2024 18 & Under Spring Cup – Elkhart
- Thursday-Sunday, May 2-5, 2024
- Elkhart Aquatic Center, Elkhart, IN
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Page
- Psych Sheet
- Live Stream
- Individual Event Results
The second day of the 2024 Spring Cup in Elkhart featured the 200 free, 100 breast, 100 fly, and 400 IM. The night’s action kicked off with 18-year-old Fox Valley Park District Riptides swimmer Leah Hayes winning the girls 200 free in 1:59.84. That time comes in a little less than 2 seconds off Haye’s personal best of 1:58.19, which she swam at the World Junior Championships last September.
Hayes would be back in action in the girls 400 IM, where she won resoundingly with a huge swim of 4:40.83. That time comes in about 4 seconds off her personal best of 4:36.84, which she also swam at World Juniors last September. It was also just off the 4:39.36 she swam at the Pro Swim Series in Westmont in March.
In the boys 200 free, Iowa Flyers 17-year-old Jacob Pins put up a big career best of 1:51.76. Not only was that swim good to win the event by more than 4 seconds, it also took well over a second off Pins’ previous best of 1:53.08, which he swam last summer at a Speedo Sectional meet in Des Moines.
Patriot Aquatic Club 18-year-old Annika Parkhe went 59.67 to win the girls 100 fly, winning by a little over half a second. It was a very solid early May swim for Parkhe, who holds a career best of 58.71, which she swam at Summer Junior Nationals last year.
OTHER EVENT WINNERS
- Boys 400 IM: Brayden Capen (Academy Bullets) – 4:29.57
- Boys 100 fly: Matthew Judkins (Parkway Swim Club) – 54.74
- Boys 100 breast: Josh Bey (Highland Hurricanes Swim Club) – 1:03.15
- Girls 100 breast: Madeline Moreth (Valparaiso Swim Club) – 1:09.75
