33 12 months Previous Chuck Katis Swims 1:04.89 100 Breast On Evening 1 Of Richmond Sectionals

2026 Richmond Super Sectionals

Some of the highest swimmers from the east coast are competing at Richmond Super Sectionals this week. Highlighting night time 1 was 33 yr previous Chuck Katis who received the lads’s 100 breaststroke in a 1:04.89. Katis was a 1:02.65 on the finish of final summer season, which was his first lengthy course season return to competitors since 2019.

Also swimming to a win on the boys aspect was 16 yr previous Justin Shi who dropped 2.11 seconds en path to a win within the 200 IM as he swam to a 2:03.19. That strikes him all the best way up within the 15-16 prime 100 age group to take a seat at #26 as his earlier finest sat at #90. He received the occasion by over two seconds. He has dropped 5 seconds within the final yr as he was a 2:08.39 again in May 2025.

Doug Sims dropped 0.63 seconds in his win within the 100 free, touching in a 51.76. Sims, an Emory commit, had a robust brief course season within the occasion this previous winter. Northwestern commit Spencer Belbot was 2nd in a 52.02. Also incomes a win on the boys aspect was Virginia Tech’s Andy Roose who swam to a 25.99 within the 50 again. Roose simply completed his freshman season with the Hokies, swimming at NCAAs with a lifetime finest 46.07 100 again for forty first in addition to a 1:39.83 200 again for twenty first.

The women aspect of the night time was highlighted by 100 breast because the occasion got here all the way down to the ultimate contact as Jenny Hofer dropped 0.04 seconds and earned the win in a 1:13.64 to the touch simply forward of Ava Jochims who was 2nd in a 1:13.79. That was Jochims’ 2nd swim of the session as she additionally swam a 2:20.06 for 2nd within the 200 IM. Sofie Vanyo received the 200 IM in a 2:19.18.

16 yr previous Samantha Roemer received the 100 free in a 57.32, dropping 0.69 seconds within the course of. She has dropped over a second within the final yr as she swam a 58.54 at this meet a yr in the past. The #13 ranked recruit within the women highschool class of 2026 Virginia Hinds swam to a win within the 50 again as she swam a 29.27, dropping a tenth off her earlier lifetime finest.