2024 Futures Championships – Sacramento
- July 24-27, 2024
- North Natomas Aquatic Center, Sacramento, CA
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Site
- Results on MeetMobile, “2024 Futures Championships – Sacramento”
Five Futures Championships are taking place this week around the country, including a site at the North Natomas Aquatic Center in Sacramento, CA. The first day of the Sacramento Futures meet saw 46-year-old Gabrielle Rose win the women’s 100 breast in 1:08.50. Rose swam her career best of 1:08.32 at the US Olympic Trials last month. She competed for Brazil at the 1996, and later the US the 2000 Olympics. Having not competed at an Olympic Trials since 2004, Rose qualified for this summer’s Trials in Indianapolis, where she would advance to the semifinals of the women’s 100 breast, finishing 10th.
Clovic Swim Club 17-year-old Hannah Marinovich came in 2nd in the 100 breast, having swum a new career best of 1:09.17. Marinovich’s previous best of 1:09.69 was set at the Carlsbad Sectionals meet back in March of this year. She’s set to begin her collegiate career at Tennessee this fall.
Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics 16-year-old Kelsey Zhang won the women’s 200 fly decisively, though she was off her personal best in the event. Zhang clocked a 2:12.79, touching 1st by well over 2 seconds. She was, however, nearly 2 seconds off her personal best of 2:11.06, which she swam in prelims on Wednesday morning.
Princeton University’s Arthur Balva, who is competing for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, threw down an impressive 1:57.35 to win the men’s 200 fly. That was a personal best for Balva, whose previous best of 1:57.75 was set at the Sacramento Futures Championships last summer.
Gold Medal Swim Club’s Ellie Kayser, 16, took the women’s 800 free in 8:55.91, marking a new career best by a little over 2 seconds. Her previous best of 8:58.06 was set in March at the Iowa City Sectionals meet.
Clovis Swim Club’s Jake Salcedo, 16, won the men’s 1500 free in 16:03.80, blowing away his personal best of 16:26.54, which he swam in February of this year.
The men’s 200 free went to Terrapins Swim Team 17-year-old Mason Wendler, who swam a 1:51.27. That was a huge swim for Mendler, who is going to be a freshman at UC Santa Barbara in the fall, taking nearly 2 seconds off his previous best of 1:53.05. Fellow 17-year-old Andrew Coombs (King Aquatic Club) came in 2nd with a 1:51.33, marking his first time under 1:52 in the event as well. Faltiron Athletic Club 16-year-old Gavin Keogh had a huge swim as well, clocking a 1:52.66 for 3rd. Prior to Wednesday, Keogh hadn’t been under 1:54 in the event.
21-year-old Zachary Tan, representing DART Swimming, won the men’s 100 breast in 1:02.09. The swim marks a new career best for Tan, bettering his previous mark of 1:02.72, which he swam earlier this month.
No one ever had to take a quiz at this level meet either.
They created a new summer “Futures Championships” meet (Futures) that provides swimmers with a new stepping stone between Sectionals and Junior Nationals. I guess when she takes a spot in final, she’s taking away a stepping stone for a younger swimmer the meet is designed to help. It’s just weird.
This is a terrible take on her performance and the circumstances of her participation. The comments section has no room for your mediocrity.
I can’t disagree with this. All of the Futures are super fast, stacked with college swimmers and people who already have cuts. So kids on the cusp can’t get a 2nd swim.
This is a weird take. Wouldn’t a younger athlete (really any athlete) competing against a 2x Olympian and someone who made semi-finals at the OT at age 48 be a fantastic experience for any athlete? If USAS were concerned about something like this, they would’ve imposed age restrictions on the meet.
100%. It’s not right.
Unreal longevity
She was just in Irvine, wow she’s racing a lot.
She was at Irvine racing the 100 Breast on Tuesday, and toke the top spot in the morning. Then she skipped the final, and flow 400 plus miles to Sacramento to race the 100 breast at the Futures on Wednesday. She won the event at the Futures in Sacramento. Unless someone pays her to swim at the Futures as an inspirational figure (but, if that is the case, shouldn’t she give the final spot to the young generation?), I really do not understand why she did it this way. Future is bright, Rose.