By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
2024 NOVA SPEEDO GRAND CHALLENGE
- May 24-26, 2024
- William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center Pool, Irvine, California
- Long Course Meters (50 meters)
- Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 CA NOVA-Speedo Grand Challenge”
- Psych Sheets
- Preview
- Day 1 Prelims Recap
- Live Stream
World record holder Leon Marchand highlights a star-studded opening night of the Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine as the top qualifier in both the men’s 100 breaststroke (1:00.62) and 200 IM (1:59.53). The 22-year-old Frenchman is slated for a pair of exciting battles in the 100 breast against Michael Andrew (1:01.41) and in the 200 IM against Hubert Kos (2:00.44) and Chase Kalisz (2:00.98).
Friday night’s session also features other big names such as Drew Kibler in the men’s 200 freestyle, Simone Manuel in the women’s 50 free, Justin Ress in the men’s 50 free, and a women’s 400 free showdown between Paige Madden and Sandpipers of Nevada standouts Katie Grimes and Claire Weinstein.
Stay tuned for live updates below:
Friday’s Schedule:
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 200 free
- Girls’ 7-12 100 free
- Boys’ 7-12 100 free
- Women’s 100 breast
- Men’s 100 breast
- Girls’ 7-12 50 breast
- Boys’ 7-12 50 breast
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 200 IM
- Boys’ 7-12 100 back
- Girls’ 7-12 100 back
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 50 free
- Men’s 1500 free
Women’s 200 IM – Final
Meet record: 2:10.87 – Katinka Hosszu, 2018- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 2:16.09
Top 4:
- Regan Smith (TXLA) – 2:09.05 *Meet record
- Katie Grimes (SAND) 2:13.35
- Isabelle Odgers (TROJ) – 2:15.84
- Ella Flowers (TROJ) – 2:17.69
Regan Smith erased Katinka Hosszu‘s 200 IM meet record with a winning time of 2:09.05, lowering her season-best mark from the U.S. Open (2:09.50) by almost half a second. The 22-year-old American was only about half a second off her personal-best 2:08.48 from last June.
Sandpipers 18-year-old Katie Grimes earned the runner-up finish in 2:13.35, not far off her personal-best 2:12.66 from last March.
USC graduate Isabelle Odgers placed 3rd in 2:15.84, within a couple seconds of her personal-best 2:13.85 from last July.
Men’s 200 Free – Final
- Meet record: 1:47.33 – Ous Mellouli, 2009
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 1:49.99
Top 4:
Girls’ 7-12 100 Free – Final
- Meet record: 59.47 – Justina Kozan, 2016
Top 4:
Boys’ 7-12 100 Free – Final
- Meet record: 56.14 – Justin Schneider, 2017
Top 4:
Women’s 100 Breast – Final
- Meet record: 1:06.39 – Jessica Hardy, 2008
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 1:10.29
Top 4:
Men’s 100 Breast – Final
- Meet record: 1:00.62 – Leon Marchand, 2024
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 1:02.19
Top 4:
Girls’ 7-12 50 Breast – Final
- Meet record: 35.09 – Lauren McCormack, 2014
Top 4:
Boys’ 7-12 50 Breast – Final
- Meet record: 33.03 – Hank Rivers, 2016
Top 4:
Women’s 50 Free – Final
- Meet record: 24.85 – Jessica Hardy, 2008
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 25.69
Top 4:
Men’s 200 IM – Final
- Meet record: 1:59.40 – Thiago Pereira, 2010
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 2:03.49
Top 4:
Girls’ 7-12 100 Back – Final
- Meet record: 1:07.02 – Justina Kozan, 2016
Top 4:
Boys’ 7-12 100 Back – Final
- Meet record: 1:03.93 – William Kim, 2017
Top 4:
Women’s 400 Free – Final
- Meet record: 4:07.96 – Jeanne Jackson, 2005
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 4:15.49
Top 4:
Men’s 50 Free – Final
- Meet record: 21.78 – Vlad Morozov, 2013
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 22.79
Top 4:
Men’s 1500 Free – Final
- Meet record: 14:59.97 – Ous Mellouli, 2009
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 15:39.89
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