Colt Chaires and his North Carolina Aquatic Club teammate Lysander Mihaly both dropped big time to finish 1-2 on Thursday in Cary.
2026 Cary, North Carolina Sectionals
- March 12-15, 2026
- Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary, North Carolina
- Short Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims/Finals
- Results on Meet Mobile: “2026 NC TAC Speedo Champions Series ESSZ”
U.S. Olympian Ashley Twichell won the women’s 1000 free, and a group of high schoolers had breakout swims in the men’s 1000 free, on night 1 of the 2026 Cary Sectionals.
Twichell, 36, didn’t compete officially between the 2024 Olympic Trials and November 2025. Since then, she has worked her way back into competition with meets every four-to-six weeks.
On Thursday, she won the 1000 free in 9:39.58, her best time in that event of three swims in her most recent comeback. That won the race by about two seconds ahead of Brooke Travis, who was second in 9:41.51…