Bluefish Shines on Day 2 of Geneva Futures Winning 3 Events

2022 FUTURES CHAMPIONSHIPS- GENEVA

  • July 27-30, 2022
  • SPIRE Institute, Geneva, OH
  • LCM (50 meters)
  • Results on Meet Mobile “2022 Futures Championships – Geneva”

Highlighting day 2 finals at Geneva Futures was Joshua Parent of Bluefish Swim Club who swam a 4:22.51 to win the men’s 400 IM. The 17 year old is committed to Florida for fall 2023 and holds a best time of 4:20.94 in the event which he swam in April 2022 at US International Team Trials. Finishing behind Parents was Ohio State’s Nathan Holty who touched in a 4:22.87. That was a huge best time for Holty as his previous best stood at a 4:27.94 from summer 2019.

Sweeping the 400 IM for Bluefish was Aislin Farris as Farris won the women’s 400 IM in a 4:51.97. That was just off her best time of 4:51.95 which she swam in May of this year. She has dropped about three and a half seconds in the event in the last year and is committed to UNC for 2022.

Also picking up a win for Bluefish was Zuri Ferguson as she won the women’s 100 back in a 1:02.31. That was slightly faster than her best time of 1:02.39 which she swam just a week ago. Ferguson finished just ahead of Alison Pfaff of Gator Swim Club as Pfaff touched in a 1:02.56. Pfaff is committed to Duke for 2023.

The youngest winner of the night was 15 year old Lily King as she won the women’s 100 free in a 56.88. King swims for Mount Pleasant Aqua Club and had a best time of 57.28 coming into the meet. Notably, she has dropped a huge amount of time in the event over the last year as her best time last summer was a 5924.

Ohio State’s Jay Johnson continued his success into day 2 after winning the men’s 200 free on night 1. Here, Johnson got the win in the men’s 100 free swimming a 50.90. The Ohio native had a previous best time of 51.07 which he swam just two weeks ago at Sectionals in Cleveland.

Samuel Brown won the men’s 100 back in a 56.76 touching just ahead of Gavin Currie from Blue Hen Aquatics who touched in. a 56.80. Brown had a solid drop from last season to this season going from a 57.48 to a 56.76. Brown is committed to Missouri for fall 2022.

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Anya has been with SwimSwam since June 2021 as both a writer and social media coordinator. She was in attendance at the 2022 and 2023 Women's NCAA Championships writing and doing social media for SwimSwam. Currently, Anya is pursuing her B.A. in Economics and a minor in Government & Law at …

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