A large number of young people made huge waves in the competitive swimming world during the recent 2017 Husky Invitation held in December. The invite, which took place from December 1 to 3 in Washington, offered many high schoolers the chance to display their swimming skills and further make a name for themselves as many prepare to head to college campuses next season, according to Brandon Drawz, swimming aficionado and president of the Husky Swimming Foundation.
One of the most outstanding athletes at the invite was Alexei Sancov, who plans to swim for the University of Southern California next season and is currently training with the highly reputed Terrapins Swim Team. He achieved the best times in multiple invite events and is arguably one of the fastest freshman entering the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Other noteworthy swimmers from the 2017 Husky Invitation include Andrei Minakov, 15, who is Sancov’s Terrapins teammate. Minakov is currently the record holder for the 13-14 100M fly national age group, and the athlete’s 100Y fly from the invite weekend put him in fourth place all-time in the age group of 15- to 16-year-olds.
The University of California, Santa Barbara also enjoyed a solid meet in December. Billy Mullis achieved a time of around 141 and thus won the 200 back. In addition, Mason Title achieved a 19.61 time to dominate the 50 free, and Logan Hotchkiss achieved a time of around 15:03 to win the 1650 free.
The Husky International is an event that serious swimmers look forward to. The Husky Swimming Foundation–backed event caters to young people in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. The Husky Swimming Foundation is currently raising funds in the hopes of offering a yearly operating budget for a resurrected University of Washington intercollegiate swimming program.
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