2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open: Day 2 Prelims Scratches – Heilman, Williamson Out of All Events

2026 Speedo Fort Lauderdale Open

• Wednesday, April 29 – Saturday, May 2, 2026
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Day 2 Prelims Heat Sheet

The first full day of events at the 2026 Fort Lauderdale Open is upon us, and while every race is set to be competitive as swimmers look for a spot in one of the three finals tonight, there were a number of high-profile scratches.

Virginia’s Thomas Heilman, a 2024 Paris Olympian, has scratched out of his event this morning, dropping the 100 free, where he was seeded 17th (49.06), as well as from the 200 fly (1:53.82), where the Cavalier was the 3rd seed. He’s not the only Todd DeSorbo-trained swimmer to pull out of their events this morning, as his teammate, Max Williamson, is also missing this morning’s action. A recent two-time NCAA champion, Williamson will not take to the blocks in the 100 free nor in the 50 back, where he was the 9th and 7th seeds, respectively.

Virginia’s ACC rivals, NC State, and their pro-team Wolfpack Elite also had several high-profile scratches, with Olympian Rhyan White withdrawing from this morning’s 50 back, where she was the 3rd seed. Her training partners, Leah Shackley and Kennedy Noble, would have been in line to inherit her spot in lane 5 of the first of the circle-seeded heats, but they, too, have scratched out of the session with the pair, also dropping the 200 fly, where they were the 10th and 28th seeds. On the men’s side, Hudson Williams, Daniel Diehl, Quintin McCarty, and Aiden Hayes have all pulled out of the morning’s session. Of the four, Diehl was the highest-ranked swimmer, entering the meet as the 4th seed in the 50 back, an event which McCarty won last year at the US Nationals.

Top 30 Day 2 Scratches

• W. 100 Free
  • #16 Teresa Ivan (OSU) – 55.18
  • #17 Lily Christianson (NC State) – 55.48
  • #19 Emma Harvey (Bermuda) – 55.90
  • #21 Wyllo Hanson (Auburn) – 55.97
  • #24 Bella Ekk (Auburn) – 56.19
• M. 100 Free
  • #9 Max Williamson (Lakeside Aquatics) – 48.38
  • #12 Daniel Krichevsky (Auburn) – 48.88
  • #14 Hudson Williams (NC State) – 48.92
  • #16 Quintin McCarty (NC State) – 48.95
  • #17 Thomas Heilman (Cavalier Aquatics) – 49.06
  • #20 Daniel Diehl (NC State) – 49.23
  • #22 Warner Russ (Auburn) – 49.42
  • #23 Ahmed Ismail (OSU) – 49.51
  • #27 River Paulk (Auburn) – 50.24
  • #30 Josh Howat (Unattached) – 50.44
• W. 100 Breast
  • #9 Lisa Nystrand (NC State) – 1:09.41
  • #16 Olivia Dinehart (Auburn) – 1:11.55
  • #20 Annika Finzen (Auburn) – 1:11.84
  • #22 Lilla Wilbur (Nation’s Capital) – 1:11.87
  • #26 Audrey Crawford (Auburn) – 1:12.13
  • #28 Macey Larson (West Virginia) – 1:12.37
• M. 100 Breast
  • #4 Ahmed Ismail (OSU) – 1:01.47
  • #9 Reef McMeeking (Laker Swim) – 1:02.68
  • #10 Diego Resto (Puerto Rico) – 1:02.78
  • #15 Maston Ballew (Auburn) – 1:03.60
  • #16 Erik Petruzzi (West Virginia) – 1:03.79
  • #18 Liam Aleman (West Virginia) – 1:03.92
  • #25 Joey Stebbins (West Virginia) – 1:04.94
• W. 50 Back
  • #3 Rhyan White (Wolfpack Elite) – 58.43
  • #4 Leah Shackley (NC State) – 58.53
  • #5 Kennedy Noble (NC State) – 58.55
  • #12 Charlotte Wilson (Cavalier Aquatics) – 1:00.99
  • #13 Lora Komoroczy (Auburn) – 1:01.06
  • #20 Teresa Ivan (OSU) – 1:02.55
  • #26 Annika Finzen (Auburn) – 1:03.64
  • #29 Feagin Kaminski (Jupiter Dragons) – 1:04.27
• M. 50 Back
  • #4 Daniel Diehl (NC State) – 52.94
  • #5 Jonny Marshall (Florida) – 53.03
  • #6 Gavin Keogh (NC State) – 53.52
  • #7 Hudson Williams (NC State) – 53.62
  • #8 Ivan Tarasov (Auburn) – 53.70
  • #15 Quintin McCarty (NC State) – 55.26
  • #16 Aiden Hayes (NC State) – 55.32
  • #18 Simon Bermudez (NC State) – 55.81
  • #19 Brayden Capen (Academy Bullets) – 56.45
  • #21 Szymon Mieczkowski (West Virginia) – 56.47
  • #24 Luke Bedsole (Auburn) – 56.79
  • #26 Michael Zhou (Nation’s Capital) – 57.14
  • #28 Sammy Empey (Auburn) – 57.33
• W. 200 Fly
  • #5 Becca Mann (TAC Titans) – 2:10.46
  • #10 Leah Shackley (NC State) – 2:11.93
  • #28 Kennedy Noble (NC State) – 2:17.85
  • #30 Ariyana Nieckula (Academy Bullets) – 2:19.48
• M. 200 Fly
  • #3 Thomas Heilman (Cavalier Aquatics) – 1:53.82
  • #5 Aiden Hayes (NC State) – 1:56.71
  • #7 Abdalla Youssef (Auburn) – 1:57.85
  • #11 Bradford Johnson (Auburn) – 2:02.61
  • #12 Luke Bedsole (Auburn) – 2:03.20
  • #13 Devyn Caples (Princeton) – 2:03.34
  • #16 Dragos Ghile (West Virginia) – 2:04.70
  • #18 Nicholas Kwan (Bolles School) – 2:04.89
  • #19 Jiarui Xue (Princeton) – 2:05.06
  • #26 Noah Ott (West Virginia) – 2:06.58
  • #27 Matt Cairns (Univ of Florida) – 2:06.67
  • #28 Felix Vicknair (West Virginia) – 2:06.78
• W. 400 Free
  • #5 Jillian Cox (Longhorn Aquatic) – 4:06.31
  • #6 Becca Mann (TAC Titans) – 4:07.09
  • #12 Julie Brousseau (Univ of Florida) – 4:10.14
  • #13 Kate Hurst (Longhorn Aquatic) – 4:10.34
  • #15 Julia Strojnowska (Unattached-14) – 4:11.52
  • #17 Daisy Collins (North Carolina) – 4:13.13
  • #18 Caroline Pennington (TAC Titans) – 4:13.23
  • #21 Brooke Travis (TAC Titans) – 4:16.10
  • #27 Clare Custer (Sarasota Sharks) – 4:19.50
• M. 400 Free
  • #9 Luke Corey (Florida) – 3:56.88
  • #10 Luke Waldrep (Auburn) – 3:58.94
  • #21 Mitchell Schott (Princeton) – 4:01.50
  • #22 Jamarr Bruno (Puerto Rico) – 4:02.02
  • #24 Max Marcus (Princeton) – 4:02.54