2024 SCS/MVN 14U Age Group Championships
- July 21-24
- Marguerite Aquatics Complex
- Mission Viejo, California
- LCM (50 meters)
- Results on MeetMobile: “2024 SCS/MVN 14-Under Elite A/G Champs”
Aquazot Swim Club 12-year-old Raymond Jew dropped almost 20 seconds in the 200-meter breaststroke last weekend in Mission Viejo, California, rocketing up to 10th in the U.S. boys 11-12 national age group (NAG) rankings.
Jew stopped the clock at 2:33.62, demolishing his previous-best 2:53.33 from last May. Only nine American boys in his age group have ever been faster.
Fastest 11-12 American Boys, LCM 200 Breast
- Ethan Dang – 2:27.88 (2014)
- Keane Alejandro – 2:29.74 (2015)
- Paul Degrado – 2:29.96 (2014)
- Andrew Zou – 2:29.98 (2018)
- Sean Mahoney – 2:30.12 (2001)
- Richard Poplawski – 2:31.03 (2019)
- Parker Macy – 2:31.71 (2016)
- Chris Winalski – 2:32.24 (2019)
- Hank Rivers – 2:33.27 (2016)
- Raymond Jew – 2:33.62 (2024)
Jew earned another victory in the 100 breast (1:13.12) while adding two more lifetime bests in the 50 breast (33.41) and 200 IM (2:26.73).
Irvine Novaquatics 14-year-old Michael Wang stepped up with some huge relay performances. He led off his triumphant 400 free relay (3:45.03) with a time of 52.26, taking almost a second off his previous-best 53.02 from last month. Wang now ranks 17th all-time in the 100 free among U.S. 13-14 boys.
Wang also clocked freestyle anchor splits of 24.30 and 24.18 on Irvine Novaquatics’ 200 free relay and 200 medley relay, respectively. The 200 free relay broke the NAG record at 1:39.22 while the 200 medley relay set a new Southern California LSC record at 1:50.71. He showed off his versatility by adding lifetime bests in the 200 IM (2:11.98) and 800 free (8:41.35).
Irvine Novaquatics 11-year-old Sahiel Pai dropped more than five seconds in the 200 breast (2:44.55), one of four impressive lifetime bests along with the 100 breast (1:14.55), 200 IM (2:31.39), and 100 free (1:02.70).
Girls Recap
Beach Cities Swimming 13-year-old Gabi Brito led off her 400 medley relay with a personal-best 100 back time of 1:02.65, dropping more than a second off her best time from last month to move up to 41st in the NAG rankings. Her leadoff helped Beach Cities Swimming establish a new Southern California LSC record of 4:19.66, annihilating the old standard of 4:25.45 set by Novaquatics in 2010.
Brito also went a personal-best 30.06 in the 50 back, almost a second faster than her previous-best 30.82 from earlier this month. She was the youngest competitor at last month’s U.S. Olympic Trials, placing 49th in the 50 free (25.74).
Irvine Novaquatics 9-year-old Grace Wang climbed the NAG rankings in the 100 fly up to No. 48 all-time with her personal-best 1:11.21, dropping almost half a second in the process. She threw down four more lifetime bests in the 50 fly (33.13), 200 IM (2:40.44), 50 back (35.73), and 200 free (2:26.76).
Aquazot Swim Club 9-year-old Bella Luu knocked almost three seconds off her best 100 breast time on her way to the win in 1:30.97. She also ripped a personal-best 100 fly (1:21.95) and narrowly missed her lifetime best in the 50 breast (42.26 from last month) at 41.50.
Irvine Novaquatics 10-year-old Hope Heumann put together a eye-popping performance with six lifetime bests, highlighted by her breaststroke events. She went 38.81 in the 50 breast and 1:23.97 in the 100 breast, dropping more than a second in the 50 and almost a second in the 100. Kristen Caverly still owns LSC records in both events (37.56/1:21.39) from way back in 1995. Heumann also clocked personal bests in the 200 IM (2:41.89), 50 free (31.05), 100 free (1:07.47), and 400 free (5:09.04).
Aquazot Swim Club 11-year-old Lyric Radke couldn’t quite break her own Southern California LSC record in the 100 back (1:10.73 from last month) with her time of 1:11.96, but she did deliver a pair of lifetime bests in the 100 free (1:02.28) and 100 fly (1:08.40). She dropped more than half a second in the 100 free and almost four seconds in the 100 fly.
