By Charlotte Wells on SwimSwam
2026 NOVA Speedo Grand Challenge
May 22-24, 2026 Irvine, CA LCM (50 meters) Livestream Results on Meet Mobile: “2026 CA 30th NOVA-Speedo Grand Challenge” Recaps: Day 1Day two of the 2026 NOVA Speedo Grand Challenge saw more top swims posted by the age group stars in attendance, with Gabi Brito leading the charge.
Brito, who trains with Beach Cities Alpha, clinched the victory in the women’s 100 fly with a lifetime best time of 59.05 on Saturday night. The 15-year-old shaved .44 off of her previous personal best, which she set in August 2025.
Brito’s performance marks the 2nd-fastest time in the country so far this season in the girls’ 15-16 age group, putting her just behind Audrey Derivaux (58.68) in the national ranking.
Her swim also bumped her up the all-time top 100 times list, tying her at 21st with Lucy Bell. Brito previously sat in the #34 spot with her performance from last season.
Also landing himself on the all-time list for his age group was 12-year-old Leo Liu. He threw down a top performance in the boys’ 7-12 100 breast, winning the event by over two-and-a-half seconds with a time of 1:12.01.
Liu, who swims for Rose Bowl Aquatics, knocked just over a second off of his former lifetime best (1:13.20) from a few weeks ago to land himself atop the season’s national rankings for the boys’ 11-12 age group. He is the only swimmer on the list to have broken the 1:13 barrier thus far in the season.
Liu also cracked the boys’ 11-12 all-time top 100 times list for the first time in this event, landing at 47th all-time with his performance in Irvine. This marks Liu’s second top 100 worthy swim at the meet, having tied for 84th on the boys’ 11-12 all-time ranking in the 50 breast (33.16) on day one.
The young age group stars continued to deliver, as Annabelle Hayes of Irvine Novaquatics and Jasper Ye of Aquazot Swim Club both topped the season’s national rankings in their respective age group categories for the 50 back.
Hayes, 11, won the girls’ 7-12 50 back in 31.95, dropping a full second over the course of the day after first posting a time of 32.52 during prelims. She narrowly beat out runner-up Isla Hodge (31.99) from Socal Aquatics Association, with the duo now holding the top two spots on the ranking of top times this season in the girls’ 11-12 50 back.
Meanwhile Ye, 12, prevailed in the boys’ 7-12 50 back by well over half a second, throwing down a personal best time of 30.27 to launch himself to the top of the season’s rankings in the boys’ 11-12 age group. He came into the meet with a lifetime best time of 32.71 from April, logging a significant improvement during yesterday’s competition.
Other Day 2 Highlights
Irvine Novaquatics’ Alyssa Ton has been having a strong meet so far. The 17-year-old won the women’s 200 free in 2:01.63, just under a second off of her personal best (2:00.66) from last season, after taking 3rd in the 400 free with a best time of 4:20.03 on day one. Ton also placed 12th in the women’s 100 fly (1:04.12) last night. Katherine Warkentin, who swims for Sandpipers of Nevada, delivered a smashing performance in the women’s 200 free, throwing down a lifetime best time of 2:03.99 to finish 6th overall. Entering the meet with a best time of 2:09.34 from April, Warkentin, 16, dropped over five seconds over the course of the day to mark the 13th-fastest time this season in the girls’ 15-16 age group. Earlier in the day, she won the women’s 800 free in 8:57.91, marking the only sub-9:00 performance in the field. Seventeen-year-old Nico Lee of Hillsboro HEAT Swim Team turned in a dominant swim in the men’s 200 back, winning by almost three seconds. He stopped the clock in 2:03.68, shaving .55 off of his personal best and landing at 8th on the ranking of top times this season in the boys’ 17-18 age group. Lee also placed 3rd in the men’s 50 back (26.59). The men’s 400 IM saw Marshall Smith of TSM Aquatics and Matthew Lanskikh of Evolution Racing Club both post the 12th-fastest time this season in their respective age group categories. Smith, 17, took 3rd in 4:28.57, knocking almost five seconds off of his former personal best (4:33.48) over the course of the day and jumping up the 17-18 boys’ ranking. Lanskikh, 15, placed 4th behind Smith in 4:30.82, shaving about a second off his lifetime best to climb the list of top times for 15-16 boys. Irvine Novaquatics’ Hope Heumann, 12, won the girls’ 7-12 100 breast with a lifetime best time of 1:18.65, dropping almost two seconds and propelling herself up the season’s national rankings to land in the #2 spot for 11-12 girls. Hunter Cehelnik turned in a strong performance in the men’s 200 fly. The 21-year-old prevailed with a personal best time of 53.39, shaving about seven tenths off of his previous best time (54.12) from July 2025. Behind him, Michal Chmielewski snagged the runner-up spot in 53.66, just half a second off the lifetime best time (53.11) that he set in April.Read the full story on SwimSwam: 2026 Speedo Grand Challenge Day 2: Age Group Stars Gabi Brito, Leo Liu Climb All-Time Rankings
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