Arizona
Kharun, Ruck, and Sammon Take Wins On Night Two Of Arizona Senior Champs
Arizona Senior State Championships
- Thursday, June 26 – Sunday, June 29, 2025
- Chandler High School Pool, Chandler, AZ
- LCM (50 meters)
- Psych Sheets
- Live Results on Meet Mobile: “AZ 2025 Senior Long Course Championship”
Day two of Arizona’s Senior Champs wrapped up last night. Winners consisted of a mix between Arizona State-trained World Championships qualifiers tuning up before Singapore and top age group talent.
One member of the former group was Canada’s Ilya Kharun. The Sun Devil swam the 200 fly, touching in 1:56.36 to be the event’s lone sub-2:00 athlete. Though not as fast as the 1:53.41 he won Canadian Trials with, this is a substantial improvement from the in-season 2:00.51 he clocked at the Pro Series in Fort Lauderdale.
Kharun’s Canadian national teammate Taylor Ruck also picked up a win of her own, though her race was much closer. Ruck swam the 200 free for the first time this season, swimming neck-and-neck with 16-year-old Leila Stafford of FAST throughout the race. At the touch, Ruck edged out Stafford 2:02.84 to 2:02.86. For Stafford, this swim marked a personal best by over a second and the #9 time among 15-16 girls in the country this season.
The men’s 200 free also went to a World Championships qualifier. Patrick Sammon, who will represent the stars and stripes in the 100 free, hit 1:48.82 in the 200 free last night. The only swimmer under 1:50 in the field, Sammon was a little over two seconds off his 1:46.54 personal best from 2025 U.S. Nationals.
Sasha Volkova, a 16-year-old representing Gold Medal, dropped a massive pb in the 200 breaststroke, holding off ASU’s Sonia Vaishnani for the win in the process. Volkova’s 2:35.50 time shattered her 2:38.06 best from 2023. Vaishnani settled for second with a 2:36.00, only .14 off her lifetime best.
Teddy Neilson, who just wrapped up his freshman season at the University of Arizona, took the men’s 200 breaststroke in 2:23.21.
After winning the 400 IM two nights ago, Paige Downey became the meet’s first double winner with another victory in the 200 fly. The 16-year-old Junior Pan Pac mile champion delivered a 2:18.43, about two seconds shy of her lifetime best.
Swim Neptune topped the podium in two of the three relays last night. They kicked off the night with a two-second victory in the mixed 200 medley relay (1:50.21) and ended it with another win in the men’s 400 free relay (3:28.18). Phoenix Swim Club, meanwhile, won the women’s 400 free relay with a 3:55.43.
Team Scores
Men
- Swim Neptune — 431
- Phoenix Swim Club — 425
- Scottsdale Aquatic Club — 301
Women
- Phoenix Swim Club — 414
- Gold Medal Swim Club — 376
- Scottsdale Aquatic Club — 356
Any time we go to Globe Field, memories immediately go back to the 2023 World Series, when we faced the Texas Rangers in this ballpark. It’s interesting to note that neither team has made it back to the postseason since then. Indeed, at least the D-backs have come close: the Rangers failed to post a winning record in 2024 or 2025, missing out on the playoffs by eight and six games respectively. The two sides have similar records right now as well, with Texas’s 19-21 a mere half a game behind Arizona’s 19-20. However, in the mediocre AL West, that’s good enough for the Rangers to be in second, two games back of… the Athletics? Wait, what?
Yeah, the last time before this year the A’s had sole possession of first was June 19, 2021 – y’know, back when they were in a different city, and weren’t embarrassed to name it. But, then, the AL as a whole is strikingly mediocre, with only three teams above .500: the Yankees, Rays and A’s. It’s because just four teams have winning records in interleague play, and none of those are better than 5-4. Right now, the National League is 25 games above .500 in interleague play, at 315-290. Texas are 7-8, taking two of three from the Cubs, Phillies and Pirates, but losing to the Dodgers and getting swept by the Reds (y’know back when they didn’t suck).
Last time the Diamondbacks were here was in August last season, and we took two out of three. We lost the opening game on a walkoff, 7-6, but rebounded to take the next two contests, by margins of 3-2 and 6-4. Andrew Saalfrank got the save in the final game. How long ago that all seems. We’ll see if Michael Soroka can keep the sterling streak of starts going. He was certainly a hard-luck loser last time, allowing just the one run over 6.1 innings. But that was enough in a 1-0 loss. In his last three start, the D-backs have scored a total of two runs, so hopefully he gets a bit more support tonight.
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