2024 Commonwealth Cup
- November 8-10, 2024
- SwimRVA-CSAC, Richmond, Virginia
- Short Course Yards, Prelims/Finals
- Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 Commonwealth Cup”
Thomas Heilman very-nearly broke an age group record on Saturday at the 2024 Commonwealth Cup but sat out the final day of competition, but Emerson Callis of Quest Swimming finished out her meet with another win on the final day of competition to still bring some star power to Sunday’s racing.
Callis added a win in the 200 IM (1:59.96) and a 2nd-place finish in the 100 free (50.83) to finish the meet with seven event wins and three runner-up finishes across three days of competition.
Her run included new personal bests in both the 100 fly (53.36) and 200 fly (1:57.36).
Callis, a junior, is committed to swim at NC State in fall 2026.
The only swimmer to beat Callis in the 100 free was 16-year-old Anna Shnowske from 757 Swimming. The Ohio State commit touched in 49.95, which knocked a quarter-second off her best time and was her first swim under 50 seconds.
That time would rank her 6th on the Ohio State team this season – though she has both the rest of the 2024-2025 season and a full additional season before she officially joins the Buckeyes’ varsity squad.
Other Day 3 Highlights:
- Joe Warnagiris of the Winchester Swim Team grabbed two of his three wins on Sunday. He first won the 200 back in 1:48.30 and later added a win in the 200 IM in 1:51.84. That added to his previous win, and personal best, in the 100 back in 49.43. Warnagiris is an uncommitted high school junior.
- Aruban international Inald Fernandes Perna made the most of his annual trip for a yards meet in America with best times in five different events including a closing win in the 100 free on Sunday in 45.30. Perna is an uncommitted 17-year-old who has declared his intention to swim in the US next fall and is coached by one of Aruba’s most famous swimmers, Jordy Groters, and is the Aruban Record holder in the 400 free in short course meters.
- 757’s Holly Brundage won the 200 back in 2:00.98. That was one of four events in which she swam best times just three weeks after announcing her commitment to NCAA Division III superpower Emory.
