 years old.

Scarlet Aquatics’ Kate Hurst, who posted the 16th time (2:19.00) in heats of the 200 fly, dropped out of the B Final. She will be replaced by Santa Clara Swim Club’s Davina Huang, who qualified 17th (2:19.03). Hurst’s teammate Kathleen Turano also scratched the 200 fly final after adding 4.5 seconds to finish 26th (2:22.28) this morning. Both Hurst and Turano are in the fastest heat of women’s 800 free in tonight’s final.

In the men’s meet, there were no scratches among the top-16 qualifiers in either the 200 fly or the 100 breast.

A and B Final Scratches

Women’s 200 Fly

Men’s 200 Fly

  • none

Women’s 100 Breast

Men’s 100 Breast

  • none

 

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Swimmin’ in the south
3 months ago

If you get selected for a test after a race and you scratch, do you still have to take the test? Asking for a friend.

Stingy
3 months ago

Is there ever a case of someone picking up swimming late and still becoming elite? (Is that possible?)

All these cases like Gabrielle Rose seem like they had a good foundation when they were younger.

Admin
Reply to  Stingy
3 months ago

Define ‘late’?

Swim
3 months ago

She’s on the psych sheets for Sacramento Futures too…
100 breast on Thurs.

JimSwim22
3 months ago

Any word on why?

lilac
Reply to  JimSwim22
3 months ago

started training for LA28

NoFastTwitch
Reply to  JimSwim22
3 months ago

Does seem weird

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