2024 Georgia Haines Worldwide Swim Meet
- Could 24-27, 2024
- Morgan Hill, California
- LCM (50 meters)
- Outcomes
Santa Clara Swim Membership 14-year-old Shareef Elaydi highlighted final weekend’s George Haines Worldwide Swim Meet with a 100-meter butterfly victory in 54.17, which ranks No. 2 all-time amongst U.S. 13-14 boys behind solely Thomas Heilman (53.27 from 2021).
Elaydi lowered his previous-best 54.44 from March, narrowly lacking Andrei Minakov’s Pacific Swimming LSC report of 54.04 from 2016. Nonetheless, he did take down an LSC report within the 100 breaststroke along with his win in 1:03.73, enhancing upon his personal normal of 1:04.22 from February.
Elaydi additionally posted an enormous private greatest within the 400 IM (4:31.16), dropping greater than 4 seconds off his earlier greatest (4:35.39 from final June) to leap as much as eleventh within the nationwide age group (NAG) rankings. He added extra spectacular marks within the 50 free (24.13) and 200 IM (2:04.27), the latter of which was nearly half a second shy of his NAG report (2:03.73 from March).
The 200 freestyle, 400 free, and 200 butterfly featured some enjoyable Luca vs. Luka battles. Luca Urlando, a 22-year-old American report holder who appears to be coaching with Sacramento’s DART Swimming earlier than he returns to the College of Georgia this fall, gained all three occasions, however Pleasanton Seahawks star Luka Mijatovic put up some fast instances for a 15-year-old.
Urlando took the 200 free title in 1:48.34, the 400 free in 3:51.34, and the 200 fly in 1:55.95. Whereas none marked season-best instances, his 400 free victory seems to make him the Sixth-fastest American this calendar yr. Urlando was only a few tenths shy of his season-best 1:55.63 200 fly that ranks No. 1 amongst People this calendar yr.
Mijatovic, who turned 15 final month, earned runner-up finishes within the 200 free (1:49.79) and 400 free (3:52.45), barely off his greatest instances from March (1:49.63/3:51.18 when he was nonetheless 14). He now ranks 14th within the 15-16 NAG rankings for the 200 free and ninth for the 400 free. On the LSC degree, he erased Aidan Burns’ 400 free report from 2014 (3:52.51) whereas simply lacking former Pleasanton Seahawks star Maxime Rooney’s 200 free report from 2014 (1:49.54).
Mijatovic additionally positioned 4th within the 200 fly (2:04.87) and 1st within the 800 free (8:12.08), the place he’s a darkish horse contender to make the Olympic group this summer season. Mijatovic was properly off his personal-best 800 free time of 4:59.64 from final August, however his win was nonetheless adequate to crack the highest 100 NAG rankings at No. 72. He added lifetime bests within the 50 free (24.23) and 200 IM (2:06.73), dropping .59 seconds within the former and .28 seconds within the latter.
Rising Stanford senior Aaron Sequeira captured the 200 IM crown in 2:02.98, taking greater than a second off his previous-best 2:04.47 from earlier this month. Within the course of, he dipped below the U.S. Olympic Trials reduce of two:03.49 proper earlier than the qualifying window closes. Sequeira touched lower than a second forward of rising Stanford sophomore Gibson Holmes, who knocked greater than three seconds off his greatest time en path to 2nd place in 2:03.68. He’s only a couple tenths shy of the Trials reduce.
Mijatovic’s coaching mate, Pleasanton Seahawks 15-year-old Tim Wu, blasted a pair of lifetime bests within the 200 free (1:50.74) and 400 free (3:57.56). He dropped a pair tenths off his previous-best 200 free (1:50.94 from February) and greater than half a second off his previous-best 400 free (3:58.11 from final month), transferring as much as thirty second and eighty fifth within the 15-16 NAG rankings, respectively.
Rising Stanford sophomore Ethan Harrington threw down a private greatest within the 50 free throughout prelims with a 22.76. He shaved simply over a tenth off his previous-best 22.88 from final June to sneak below the Trials reduce of twenty-two.79. Harrington additionally positioned 2nd within the 100 free (50.76) behind Cardinal teammate Luke Maurer (51.05), who has been as quick as 48.94 again in 2022.
Girls’s Recap
Center-distance freestyle specialist Leah Smith was the large identify competing on the ladies’s facet, choosing up victories within the 200 free (1:59.71) and 400 free (4:09.39) in Morgan Hill, California.
The Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medalist within the 400 free and champion within the 4×200 free relay is a contender for her second Olympics this summer season after lacking a visit to Tokyo a couple of years in the past. Smith is ranked fifth amongst People within the 400 free this calendar yr (4:07.85 from January’s Professional Swim Sequence cease in Knoxville) and eighth within the 200 free (1:59.14 from Knoxville in January), placing her simply on the surface of the Olympic qualification bubble based mostly on current performances.
Liberty Clark picked up an Olympic Trials reduce within the 50 free with a personal-best 25.50, dropping a pair tenths off her previous-best 25.70 from earlier this month. The 16-year-old Indiana commit (’25) set her third lifetime better of the month within the 50 free, along with her greatest time this month sitting at 25.89 from final August — a pair tenths wanting the Trials reduce (25.69).
Clark’s Crow Canyon Nation Membership Sharks teammate, 14-year-old, Daniela Linares, placed on a backstroke clinic on her method to wins within the 50 again (30.85), 100 again (1:02.96), and 200 again (2:13.88). All three marked lifetime bests. She dropped virtually three seconds within the 200 again to maneuver as much as No. 31 within the 13-14 NAG rankings and virtually two seconds within the 100 again to turn into the Forty seventh-fastest performer nationally in her age group.
Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics (PASA) 16-year-old Kelsey Zhang punched her ticket to Trials within the 100 fly with a personal-best 1:00.10 in prelims. Her earlier greatest from earlier this month (1:00.32) was simply off the Trials reduce of 1:00.19. Zhang additionally positioned 1st within the 200 IM (2:17.19) and 400 IM (4:51.14), dropping virtually eight seconds within the 400 IM off her previous-best 4:59.05 from 2022.
Rising Stanford senior Anna Shaw claimed the 100 free title in 55.86, sneaking below her previous-best 55.91 from 2021. She’s only a blink away from the Trials reduce of 55.79.
