2024 NOVATO SECTIONALS
- July 18-21, 2024
- Miwok Aquatic Heart
- LCM (50 meters)
- Outcomes on MeetMobile: “2024 PC Novato CA/NV Speedo Sectionals”
- Day 1 Recap
Anthony Dornoff grew to become the fourth-fastest 15-year-old American ever within the 400 IM along with his win at Novato Sectionals on Friday night time.
The LaMirada Armada standout ripped a personal-best 4:20.65, dropping greater than 5 seconds off his lifetime finest to rank ninth within the U.S. boys 15-16 nationwide age group (NAG) rankings. Within the course of, Dornoff broke one of many oldest Southern California LSC information on the books, a 4:22.06 belonging to former Brazilian world document holder Ricardo Prado from method again in 1981.
U.S. Boys 15-16 NAG Rankings
- Carson Foster – 4:14.73, 2018
- Michael Phelps – 4:15.20, 2001
- Sean Grieshop – 4:15.67, 2015
- Gunnar Bentz – 4:17.43, 2012
- Maximus Williamson – 4:17.58, 2022
- Sean Inexperienced – 4:18.62, 2023
- Jake Foster – 4:19.40, 2017
- Cooper Lucas – 4:19.95, 2021
- Anthony Dornoff – 4:20.65, 2024
- Jarod Arroyo – 4:20.96, 2017
Solely Sean Grieshop (4:20.25), Maximus Williamson (4:17.58), and Michael Phelps (4:15.20) have been sooner at 15 years previous than Dornoff.
Quickest 15-Yr-Outdated People in 400 IM
- Michael Phelps – 4:15.20, 2001
- Maximus Williamson – 4:17.58, 2022
- Sean Grieshop – 4:20.25, 2014
- Anthony Dornoff – 4:20.65, 2024
- Carson Foster – 4:21.10
Dornoff’s finest time earlier than in the present day stood at 4:26.10 from Might, which ranked 66th within the NAG rankings. He break up 59.47 on butterfly, 1:06.80 on backstroke, 1:14.76 on breaststroke, and 59.62 on freestyle coming residence.
Dornoff reached the wall nearly 10 seconds forward of Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks 16-year-old Blake Hill (4:30.23), who dropped greater than eight seconds off his previous-best 4:38.32 from March.
North Bay Aquatics 18-year-old Marre Gattnar lowered his finest 100 again time with a successful mark of 56.27. The Harvard commit (’24) dropped greater than half a second off his previous-best 56.95 from earlier this month. Earlier than this month, his finest time stood at 57.75 from 2022. Gattnar gained the 2023 CIF state title within the 100-yard again (47.76) earlier than taking a niche 12 months final season.
Rising UNLV sophomore Kyle Adamson dipped below 57 seconds within the 100 again first time on his method to a runner-up end in 56.90. The 19-year-old dropped nearly half a second off his previous-best 57.35 from December.
The ladies’s 100 again title went to North Bay Aquatics 18-year-old Coco Quill in 1:03.67. The united states commit (’24) has been as quick as 1:03.04 final July. Quill touched only a hundredth forward of Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks 14-year-old Daniela Linares (1:03.68), who was inside a second of her personal-best 1:02.78 from final month.
The longer term was on show within the ladies’s 200 freestyle, the place Orinda Aquatics 14-year-old Stella Canoles (2:04.63) beat Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks 17-year-old Ellie Butler (2:05.34). Canoles dropped greater than two seconds off her previous-best 2:06.82 from April. Butler, a Notre Dame commit (’25), has been as quick as 2:05.26 in March. Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks 16-year-old Raya Mellott positioned third in 2:05.59, a couple of second off her finest time of two:04.45 from February.
The lads’s 200 free noticed Alto Swim Membership 17-year-old Francisco Goya emerge victorious in 1:52.90. He dropped greater than a second off his previous-best 1:54.14 from March. Goya eked previous Thunder Coast Aquatics 17-year-old Benjamin Butler (1:52.91) by the slimmest of margins for the win. Butler dropped nearly a second off his previous-best 1:53.85.
Rising San Jose State junior Ela Freiman claimed the ladies’s 400 IM title in 4:57.39, reducing her finest time of 4:58.12 that had remained in place since 2019. She wanted to be in prime kind as a way to skirt previous Brea Aquatics 13-year-old Adalyn Lee (4:58.90), who has been as quick as 4:57.07 in April.
The session concluding with the Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks capturing ladies’s 400 medley relay crown in 4:11.65 and Tri Valley Aquatics taking the boys’s 400 medley relay title in 3:50.99.
