2026 Westmont Sectionals
- July 9-12, 2026
- FMC Natatorium, Westmont, Illinois
- LCM (50 meters)
- Meet Central
- Day 1 Recap
- Day 2 Recap
- Day 3 Recap
The final session of Westmont Sectionals was highlighted by 14 year old Elliot Leasure who swam to a 2:02.93 to win the boys 200 backstroke. Leasure swam a 2:02.66 in the event last month, a time that sits at #4 all-time in the 13-14 age group. He holds the 100 back national age group (NAG) record.
Jackson Kogler dropped a second off his best time to win the 200 IM in a 2:05.69. Kogler swims for Wyoming and entered the day with a lifetime best 2:06.40 from last summer.
Brody Engelstad, an Indiana commit for this fall, won the 50 free in a 22.71. That was just 0.03 off his lifetime best he swam two weeks ago. He entered the summer with a lifetime best 22.89 which he swam in 2024. Also swimming to a win was 26 year old Garrett Clasen who touched in a 28.39 in the 50 breast.
The girls side of the night was highlighted by Payton Flowers as she swam to a 25.78 in the 50 free. That dropped from her previous best of a 26.09 that she swam in May 2025 at the AP Race London International. Flowers just finished her freshman season at Iowa.
The 200 IM came down to the touch as Mckenzie Vasquez earned the win in a 2:18.90 just ahead of Maddie Waggoner‘s 2:18.97. Vasquez dropped 0.62 off her best time while Waggoner dropped 1.19 off her lifetime best from last summer.
25 year old Tatiana Salcutan, who spent her collegiate career at South Carolina, won the 200 back in a 2:14.75. Salcutan holds all three backstroke national records for Moldova as her 200 back record is a 2:09.98 from prelims of the 2020(1) Tokyo Olympics.
After winning the 100 breast earlier this week, Grace Swoboda won the 50 breast in a 31.85.
Note: Distance free results are unavailable at the time of publishing
