2024 ERIC NAMESNIK MEMORIAL OPEN
- June 28-30, 2024
- Canham Natatorium, College of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Lengthy Course Meters (50 meters)
- Psych Sheets
- Outcomes on Meet Cellular: “2024 CW Eric Namesnik Memorial Open
- Day 1 Recap
Carmel Swim Membership 14-year-old Yi Zheng dropped precisely 5 seconds within the 200-meter butterfly to interrupt into the top-100 nationwide age group (NAG) rankings at this weekend’s Eric Namesnik Memorial Open hosted by the College of Michigan.
The meet is known as in honor of Olympic medalist Eric Namesnik, a two-time Olympic silver medalist who served as a coach for Membership Wolverine earlier than dying in a automotive crash in 2006.
Zheng positioned third within the 200 fly with a time of two:06.92, an enormous enchancment from his previous-best 2:11.92 in April. He now ranks 51st all-time amongst 13-14 boys nationally. Solely rising Michigan junior Tyler Ray (2:01.44) and rising Michigan sophomore Josean Massucco (2:04.77) have been sooner than Zheng.
Ray was inside a pair seconds of his personal-best 1:59.67 from 2022 en path to the win. He’s contemporary off a breakout sophomore marketing campaign for the Wolverines that noticed him rating in each the 100 fly and 200 fly at NCAAs in head coach Matt Bowe‘s first season operating the present.
Zheng added lifetime bests within the 200 again (2:11.22) and 100 free (55.46). He dropped greater than two seconds off his finest 200 again time from final July and greater than a second off his finest 100 free time from April. On Friday, Zheng dropped nearly 4 seconds within the 100 breast (1:05.73) to maneuver into the highest 30 all-time in his age group.
Rising Michigan junior Jack Wilkening posted a pair of private bests within the 50 free (23.31) and 100 free (50.22) after inserting seventh in 100 again (53.79) at Olympic Trials the week earlier than. He shaved one hundredth of a second off his finest 50 free time from Could and greater than a second off his finest 100 free time from final July.
Michigan teammate Colin Geer additionally hit two massive private bests coming off his efficiency at Olympic Trials the week earlier than. He went 2:16.03 within the 200 breast and a pair of:07.60 within the 200 again, dropping three seconds and 9 seconds, respectively. Geer was top-16 within the 200 IM at Olympic Trials with a personal-best 2:00.10.
Kentucky commit (’24) Szymon Mieczkowski blasted a lifetime finest within the 100 again (56.96) to eke previous Purdue commit (’24) Blake Rowe (57.00). Mieczkowski crushed his previous-best 58.29 from March by greater than a second.
Carmel Swim Membership 13-year-old Mack Allen impressed with private bests within the 200 IM (2:16.66) and 200 breast (2:36.01 in prelims). He dropped a pair tenths within the 200 IM and greater than a second within the 200 breast.
Girls’s Recap
Stephanie Balduccini had what figures to be her ultimate tune-up earlier than she represents Brazil at her second Olympics subsequent month in Paris.
The 19-year-old rising Michigan sophomore triumphed within the 50 free (25.86) and 100 free (55.49) to go together with a 4th-place end within the 400 free (4:22.37). Balduccini has been as quick as 25.24 within the 50 free at Brazilian Olympic Trials in Could, 54.04 within the 200 free on the 2024 World Championships in February (the place she positioned sixth), and 4:15.11 within the 400 free again in 2021.
Balduccini, who underwent appendicitis surgical procedure in Could after Brazilian Olympic Trials, registered a 2:00.44 200 free on Friday.
Rising Michigan sophomore Hannah Bellard confirmed off her versatility by gathering three victories within the 200 fly (2:12.87), 400 free (4:15.13), and 200 IM (2:18.76). She was about three seconds off her finest instances in all three occasions.
There was a enjoyable showdown between two 14-year-old breaststrokers within the 200 breast. Membership Wolverine’s Tallulah Beg (2:36.22) beat Blazing Barracudas’ Catherine Dorsey (2:37.16) as each women fired off large lifetime bests. Beg dropped nearly three seconds off her previous-best 2:39.08 from final August whereas Dorsey took a pair seconds off her previous-best 2:39.35 from final July.
Beg impressed within the 100 breast (1:12.29) on Friday, which was additionally simply outdoors the highest 100 all-time amongst 13-14s. She lately attended a USA Swimming Zone Choose Camp.
The ladies’s 100 again featured a battle between rising Akron senior Maddy Gatrall (1:01.80) and rising Michigan sophomore Lily Cleason (1:02.39). Gatrall has been as quick as 1:01.40 final March whereas Cleason owns a lifetime better of 1:01.36 from Olympic Trials the weekend prior.
