Erica Maltsev Drops 6 Seconds in 400 IM For Victory (Day 3 Recap)

2024 YMCA Summer season Nationals

• July 30-August 3, 2024
• Ocala, FL
• LCM (50 meters)
• Livestream

The second night time of the 2024 YMCA Summer season Nationwide Championship featured some nice races within the 400 IM, 50 again, 100 fly, and 400 free relay, with swimmers from the Higher Somerset County YMCA claiming 3 of 4 occasions on the lady’s aspect.

17-year-old Erica Maltsev kicked-off the session with an enormous victory within the lady’s 400 IM. Within the race, Maltsev knocked over 6 seconds off of her private better of 4:59.88 with the Higher Somerset YMCA swimmer posting a ultimate time of 4:53.72. Higher Spartanburg YMCA’s Hayden Penny had a powerful efficiency for second within the occasion, with the College of Kentucky commit knocking a second and a half off of her private finest with a ultimate time of 4:57.89.

After ending 2nd to Penny within the 200 backstroke on night time 2, Higher Primary Line YMCA’s Devyn Sargent posted a win within the lady’s 50 backstroke, cranking out a time of 29.45 for the win. Within the boy’s occasion, 16-year-old Connor Johnson claimed the win in a time of 25.89, dropping nearly a second off of his private finest (26.72). 

Stanford commit Emily Thompson ended the lady’s 100 fly with a victory, swimming a time of 1:00.41 for the win. Thompson, who swims for the Higher Somerset County YMCA, was simply barely off of her finest time of 59.93 together with her efficiency. 16-year-old Anna Kilponen chipped practically a second off of her finest time to publish a 1:01.14 for a runner-up end. Regardless of including a half second from his prelims efficiency the place he clipped his finest time by 1.5 seconds, Jimmy Beeson nonetheless managed to carry on for a win within the boy’s 100 fly. Beeson, from the Higher Somerset County YMCA, swam a time of 55.40 within the race, simply holding off Roman Torres (55.49). 

Lakeland Hills Household YMCA’s Owen Markowitz maintained his high seed within the 400 IM, swimming the highest instances by means of each prelims and finals. In finals, Markowitz posted a time of 4:29.77 with the Duke commit besting the sector by nearly 3 seconds.

Within the lady’s 400 freestyle relay, the staff from Higher Somerset County YMCA claimed the win as Colleen Bull, Victoria Castro, Maltsev, and Thompson mixed for a time of three:50.62 to guide the sector by over 3 seconds. The Ridley Space YMCA staff of Shane Eckler, Tristan Ronayne, Jonathan Hoole, and Jake Kennedy received the boy’s occasion, dropping a time of three:26.91.