2024 Southern California Invitational
2021 Tokyo Olympic athletes and beyond tori husk best olympic athlete Abby Weitzeil The pair competed in the 100 free earlier this week, wrapped up the race at Saturday's Southern California Invitational, and now faced off again in the 50 free.
Once again, the 21-year-old Hasuke won with a margin of 24.41 to 24.50. That time was within one-tenth of Haske's personal best at the Pro Swim Series meet in Westmont in early March.
Haske made the most of his redshirt season, swimming three career-best times in the 50 free and his first since late November. Still, Weizeil has the fastest time of the pair this season, clocking 24.27 seconds at the Pro Swim Series in San Antonio. This makes her 8th in the world this season, while Hasuke is 12th.
They are second and fourth, respectively, in the United States this year, with University of Virginia training partners Kate Douglas (23.91 points) and Gretchen Walsh (24.29 points) rounding out the rankings.
37 years old, mother of 3 children brook book Even though he was an undergraduate, Cal swam in 3rd place with a score of 25.41. morgan brophy He took 4th place with a time of 25.53 seconds. This was Brophy's best time by four-tenths of a second and pushed her within the limits for Olympic selection in this event. This was his second limit after the 100 fly.
Other Olympians who won Saturday's race included: ryan murphy His 100-meter dash time of 53.16 seconds was a season-best time, second only to Friday's 200-meter dash of 1:54.83. Keaton Jones 2nd place with 55.48 points Destin Lasko He was third in 56.17 seconds.
michael andrew He won the 50 free in 22.09 seconds, capping off an encouraging match for the 25-year-old, who has had many ups and downs. He also won the 100 breast (59.87 points) and 100 fly (51.83 points) this week in what was like a final preparation for the trials.
Stanford University's female students continued their wild weekend. lucy bell She won the 200 IM with a best time of 2:13.28. This 4/40 second drop is much smaller than the 2.5 seconds she dropped in Friday's 400 IM, but it's another positive sign a month after her trials.
Stanford University swimmer in the 800m free aurora log hair Despite setting lifetime bests (and wins) in the 200, 400, and 1500 freestyles early in the competition, he was unable to swim. Sammy Hamiltonwon the 500-yard free at the California High School State Championships last week, beating his personal best time by half a second, winning in 8 minutes, 51.33 seconds.
Other Saturday winners and highlights
- Cal's Isabel Stadden He regained the 100 points with a time of 59.22 seconds, a lead of almost three and a half seconds. This is her best time since last year's world championship trials, and she is just 0.23 seconds away from her lifetime best in part of the U.S. backstroke arena heading to Indianapolis in June.
- U.S.C. caitlin dobler Won the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes 28.64 seconds, beating her training partner Isabel Odgers (2:29.50). The Odgers held the lead at the halfway point, but sprinter Dobler ran away with a time of 1 minute 15.93 seconds in the second half to take the victory. Doebler's best time was 2:26.47, and her second half split was just 1:16.31 in that race.
- Former Stanford swimmer Daniel Royrecently returned to the pool after nearly two years away from racing and won the men's 200m chest, swimming 2:11.24. He ran 2:09.57 at sectionals in March, qualifying him for the Olympic Trials.
- 17 years old campbell mckean The Bend, Oregon Swim Club athlete swam 2:03.25 to win the 200 IM, beating 19-year-old Mission Viejo Nadador by 0.04 seconds. Noah Seck. McKean had already qualified for the trials with his best time of 2:03.07 set at Winter Juniors in December, but he has run sub-2:03 times twice in the past two months (March 2:03.39 at sectionals on the 17th).
- Mr. Cal Gabriel Jett He won the 800 free with a time of 8:04.79. This beats his best time by just over five seconds and gives him another spot in the Olympic Trials. This is the seventh time in another tournament that he has suffered a cut, the most of any male athlete in the country.