\t\t\t\t\t2026 Futures Championships \u2013 Sacramento<\/p>\n
July 29 \u2013 August 2, 2026 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.<\/p>\n In the men\u2019s 200 freestyle relay, the Quicksilver Swimming quartet of\u00a0Nathan Foucu<\/a> (22.57),\u00a0Clark Apuada<\/a> (23.53),\u00a0Jack Cameron<\/a> (22.97) and\u00a0Tyler Porter<\/a> (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.<\/p>\n All four members of the Quicksilver relay are 18.<\/p>\n 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n They also narrowly missed out on the 15-18 NAG record, which stands at 1:31.09 from the Lakeside Aquatic Club in 2023.<\/p>\n Split Comparison<\/p>\n Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics placed 2nd in the relay in a time of 1:32.54, with notable splits from\u00a0Gabe Anagnoson<\/a> (22.21) and\u00a0Arthur Balva<\/a> (22.82).<\/p>\n RACE VIDEO<\/p>\n The other headlining swim from the opening day came in the women\u2019s 200 free, where 14-year-old\u00a0Lauren Lonsdale<\/a> took a real run at the 47-year-old NAG record held by\u00a0Sippy Woodhead<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lonsdale unleashed a time of 1:58.90, shattering her previous best of 2:01.45\u2014also set in Sacramento at the Pro Swim Series stop in May\u2014and moving up to #5 all-time in the girls\u2019 13-14 age group. Her previous best time ranked her 21st all-time.<\/p>\n All-Time Performers, Girls\u2019 13-14 200 Freestyle (LCM) \u2013 U.S. Club System<\/p>\n Sippy Woodhead<\/a>, 1:58.23 \u2013 1979 Lonsdale was followed by Sarasota\u2019s\u00a0Natalia Lesniewska<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics won the women\u2019s 200 free relay in 1:44.33 behind the quartet of Louise Scherrer (26.35), Audrey Cheng (26.22), Allison Liu<\/a> (25.87) and Llew Ladomirak<\/a> (25.89).<\/p>\n 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\u2019 13-14 age group.<\/p>\n All-Time Performers, Girls\u2019 13-14 50 Freestyle (LCM) \u2013 U.S. Club System<\/p>\n Rylee Erisman<\/a>, 24.98 \u2013 2024 We also the dynamic sibling duo of\u00a0Ava Collins<\/a> and\u00a0Aidan Collins<\/a>, both from DART Swimming, sweep the 100 breaststroke events.<\/p>\n Ava Collins<\/a>, 15, won the women\u2019s 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\u2019 Sofia Nielson, 16, who knocked a second off her PB in 1:11.35.<\/p>\n Aidan Collins<\/a>, a 17-year-old Arizona State commit, followed up by topping the men\u2019s race in a time of 1:02.47, edging out Quicksilver\u2019s Jack Cameron<\/a> (1:02.79) and Rose Bowl\u2019s Ettore Colombo<\/a> (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.<\/p>\n 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\u2019 15-16 age group after entering the meet with a best time of 1:04.31 (and going 1:03.95 in the prelims).<\/p>\n OTHER EVENTS<\/p>\n Thunder Coast Aquatics\u2019\u00a0Ben Butler<\/a> won the men\u2019s 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. TEAM SCORES \u2013 THRU DAY 1<\/p>\n Women\u2019s Top 5<\/p>\n Sarasots Sharks, 206.5 Men\u2019s Top 5<\/p>\n Quicksilver Swimming, 175
\nSacramento, California
\nNorth Natomas Aquatic Center
\nLCM (50 meters)
\nMeet Central<\/a>
\nPsych Sheet<\/a>
\nResults on Meet Mobile: \u201c2026 Futures Championships \u2013 Sacramento\u201d<\/p>\n
\nClaire Weinstein<\/a>, 1:58.53 \u2013 2022
\nClaire Tuggle<\/a>, 1:58.58 \u2013 2018
\nMissy Franklin<\/a>, 1:58.67 \u2013 2009
\nLauren Lonsdale<\/a>, 1:58.90 \u2013 2026
\nChelsea Chenault<\/a>, 1:59.14 \u2013 2009
\nQuinn Carrozza<\/a>, 1:59.19 \u2013 2011
\nErin Gemmell<\/a>, 1:59.85 \u2013 2019
\nLaura Bensh, 1:59.92 \u2013 1988
\nMelissa Trueblood, 2:00.00 \u2013 1984<\/p>\n
\nAllison Sheppard, 25.00 \u2013 2001
\nMissy Franklin<\/a>, 25.23 \u2013 2009
\nLia Neal<\/a>, 25.38 \u2013 2009
\nGabi Brito<\/a>, 25.42 \u2013 2024
\nAnya Goeders<\/a> \/ Natalia Lesniewska<\/a>, 25.52 \u2013 2015 \/ 2026
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\nClaire Curzan<\/a>, 25.53 \u2013 2018
\nGretchen Walsh<\/a> \/ Erika Pelaez<\/a>, 25.57 \u2013 2020 \/ 2017
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\nManta Ray Aquatics\u2019\u00a0Ella Morgan<\/a> won the women\u2019s 200 fly in 2:14.02, dropping exactly one second off her previous best to rank 7th in the girls\u2019 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.
\nPalo Alto Stanford\u2019s Arthur Balva<\/a>, a rising senior at Princeton, won the men\u2019s 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.
\nRising Michigan junior and Sandpipers of Nevada product Rebecca Diaconescu<\/a> won the women\u2019s 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.
\nIt was a Sandpiper sweep in the distance events, as Luke Collins<\/a> won the men\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
\nPalo Alto Stanford Aquatics, 154
\nDART Swimming, 122
\nIolani Swim Club, 68
\nUCD Aquamonster, 66<\/p>\n
\nRose Bowl Aquatics, 157
\nSarasots Sharks, 155
\nMesa Aquatics Club, 130
\nPalo Alto Stanford Aquatics, 88<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Futures Championships \u2013 Sacramento July 29 \u2013 August 2, 2026 Sacramento, California North Natomas Aquatic Center LCM…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[135029,167252,167253,167254,167255,167256,135708,167257,167258,88821,167259,131802,167260,167261,132003,167262,167263,167264,167265,129696,88817,167266,167267,167268,167269,167270,135733,167271,167272,167273,167274,167275,167276,167277,167278,167279,167280,167281,167282,135051,167283,167284,121,123,122,167285,167286,167287],"class_list":["post-418149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-aidan-collins","tag-allison-liu","tag-allison-sheppard","tag-anya-goeders","tag-arthur-balva","tag-audrey-cheng","tag-ava-collins","tag-ben-butler","tag-chelsea-chenault","tag-claire-curzan","tag-claire-tuggle","tag-claire-weinstein","tag-clark-apuada","tag-cooper-lucas","tag-ella-morgan","tag-erika-pelaez","tag-erin-gemmell","tag-ettore-colombo","tag-gabe-anagnoson","tag-gabi-brito","tag-gretchen-walsh","tag-igor-benderskii","tag-jack-cameron","tag-jonathan-gim","tag-keaton-rice","tag-laura-bensh","tag-lauren-lonsdale","tag-lia-neal","tag-llew-ladomirak","tag-logan-noguchi","tag-louise-scherrer","tag-luke-collins","tag-maximus-williamson","tag-melissa-trueblood","tag-missy-franklin","tag-natalia-lesniewska","tag-nathan-foucu","tag-nathan-kim","tag-quinn-carrozza","tag-rebecca-diaconescu","tag-river-paulk","tag-rylee-erisman","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sippy-woodhead","tag-sofia-nielson","tag-tyler-porter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}