\t\t\t\t\t2026 Futures Championships \u2013 Sacramento<\/p>\n
July 29 \u2013 August 2, 2026 Lauren Lonsdale<\/a> capped off the 2026 Futures Championships in Sacramento with a trio of standout swims over the final two days of the competition, setting a new National Age Group Record and another big best time along the way.<\/p>\n The 14-year-old put up a time of 2:12.26 en route to winning the women\u2019s 200 IM on Sunday, breaking\u00a0Teagan O\u2019Dell<\/a>\u2018s 13-14 NAG record of 2:12.53 set in 2021. Lonsdale\u2019s previous best stood at 2:14.27, set in May.<\/p>\n Placing 2nd in the 200 IM was another 14-year-old, Sarasota Sharks\u2019\u00a0Natalia Lesniewska<\/a>, who clocked 2:17.55 to set a new best time and move into 44th all-time in the girls\u2019 13-14 age group.<\/p>\n Later that session, Lonsdale, who represents DART Swimming, won the 200 back in a time of 2:13.63, just over a second shy of her 2:12.59 best time that ranks 20th all-time among 13-14 girls.<\/p>\n The day prior, Lonsdale won the women\u2019s 400 free in 4:12.70, lowering her previous best of 4:15.61, set at this meet last year, to rank 14th all-time in the 13-14 age group.<\/p>\n The runner-up in the women\u2019s 400 free was Sandpipers of Nevada\u2019s\u00a0Rebecca Diaconescu<\/a>, who put up a time of 4:17.15, just shy of her 4:16.73 season-best from May.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Diaconescu won the 1500 free in 16:43.09, improving on her season-best of 16:43.45.<\/p>\n OTHER DAY 3 & 4 WINNERS<\/p>\n UC Davis Aquatics\u2019\u00a0Summer Thresher<\/a> won the women\u2019s 50 back on Day 3 in a time of 28.84, marking a new season-best. The BYU commit set lifetime bests in the 100 back (1:02.23) and 200 back (2:16.62) at the meet, placing 2nd to Lonsdale in both.
\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
\nIolani Swim Club\u2019s\u00a0Sage Miller<\/a> topped the women\u2019s 100 fly on Day 3 in 1:00.74 over Manta Ray Aquatics\u2019 Ella Morgan<\/a> (1:00.81) as both swimmers set new best times. For Morgan, 16, the swim ranks her 14th this season in the girls\u2019 15-16 age group.
\nTri-City Channel Cats\u2019\u00a0Sofia Nielson, 16, won the women\u2019s 200 breast in a lifetime best of 2:35.37, edging out Katie Below (2:35.41) and\u00a0Zoe Gruber<\/a> (2:35.91). The swim ranks Nielson, who broke 2:40 for the first time in the prelims, 20th in the girls\u2019 15-16 age group this season.
\nNielson was also the runner-up in the 50 breast the following day in a PB of 32.67, with Walnut Creek\u2019s\u00a0Tayla Campanile setting back-to-back best times in the prelims (32.60) and final (32.44) en route to the win.
\nOn the men\u2019s side,\u00a0Arthur Balva<\/a> picked up two wins over the final two days of the meet, topping the field in the men\u2019s 400 free (3:52.61) and 200 IM (2:02.99) with a pair of lifetime bests. The 21-year-old also won the 200 fly earlier in the meet and set best times in the 100 free (50.02) and 200 free (1:48.87) on relay lead-offs.
\nDART Swimming\u2019s\u00a0Tommy Jiang<\/a> took 2nd to Balva in the 200 IM, setting a best time of 2:04.82 to rank 2nd this season among 15-year-old boys.
\n2026 NCAA finalist\u00a0Nick Simons<\/a>, who previously swam at Tennessee but will spend the 2026-27 campaign at Arizona State, won the men\u2019s 50 back (25.57) in a new PB on Day 3 and then followed up with a runner-up finish and season-best time in the 200 back (2:03.14) on Day 4. Claiming the 200 back title was Palo Alto Stanford\u2019s Gabe Anagnoson<\/a>, who set a personal best of 2:02.54.
\nDART Swimming\u2019s\u00a0Aidan Collins<\/a> won the men\u2019s 100 fly (54.09) after hitting a PB of 53.78 in the prelims, which ranks him 6th this season among 17-year-old boys. The ASU commit entered the meet with a best time of 55.03.
\nRose Bowl Aquatics\u2019\u00a0Lex Ng won an incredible race in the men\u2019s 200 breast, touching in 2:18.20 to lead a field that saw the top six finishers separated by just 62 one-hundredths. In 5th,\u00a0Lucas Young<\/a>\u2018s PB of 2:18.56 ranks him 13th this season in the boys\u2019 15-16 age group.
\nAces Swim Club\u2019s\u00a0Jenna Fernstrom<\/a> won the women\u2019s 50 free in a lifetime best of 25.94, shattering the PB mark of 26.42 she set in the prelims. The 17-year-old OSU commit came into the meet with a best time of 26.43, set back in August 2024.
\nBend Swim Club\u2019s\u00a0Landon Egeland<\/a> won the men\u2019s 800 free in a personal best time of 8:12.33, knocking nine seconds off his month-old best time. Sarasota\u2019s\u00a0Lupo Sgroi placed 2nd in a lifetime best of 8:16.04.
\nThe Quicksilver boys went 1-2 in the 50 free, with\u00a0Tyler Porter<\/a> (22.58) earning the victory and\u00a0Nathan Foucu<\/a> (22.73) placing 2nd. Porter\u2019s swim marked a new best time.
\nNeptune Swimming\u2019s\u00a0Reid Brophy<\/a>, who recently completed his senior year at Cornell, set a new best time of 28.18 in the prelims of the men\u2019s 50 breast and then followed up by claiming the final in 28.29.<\/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":423814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[135029,167255,132003,167265,169114,169115,169116,169117,135733,169118,169119,167743,167279,167280,169120,135051,169121,121,123,122,167747,167286,167748,169122,167749,136589,167287,169123],"class_list":["post-423813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-aidan-collins","tag-arthur-balva","tag-ella-morgan","tag-gabe-anagnoson","tag-jenna-fernstrom","tag-jenna-ferstrom","tag-katie-below","tag-landon-egeland","tag-lauren-lonsdale","tag-lex-ng","tag-lucas-young","tag-lupo-sgroi","tag-natalia-lesniewska","tag-nathan-foucu","tag-nick-simons","tag-rebecca-diaconescu","tag-reid-brophy","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sage-miller","tag-sofia-nielson","tag-summer-thresher","tag-tayla-campanile","tag-teagan-odell","tag-tommy-jiang","tag-tyler-porter","tag-zoe-gruber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423813","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=423813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}