2024 NC SwimMAC Novant Invitational
Jan 13-15, 2024
SwimMAC Coaching Facility at Charlotte Latin
Charlotte, NC
LCM
Meet Outcomes
Earlier this month, an up-and-coming SwimMAC teen crew threw down nation-leading occasions on the 2024 SwimMAC Novant Invitational in Charlotte. Highlighting the meet was SwimMAC 14-year-old David Sammons, who ranks #1 in three occasions amongst US 13-14 boys this 2023-24 season.
Sammons lead the boys 13-14 200 IM prelims (2:09.06) and gained each the 100 backstroke (1:00.39) and 200 fly (2:06.99), all nation-leading occasions. Sammons was off his 200 fly entry time of two:04.11, whereas flirting along with his 100 backstroke PB and setting his 200 IM PB in prelims, nonetheless successful finals at 2:09.64. Sammons additionally set successful private bests within the 100 fly (56.71) and boys 11-14 400 IM (4:36.58), each #2 US 13-14 occasions this season. Sammons now improves to twenty eighth in 100 fly, thirty fifth in 200 IM, and sixty fifth within the all-time US boys 13-14 LCM rankings.
One other spotlight swimmer was Florida commit and sophistication of 2025 honorable point out Jordan Willis, dropping practically three seconds from prelims to win the boys open 100 breast at 1:03.88, simply off his season better of 1:02.77 from the 2023 U.S Open. The World Juniors silver medalist ranks 2nd in boys US 15-16 LCM 100 breast performers for 2024, with Workforce Suffolk’s Noah Cakir main the nation this new 12 months at 1:02.98 from the Knoxville cease of the 2024 Professional Swim Collection.
Willis’ season better of 1:02.77 additionally ranks second for the 2023-24 season, with NAG holder Ian Name of Memphis Thunder taking that lead with 1:02.30 from the 2023 Winter Juniors East LCM Time Trials. Willis owns a private better of 1:02.64 from Could 2023, which sits at twenty fifth within the all-time US 15-16 rankings. Again at 2023 Winter Juniors, Willis positioned tenth within the 100 breast (53.76) and boasted a third place 200 breast end (1:55.30).
U.S. Boys’ 15-16 Prime Performers- LCM 100 BR, 2024 12 months
Noah Cakir (Workforce Suffolk), 1:02.98
Jordan Willis (SwimMAC), 1:03.88
Andrew Eubanks (Dolphins Portland), 1:05.35
Elonzo Santos (La Mirada Armada), 1:05.57
Julien Lee (Tualatin Hills), 1:05.60
U.S. Boys’ 15-16 Prime Performers- LCM 100 BR, 2023-24 Season
Ian Name (Memphis Thunder), 1:02.30
Jordan Willis (SwimMAC), 1:02.77
Noah Cakir (Workforce Suffolk), 1:02.98
Matt Vatev (Hornet), 1:04.00
Remo Mann (DART), 1:04.84
A 13-14 boys’ SwimMAC quartet, together with Sammons together with 14-year-old Dean Hamid plus 13-year-olds Eli Candy and Scott Williams, met up a number of occasions in finals for a aggressive weekend of racing collectively.
Sammons stole his first win meet win within the 400 IM with a 8.51-second successful margin. Candy settled for one more silver at 4:45.09 whereas Williams positioned fifth at 4:58.50, each rating seventh and twenty first within the US respectively. The trio met once more within the 100 again, the place Sammons picked up his 4th win at 1:00.39, with Candy (4th, 1:03.69, US #11) and Williams (seventh, 1:05.50, US #25) ending seconds later.
Ending seconds behind Sammons within the 200 IM closing have been Candy (2:14.27) and Williams (2:19.26), each rating ninth and sixteenth within the US. Quick ahead to the 100 breast, Hamid got here out on prime at 1:09.93, touching forward of Williams (1:10.29) and Candy (1:12.52). Hamid, Williams, and Candy presently rank ninth, eleventh, and twentieth respectively for US 13-14 boys this season. Hamid additionally gained the 50 free closing at 25.85, which ranks seventeenth within the US.
Candy lastly avenged gold within the 200 breast at 2:33.03, narrowly touching out Hamid (2:33.08) and Williams (2:33.27). This trio now rank 8-Sep 11 for SwimMAC within the prime 20 US 15-16 season rankings.
Within the final particular person occasion, Georgia native Collier Stanton of Gwinnett Aquatics swung down an upset victory on the dominant SwimMAC crew throughout 100 free finals with a successful time of 56.70, edging out Hamid by one one-hundredth of a second. One other SwimMAC 14-year-old, Griffin Cagle, punched in a slim third place at 56.87 whereas Williams took 4th at 58.31. Hamid did lead 100 free prelims with a 56.38, which ranks tenth within the nation this season. In the meantime, occasion winner Stanton ranks eleventh amongst US 13-14 boys this season.
Stanton was beforehand noticed within the 400 IM closing, Sammons’ first meet win, putting third with a US 15-16 #13 time of 4:50.98.
