2024 Futures Championships – Sacramento
- July 24-27, 2024
- North Natomas Aquatic Center, Sacramento, CA
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Site
- Results on MeetMobile, “2024 Futures Championships – Sacramento”
Five Futures Championships are taking place this week around the country, including a site at the North Natomas Aquatic Center in Sacramento, CA. The first day of the Sacramento Futures meet saw 46-year-old Gabrielle Rose win the women’s 100 breast in 1:08.50. Rose swam her career best of 1:08.32 at the US Olympic Trials last month. She competed for Brazil at the 1996, and later the US the 2000 Olympics. Having not competed at an Olympic Trials since 2004, Rose qualified for this summer’s Trials in Indianapolis, where she would advance to the semifinals of the women’s 100 breast, finishing 10th.
Clovic Swim Club 17-year-old Hannah Marinovich came in 2nd in the 100 breast, having swum a new career best of 1:09.17. Marinovich’s previous best of 1:09.69 was set at the Carlsbad Sectionals meet back in March of this year. She’s set to begin her collegiate career at Tennessee this fall.
Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics 16-year-old Kelsey Zhang won the women’s 200 fly decisively, though she was off her personal best in the event. Zhang clocked a 2:12.79, touching 1st by well over 2 seconds. She was, however, nearly 2 seconds off her personal best of 2:11.06, which she swam in prelims on Wednesday morning.
Princeton University’s Arthur Balva, who is competing for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, threw down an impressive 1:57.35 to win the men’s 200 fly. That was a personal best for Balva, whose previous best of 1:57.75 was set at the Sacramento Futures Championships last summer.
Gold Medal Swim Club’s Ellie Kayser, 16, took the women’s 800 free in 8:55.91, marking a new career best by a little over 2 seconds. Her previous best of 8:58.06 was set in March at the Iowa City Sectionals meet.
Clovis Swim Club’s Jake Salcedo, 16, won the men’s 1500 free in 16:03.80, blowing away his personal best of 16:26.54, which he swam in February of this year.
The men’s 200 free went to Terrapins Swim Team 17-year-old Mason Wendler, who swam a 1:51.27. That was a huge swim for Mendler, who is going to be a freshman at UC Santa Barbara in the fall, taking nearly 2 seconds off his previous best of 1:53.05. Fellow 17-year-old Andrew Coombs (King Aquatic Club) came in 2nd with a 1:51.33, marking his first time under 1:52 in the event as well. Faltiron Athletic Club 16-year-old Gavin Keogh had a huge swim as well, clocking a 1:52.66 for 3rd. Prior to Wednesday, Keogh hadn’t been under 1:54 in the event.
21-year-old Zachary Tan, representing DART Swimming, won the men’s 100 breast in 1:02.09. The swim marks a new career best for Tan, bettering his previous mark of 1:02.72, which he swam earlier this month.
