By Sharon Robb
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 30, 2021—Molly Golding of South Florida Aquatic Club was the top girls Florida Gold Coast finisher on Day Three of the USA Swimming Futures Championships Friday at Huntsville Aquatics Center.
The University of Florida-bound swimmer was 16th in the 200-meter breaststroke in 2:41.56. She went a best time in prelims in 2:40.25, dropping 0.46 seconds.
Atlanta-based Dynamo Swim Club continues to lead the combined with 804, the men’s with 392 and women’s with 412 and has all but clinched a sweep of the three titles headed into the final day of competition.
An estimated 1,000 swimmers are competing. The Aquatic Center has two Olympic-size pools with 1,400 seats.
The meet concludes Saturday with prelims at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.
FRIDAY RESULTS
COMBINED TEAM TOTALS: 1. Dynamo 804, 2. TAC Titans 648.5, 3. Club Wolverine 390.5, 4. Bolles 248, 5. Blue Dolfins 210, 6. Chattahoochee Gold 179, 7. Y-Spartaquatics 174, 8. Nashville 160, 9. Lakeside 152, 10. Sarasota Tsunami 117.5.
MEN TEAM TOTALS: 1. Dynamo 392, 2. TAC Titans 307, 3. Bolles 242, 4. Club Wolverine 103, 5. Lakeside 89.
WOMEN TEAM TOTALS: 1. Dynamo 412, 2. TAC Titans 341.5, 3. Club Wolverine 287.5, 4. Blue Dolfins 186, 5. Y-Spartaquatics 171.
GIRLS
400-meter freestyle: 1. Hannah Bellard, CW 4:12.61, 2. Charlotte Hook, TAC 4:18.66, 3. Micayle Cronk, BD 4:18.87.
100-meter butterfly: 1. Gretchen Walsh, NAC 59.00, 2. Hannah Bellard, CW 1:00.30, 3. Avery Bargeron, DYN 1:00.43.
200-meter breaststroke: 1. Alicia Henry, DYN 2:32.21, 2. Ainsley Jones, DYN 2:32.43, 3. Hanna Schmidt, TS 2:32.44; FGC: 16. Molly Golding 2:41.56, time 0.46 (2:40.25 prelims time).
400-meter freestyle relay: 1. Club Wolverine 3:48.64, 2. TAC Titans 3:50.28, 3. Dynamo 3:50.82.
BOYS
400-meter freestyle: 1. Nicholas Caruso, GSC 3:54.56, 2. Lance Norris, TAC 3:55.43, 3. Zachary Kohm, Unattached 3:57.15; FGC: 29. Hector Paz 4:09.12, time drop 26.70.
100-meter butterfly: 1. Owen McDonald, DYN 54.55, 2. David Gapinski, LA 54.82, 3. Bradfoed Johnson, HSA 55.01; FGC: 14. Zerek Wilson 56.54, 22. Dylan Smiley 56.61, time drop 0.92.
200-meter breaststroke: 1. William Hack, BSS 2:16.46, 2. Harrison Herrera, BSS 2:17.08, 3. Will Scholtz, LAK 2:18.60; FGC: Giulian Martin, CANE 2:22.39, 21. Jacques Sonnier, BRST 2:24.68, 31. Dylan Smiley, MCDA 2:25.85.
400-meter freestyle relay: 1. TAC Titans 3:26.42, 2. Dynamo 3:27.39, 3. Bolles 3:28.53.
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