Nathaniel Malcolm Climbs Nationwide Rankings in 17-18 Boys’ 100 Breast on Boise Sectionals Evening 3

2026 Speedo Sectionals — Boise

• July 16-19, 2026
• Boise, ID
• LCM (50 Meters)
• Live Results Available on Meet Mobile: “2026 Speedo LCM Sectionals — Boise, ID”
• Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2

The excessive schoolers as soon as once more dominated the competitors on evening three of the 2026 Boise Sectionals, headlined by Scottsdale Aquatic Club’s Nathaniel Malcolm with an attention-grabbing efficiency within the males’s 100 breast.

The 18-year-old, dedicated to swim for Cornell subsequent season, raced to victory within the occasion in a private finest time of 1:02.83, breaking the 1:03 barrier for the primary time and marking the one sub-1:03 swim of the evening. Malcolm got here into the meet with a finest time of 1:03.87 from June earlier than stopping the clock in 1:03.31 throughout prelims.

Malcolm’s efficiency launched him up the nationwide rankings, touchdown him at #9 on the record of high occasions this season within the boys’ 17-18 age group.

Also inching his means up the rankings was Arizona commit Cole Faut, who gained the lads’s 100 fly in 54.23. Faut, who swims for Phoenix Swim Club, shaved .13 off of his lifetime finest, bumping him as much as 18th within the nation this season within the boys’ 17-18 age group from his earlier spot in twenty first.

Faut’s victory within the 100 fly marked his fourth particular person victory of the meet, having already gained the 100 free (51.24), 50 fly (24.73) and 100 again (58.38).

Aydan Prassas of Phoenix Swim Club prevailed within the males’s 50 again, throwing down a time of 26.68 and knocking nearly a full second off of the lifetime finest that he set only a few weeks in the past in June (27.66). The 18-year-old was the one swimmer within the area to interrupt the 27 second barrier.

On the ladies’s aspect, it was the 15-16 ladies who shined. Corvallis Aquatic Team’s Zayda Miehl prevailed within the 400 free, stopping the clock in 4:18.39. While not a private finest time, the 16-year-old was the youngest competitor within the high eight and the one one within the area to go underneath 4:20.

Miehl touched the wall nearly three seconds forward of runner-up Leila Stafford of Flying Fish Arizona Swim Team, who logged a time of 4:21.01.

Fellow 16-year-old Sedona Stratton gained the ladies’s 100 breast, throwing down a private finest time of 1:11.69, blowing previous the 1:12 vary and knocking practically 1.5 seconds off of her former lifetime finest (1:13.01).

Stratton, who swims for Sawtooth Aquatic Club in Boise, beat out runner-up Kodi Wiman for the victory by simply .3, with Wiman charging in behind Stratton in 1:11.99. Stratton’s efficiency presently marks the 14th-fastest time this season within the ladies’ 15-16 age group.

The different two girls’s occasions of the evening have been gained by the school swimmers, though the excessive schoolers continued to present them a run for his or her cash. West Virginia University’s Baylee Sloan, who additionally represents Scottsdale Aquatic Club, claimed the victory within the 100 fly in 1:02.77, shaving .63 off her lifetime finest within the occasion.

The 20-year-old narrowly secured the win over UNCW commit Phoenix Rose, who stopped the clock in 1:02.90.

Jade Castro of Washington State University took dwelling the title within the 50 again with a time of 29.88, handing over the one sub-30 efficiency within the area. Racing into the wall simply .14 behind Castro was 16-year-old Alva Zhao, who stopped the clock in a private finest time of 30.02.

Other Event Winners:

• Men’s 400 free: Mason Edmund (SAC) – 3:55.49
• Women’s 800 free relay: FAST (Connolly Taylor, Naomi Weibel, Zhao, Stafford) – 8:31.26
• Men’s 800 free relay: SAC (Brady Holubar, Talan Denison, Mitchell Bailey, Patrick Dunn) – 7:47.78