2024 FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS- MINNEAPOLIS
- July 24-28, 2024
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The women’s 200 freestyle highlighted night 1 of Futures in Minneapolis. Stanford commit Annika Parkhe led the way breaking the 2:00 mark for the first time as she earned the win in a 1:59.10.
Parkhe’s previous best time stood at a 2:01.01 from March at the Pro Series stop in Westmont. Her best time coming into the season was a 2:01.45 from summer 2022 as she swam a season best 2:03.23 at Futures last summer.
Teagan O’Dell finished 2nd behind Parkhe in a 2:00.89. O’Dell has a best time of a 1:59.15 that she swam in Febraury. O’Dell and Parkhe are notably in SwimSwam’s top 20 ranked high school recruits as Parkhe is #17 in the class of 2024 while O’Dell is #2 in the class of 2025. Also in the top 20 finishing on the podium in the 200 free tonight was Maggie Wanezek who posted a 2:01.32, faster than her previous best of a 2:02.04 from May.
Nebraska’s Jojo Randby swam to a win in the 100 breast in a 1:09.31, 0.09 faster than her old best time that she swam just two weeks ago. Randby notably was 39th in a 1:10.38 at US Trials but her time from today would have been 22nd.
The women’s 200 fly was the final win of the night as 16 year old Taylor Klein won in a 2:14.22, just out touching Annemarie Vlaic who swam a 2:14.36. Klein dropped over two and a half seconds off her previous best of a 2:16.97 that she swam in May.
The 800 free was also contested on the women’s side as Avery Luedke won in a 8:56.71, finishing just ahead of Charlotte LePage who swam a 8:57.03. Luedke, a Tennessee commit, dropped about a second and a half off her best time while LePage also dropped about a second and a half.
Western Athletic Conference Champion from Wyoming Quinn Cynor swam to a win in the men’s 200 free touching in a 1:51.20. His best time stands at a 1:49.65 from Illinois State meet last summer. Despite being off his best time, he was faster today than he was at US Trials as he swam a 1:51.38 for 51st then.
Princeton commik Jiarui Xue swam to a win in the men’s 1500 free touching in a 15:42.77. He was about four and a half seconds off his best time but still earned the win by five seconds.
17 year old Finnley Conklin won the 100 breast in a 1:02.29, just tenths off his best time of a 1:01.97 that he swam at the end of last summer.
Tennessee commit Aidan Hill swam to a 2:01.46 in his win in the 200 fly. This was 0.11 seconds slower than he was in prelims but he notably still swam a personal best as his best time coming into the day was a 2:02.13 from last summer’s Junior Nationals.
