2024 SPEEDO SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, July 23 – Saturday, July 27, 2024
- Prelims 9AM, finals 5PM (Pacific Time)
- LCM (50 meters)
- Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, California
- Meet Central
- Pre–scratch Psych Sheet
- Live Results
- Live Stream
- Prelims Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
- Finals Live Recap: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
Rising University of Georgia senior Rachel Stege scratched out of the women’s 200-meter freestyle final at Friday’s Speedo Summer Championships, sending rising Miami (Fla.) senior Savannah Barr into the A-final instead.
Stege qualified 3rd during the 200 free prelims this morning with a time of 2:00.54, not far off her personal-best 1:59.90 from 2019. She didn’t swim this event at the U.S. Olympic Trials last month in Indianapolis, where she placed 13th in the 400 free (4:11.23), 5th in the 800 free (8:28.77), and 6th in the 1500 free (16:10.03).
So far this week in Irvine, Stege has earned runner-up finishes in both the 400 free (4:07.39) and 800 free (8:30.96). The 21-year-old distance specialist still has the 1500 free on her schedule for Saturday afternoon.
Barr placed 9th in prelims this morning with a time of 2:01.93, only about half a second shy of her personal-best 2:01.24 from last July. The 200 free is the only event she is entered in at this year’s Summer Championships.
Friday’s finals session kicks off at 5 p.m. PST with finals of the 200 free, 100 backstroke, and 200 breast on tap for tonight.