2024 Speedo Summer Championships
- Tuesday, July 23 – Saturday, July 27,2024
- Prelims 9AM, finals 5PM (Pacific Time)
- LCM (50 meters)
- Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, California
- Meet Central
- Pre–scratch Psych Sheet
- Live Results
- Live Stream
It’s Day 2 in Irvine and we’ve got 18 heats of women’s and men’s 100 free, followed by 13 heats of women’s and men’s 400 IM. 2021 Olympian Bella Sims tops the field in the women’s 100 free with the only sub-54 seed time (53.73), while Quintin McCarty (48.95) and Grant House (48.96) are the only entrants under the 49-second barrier in the men’s meet.
Kayla Han, who recently moved back to La Mirada after spending a year in Carmel, Indiana, is the #1 seed by over 2 seconds in the 400 IM with 4:42.32. Hannah Bellard, who won the 200 fly last night, is seeded 2nd with 4:44.67. Levi Sandidge (4:17.61) comes in with the fastest seed time in the men’s meet, while Rex Maurer (4:19.10) and Jake Magahey (4:19.19) are also seeded under 4:20.
Women’s 100m Freestyle – prelims
- World: 51.71 – Sarah Sjostrom, SWE (2017)
- American: 52.04 – Simone Manuel, USA (2019)
- US Open: 52.54 – Simone Manuel, Stanford (2018)
- Jr World: 52.70 – Penny Oleksiak, CAN (2016)
Top 8 qualifiers:
- Kristina Paegle, ISC – 54.66
- Liberty Clark, UNAT – 55.28
- Claire Newman, MICH – 55.40
- Lindsay Flynn, MICH – 55.43
- Bella Sims, UNAT – 55.56
- Caroline Larsen, FOXJ – 55.83
- Kayla Wilson, TIDE – 55.84
- Julie Mishler, FAST – 56.28
Penny Zarczynski from Planet Swim Aquatics opened the morning with a .3 drop to win heat 1 with 57.73. Bellevue Club’s Gracyn Kehoe followed with 57.79 in heat 2, improving her time by .25.
Heat 3 was seeded by yards times. Michigan’s Brady Kendall (56.43), Bri Roberson of Athens Bulldog Swim Club (56.59), and LSU’s Michaela De Villiers (56.92) all broke 57 seconds to rocket to the top of the leaderboard.
Bellevue Club’s Kamryn Meskill went 57.34 to claim heat 4, while 15-year-old Alyssa Ton from Irvine Novaquatics went 56.88, improving by .1, to win heat 5.
Claire Newman from University of Michigan kicked off the circle-seeded heats with 55.40. Tide Swimming’s Kayla Wilson dropped .1 to finish 2nd in 55.84, while Palo Alto Stanford’s Sloane Reinstein was 3rd in 56.71.
Indiana Swim Club’s Kristina Paegle ripped a 54.66 to win heat 7 by half a body length. Michigan’s Lindsay Flynn (55.43) and Fishers Area’s Julie Mishler (56.28) followed.
Liberty Clark shot off to a quick lead in the final heat, flipping at 26.48 and finishing with 55.28 to win ahead of Bella Sims (55.56) and Caroline Larsen of Foxjets (55.83).
Orinda’s Emilia Barck and Bellevue Club’s Sophia Sunwoo were Declared False Starts.
Men’s 100m Freestyle – prelims
- World: 46.80 – Zhanle Pan, CHN (2024)
- American: 46.96 – Caeleb Dressel, USA (2019)
- US Open: 47.08 – Jack Alexy, California Aquatics (2024)
- Jr World: 46.86 – David Popovici, ITA (2022)
Top 8 qualifiers:
- Grant House, SUN – 49.03
- Dylan Smiley, ISC – 49.24
- Owen McDonald, ISC – 49.29
- Steph Goncharov, LSU – 49.71
- Jack Dahlgren, TRI – 49.78
- Quin Seider, OJAI – 49.93
- Thackston McMullan, CM – 50.60
- Evan Croley, SASA – 50.68
Luke Nebrich from Rowan Aquatic Club won heat 1 in 52.23. Tide Swimming’s Austin Temple followed in the next heat with 51.78 dropping .7 from his entry time. North Baltimore’s Patrick Branon (51.80, PB x .7) and Max Lestina of Indiana Swim Club (51.97, PB x .6) were also under 52 seconds.
Ethan Schutten from Schroeder YMCA took heat 3 in 52.04, dropping .2. Irvine’s Will Chen broke 52 for the first time to win a very tight heat 4 from lane 8 with 51.78. At the other end of the pool, DongQi Yu from Alto Swim Club touched 2nd with 51.89, also a newcomer to the sub-52 club. Thomas Hadji and Ethan Moore from Alamo Area tied for 3rd in 51.91.
Vlad Dubinin was out very fast from lane 2, flipping at 23.86, and he hung on to win heat 5 with 50.88. Derek Hutchins from Irvine Novaquatics (51.02) and Ben Muelemans from Schroeder YMCA (51.12) both dropped time to finish 2nd and 3rd. We had another handful of 51s in heat 6, where Life Time Georgia’ Will Gavin won from lane 1 with 51.34 ahead of Irvine Nova’s Andrew Makasymowski (51.40). Timothy Lee from Scarlet Aquatics (51.75) edged Yuri Plaskin from Rise Aquatic Club (51.78) for 3rd. All 4 swimmers notched PBs.
Ian Everett from Tsunami Swim Team improved by .6 to win heat 7 in 50.96, cracking 51 for the first time. Brody Chandler of Sierra Marlins (51.37) and JD Thumann of Sooner Swim Club (51.47) touched just behind.
Dylan Smiley of Indiana Swim Club was 1st at the 50 and successfully held off a fast-charging Jack Dahlgren from Team Triumph to win the first circle-seeded heat in 59.24. Dahlgren went 49.78 for 2nd, while Dynamo’s Cooper McDonald clocked in at 50.91 for 3rd. Grant House of Sun Devil Swimming won the next heat in 49.03 ahead of Steph Goncharov from LSU (49.71) and Thackston McMullan of Cincinnati Marlins (50.60).
The final heat went to Owen McDonald of Indiana Swim Club in 49.29. Quin Seider from Ojai Heat Waves (59.93) and Evan Croley of Streamline Aquatics (50.68) rounded out the top 3.
Quintin McCarty from Wolfpack Elite, the top seed in this event, was a No Swim, while Michigan’s Bence Szabados and Jack Wilkening were Declared False Starts.
Women’s 400m Individual Medley – prelims
- World: 4:24.38 – Summer McIntosh, CAN
- American: 4:31.12 – Katie Hoff, North Baltimore
- US Open: 4:28.61 – Summer McIntosh, SYS-FL
- Jr World: 4:25.87 – Summer McIntosh, CAN
Top 8 qualifiers:
- Kayla Han, UNAT – 4:45.96
- Reese Tiltmann, ISC – 4:48.94
- Hannah Bellard, MICH – 4:48.96
- Caroline Benda, KYA – 4:49.68
- Alexa McDevitt, BC – 4:50.56
- Chloe Kim, SCAR – 4:51.13
- Kate Hurst, SCAR – 4:52.08
- Gena Jorgenson, HUSK – 4:52.89
Arianna Wertheim of Southwest Stars, who was seeded with a yards time of 4:19, won heat 1 with a strong back half, posting 4:57.14. Grace Wharton from Irvine Novaquatics dominated the first 200 meters in the next heat. She led by 6 seconds after the backstroke leg, and while her lead diminished in the breaststroke, she hung on to win with 4:59.00. Cate Pawlaski of Edina Swim Club and York YMCA’s Molly Yacoviello both challenged Wharton’s lead through the breaststroke leg but fell short of beating her on the final 100, finishing with 5:00.83 and 5:01.12, respectively.
In heat 3, Gena Jorgenson of Club Husker had a 4 second lead after the backstroke. Rylee Hutchinson from Pleasanton Seahawks and Front Range Barracudas’ Marissa Inouye moved up on the breaststroke. At the finish, it was Jorgenson (4:52.89), Hutchinson (4:56.23) and Pleasanton Seahawks’ Brooke Bennett (4:58.51), who had passed Inouye (4:58.80) on the last 50.
Kaitlyn Nguyen of Irvine Novaquatics, who moved from 6th to 2nd on the breaststroke leg, won the 4th heat with 4:56.03 ahead of Olivia Swalley from Iowa and Central Iowa Aquatics (4:57.25) and Kimmy Shannon of Nittany Lions (4:57.27).
In the penultimate heat, University of Michigan’s Hannah Bellard, last night’s 200 fly champion, led over the first 200 meters but gave up her spot on the breaststroke leg to Kentucky Aquatics’ Caroline Benda. Bellard pulled out front again on the final 50 and got the win with 4:48.96. Benda was .7 back with 4:49.68. Chloe Kim from Scarlet Aquatics, who was 5th after the breaststroke, pulled up to 3rd on the first 50 of the freestyle and finished 3rd in the heat with 4:51.13.
Top-seeded Kayla Han led wire-to-wire in the final heat, touching in 4:45.96. Reese Tiltmann blasted a 1:21 breaststroke leg to move from 6th to 2nd; she placed 2nd in the heat with 4:58.94 ahead of Bellevue Club’s Alexa McDevitt (4:50.56).
Men’s 400m Individual Medley – prelims
- World: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand, FRA
- American: 4:03.84 – Michael Phelps, USA
- US Open: 4:05.25 – Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine
- Jr World: 4:10.02 – Ilia Borodin, RUS
Top 8 qualifiers:
- Rex Maurer, UNAT – 4:18.72
- Levi Sandidge, KYA – 4:20.92
- Grant Sanders, FAST – 4:21.25
- Jake Magahey, SA – 4:22.43
- Ryan Healy, MICH – 4:22.80
- Ryan Merani, KYA – 4:24.81
- AJ Robinson, AGS – 4:25.88
- Luka Mijatovic, PLS – 4:26.09
Andrew Baklanov from Empire KC Swim Club dropped 2.1 seconds to win the first heat with 4:33.77. Tsunami Swim Team’s Ellis Crisci went 4:31.47, taking nearly 4 seconds off his entry time, to claim victory in the second heat.
Tristan Prizler from Dayton Riders moved from 8th place to 1st on the breaststroke leg, but it was Irvine Novaquatics’ Gian Santos who nabbed the win in heat 4, passing Prizler on the final 25 meters to notch a 4:29.54. Santos came home in 1:01.7 and beat Prizler (4:30.46) by .9, lowering his Phillipines Junior National Record by nearly 2 seconds in the process.
AJ Robinson of Aggie Swim Club led from start to finish in heat 5, dropping 1.7 seconds from his entry time to win with 4:25.99. Santi Alzate from SwimMAC Carolina was in 4th place after the back and breast legs, rocketed to 2nd place at the finish, going 4:26.66. Joe Polyak from Iowa Flyers improved his time by 1.7 seconds and finished 3rd with 4:27.52.
Rex Maurer, swimming unattached in lane 4, got out to a quick start in the penultimate heat. He led the field on all 4 strokes, getting a brief challenge from Grant Sanders of Fast Falcons on the second half of the breaststroke leg. Maurer brought it home in 59.35 for a PB of 4:18.72. Sanders was 2nd with 4:21.25. Luka Mijatovic from Pleasanton Seahawks, who was 4th after the breast, moved into 3rd place at the finish (4:26.09).
