2024 Commonwealth Cup
- November 8-10, 2024
- SwimRVA-CSAC, Richmond, Virginia
- Brief Course Yards, Prelims/Finals
- Outcomes on Meet Cellular: “2024 Commonwealth Cup”
17-year-old U.S. Olympian Thomas Heilman swam a finest time in his finest occasion, the 200 yard fly, on Saturday night on the 2024 Commonwealth Cup.
That just-misses Nationwide Age Group Report within the occasion that was beforehand a 1:40.39 set in 2022 by Aiden Hayes, who went on to develop into the 2023 NCAA Champion in that occasion. Hayes set the report as a freshman at NC State on the 2022 ACC Championships.
Ilya Kharun is the quickest performer ever within the occasion within the 17-18 age group with a 1:37.93 from January 2024 throughout his freshman season at Arizona State, however as a result of he had not but obtained his American citizenship, he was ineligible for a Nationwide Age Group Report.
Heilman beforehand ranked ninth within the age group with a 1:41.65 within the 200 fly from March. His earlier finest time was a 1:40.73 from Winter Juniors when he was nonetheless 16; he aged up on February 7.
Splits Comparability
Apart from Heilman, who continues to be a senior in highschool, the opposite swimmers within the prime 7 of the 17-18 group rankings all-time have all gained NCAA titles. Kharun, Hayes, Nicolas Albiero, and Brendan Burns all gained 200 fly titles, whereas Andrew Seliskar gained particular person titles in different races.
Heilman represented the U.S. on the 2023 World Championships, successful a gold medal as a prelims leg of the 400 medley relay, and once more on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, the place he gained a silver medal in the identical race.
Individually in Paris, he was 18th within the 100 fly and tenth within the semi-finals of the 200 fly. He was 4th within the 200 fly at Worlds in 2023.
Heilman holds the 200 yard fly Nationwide Age Group Data within the 11-12, 13-14, and 15-16 age teams, and holds the longest stored butterfly report (100) within the 10 & underneath age group as nicely. He additionally holds the 15-16 report within the 200 fly in lengthy course along with a variety of different information throughout the age teams.
All-Time Prime 11, 17-18 Boys’ 200 SCY Fly
- Ilya Kharun, 1:37.93 (2024) – CANADIAN
- Aiden Hayes, 1:40.39 (2022)
- Thomas Heilman, 1:40.48 (2024)
- Luca Urlando, 1:40.67 (2020)
- Nicolas Albiero, 1:40.85 (2018)
- Brendan Burns, 1:40.98 (2020)
- Andrew Seliskar, 1:41.33 (2014)
- Noah Lense, 1:41.44 (2017)
- Tom Shields, 1:41.52 (2010)
- Jacob Johnson, 1:41.70 (2024)
- Michael Phelps, 1:41.72 (2003)
Jacob Johnson, a freshman on the College of Minnesota, additionally moved into the highest 10 on this checklist final week in a twin meet in opposition to Wisconsin, re-breaking his personal faculty report within the occasion.
Heilman’s Different Swims This Weekend:
- 200 free – 1:34.80 (prelims)
- 100 fly – 45.25
- 800 free relay – 1:35.04 leadoff en path to a 6:40.98
- 200 free relay – 19.85 (leadoff en path to a 1:22.86)
- 50 free – 19.72
Different Highlights By way of 2 Days:
- 17-year-old Jacques Hathaway of Cavalier Aquatics, a Loyola (MD) commit, gained the 100 breast in 55.29. That’s a finest time by nearly a full second over the 56.30 that he swam final season to win the Virginia Class 3 State Championship meet and four-and-a-half higher than he was at his final meet three weeks in the past. He additionally swam finest occasions within the 100 fly (52.13), 50 free (21.41), and 200 breast (2:02.27), the latter of which is a whopping seven second enchancment over his earlier finest time from October sixth. His 100 breast time would already put him seventh in Loyola historical past about 10 months earlier than beginning his profession with the Greyhounds.
- 16-year-old Emerson Callis of Quest Swimming gained the 200 free (1:47.98), 100 fly (53.36), 200 fly (1:57.36), 400 IM (4:17.67), and 500 free (4:49.32) via the primary two days of the meet. The occasions within the 100 and 200 fly had been each new private bests. She’s dedicated to swim at NC State in fall 2026.
