All The Links + Swimmers To Watch At All Five Of The Futures Championships This Week

While the major headlines are being stolen by the ongoing World University Games in Germany, as well as the upcoming World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Singapore, some of the fastest young swimmers in the States are preparing to compete in Futures Championships. The sites for this week’s Futures are:

• Greensboro, North Carolina
• Justin, Texas
• Madison, Wisconsin
• Ocala, Florida
• Sacramento, California

All five of these Futures will begin Wednesday, July 23 and run through Saturday, July 26. Below, you can find a brief preview of each meet, as well as some relevant links, including the psych sheet and the meet website. We will be sharing updates from these events after each day, so if you’re interested in following along, it might be useful to keep this tab handy.

Greensboro

• Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
• LCM (50 meters)
• Meet Central
•  Psych Sheet
• Live Results expected to be on Meet Mobile
• Live Stream

Sadie Buckley, our 3rd ranked recruit for the class of 2027, headlines Futures at the Greensboro Aquatic Center — one of the nation’s premier swimming facilities. The 16-year-old phenom out of Nation’s Capital Swim Club is entered in seven events this week, including the women’s 200 IM, 400 IM, and the 200 backstroke, where she is the top seed.

Gabe Nunziata— an incoming freshman for the Tennessee Volunteers — also enters the meet as the top seed in the 200 IM, as well as all three breaststroke events. Nunziata nearly made the US National Team in the 200 breast, finishing 3rd, and his time of 2:09.71 puts him nearly five seconds ahead of the next fastest seed in Greensboro. Futures may serve as an opportunity for him to clean some things up and get ready for World Junior Championships in August.

Sydney Pickrem, an Olympic Bronze medalist in Tokyo, is slated to swim just one event, the 200 breast, where she is the top seed by over four seconds. She will be representing the University of West Virginia, where she is an assistant coach.

Justin

• Northwest ISD Aquatic Center, Justin, TX
• LCM (50 meters)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results expected to be on Meet Mobile

While certainly much smaller than its counterparts, the Justin Futures boasts a pair of Big Ten veterans. Penn State Senior, Matthew Bittner, enters the meet as the top seed in the 50 back, 100 back, 50 fly, and 100 fly, while recent graduate out of Indiana, Luke Barr, is top seed in the 50 breast, 100 breast, and 200 IM.

On the women’s side, recent Arkansas commit Hayden Gibson has four top seeds of her own in the 100 and 200 fly, as well as the 100 and 200 back. She’s hoping to improve upon her already impressive times before joining the Razorbacks next fall.

Madison

• Soderholm Family Aquatic Center, Madison, WI
• LCM (50 meters)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheet
• Live Stream
• Live Results expected to be on Meet Mobile

Another meet with a lot of Big Ten Talent, many Wisconsin Badgers hope to make a splash in their home pool. Sisters Abby and Maggie Wazenek control four of the top times headed into this week’s competition: the 50, 100, and 200 back, and the 100 free. Badger senior Michael Long will also attempt to sweep the backstroke events, where he is currently top seed in all three events.

Trying to spoil the homecoming is Minnesota Junior Katie McCarthy, who is currently seeded above a handful of Badgers in the 400 free, 800 free, and 400 IM. Max Goettsch also hopes to make a final lasting impression in the freestyle events before he begins his college career at Cal.

Ocala

• Florida Aquatics Swimming and Training, Ocala, FL
• LCM (50 meters)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results on Meet Mobile “2025 TYR Futures Ocala”
• Livestream

Siblings Rylee and Ryan Erisman combine for six top times entering Futures at their home pool. Rylee, the 16-year-old with top times in the 100 free, 200 free, and 200 back, hopes to build on her already impressive resume, where she is currently our 2nd ranked recruit for the class of 2027. This ranking comes as no surprise, as she has qualified for five individual events at World Junior Championships next month in Romania, tied for the most among all American athletes.

Her older brother Ryan, who will be joining Cal in the fall as a top 20 recruit nationally, holds top seeded times in the 200 free, 400 free, and 400 IM. However, with him having participated at World University Games throughout the week, he may not swim at Futures this weekend.

If Erisman does indeed take this weekend off, Colin Jacobs, a French distance specialist residing in Florida, will try to take his place in the 400 free. Though he is only 16, Jacobs made a splash at French Nationals last month, where he finished 4th in the mile with a time of 15:24.74. He enters Futures as the top seed in that event, as well as the 800 free.

Sacramento

• North Natomas Aquatic Center, Sacramento, CA
• LCM (50 meters)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheet
• Live Results on Meet Mobile “USA Swimming Futures Sacramento 2025”

17-year-old Cal commit Kelsey Zhang currently holds the top seed in four of her six events, the 100 and 200 fly, and the 200 and 400 IM. Louisville Sophomore Camden Doane, seeded right behind Zhang in several of those events, has a pair of top seeded times of her own in the 200 free and 200 breast.

For the men, former Simpson University breaststroker Tom Higdon holds the top times in both the 50 and 100 breast. Recent ASU transfer Jon Reiter and Cornell’s Reid Brophy are just behind him, seeded 2nd and 3rd respectively.