July 2026 LCM Monthly Top Performances: Toyota Nationals Headlines a Championship Month
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July is always the biggest month on the long course calendar, and 2026 delivered in full — Futures meets, Zone and LSC Championships, Far Westerns, and the season's marquee event, the 2026 Toyota National Championships (July 28), which produced the overwhelming majority of this month's fastest swims. Along the way, a handful of teenagers put together performances that rival what's typically reserved for college-aged swimmers, and a wave of 9-to-14-year-olds posted power points numbers that will make plenty of coaches double check the scoring tables.
Below is a full breakdown of July's top times by event, followed by a look at the age-group standouts putting the swimming world on notice for the season ahead.
Toyota Nationals Sets the Tone
With Nationals landing in the final days of July, it's no surprise that the meet supplied nearly every top time on this list. A few swimmers stood out as the stars of the week:
- Liberty Clark (Indiana Swim Club) was the most versatile sprinter in the pool, taking the top spot in the women's 50 free and finishing 1-2 in the 100 free behind only Rylee Erisman.
- Rylee Erisman (Windermere Lakers) matched Clark stride for stride, topping the 100 and 200 free.
- Audrey Derivaux (Jersey Wahoos) had one of the meet's best all-around showings, ranking at or near the top in the 100/200 fly, 200 IM, and 200 back.
- Luka Mijatovic (Pleasanton Sea Hawks) was the story of the men's distance events, sweeping the top times in the 200, 400, and 1500/1650 free.
- Rowan Cox (Texas Longhorns) and John Thumann (Cal) traded blows across the men's fly and free sprints.
Week at a Glance
- Liberty Clark and Rylee Erisman both cracked 53 seconds in the 100 free, with Clark's 52.97 and Erisman's 52.92 separated by five-hundredths.
- Luka Mijatovic's distance sweep included a 3:43.45 in the 400 free and a 7:46.57 in the 800/1000 free — both among the month's highest power-points swims regardless of age.
- On the girls' side, Charlotte Crush (Lakeside) went 1-2 in the 100 back and 200 back at Nationals, establishing herself as the meet's top backstroker.
- Wilson York (Lakeside) put together the strongest breaststroke showing of the month, sweeping the top two spots in the 200 breast and ranking second in the 100 breast.
- Several younger swimmers posted July's most impressive power points swims well outside the National meet — see the Young Stars section below.
Girls' Events
50 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 24.28 1048 2 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 24.53 1025 3 Gabi Brito 16 Beach Cities Alpha 24.99 991 4 Kate McKinnon 16 Aquawolves Swimming 25.06 984 5 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 25.27 956 6 Kennedi Southern 16 Lakeside Aquatic Club 25.30 962 Liberty Clark's 24.28 was the fastest women's 50 free in the country this month by a comfortable margin, and she backed it up with a second swim inside 24.6 at the same meet.
100 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 52.92 1060 2 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 52.97 1058 3 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 53.46 1033 4 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 53.62 1025 5 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 53.89 1012 6 Madi Mintenko 18 Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Fam 54.58 978 Erisman and Clark essentially split the month's headline sprint, with just five one-hundredths separating their best swims. Both also had multiple swims inside 54 seconds, underscoring just how deep this event has gotten nationally.
200 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 1:55.86 1047 2 Madi Mintenko 18 Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Fam 1:55.87 1033 3 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 1:56.55 1015 4 Madi Mintenko 18 Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Fam 1:56.81 1008 5 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 1:57.60 1002 6 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 1:57.70 985 Erisman's 1:55.86 edged Mintenko's 1:55.87 by a single hundredth — as tight a top-two finish as you'll see in a monthly leaderboard.
400/500 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Madi Mintenko 18 Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Fam 4:04.54 1019 2 Brinkleigh Hansen 16 Saint Petersburg Aquatics 4:07.92 990 3 Madi Mintenko 18 Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Fam 4:08.10 974 4 Brinkleigh Hansen 16 Saint Petersburg Aquatics 4:08.36 985 5 Alex Siegel 16 Long Island Aquatic Club 4:09.88 966 6 Kayla Han 18 La Mirada Armada 4:10.12 949 800/1000 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Sydney Schoeck 18 CSP Tideriders 8:32.44 955 2 Brinkleigh Hansen 16 Saint Petersburg Aquatics 8:33.05 959 3 Paige Downey 18 Gold Medal Swim Club 8:35.07 941 4 Zayda Miehl 16 Corvallis Aquatic Team 8:35.56 945 5 Kayla Han 18 La Mirada Armada 8:37.11 930 6 Alex Siegel 16 Long Island Aquatic Club 8:39.84 921 1500/1650 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Zayda Miehl 16 Corvallis Aquatic Team 16:15.93 999 2 Sydney Schoeck 18 CSP Tideriders 16:19.26 985 3 Paige Downey 18 Gold Medal Swim Club 16:24.11 972 4 Autumn McIntosh 14 Berzerker Swimming 16:32.04 1005 5 Harper Rauch 13 Chicago Wolfpack Aquatic Club 16:36.56 1030 6 Alex Siegel 16 Long Island Aquatic Club 16:39.41 934 Worth flagging: while Zayda Miehl posted the fastest raw time, both Autumn McIntosh (14) and Harper Rauch (13) actually scored higher on power points — a good reminder that raw time and age-adjusted scoring don't always point to the same swimmer, especially in this event.
100 Back
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Charlotte Crush 18 Lakeside Swim Team 59.91 1038 2 Charlotte Crush 18 Lakeside Swim Team 59.96 1036 3 Alyssa Sagle 18 Nation's Capital Swim Club 1:00.15 1029 4 Alyssa Sagle 18 Nation's Capital Swim Club 1:00.68 1007 5 Lane Francis 16 NOVA of Virginia Aquatics 1:00.78 1003 6 Kennedy Brooks 15 Kentucky Aquatics 1:00.91 1016 200 Back
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 2:07.55 1036 2 Charlotte Crush 18 Lakeside Swim Team 2:07.69 1034 3 Rylee Erisman 17 Windermere Lakers 2:08.00 1028 4 Charlotte Crush 18 Lakeside Swim Team 2:08.38 1021 5 Ellie Clarke 16 Carmel Swim Club 2:08.96 1011 6 Audrey Derivaux 16 Jersey Wahoos 2:09.24 1006 Erisman and Crush split the top two spots in both backstroke events, setting up an intriguing rivalry heading into the fall.
100 Breast
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Maddie Moreth 18 Valparaiso Swim Club 1:08.38 962 2 Maddie Moreth 18 Valparaiso Swim Club 1:08.90 945 3 Mikayla Tan 16 San Ramon Valley Aquatics 1:09.29 944 4 Grace Koenig-Song 16 Nasa Wildcat Aquatics 1:09.39 941 5 Bianca Nwaizu 16 Irvine Novaquatics 1:09.47 938 6 Rachel McAlpin 18 University Of Arkansas Swimming 1:09.60 923 200 Breast
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Kayda Geyer 18 Mecklenburg Swim Association 2:28.22 957 2 Kaidy Stout 17 Greensboro Swimming Association 2:28.54 952 3 Kaidy Stout 17 Greensboro Swimming Association 2:28.61 952 4 Mikayla Tan 16 San Ramon Valley Aquatics 2:28.94 959 5 Salem Bahr 16 Ensworth Aquatics 2:28.99 958 6 Kayda Geyer 18 Mecklenburg Swim Association 2:29.10 945 Kaidy Stout's back-to-back 2:28.5s stand out as an exact tie on power points (952) despite the two swims coming a third of a second apart — a nice reminder of how the scoring curve flattens near the top of a heat.
100 Fly
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Audrey Derivaux 16 Jersey Wahoos 58.17 1000 2 Charlotte Crush 18 Lakeside Swim Team 58.55 984 3 Gabi Brito 16 Beach Cities Alpha 58.72 980 4 Charlotte Crush 18 Lakeside Swim Team 58.77 976 5 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 58.78 975 6 Liberty Clark 18 Indiana Swim Club 58.87 972 200 Fly
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Audrey Derivaux 16 Jersey Wahoos 2:07.86 1007 2 Audrey Derivaux 16 Jersey Wahoos 2:08.68 994 3 Zara Kocak 17 Excel Aquatics 2:09.36 954 4 Zara Kocak 17 Excel Aquatics 2:10.07 943 5 Ellie Clarke 16 Carmel Swim Club 2:10.19 970 6 Caroline Mallard 18 SwimMac 2:10.42 938 Audrey Derivaux was the fly standout of the month, topping both distances and pairing it with strong showings in the 200 IM and 200 back — arguably the most complete meet of any girl at Nationals.
200 IM
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Audrey Derivaux 16 Jersey Wahoos 2:11.89 1014 2 Sadie Buckley 17 Nation's Capital Swim Club, Bu 2:12.03 1009 3 Lauren Lonsdale 14 Davis Aquadarts 2:12.26 1037 4 Lylah Theriac 18 Mooresville Area Swim Team 2:12.98 980 5 Sydney Hardy 15 Sarasota Sharks 2:13.59 987 6 Audrey Derivaux 16 Jersey Wahoos 2:13.72 979 Note: Sadie Buckley's club listing came through as "Nation's Capital Swim Club, Bu" in the source data — omitting the club link here pending confirmation of the full team name.
Fourteen-year-old Lauren Lonsdale (Davis Aquadarts) is worth a second look — her 2:12.26 ranked third by time but actually led the field on power points, a sign of just how age-adjusted scoring can reshuffle a leaderboard.
400 IM
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Sydney Schoeck 18 CSP Tideriders 4:38.68 987 2 Sydney Schoeck 18 CSP Tideriders 4:38.92 985 3 Audrey Derivaux 16 Jersey Wahoos 4:41.09 966 4 Sadie Buckley 17 Nation's Capital Swim Club, Bu 4:41.75 961 5 Ellie Clarke 16 Carmel Swim Club 4:42.03 958 6 Sadie Buckley 17 Nation's Capital Swim Club, Bu 4:42.03 958 An exact tie between Clarke and Buckley at 4:42.03, both scoring 958 power points — a clean dead heat worth noting.
Boys' Events
50 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 John Thumann 18 University of California 22.12 989 2 John Thumann 18 University of California 22.36 968 3 Brody Chandler 18 Sierra Marlins Swim Team 22.38 966 4 Jordan Ragland 18 University of California 22.46 959 5 Jake Lloyd 18 Sun Devil Swimming 22.49 956 6 Mike Rice 18 Mecklenburg Swim Association 22.51 954 100 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Mike Rice 18 Mecklenburg Swim Association 49.07 976 2 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 49.19 980 3 Jordan Ragland 18 University of California 49.19 970 4 Micah Tennison 17 Swim Streamline at Northampton 49.53 964 5 Jordan Ragland 18 University of California 49.53 953 6 Mike Rice 18 Mecklenburg Swim Association 49.53 953 An exact time tie at 49.19 between Mijatovic and Ragland, and another three-way tie at 49.53 between Tennison, Ragland, and Rice — a genuinely crowded sprint field this month.
200 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 1:46.04 1037 2 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 1:46.23 1032 3 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 1:48.10 1015 4 Rowan Cox 18 Texas Longhorns 1:48.14 980 5 Connor Christopherson 17 SwimAtlanta 1:48.18 982 6 London Rising 18 Greater Toledo Aquatic Club 1:48.79 964 400/500 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 3:43.45 1054 2 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 3:47.55 1005 3 Aiden Hammer 18 Longhorn Aquatics 3:48.99 980 4 Aiden Hammer 18 Longhorn Aquatics 3:49.00 979 5 Trent Allen 17 Carmel Swim Club 3:50.81 967 6 Ellis Crisci 17 Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas Ci 3:50.89 966 800/1000 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 7:46.57 1040 2 Aiden Hammer 18 Longhorn Aquatics 7:58.04 973 3 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 8:00.86 966 4 Aiden Hammer 18 Longhorn Aquatics 8:01.21 955 5 Joey Eaddy 15 Revolution Aquatic Club 8:03.37 1017 6 William Canori 16 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 8:06.57 934 Fifteen-year-old Joey Eaddy ranked fifth by time but posted the highest power points total in the field (1017) — one of the clearer examples this month of age-adjusted scoring rewarding a younger swimmer.
1500/1650 Free
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 15:08.12 978 2 Aiden Hammer 18 Longhorn Aquatics 15:14.80 960 3 Ellis Crisci 17 Tsunami Swim Team of Kansas Ci 15:23.80 938 4 Kai Joyner 16 Rochester Swim Club 15:25.08 952 5 Whitaker Steward 18 Carmel Swim Club 15:25.78 932 6 James Darcy 18 Long Island Aquatic Club 15:27.02 929 Luka Mijatovic's distance sweep — 200, 400, 800/1000, and 1500/1650 free all topped by time — was the single most dominant individual performance of the month across either sex.
100 Back
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Gavin Keogh 18 Wolfpack Elite 54.36 1005 2 Gavin Keogh 18 Wolfpack Elite 54.45 1001 3 Rowan Cox 18 Texas Longhorns 54.57 996 4 Ty Thomas 17 River City Aquatics 55.10 986 5 Elliot Leasure 14 Rochester Swim Club 55.26 1136 6 Davis Jackson 17 TAC Titans 55.36 975 That's not a typo — 14-year-old Elliot Leasure ranked fifth by raw time but posted a 1136 power points score, the single highest number in this entire dataset. More on him below.
200 Back
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Gavin Keogh 18 Wolfpack Elite 1:57.68 1010 2 Davis Jackson 17 TAC Titans 1:58.67 1001 3 Gavin Keogh 18 Wolfpack Elite 1:59.03 982 4 David Sammons 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:59.43 986 5 Jackson Hartzler 17 Cy-Fair Swim Club 1:59.71 980 6 Denzo Senekal 16 Blue Dolfins 1:59.85 1020 100 Breast
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Ian Call 17 Nashville Aquatic Club 1:00.26 1048 2 Andrew Eubanks 18 The Dolphins Swim Team 1:00.54 1020 3 Andrew Eubanks 18 The Dolphins Swim Team 1:00.60 1017 4 Ian Call 17 Nashville Aquatic Club 1:00.72 1032 5 Wilson York 16 Lakeside Swim Team 1:00.86 1070 6 Aibat Myrzamuratov 18 Coronado Swim Team Elite 1:01.26 993 Wilson York ranked fifth by time but led the field on power points at 1070 — the age-adjusted scoring clearly favors his 16-year-old swim over the older field around him.
200 Breast
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Wilson York 16 Lakeside Swim Team 2:11.81 1065 2 Wilson York 16 Lakeside Swim Team 2:12.21 1059 3 Luc Dionne 17 Nation's Capital Swim Club 2:12.86 1012 4 Luc Dionne 17 Nation's Capital Swim Club 2:13.96 995 5 Yi Zheng 17 Carmel Swim Club 2:14.14 992 6 Charlie Camplin 18 Marlins Of Raleigh 2:14.38 983 Wilson York's breaststroke double — top time and top power points in both the 100 and 200 — was the most complete individual stroke sweep of the month.
100 Fly
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Rowan Cox 18 Texas Longhorns 50.64 1071 2 Rowan Cox 18 Texas Longhorns 51.42 1035 3 John Thumann 18 University of California 52.46 988 4 Charlie Cancelmo 16 Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic 52.47 1042 5 John Thumann 18 University of California 52.55 984 6 Hayden Vicknair 17 Baylor Swim Club 52.66 994 200 Fly
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Ewan Dalrymple 17 Columbia Swimming 1:56.45 1003 2 Rowan Cox 18 Texas Longhorns 1:56.50 994 3 Ewan Dalrymple 17 Columbia Swimming 1:56.56 1001 4 David Sammons 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:57.14 990 5 David Sammons 17 SwimMAC Carolina 1:57.62 980 6 Rowan Cox 18 Texas Longhorns 1:57.76 970 Rowan Cox was the most dominant men's flyer of the month across both distances, but Ewan Dalrymple's 200 fly edged him out for the top time.
200 IM
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Jackson Hartzler 17 Cy-Fair Swim Club 1:59.96 1025 2 Cullen Kahl 16 Magnolia Aquatic Club 2:00.28 1066 3 Yi Zheng 17 Carmel Swim Club 2:00.36 1016 4 Gerhardt Hoover 18 Commonwealth Swimming 2:00.52 1001 5 Luka Mijatovic 17 Pleasanton Sea Hawks 2:00.73 1008 6 Baylor Stanton 18 Gwinnett Aquatics 2:00.89 993 400 IM
Rank Swimmer Age Club Time Power Points 1 Yi Zheng 17 Carmel Swim Club 4:14.82 1012 2 Anthony Dornoff 17 La Mirada Armada 4:16.49 996 3 Yi Zheng 17 Carmel Swim Club 4:16.92 991 4 Ian Platts-Mills 18 University of California 4:17.00 991 5 Syunta Lee 16 West Coast Aquatics 4:17.97 1014 6 Ian Platts-Mills 18 University of California 4:18.36 978 Sixteen-year-old Syunta Lee's 4:17.97 ranked fifth by time but posted the second-highest power points score in the field, just behind Yi Zheng's winning swim.
Young Stars to Watch
While Nationals produced the fastest raw times of the month, the highest power points swims of July came almost entirely from swimmers well under 18 — many of them competing at LSC and Zone championship meets rather than the national stage. A few names worth filing away:
- Elliot Leasure, 14 (Rochester Swim Club) — his 55.26 in the 100 back scored 1136 power points, the single highest mark anywhere in this month's data, and he backed it up with a 2:01.23 in the 200 back that also topped 1000.
- Ayden Tan, 13 (San Ramon Valley Aquatics) — a 2:06.64 in the 200 IM scored 1133 power points, and he also cracked the boys' 100 back, 100 fly, and 100 free lists.
- Iris Liu, 9 (Pleasanton Seahawks) — her 37.49 in the 50 breast scored 1112 power points, tops among all girls this month, and she also ranked at the top of the girls' 100 breast list by power points.
- Robert Legg, 10 (Pleasanton Seahawks) — a 4:30.32 in the 400/500 free scored 1125 power points.
- Jett Hatchard, 13 (Olympus Aquatics) — went 58.04/58.18/58.56 across three 100 back swims, each scoring above 1100 power points, and also ranked near the top of the 200 back.
- Nicolas Lahre, 11 (BGC-N. Westchester Marlins), and Gabriel Brown, 10 (Fishers Area Swimming Tigers), both turned in multiple 1000+ power points swims in the 200 back, 200 IM, and 200 free — two more names to watch in the 10-and-under and 11-12 ranks.
None of these swimmers show up at the top of the raw-time leaderboards above — they're competing in different age groups against different fields. But on power points, which adjusts for age and gives a clearer read on how a swim compares across the board, July belonged to them as much as it did to the Nationals headliners.
Month at a Glance
- Meet of the month: The 2026 Toyota National Championships (July 28) produced the majority of July's fastest times across nearly every event.
- Most dominant individual sweep: Luka Mijatovic (Pleasanton Sea Hawks), who topped the boys' 200, 400/500, 800/1000, and 1500/1650 free.
- Tightest sprint race: The boys' 100 free, where three different swimmers tied at 49.53 and the top four were separated by just five hundredths.
- Highest power points swim overall: Elliot Leasure's 1136 in the 100 back — a mark that outscored every swim at Nationals, regardless of age.
- Rising storyline: A deep group of 9-to-14-year-olds — Iris Liu, Ayden Tan, Jett Hatchard, Robert Legg, Nicolas Lahre, and Gabriel Brown among them — posted power points totals that rival the national-meet leaderboard, a good sign for the depth of the age-group pipeline heading into next season.
Standards and rankings reflect USA Swimming Power Points as calculated from July 2026 LCM competition results. One top-time swim per swimmer is shown per event category; multi-event performances are noted narratively. Club or LSC links are omitted where source data was incomplete.
