2024 Novato Sectionals
- July 18-21, 2024
- Miwok Aquatic Middle
- LCM (50 meters)
- Outcomes on MeetMobile: “2024 PC Novato CA/NV Speedo Sectionals”
The primary night time of Novato Sectionals got here to a speedy conclusion on Thursday night with a pair of Crow Canyon Nation Membership Shark youngsters tallying lifetime bests within the 200 butterfly.
Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks 17-year-old Ellie Butler opened the primary finals session in Novato by taking the ladies’s 200 fly title in 2:17.26. The Notre Dame commit (’25) knocked greater than half a second off previous-best 2:17.80 from March to beat Alto Swim Membership 15-year-old Lauren Fanucchi (2:19.92), who dropped greater than half a second off her previous-best 2:20.51 from final July.
The boys’s 200 fly noticed Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks 16-year-old Blake Hill triumph in 2:02.80, nearly two seconds faster than his previous-best 2:04.39 from Could. He wanted a lifetime greatest to take down LaMirada Armada 15-year-old Anthony Dornoff (2:04.14), who narrowly missed his personal-best 2:04.10 from Could.
Olympic Trials finalist Raya Mellott picked up a victory within the girls’s 200 breaststroke (2:32.25), solely a pair seconds shy of what she clocked en path to eighth place (2:30.19) at Lucas Oil Stadium final month. The Virginia commit (’25) posted a personal-best 2:28.61 within the semifinals at Trials. LaMirada Armada 17-year-old Clemence Choy blazed a greatest time of two:34.02 to snag 2nd place behind Mellott. She shaved nearly a second off her previous-best 2:34.88 from March.
Probably the most spectacular drops of the day got here courtesy of Orinda Aquatics 17-year-old Ethan Taylor within the males’s 200 breast at 2:19.75. He annihilated his previous-best 2:28.51 from final July by nearly 9 seconds to eke previous LaMirada Armada 16-year-old Elonzo Madison Santos (2:19.79) by simply .04 seconds.
Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks 16-year-old Liberty Clark cruised to victory within the girls’s 100 free with a time of 56.23. The Indiana commit (’25) has been as quick as 54.98 in Could. Orinda Aquatics 16-year-old Elise Gratton touched 2nd in 57.96, blowing away her previous-best 59.37 from March.
North Bay Aquatics 18-year-old Marre Gattnar captured the boys’s 100 free crown in 50.66. The Harvard commit (’24) was simply two tenths shy of his personal-best 50.46 from final weekend’s Tremendous League Championships in Santa Rosa. Brea Aquatics 17-year-old Daniel Benson reached the wall inside a second of Gattnar at 51.55, greater than a second sooner than his previous-best 52.86 from final month.
Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks 16-year-old Lillyana Caples confirmed off her distance prowess with a girls’s 1500 free win in 16:52.85. Caples crushed her previous-best 17:20.14 from March by greater than 27 seconds. LaMirada Aquatics 17-year-old Mayu Yager earned the runner-up end in 17:34.69, a couple of seconds off her personal-best 17:31.99 from final month.
Alto Swim Membership 16-year-old Garic Shao secured the boys’s 800 free title in 8:23.40, dropping nearly 17 seconds off his previous-best 8:40.38 from March. Shao held off a spirited battle from LaMirada Armada 17-year-old Leon Mikulski (8:25.03), who knocked greater than 12 seconds off his previous-best 8:39.87 from final month.
