More Omaha Tickets Punched at West Lafayette Futures

By Andy Ross, Swimming World College Intern

Four more Olympic Trial cuts were swum on Night 3 of the Futures Championship from West Lafayette on Saturday.

The meet got started with Kyla Valls of Miami Swimming punching her ticket to Omaha with a 2:14.80 in the 200 fly to get under the cut. Elaine Zhou of Mt. Pleasant was second at 2:17.82 and Kayla Churman of Kentucky was third at 2:18.28.

The next trial cut of the night went to Haley Downey of Splash Club in the 200 breast at 2:34.84. Second place went to Jessica Rodriguez of South Florida Aquatic Club at 2:36.88. Third went to Emma Hruby of Iowa Flyers at 2:37.03.

After achieving the cut in the morning, Ethan King of Memphis Thunder won the 100 back at finals with a 56.42. He dragged along Tucson Dunn of Southern Crescent to second and a trial cut as well at 57.09. James Beckman of Munster Swim Club was third at 57.25 just missing the cut. King will be a junior at the Naval Academy in the fall.

There were a few near misses on the night as well. Kaitlynn Schorr of Southwest Stars won the 50 free at 26.38 missing the cut by 0.19 seconds. Anna Miller of Rockwood Swim Club was second at 26.64 and Kobie Melton was third at 26.66.

Justin White of Team Millennium just missed the cut in the 50 with a 23.36, missing it by 0.07 seconds. Ben Carter of Michiana Stars was second at 23.77 and Nate Thomas of Boilermaker Aquatics was third at 23.80. White will be a junior at Lehigh University.

Marc Rojas of South Florida Aquatic Club won the 200 breast with a senior national cut at 2:18.97. Second went to Liam Bell of Dynamo Swim Club with a 2:19.09. Both swimmers missed the trial cut that was 2:18.39. However, with that swim, Bell became the second fastest 13-14 swimmer in the event behind only Reece Whitley. Sam Iida of Glenview Titan Aquatic Club was third at 2:20.05. Also featured in that race was yours truly in sixth place at 2:23.06. Rojas will be a senior at Florida State University.

Michael Dugan of Stingrays claimed his first win of the meet in the 400 free with a 3:59.71 just a second over the trial cut. Second and third went to Boilermaker Aquatics teammates Luke Trimmer (4:01.42) and Nate Hopkins (4:01.99). Dugan will be a senior at East Carolina University.

Other events on the night included a win by Elijah Patrick of Nashville Aquatic Club in the 200 fly at 2:04.09. He finished ahead of Mitchell Strahlman of Hickory Willow Swim Association (2:05.18) and Jacob Smith of Lakeside Swim Team (2:05.33).

Sophia Sorenson of Ames Cyclone Aquatic Club won the 100 back at 1:04.43 under the junior national cut time. She finished ahead of Kobie Melton of Huntsville Swim Association (1:04.84) and Shelby Carroll of Indiana University (1:05.05).

The Women’s 400 free went to Christine Blomquist of the Kansas City Blazers at 4:19.78. Emily Meckstroth of Michiana Stars was second at 4:21.35 and Gabrielle Stecker of Unattached Illinois was third at 4:22.40.

Results can be found here

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