2026 Futures Championships – Sacramento

July 29 – August 2, 2026
Sacramento, California
North Natomas Aquatic Center
LCM (50 meters)
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The opening day of the 2026 Futures Championships in Sacramento was action-packed as one national age group record fell by the wayside and another got a serious scare.

In the men’s 200 freestyle relay, the Quicksilver Swimming quartet of Nathan Foucu (22.57), Clark Apuada (23.53), Jack Cameron (22.97) and Tyler Porter (22.26) combined for a time of 1:31.33, breaking the 17-18 NAG record of 1:31.46 set by Rose Bowl Aquatics in 2023.

All four members of the Quicksilver relay are 18.

Foucu, Apuada and Porter were previously apart of the Quicksilver team that broke the 15-16 NAG in the 200-yard free relay back in 2024.

They also narrowly missed out on the 15-18 NAG record, which stands at 1:31.09 from the Lakeside Aquatic Club in 2023.

Split Comparison

Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics placed 2nd in the relay in a time of 1:32.54, with notable splits from Gabe Anagnoson (22.21) and Arthur Balva (22.82).

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The other headlining swim from the opening day came in the women’s 200 free, where 14-year-old Lauren Lonsdale took a real run at the 47-year-old NAG record held by Sippy Woodhead.

Lonsdale unleashed a time of 1:58.90, shattering her previous best of 2:01.45—also set in Sacramento at the Pro Swim Series stop in May—and moving up to #5 all-time in the girls’ 13-14 age group. Her previous best time ranked her 21st all-time.

All-Time Performers, Girls’ 13-14 200 Freestyle (LCM) – U.S. Club System

Sippy Woodhead, 1:58.23 – 1979
Claire Weinstein, 1:58.53 – 2022
Claire Tuggle, 1:58.58 – 2018
Missy Franklin, 1:58.67 – 2009
Lauren Lonsdale, 1:58.90 – 2026
Chelsea Chenault, 1:59.14 – 2009
Quinn Carrozza, 1:59.19 – 2011
Erin Gemmell, 1:59.85 – 2019
Laura Bensh, 1:59.92 – 1988
Melissa Trueblood, 2:00.00 – 1984

Lonsdale was followed by Sarasota’s Natalia Lesniewska, also 14, who clocked 2:04.23 to lower her personal best of 2:04.98 and rank 6th this season in the 13-14 age group.

Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics won the women’s 200 free relay in 1:44.33 behind the quartet of Louise Scherrer (26.35), Audrey Cheng (26.22), Allison Liu (25.87) and Llew Ladomirak (25.89).

Sarasota placed 2nd in 1:45.44, getting a noteworthy 25.52 lead-off from Lesniewska, who improved on her previous best of 25.83 in the 50 free to move up into a tie for sixth all-time in the girls’ 13-14 age group.

All-Time Performers, Girls’ 13-14 50 Freestyle (LCM) – U.S. Club System

Rylee Erisman, 24.98 – 2024
Allison Sheppard, 25.00 – 2001
Missy Franklin, 25.23 – 2009
Lia Neal, 25.38 – 2009
Gabi Brito, 25.42 – 2024
Anya Goeders / Natalia Lesniewska, 25.52 – 2015 / 2026
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Claire Curzan, 25.53 – 2018
Gretchen Walsh / Erika Pelaez, 25.57 – 2020 / 2017
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We also the dynamic sibling duo of Ava Collins and Aidan Collins, both from DART Swimming, sweep the 100 breaststroke events.

Ava Collins, 15, won the women’s race in a time of 1:10.35, inching under her week-old best of 1:10.43 set at the Speedo Sectionals in Novata. She was followed by Tri-City Channel Cats’ Sofia Nielson, 16, who knocked a second off her PB in 1:11.35.

Aidan Collins, a 17-year-old Arizona State commit, followed up by topping the men’s race in a time of 1:02.47, edging out Quicksilver’s Jack Cameron (1:02.79) and Rose Bowl’s Ettore Colombo (1:02.90). The swim for Collins improved on the 1:03.27 personal best he set in the prelims, while his PB coming into the meet stood at 1:03.64.

The 18-year-old Cameron broke 1:03 for the first time, with his previous best of 1:03.25 having been set at this meet last year, while Colombo, 16, moves into 6th this season in the boys’ 15-16 age group after entering the meet with a best time of 1:04.31 (and going 1:03.95 in the prelims).

OTHER EVENTS

Thunder Coast Aquatics’ Ben Butler won the men’s 200 free in a time of 1:50.35, narrowly missing the best time of 1:50.18 he set en route to winning the event at this meet last year. The rising Arizona sophomore led a trio of 19-year-olds in the top three.
Manta Ray Aquatics’ Ella Morgan won the women’s 200 fly in 2:14.02, dropping exactly one second off her previous best to rank 7th in the girls’ 15-16 age group this season. This swim came after she placed 13th overall in the 200 free (2:06.11) earlier in the session.
Palo Alto Stanford’s Arthur Balva, a rising senior at Princeton, won the men’s 200 fly in 1:57.76, just over four-tenths shy of his two-year-old best time of 1:57.35 from the 2024 Sacramento Futures.
Rising Michigan junior and Sandpipers of Nevada product Rebecca Diaconescu won the women’s 800 free in 8:44.89, improving on her season-best of 8:46.57 set in May. The 20-year-old, who represents Romania on the international stage, set her best time of 8:36.51 en route to a 5th-place finish last summer at the World University Games.
It was a Sandpiper sweep in the distance events, as Luke Collins won the men’s 1500 free in 15:52.34, knocking 15 seconds off his previous best of 16:07.67 set just last month. He now ranks 11th this season among 17-year-old boys.

TEAM SCORES – THRU DAY 1

Women’s Top 5

Sarasots Sharks, 206.5
Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, 154
DART Swimming, 122
Iolani Swim Club, 68
UCD Aquamonster, 66

Men’s Top 5

Quicksilver Swimming, 175
Rose Bowl Aquatics, 157
Sarasots Sharks, 155
Mesa Aquatics Club, 130
Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, 88