2023 FUTURES — Sacramento
- July 26 to 29, 2023
- LCM (50m)
- North Natomas Aquatic Complex Sacramento, California
- Meet Central
- Results on Meet Mobile: “2023 Futures Championships – Sacramento”
The final day of the 2023 Sacramento Futures Championship saw the women’s and men’s 200 IM, the 50 free and 200 back contested. The evening wrapped up with the women’s 1500 and men’s 800 free, as well as the 4×100 medley relays.
Kicking things off the 200 IM was Kathryn Hazle. The Noth Coast Aquatics swimmer nabbed the win in a time of 2:16.56, which was just off her personal best of 2:15.90 that she swam to finish 10th at last summer’s Junior Pan Pacs. A native of Canada, Hazle will matriculate at the University of California this fall.
Finishing in 2nd and 3rd in the 200 IM was Santa Clara Swim Club’s Eunice Lee in 2:18.17 and Los Angeles Swim Club’s Katherine Dyer in a time of 2:19.31. Lee and Dyer were the only other two swimmers to have times under 2:20.
Sixteen-year-old Sandpipers of Nevada swimmer Luke Ellis had a great prelims swim of 2:07.52. A new personal best by over three seconds. At night, Ellis had a similar drop in the finals, lowering his personal best to 2:03.89. Over the course of the day, Ellis dropped his personal best by close to eight seconds. It should not come as much of a surprise, though, as Ellis has had a great meet (winning the 200 and 400 free on previous days), and his last recorded long course 200 IM dates back to May of 2022.
Also dipping under 2:05 for the first time was the runner-up Julian Correa. The Cornell Big Red commit dropped his personal best from 2:06.96 to 2:04.91. Touching behind Correa for third in a time of 2:05.17 was Ellis’s teammate Dillon Wright, and like the top two finishers, Wright posted a new personal best by over a second.
Ellis was not content with just one gold on the evening, however. A few events later, he took the win in the 200 back with a time of 2:01.35. A new personal best by close to two seconds and also nipping under the Olympic Trials cut time of 2:01.69. Finishing close behind Ellis and repeating the feat of both posting a new personal best and earning an OT cut was UNLV and Team Rebel Aquatics swimmer McKay Mickelson, who touched the wall in 2:01.49.
The women’s 50 free saw 15-year-old Ava De Anda win by a margin great than that in the men’s 200 back. Her time of 26.04 easily outpaced the field and represented a new personal best by .13. Finishing behind her was Morgan Brophy, who touched in 26.25, and Amber Myers, who had a time of 26.34.
The men’s splash and dash saw Team Rebel Aquatics’ Steven Butler nab the win in 23.18. In a tight battle for second, Rose Bowl Aquatics’s Zachary Tamusaitis touched in 23.34, just ahead of Gaucho Aquatics’s Sean Gutowski’s 23.38
Dropping exactly a second off of her previous personal best in the women’s 200 back was Clovis Swim Club’s Rowyn Wilber. The 14-year-old touched in 2:15.78, beating out Maggie McGuire of Socal Aquatics Association by .22 of a second, with McGuire finishing in 2:16 flat.
The longest event on the program saw Sandpipers of Nevada’s Chloe Mudadu take the win in a time of 17:01.56. Mudadu, a Mizzou commit, was a little off her personal best of 17:00.18 set last year at the Western Zone Senior Championship. Finishing second and dropping over 12 seconds was UNLV and Team Rebel Aquatics’ Hannah Jones, who touched in 17:06.25.
The men’s final individual event, the 800 free, saw Sandpipers finish first and third. Taking the win was Joshua Brown in a time of 8:06.60. Like his teammate Ellis, not only was it a best time, but it nipped under the OT cut time of 8:09.69. Having a swim of a lifetime to finish in second place was Las Vegas Swim Club’s Max Carlsen. Carlsen, just 16 years old, dropped over 13 seconds, finishing in 8:09.05 and adding an OT cut to his resume. In third was Sandpipers’ Gabriel Manteufel in a time of 8:13.36. In total, the Sandpipers claimed four of the top five podium positions.
Winning the penultimate event was the team from North Bay Aquatics. Earning gold in the women’s 4×100 medley relay were Caitlin Quill (1:03.04), Mia Solomon (1:14.61), Jordan Ash (1:02.00), and Lila Heffernan (55.93). Their time of 4:15.58 was over a second and a half faster than the runner-up team from Socal Aquatics Association.
The Sierra Marlins Swim Team took the gold in the men’s 4×100 medley relay, the last event of the meet. The squad of Ryan Williams (58.16), Evan McCormick (1:02.88), Nicholas Lanting (57.97), and Brody Chandler (51.65) won in a time of 3:50.66, outpacing the competition by over a second.