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The 2026 TYR Futures Championships split the country into five regional meets this week — Austin, Greensboro, Knoxville, Madison, and Sacramento — all racing the same dates (July 29–August 1) and the same 34 individual events. The meets haven't started yet, but the psych sheets are already out — and they point to some sites being a lot harder to make an A-final at than others. How We Measured It For each of the 34 individual events, we compared the 8th-place seed time — the projected cutoff to make an A-final — across all five sites, and tracked which site has the fastest cutoff. More wins means a deeper, more competitive field going in. The Projected Ranking Rank Site Fastest Seeded Cutoff In (out of 34 events) 1 Madison, WI 13 2 Austin, TX 9 3 Knoxville, TN 7 4 Greensboro, NC 5 5 Sacramento, CA 0 Based on seed times, Madison has the fastest cutoff in more events than any other site — more than a third of the entire program. Sacramento doesn't have the fastest cutoff in a single event. A Real Example: Men's 100 Fly Here's the seeded 8th-place time in the men's 100 fly at each site: Site 8th Place Seed Time Madison 54.91 Austin 55.66 Greensboro 55.76 Knoxville 56.26 Sacramento 57.11 Going into the meet, a swimmer seeded at 55.5 projects to make the A-final in Sacramento, Knoxville, or Greensboro — but misses it entirely in Madison. Not Just Wins — Consistency Madison isn't seeded to win all 34 events, and no site is. But in the events where Madison doesn't have the fastest cutoff, its seed times are still typically within a fraction of a second of whoever does. Sacramento's gaps are bigger — its seed cutoffs often trail the leader by several seconds, not fractions of one. That's the real gap between #1 and #5 heading in: Madison projects to win often and stay close everywhere else. Sacramento projects to rarely win and fall well behind when it doesn't. Field Size Backs It Up Site Total Entries Knoxville 2,744 Madison 2,701 Austin 2,644 Greensboro 2,257 Sacramento 1,928 Sacramento's field is roughly 800 swimmers smaller than Knoxville's — nearly 30% — consistent with also projecting as the shallowest field. Who to Watch at Each Site Looking at who tops the psych sheets in the marquee individual events (50/100 free, 100 back, 100 breast, 100 fly, 200 IM), a few names stand out at each site: Sacramento — Olivia Detter (PASA, 20) is seeded #1 in three events: the 50 free (26.05), 100 free (57.46), and 100 fly (1:01.30). Knoxville — Josh Toothman (Blazing Barracudas, 20) tops both sprint frees, seeded 22.65/50.70. Lainy Kruger (Gator Swim Club, 21) leads the women's 100 and 200 free. Austin — Carter Wright (Bolles School Sharks, 19) is the top seed in both the men's 100 free and 100 back. Greensboro — The clear headliner: Reina Liu (TAC, 16) is seeded #1 in five different events — the 100 free, 100 back, 100 fly, 200 IM, and 50 free. Madison — Stuart Seymour (Northwestern University, 21) tops three men's events, while Molly Sweeney (Carmel Swim Club, 18) tops three on the women's side. The Takeaway If you're swimming Futures in Madison this summer, you're facing a tougher projected road to the A-final than swimmers at any of the other four sites. If you're swimming in Sacramento, the field — while still a legitimate championship meet — projects as the least competitive of the five. This isn't a knock on any athlete. Futures assigns swimmers to sites by home region, not competitive balance, so nobody chose their field. But it's a useful reality check when comparing results across sites once the meets wrap: an A-final finish at Madison and an A-final finish at Sacramento won't have required the same time. Psych Sheets Austin Greensboro Knoxville Madison Sacramento Data based on official 2026 Futures Championship psych sheets as of publication, all five sites, meets held July 29–August 1. This is a pre-meet projection based on seed times, not final results — seed times reflect entries at time of export and are subject to change with scratches, add-ons, or updates ahead of competition.

August delivered three of the biggest meets on the summer calendar: the Speedo Junior National Championships (Aug 3), the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships (Aug 12–15), and the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Vancouver (Aug 17). Because Pan Pacs and Jr. Pan Pacs draw entries from multiple national federations, this month's leaderboards include a number of international athletes — Australian, Canadian, Chinese, Japanese, New Zealand, and Argentine swimmers all show up below, all 18-and-under, and all posting times that landed in our database regardless of which country they represent. For clarity, international entries are labeled by nationality rather than club, since they don't compete for USA Swimming-affiliated teams. On the American side, the story of the month is unquestionably Elliot Leasure, the 14-year-old from Rochester Swim Club, who posted a 1150 power points swim in the 100 back — the single highest power points total anywhere in this dataset, edging out even the fastest performances from Pan Pacs. Meet Recap Speedo Junior National Championships (Aug 3) produced the deepest age-group storylines of the month, headlined by Elliot Leasure's historic backstroke swims and a string of huge power points performances from 13-year-olds Jett Hatchard and Ayden Tan. Pan Pacific Championships (Aug 12) brought the international swimmers to the top of several sprint and mid-distance boards — Japan's Shin Ohashi and Yumeki Kojima, China's Yaqi Fan and Junjie Liu, Australia's Sienna Toohey, and New Zealand's Milan Glintmeyer all posted times that would headline a normal U.S. meet. Junior Pan Pacific Championships (Aug 17, Vancouver) was where most of the top American 16-18 swimmers converged, with Rylee Erisman, Audrey Derivaux, Wilson York, and Luka Mijatovic all turning in strong efforts representing the U.S. junior national team. Month at a Glance Rylee Erisman (Windermere Lakers) was the most dominant American swimmer of the month, topping the women's 100/200 free and 100/200 back at Pan Pacs. Luka Mijatovic (Pleasanton Sea Hawks) continued his distance free dominance from July, sweeping the 200, 400/500, 800/1000, and 1500/1650 free at Jr. Pan Pacs. Elliot Leasure's 1150 power points swim in the 100 back is the highest single mark in this month's entire dataset — higher than any Pan Pacs swim by any athlete, of any age, from any country. Wilson York (Lakeside Swim Team) again led the boys' breaststroke events by power points, going 1-2 in the 200 breast at Jr. Pan Pacs. A deep group of swimmers age 15 and under — Jett Hatchard, Ayden Tan, Iris Liu, Xingchen Lu, Lillie Dirito, and Griffin Lin — posted power points numbers in the 1,000-1,130 range, well above what most of the month's fastest raw times scored. Girls' Events 50 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 24.69 1010 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Gabi Brito 16 Beach Cities Alpha 25.33 960 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Sutton Forbis 17 Bellevue Club Swim Team 25.38 946 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Kate McKinnon 16 Aquawolves Swimming 25.39 954 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Gabi Brito 16 Beach Cities Alpha 25.39 954 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Charlie Terrell 15 Northbay Aquatics 25.50 947 Speedo Jr. Nats Rylee Erisman's 24.69 was the clear top time of the month, nearly six-tenths clear of the field. 100 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 53.35 1039 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 53.37 1038 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Yaqi Fan 15 China 54.38 1003 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Yaqi Fan 15 China 54.66 990 Pan Pacific Champs 5 Yaqi Fan 15 China 54.70 988 Pan Pacific Champs 6 Leah Tigert 18 Canada 54.90 963 Pan Pacific Champs China's Yaqi Fan, 15, was the top international performer in the sprint free, going three-for-three inside 54.7. 200 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 1:55.96 1044 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 1:56.00 1043 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Yaqi Fan 15 China 1:56.92 1039 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Yaqi Fan 15 China 1:57.35 1028 Pan Pacific Champs 5 Abi Burke 16 T2 Aquatics 1:58.34 983 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 Abi Burke 16 T2 Aquatics 1:59.23 960 Jr. Pan Pacs 400/500 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Yaqi Fan 15 China 4:05.87 1051 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Agostina Ariadna Hein 18 Argentina 4:07.04 987 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Yaqi Fan 15 China 4:08.36 1019 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Agostina Ariadna Hein 18 Argentina 4:09.80 953 Pan Pacific Champs 5 Vivienne Zangaro 16 Long Island Aquatic Club 4:09.81 967 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 Alex Siegel 16 Long Island Aquatic Club 4:11.41 947 Speedo Jr. Nats 800/1000 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Zayda Miehl 16 Corvallis Aquatic Team 8:30.07 975 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Madi Mintenko 18 Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Fam 8:36.77 931 Speedo Jr. Nats 3 Vivienne Zangaro 16 Long Island Aquatic Club 8:39.42 924 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Vivienne Zangaro 16 Long Island Aquatic Club 8:40.79 916 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Madalyn Petty 17 Tyler Rose Aquatic Club 8:43.25 896 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Alex Siegel 16 Long Island Aquatic Club 8:44.67 895 Speedo Jr. Nats 1500/1650 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Zayda Miehl 16 Corvallis Aquatic Team 16:08.91 1019 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Paige Downey 18 Indiana Swim Club 16:26.53 965 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Ellie Patla 17 Reach Aquatics Swim Club 16:38.15 933 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Madalyn Petty 17 Tyler Rose Aquatic Club 16:42.26 921 Speedo Jr. Nats 5 Milly Birch 15 Asphalt Green Aquatics 16:53.61 909 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Emily Wolf 17 Fishers Area Swimming Tigers 16:51.10 897 Speedo Jr. Nats Zayda Miehl improved on her July time by nearly seven seconds, and it was enough to hold off Paige Downey by a wide margin at Jr. Pan Pacs. 100 Back Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 59.67 1048 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Milan Glintmeyer 18 New Zealand 1:00.34 1021 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Reina Liu 16 TAC Titans 1:00.46 1016 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Lane Francis 16 NOVA of Virginia Aquatics 1:00.47 1015 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Lane Francis 16 NOVA of Virginia Aquatics 1:00.57 1011 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 Maggie Dickinson 16 Schroeder YMCA Swim Team 1:00.71 1005 Speedo Jr. Nats Rylee Erisman's 59.67 held off New Zealand's Milan Glintmeyer for the top spot — Erisman's third individual event win of the month. 200 Back Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 2:06.96 1046 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 2:07.20 1042 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Daniela Linares Danzos 16 Pleasanton Seahawks 2:08.99 1011 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Madison Kryger 17 Canada 2:10.32 988 Pan Pacific Champs 5 Audrey Derivaux 17 Jersey Wahoos 2:10.35 987 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 Daniela Linares Danzos 16 Pleasanton Seahawks 2:10.39 986 Pan Pacific Champs 100 Breast Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Sienna Toohey 17 Australia 1:07.03 1005 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Sienna Toohey 17 Australia 1:07.21 999 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Mikayla Tan 16 San Ramon Valley Aquatics 1:08.18 979 Jr. Pan Pacs 4 Maddie Moreth 18 Valparaiso Swim Club 1:08.47 959 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Maddie Moreth 18 Valparaiso Swim Club 1:08.84 947 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 Mikayla Tan 16 San Ramon Valley Aquatics 1:09.22 946 Jr. Pan Pacs Australia's Sienna Toohey was the breaststroke story of Pan Pacs, sweeping the top two spots in both the 100 and 50. 200 Breast Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Kaidy Stout 17 Swim GSA 2:27.71 964 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Kaidy Stout 17 Swim GSA 2:28.00 960 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Abigail Bonham 16 NOVA of Virginia Aquatics 2:28.20 969 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Grace Koenig-Song 16 Nasa Wildcat Aquatics 2:30.33 939 Speedo Jr. Nats 5 Sarah Zhang 16 Revolution Aquatic Club 2:30.48 937 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Sofia Szymanowski 17 Irvine Novaquatics 2:30.16 930 Speedo Jr. Nats Note: Kaidy Stout's club appears as "Swim GSA" in August's data after showing as "Greensboro Swimming Association" (same GSA code) in July — flagging the naming inconsistency for anyone cross-referencing the two months. 100 Fly Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Audrey Derivaux 17 Jersey Wahoos 59.32 955 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Gabi Brito 16 Beach Cities Alpha 59.41 954 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Matea Gigovic 18 Canada 59.57 946 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Ines Arnall 17 Westchester Aquatic Club 59.64 944 Speedo Jr. Nats 5 Emma Grace Richardson 16 SwimMAC Carolina 59.74 942 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Zara Kocak 17 Excel Aquatics 59.73 940 Jr. Pan Pacs 200 Fly Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Audrey Derivaux 17 Jersey Wahoos 2:09.37 954 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Ellie Clarke 16 Carmel Swim Club 2:11.65 947 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Ellie Clarke 16 Carmel Swim Club 2:11.99 942 Jr. Pan Pacs 4 Audrey Derivaux 17 Jersey Wahoos 2:10.27 940 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Emerson Callis 18 Quest Swimming 2:10.92 930 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Caroline Mallard 18 SwimMac 2:11.13 926 Speedo Jr. Nats Audrey Derivaux's fly and IM double from July carried into August, and she also picked up strong swims in the 200 back this month. 200 IM Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Audrey Derivaux 17 Jersey Wahoos 2:12.10 1007 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Sadie Buckley 17 Nation's Capital Swim Club 2:12.16 1006 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Agostina Ariadna Hein 18 Argentina 2:12.92 981 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Sydney Hardy 15 Sarasota Sharks 2:13.44 990 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Yaqi Fan 15 China 2:13.62 987 Pan Pacific Champs 6 Audrey Derivaux 17 Jersey Wahoos 2:13.63 978 Jr. Pan Pacs Note: Sadie Buckley's club again came through as "Nation's Capital Swim Club, Bu" in the source data, same as July — club link omitted pending a clean team name. 400 IM Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Agostina Ariadna Hein 18 Argentina 4:32.54 1040 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Agostina Ariadna Hein 18 Argentina 4:35.43 1015 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Sydney Hardy 15 Sarasota Sharks 4:40.70 975 Jr. Pan Pacs 4 Audrey Derivaux 17 Jersey Wahoos 4:41.73 961 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Sydney Hardy 15 Sarasota Sharks 4:44.83 941 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 Audrey Derivaux 17 Jersey Wahoos 4:44.40 938 Jr. Pan Pacs Argentina's Agostina Ariadna Hein was the most dominant IM swimmer of the month across either sex, taking both the 200 and 400 by comfortable margins. Boys' Events 50 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Thor Johannessen 18 Blazing Barracudas 22.19 983 Speedo Jr. Nats 2 Thor Johannessen 18 Blazing Barracudas 22.23 979 Speedo Jr. Nats 3 Julian Granison 17 Jupiter Dragons Swim Team 22.31 974 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Brody Chandler 18 Sierra Marlins Swim Team 22.42 962 Speedo Jr. Nats 5 Andreas Da Silva 18 Wellington Swim Team 22.46 959 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Jake Lloyd 18 Sun Devil Swimming 22.55 951 Jr. Pan Pacs 100 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Mike Rice 18 Mecklenburg Swim Association 49.33 963 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Jordan Ragland 18 University of California 49.38 961 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Laon Kim 18 Canada 49.45 957 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 49.53 964 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 49.61 960 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 Jordan Ragland 18 University of California 49.65 948 Jr. Pan Pacs 200 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 1:46.04 1037 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 1:46.86 1016 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Francis Brennan 18 Southern Methodist University 1:47.96 985 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 1:48.38 1008 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Laon Kim 18 Canada 1:48.81 963 Pan Pacific Champs 6 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 1:48.82 997 Jr. Pan Pacs Luka Mijatovic's 200 free time matches his July mark exactly (1:46.04) — same time, different meet, still the fastest in the country this month. 400/500 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 3:43.67 1052 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 3:50.33 972 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 3:52.27 973 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Ellis Crisci 17 Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas Ci 3:52.38 949 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 3:52.95 965 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 3:53.33 960 Speedo Jr. Nats 800/1000 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 7:44.52 1052 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Joey Eaddy 15 Revolution Aquatic Club 8:04.84 1008 Speedo Jr. Nats 3 William Canori 16 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 8:05.69 938 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Ellis Crisci 17 Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas Ci 8:06.84 924 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 8:10.43 912 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 James Darcy 18 Long Island Aquatic Club 8:10.56 903 Speedo Jr. Nats Luka Mijatovic improved on his July 800/1000 time by two full seconds (7:44.52 vs. 7:46.57), extending his distance-free sweep to a second straight month. 1500/1650 Free Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 14:57.45 1007 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Ellis Crisci 17 Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas Ci 15:24.32 936 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Joey Eaddy 15 Revolution Aquatic Club 15:28.48 972 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Will Hartig 17 757swim 15:31.48 918 Speedo Jr. Nats 5 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 15:32.72 932 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 Liam Drake 17 Raleigh Swimming Association 15:33.43 913 Speedo Jr. Nats Mijatovic broke 15:00 for the first time this summer, dropping over 10 seconds from his July mark of 15:08.12 — a four-event distance sweep for the second month running. 100 Back Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Elliot Leasure 14 Rochester Swim Club 54.92 1150 Speedo Jr. Nats 2 Grant Bellin 16 KING Aquatic Club 55.03 1028 Speedo Jr. Nats 3 Jonathan Packles 17 Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics 55.04 989 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Davis Jackson 17 TAC Titans 55.20 982 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Benjamin Jaggers 18 Waterloo Swimming 55.22 968 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Benjamin Jaggers 18 Waterloo Swimming 55.35 963 Speedo Jr. Nats Elliot Leasure's 54.92 wasn't just the fastest time in the field — at 14 years old, it scored 1150 power points, the single highest mark anywhere in August's data, ahead of every swim from Pan Pacs regardless of nation or age. 200 Back Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Yumeki Kojima 17 Japan 1:55.38 1069 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Yumeki Kojima 17 Japan 1:55.74 1062 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Davis Jackson 17 TAC Titans 1:59.21 990 Jr. Pan Pacs 4 Francis Brennan 18 Southern Methodist University 1:59.49 973 Pan Pacific Champs 5 Jonathan Packles 17 Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics 1:59.54 983 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 David Sammons 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:59.59 982 Jr. Pan Pacs 100 Breast Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Shin Ohashi 17 Japan 58.54 1112 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Shin Ohashi 17 Japan 58.85 1100 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Oliver Dawson 18 Canada 59.85 1045 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Oliver Dawson 18 Canada 59.88 1044 Pan Pacific Champs 5 Junjie Liu 18 China 1:00.21 1032 Pan Pacific Champs 6 Wilson York 16 Lakeside Swim Team 1:00.65 1078 Jr. Pan Pacs Japan's Shin Ohashi was the standout breaststroker of Pan Pacs, but Wilson York's 1:00.65 actually outscored every international swim in the field on power points. 200 Breast Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Shin Ohashi 17 Japan 2:08.90 1072 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Wilson York 16 Lakeside Swim Team 2:10.15 1090 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Oliver Dawson 18 Canada 2:11.00 1034 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Wilson York 16 Lakeside Swim Team 2:12.09 1061 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Ryan Coughenour 18 Columbia Swim Club 2:13.30 999 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Lucas Ackermann 18 Franklin Regional Swim Team 2:14.03 988 Speedo Jr. Nats Wilson York's 2:10.15 ranked second by time but topped the field on power points at 1090 — the age-adjusted scoring again favoring the 16-year-old over the older international field. 100 Fly Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Charlie Cancelmo 16 Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic 52.69 1032 Jr. Pan Pacs 2 Charlie Cancelmo 16 Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic 53.05 1016 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Maxwell Stanislaus 18 Lakeside Aquatic Club 53.07 960 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Mike Rice 18 Mecklenburg Swim Association 53.15 957 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Langston Lindsey 17 Gold Medal Swim Club 53.54 954 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Ethan Chung 18 Nasa Wildcats 53.47 942 Speedo Jr. Nats 200 Fly Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Ewan Dalrymple 17 Columbia Swimming 1:55.65 1019 Speedo Jr. Nats 2 Ewan Dalrymple 17 Columbia Swimming 1:56.41 1004 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Ewan Dalrymple 17 Columbia Swimming 1:57.55 982 Jr. Pan Pacs 4 Kris Mihaylov 18 South Africa 1:57.68 971 Pan Pacific Champs 5 David Sammons 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:57.79 977 Jr. Pan Pacs 6 David Sammons 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:57.95 974 Jr. Pan Pacs Ewan Dalrymple went three-for-three across two meets, comfortably the most consistent flyer of the month. 200 IM Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Yumeki Kojima 17 Japan 1:57.83 1073 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Cullen Kahl 16 Magnolia Aquatic Club 2:00.43 1063 Speedo Jr. Nats 3 Yi Zheng 17 Carmel Swim Club 2:00.45 1014 Jr. Pan Pacs 4 Yi Zheng 17 Carmel Swim Club 2:01.53 990 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Cullen Kahl 16 Magnolia Aquatic Club 2:02.13 1026 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Jackson Hartzler 17 Cy-Fair Swim Club 2:02.31 973 Jr. Pan Pacs 400 IM Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Yumeki Kojima 17 Japan 4:08.69 1072 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Yi Zheng 17 Carmel Swim Club 4:14.94 1011 Jr. Pan Pacs 3 Syunta Lee 16 West Coast Aquatics 4:18.00 1014 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Cullen Kahl 16 Magnolia Aquatic Club 4:18.27 1011 Speedo Jr. Nats 5 Syunta Lee 16 West Coast Aquatics 4:19.52 999 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 David Sammons 17 SwimMAC Carolina 4:19.70 965 Jr. Pan Pacs Yumeki Kojima's IM double at Pan Pacs — topping both the 200 and 400 — paired with his backstroke wins made him the most dominant international swimmer of the month. 50 Back Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Benjamin Jaggers 18 Waterloo Swimming 25.03 1031 Speedo Jr. Nats 2 Benjamin Jaggers 18 Waterloo Swimming 25.18 1017 Speedo Jr. Nats 3 Benjamin Jaggers 18 Waterloo Swimming 25.24 1012 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Bruce Shen 17 Bellevue Club Swim Team 25.68 984 Speedo Jr. Nats 5 Elliot Leasure 14 Rochester Swim Club 25.76 1132 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Grant Bellin 16 KING Aquatic Club 25.88 1004 Speedo Jr. Nats Once again, Elliot Leasure's raw time ranked fifth but his power points (1132) blew past every swimmer ahead of him on the clock. 50 Breast Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Junjie Liu 18 China 27.05 1073 Pan Pacific Champs 2 Junjie Liu 18 China 27.11 1068 Pan Pacific Champs 3 Shin Ohashi 17 Japan 27.14 1085 Pan Pacific Champs 4 Oliver Dawson 18 Canada 27.28 1053 Pan Pacific Champs 5 Oliver Dawson 18 Canada 27.31 1051 Pan Pacific Champs 6 Shin Ohashi 17 Japan 27.39 1063 Pan Pacific Champs 50 Fly Rank Swimmer Age Club/Nation Time Power Points Meet 1 Brady Campbell 17 Mason Manta Rays 23.91 1035 Speedo Jr. Nats 2 Brady Campbell 17 Mason Manta Rays 24.03 1023 Speedo Jr. Nats 3 Ethan Chung 18 Nasa Wildcats 24.09 1001 Speedo Jr. Nats 4 Mike Rice 18 Mecklenburg Swim Association 24.24 985 Jr. Pan Pacs 5 Isaac Elhard 16 Aquastorm 24.36 1030 Speedo Jr. Nats 6 Ethan Chung 18 Nasa Wildcats 24.34 975 Speedo Jr. Nats Young Stars to Watch As in July, the highest power points swims of the month came largely from swimmers well under 18 — several of them not even old enough for the events listed above. A few names to file away heading into the SCY season: Elliot Leasure, 14 (Rochester Swim Club) — his 54.92 in the 100 back scored 1150 power points, the top mark in this month's entire dataset, and his 50 back (1132) and 200 back (1095) weren't far behind. Jett Hatchard, 13 (Utah Swimming) — a 26.99 in the 50 back scored 1125 power points, and he also cracked 1040+ in the 100 and 200 back. Ayden Tan, 13 (San Ramon Valley Aquatics) — his 2:08.85 in the 200 IM scored 1087 power points, and a 25.95 in the 50 fly scored 1102. Iris Liu, 9 (Pleasanton Seahawks) — continuing her July form, her 38.13 in the 50 breast scored 1083 power points at the Western Zone Age Group Championships. Xingchen Lu, 15 (China) — a 28.26 in the 50 back scored 1076 power points, tops among all female swimmers this month regardless of nationality. Lillie Dirito, 13 (York YMCA) — went 1:02.23 in the 100 back for 1054 power points, the top mark in that event ahead of several 16-18-year-old Pan Pacs qualifiers. Griffin Lin, 11 (Swim Kauai Aquatics, Hawaii) — a 2:43.73 in the 200 breast scored 1059 power points at the Western Zone meet. None of these swimmers show up on the raw-time tables above, since they're competing in age groups well below the 15-18 fields that dominate the clock. But on power points, this group is setting the pace for what's coming up through the pipeline. Month at a Glance Meets of the month: Speedo Junior National Championships (Aug 3), Pan Pacific Championships (Aug 12), and Junior Pan Pacific Championships (Aug 17) combined to produce nearly every top swim this month. Most dominant individual sweep: Luka Mijatovic (Pleasanton Sea Hawks), topping the boys' 200, 400/500, 800/1000, and 1500/1650 free for the second straight month — and improving his time in every one of them. Top international performances: Japan's Yumeki Kojima and Shin Ohashi, China's Yaqi Fan and Junjie Liu, Australia's Sienna Toohey, and New Zealand's Milan Glintmeyer all posted times that topped or nearly topped their events at Pan Pacs. Highest power points swim overall: Elliot Leasure's 1150 in the 100 back — again the single highest mark in the dataset, surpassing his own July total. Rising storyline: A cluster of swimmers 15 and under — Jett Hatchard, Ayden Tan, Iris Liu, Xingchen Lu, Lillie Dirito, and Griffin Lin — posted power points in the 1,050-1,130 range, keeping pace with (and in several cases exceeding) the international senior field. Standards and rankings reflect USA Swimming Power Points as calculated from August 2026 LCM competition results. International athletes (LSC code "un") are labeled by nationality rather than club, since they do not compete for USA Swimming-affiliated teams; their swims are included because Pan Pacific and Junior Pan Pacific Championships draw multi-national entries and are recorded in the SwimStandards database regardless of the athlete's home federation. One top-time swim per swimmer is shown per event category where possible; multi-event performances are noted narratively. Club links are omitted where source data was incomplete or inconsistent.

The USA Swimming Western Zone runs two top-tier Zone Championship meets each summer, backed by a tier of regional Speedo Sectional meets that funnel qualifiers up. The structure looks complicated at first glance, but it breaks down cleanly once you separate "Zone Championships" from "Sectionals." The Two Core Zone Championships These are the marquee events — one for the youngest age-group swimmers, one for the older/open group. Western Zone Senior Championships Open to athletes 19 and under. The 2026 meet runs July 28–August 1 at Clovis West High School Pool in Fresno, CA. Western Zone Age Group Championships A four-day meet for roughly 700 athletes 14 and under, representing 17 "all-star" teams drawn from the Zone's LSCs. The 2026 meet returns to Boise, with competition at the Idaho Central Aquatic Center, running August 5–8, 2026. How the Zone Is Organized The Western Zone is made up of two official Sections: California–Nevada Section Western Region Section The Western Region Section is further divided into two spring regions: Four Corners — Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah Northwest — Alaska, Hawaii, Inland Empire, Montana, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Snake River, Wyoming (Note: this list defines which LSCs belong to each region — it doesn't necessarily determine where the meet is physically held. In 2026, for example, Four Corners' Spring Sectional is being hosted in Carmel, IN, outside the region's home states.) The Sectional Tier Sectionals sit below Zone Championships and are split by region. As covered in the earlier breakdown, the Western Zone has two official Sections — California–Nevada (CA–NV) and Western Region — with Western Region further dividing into Four Corners and Northwest for Spring meets, then combining for Summer. Where it gets more nuanced: CA–NV doesn't run just one Summer Sectional. The 2026 CA–NV Summer Sectionals are being held July 16–19 in Walnut, CA, hosted by Brea Aquatics and the Southern California LSC, and July 23–26 in Novato, CA, hosted by Thunder Coast Aquatics and Pacific Swimming. Two meets, same section, same season — swimmers from across the CA–NV LSCs are split between them. 2026 Meet Reference Table Meet Dates Location Western Zone Senior Championships Jul 28–Aug 1 Fresno, CA Western Zone Age Group Championships Aug 5–8 Boise, ID CA–NV Summer Sectionals (Walnut) Jul 16–19 Walnut, CA CA–NV Summer Sectionals (Novato) Jul 23–26 Novato, CA Western Region Summer Sectional Jul 16–19 Gresham, OR Four Corners Spring Sectional Mar 26–29 Carmel, IN Pacific Northwest (Northwest) Spring Sectional Mar 12–15 Federal Way, WA CA–NV Winter Sectional dates TBD/unconfirmed for 2026 — A note on that last row: We weren't able to confirm firm December 2026 CA–NV Winter Sectional dates in this search — last year's edition ran mid-to-late December in the Brea/Walnut area, so a similar timing is likely, but I'd treat that one as unconfirmed until the Western Zone posts it. Where to Find Time Standards Every meet listed above has a corresponding qualifying-times page — these are the ones currently live on Swim Standards: Western Zone Senior Championships Time Standards Western Zone Age Group Championships Time Standards CA/NV Speedo Sectionals Time Standards Western Region Summer Speedo Sectional Time Standards Four Corners Spring Speedo Sectional Time Standards Pacific Northwest Spring Speedo Sectional Time Standards Spring/Summer Far Western Championships Time Standards (adjacent championship, not a Sectional) Northwest Age Group Regionals Time Standards (Age Group tier, not Sectional) Key Takeaways Two Zone Championships: Senior (Fresno, Jul 28–Aug 1) and Age Group (Boise, Aug 5–8). CA–NV runs two Summer Sectional meets in 2026 — Walnut and Novato — not one combined event. Western Region splits in Spring (Four Corners + Northwest/Pacific Northwest) and recombines in Summer. Winter CA–NV Sectional is likely but not yet confirmed for 2026 — worth checking the Western Zone site as the date approaches. Full time-standards pages for every meet above are on Swim Standards.

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@Shiny_Walrus408 Thank you for the explanation. Your club name has been corrected to CAC Boulder Riptide

Got it. Thank you!