2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West

• December 10 – 13, 2025
• Lee & Joe Jamil Texas Swimming Center, Austin, Texas
• SCY (25 Yards)
• Meet Central
• Psych Sheets
• Live Results (also available on Meet Mobile: “2025 West Speedo Winter Juniors”
• Live Recaps
  • Prelims: Day 2
  • Finals: Day 1 | Day 2
• Day 3 Prelim Heat Sheet – Girls
• Day 3 Prelim Heat Sheet – Boys

The third day of the 2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships – West is set to get underway from the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, with preliminary heats on tap in five different events for both genders.

The session will kick off with the 400 IM, followed by the 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast and 100 back.

Among the headliners in this session on the girls’ side include Kayla Han, who comes in as the top seed in the 400 IM by four seconds, though sitting in 2nd is Sydney Schoeck, whose had a strong start to the meet, including winning the 1000 free over Han on Night 1. On Day 2, Han topped Schoeck by three seconds to win the 500 free.

Alyssa Ton is another name to watch in the girls’ 200 free, seeded 1st by nearly three seconds, while the 100 fly has a strong field that includes three girls, Clare Watson, Kelsey Zhang and Gabi Brito, all seeded under 52 seconds. Brito doubled up last night, winning both the 200 IM and 50 free last night.

The 100 breast is led by youngsters Bianca Nwaizu, 16, and Mikayla Tan, 15, while Vera Conic is the top seed in the 100 back and 15-year-old Maggie Dickinson is the only other swimmer seeded sub-53.

For the boys, Texas commit Rowan Cox owns a pair of top seeds, sitting as the only swimmer sub-46 in the 100 fly while also leading the 100 back. Anthony Dornoff sits atop the 400 IM entry list by nearly two seconds, Maxwell Stanislaus is the only boy sub-1:35 in the 200 free, and Andrew Eubanks heads up the 100 breast as the only swimmer seeded under 53 seconds.

GIRLS’ 400 IM – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 3:57.02, Katie Grimes – 2022
• 13-14 NAG Record: 4:06.95, Kayla Han – 2022
• 15-16 NAG Record: 3:57.02, Katie Grimes – 2022
• 17-18 NAG Record: 3:56.59, Bella Sims – 2022

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Kayla Han (RMDA), 4:06.10
2. Sydney Schoeck (CSP), 4:07.93
3. Hayden Gibson (HAWG), 4:15.66
4. Adalyn Lee (BREA), 4:16.72
5. Annabeth Town (HRA), 4:17.14
6. Rowyn Wilber (CLOV), 4:17.54
7. Emma Hussein (CANY), 4:17.62
8. Clara Seemann (EKC), 4:18.30

La Mirada Armada’s Kayla Han put up the top time of the session in the girls’ 400 IM from the 10th and final heat, as the 17-year-old put up a time of 4:06.10.

The swim for Han is the fourth-fastest of her career, just a second and a half shy of her season-best of 4:04.60 set last month. Her personal best sits at 4:04.44, set at this meet last season.

CSP Tideriders’ Sydney Schoeck, who beat Han head-to-head in the 1000 free on the opening night and then was the runner-up behind her in last night’s 500 free, dominated the penultimate heat in a time of 4:07.93, setting the two up for another battle this evening.

Schoeck, also 17, sets a new personal best with this performance, undercutting her previous mark of 4:08.41 set in March, moving her into 4th this season in the girls’ 17-18 age group (Han ranks 1st).

Razorback Aquatics’ Hayden Gibson advanced 3rd into the final in 4:15.66, while 14-year-old Adalyn Lee posted a time of 4:16.72 to qualify in 4th. Lee set a personal best of 4:12.32 last month, while Gibson’s PB stands at 4:13.78 from last season.

BOYS’ 400 IM – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 3:39.83, Maximus Williamson – 2022
• 13-14 NAG Record: 3:47.91, Luka Mijatovic – 2024
• 15-16 NAG Record: 3:39.83, Maximus Williamson – 2022
• 17-18 NAG Record: 3:35.27, Carson Foster – 2020

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Jackson Hartzler (CFSC), 3:45.02
2. Anthony Dornoff (RMDA), 3:47.25
3. Syunta Lee (WEST), 3:47.72
4. Brayden Capen (ACAD), 3:50.39
5. Grant Lilly (SASA), 3:51.27
6. Luke Dunn (SMAC), 3:52.83
7. Jack Maddan (FCST), 3:52.97
8. Max Garbacz (MAC), 3:53.12

Ohio State commit Jackson Hartzler knocked eight seconds off his lifetime best to claim the top seed for tonight’s final in the boys’ 400 IM with a bullet, clocking 3:45.02 to claim the win from the 12th and final heat out of Lane 2.

Hartzler, 16, launches his way up to 9th all-time in the boys’ 15-16 age group after his previous PB of 3:53.02 didn’t even have him in the top 100.

Two more 16-year-olds, La Mirada Armada’s Anthony Dornoff and West Coast Aquatics’ Syunta Lee, finished 2-3 in the heat in respective times of 3:47.25 and 3:47.72, moving into 21st and 27th all-time in the 15-16 age group, respectively.

Academy Bullets’ Brayden Capen was the only swimmer to qualify for the ‘A’ final who didn’t improve from his seed, touching in 3:50.39 to win the penultimate heat and advance 4th overall. The 17-year-old set his PB of 3:49.38 at NCSAs in March.

GIRLS’ 100 FLY – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 51.46, Alana Berlin – 2024
• 13-14 NAG Record: 50.64, Claire Curzan – 2019
• 15-16 NAG Record: 49.51, Claire Curzan – 2021
• 17-18 NAG Record: 49.24, Claire Curzan – 2022

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Gabi Brito (BCA), 51.99
2. Averie Hager (SASA), 52.50
3. Kelsey Zhang (PASA), 52.54
4. Emma Bronson (BEND), 52.60
5. Clare Watson (BC), 52.84
6. Adalynn Biegler (EDI), 53.04
7. Lucy Velte (EKC), 53.12
8. Sutton Forbis (BC), 53.52

Beach Cities Swimming’s Gabi Brito ripped the lone sub-52 swim of the morning in the girls’ 100 fly, as the 15-year-old clocked 51.99 to lead the field into the final.

Brito was just 12 one-hundredths shy of her personal best time of 51.87, set this past February at the Speedo Sectionals in Oceanside.

Brito won the first circle-seeded heat, and then Palo Alto’s Kelsey Zhang topped the next heat in a comfortable 52.54, cruising her through to the final in 3rd.

In the final heat, Streamline Aquatics’ Averie Hager, a Notre Dame commit, knocked nearly a full second off her best time in 52.50 to touch first and qualify 2nd overall, with top seed Clare Watson taking 2nd in the heat in 52.84 to qualify in 5th.

From Britos’ heat, Alabama commit Emma Bronson of Bend Swim Club broke 53 seconds for the first time in 52.60 to qualify in 4th.

BOYS’ 100 FLY – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 45.46, Ryan Hoffer – 2015
• 13-14 NAG Record: 45.81, Thomas Heilman – 2021
• 15-16 NAG Record: 44.67, Thomas Heilman – 2022
• 17-18 NAG Record: 43.86, Thomas Heilman – 2024

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Micah Davis (AQJT), 46.46
2. Rowan Cox (TXLA), 46.59
3. Brandon Ha (DART), 46.65
4. Charlie Cancelmo (SMAC), 46.80
5. Ty Thomas (RCA), 46.95
6. Aidan Kaplan (WILD), 47.13
7. Shareef Elaydi (SCSC), 47.19
8. Evan Pan-Wang (MTRO), 47.36

Virginia commit Micah Davis threw down a new lifetime best of 46.46 to lead the prelims of the boys’ 100 fly, out-touching Brandon Ha (46.65) and Charlie Cancelmo (46.80) in the 13th of 14 heats.

The swim for Davis improves on his previous best of 46.84, set in March, while Cancelmo, 16, broke 47 seconds for the first time after coming in with a PB of 47.48 set just a few weeks ago. Ha, who like Davis, is 18, owns a PB of 46.27.

Longhorn Aquatics’ Rowan Cox, the top seed coming in, put up a time of 46.59 from the final heat to advance 2nd into the final, while 16-year-old Ty Thomas was the runner-up in the heat in a time of 46.95, knocking a half-second off his lifetime best to advance in 5th. Thomas is coming off a breakout showing on Thursday, placing 2nd in the 200 IM and 5th in the 50 free with a pair of big best times.

GIRLS’ 200 FREE – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 1:40.78, Bella Sims – 2022
• 13-14 NAG Record: 1:44.55, Missy Franklin – 2010
• 15-16 NAG Record: 1:42.03, Katie Ledecky – 2013
• 17-18 NAG Record: 1:40.31, Missy Franklin – 2014

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Charlotte Milkie (CCAQ), 1:46.82
2. Maddie Thornton (BEND), 1:47.04
3. Alyssa Ton (NOVA), 1:47.26
4. Adalynn Biegler (EDI), 1:47.39
5. Lily Andruss (LAC), 1:47.76
6. Anne Dickinson (SSTY), 1:47.88
7. Leila Stafford (FAST), 1:48.01
8. Alyssa Albertyn (SEA), 1:48.12

Circle City Aquatics’ Charlotte Milkie went out fast and held on coming home to set a new personal best time in the 200 free, advancing 1st into tonight’s final in 1:46.82.

Milkie, a 16-year-old USC commit, lowered her previous best of 1:47.30, set last month, to rank 8th this season in the girls’ 15-16 age group.

Racing alongside Milkie in the first circle-seeded heat, fellow 16-year-olds Adalynn Biegler (1:47.39) and Lily Andruss (1:47.76) qualified 4th and 5th into the final, with Biegler having notably set a new 200 free best of 1:46.48 leading off the 800 free relay on Wednesday.

Bend Swim Club’s Maddie Thornton ran down top seed Alyssa Ton on the last 50 to win the final heat in a time of 1:47.04, knocking a second and a half off her personal best time to qualify 2nd into the final, while Ton clocked 1:47.26 for 3rd.

BOYS’ 200 FREE – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 1:31.37, Maximus Williamson – 2023
• 13-14 NAG Record: 1:34.68, Thomas Heilman – 2021
• 15-16 NAG Record: 1:32.46, Thomas Heilman – 2023
• 17-18 NAG Record: 1:30.46, Maximus Williamson – 2025

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Maxwell Stanislaus (LAC), 1:35.23
2. Nathan Foucu (QSS), 1:35.51
3. Grant Kellis (GM), 1:35.85
4. Micah Tennison (SSAN), 1:35.91
5. Grant Lilly (SASA), 1:36.24
6. Andrew Maksymowski (NOVA), 1:36.29
7. Alex Pletcher (SDSA), 1:36.43
8. Yury Plaskin (RISE), 1:36.85

Lakeside’s Maxwell Stanislaus defended his top seed in the 200 free, clocking 1:35.23 behind a blistering 23.91 closing 50 to qualify 1st into the final, holding off Gold Medal Swim Club’s Grant Kellis.

Kellis, who moves through to the final in 3rd, also came home like a freight train, splitting 24.06 on the final 50 to chip two one-hundredths off his newly minted personal best set on Wednesday night’s 800 free relay in 1:35.85.

Quicksilver’s Nathan Foucu won the penultimate heat in 1:35.51, qualifying 2nd overall, while Swim Streamline’s Micah Tennison dropped a second and a half from his PB to go from 1:37.43 to 1:35.91 and advance 4th into the final. Tennison, the only 16-and-under swimmer to make the ‘A’ final, now ranks 2nd this season in the boys’ 15-16 age group.

GIRLS’ 100 BREAST – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 57.76, Lydia Jacoby – 2022
• 13-14 NAG Record: 59.94, Karina Plaza – 2025
• 15-16 NAG Record: 58.19, Alex Walsh – 2017
• 17-18 NAG Record: 57.29, Lydia Jacoby – 2023

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Bianca Nwaizu (NOVA), 59.91
2. Mikayla Tan (SRVA), 1:00.18
3. Ella McWhorter (LAC), 1:00.31
4. Sofia Szymanowski (NOVA), 1:00.39
5. Kate Canales (AAAA), 1:00.41
6. Grace Koenig-Song (WILD), 1:00.57
7. Mia Su (SCSC), 1:00.71
8. Mallory Ferguson (CBSC), 1:01.31

Irvine Novaquatics’ Bianca Nwaizu won the final heat of the girls’ 100 breast in the only sub-1:00 time of the morning to lead the field into tonight’s session.

The 16-year-old touched in 59.91, just shy of her 59.73 personal best set at this meet last year when she finished 3rd.

San Ramon Valley Aquatics’ Mikayla Tan, 15, won the penultimate heat in 1:00.18, advancing 2nd into the final in a time just shy of the PB she set in September (59.82). Tan is on good form this week, placing 2nd in last night’s 200 IM in a new personal best of 1:56.13.

Lakeside’s Ella McWhorter clocked 1:00.31 to drop 26 one-hundredths off her PB set at this meet last year to advance in 3rd, with a tightly-bunched field behind her featuring three more swimmers 1:00.57 or faster.

Kate Canales, Grace Koenig-Song and Mia Su all set personal best times to advance 5th, 6th and 7th, ranking them 3rd, 4th and 5th this season in the 15-16 age group behind Tan and Nwaizu.

Narrowly missing the final in 9th and 10th, 14-year-old Lexie D’Amico (1:01.41) and 13-year-old Jordan Xanthos (1:01.59) both set new best times to move into 21st and 27th all-time in girls’ 13-14 age group, respectively.

BOYS’ 100 BREAST – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 51.72, Campbell McKean – 2024
• 13-14 NAG Record: 53.06, Reece Whitley – 2014
• 15-16 NAG Record: 51.75, Michael Andrew – 2015
• 17-18 NAG Record: 51.16, Reece Whitley – 2018

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Drew Eubanks (TDPS), 52.69
2. Gunnar Hansen (LSC), 53.26
3. Sam Wolf (MAC), 53.60
4. Isaac Carsel (DART), 53.75
5. Shareef Elaydi (SCSC), 53.85
6. Lucas Huckabay (CLOV), 54.10
7. Denny Woods (DGO), 54.11
8. Jordan Ragland (LIFE), 54.18

Tennessee commit Drew Eubanks set a new personal best en route to claiming the top seed for tonight’s final of the boys’ 100 breast.

The 17-year-old touched in 52.69 to lower his previous mark of 52.84 set just last month at the RMDA Legends of Coaching meet. Eubanks moves up one spot into 3rd in the boys’ 17-18 age group this season.

Lubbock Swim Club’s Gunnar Hansen, an Alabama commit, dropped just over two-tenths from his PB in 53.26 to advance 2nd into the final, with Madison Aquatic Club’s Sam Wolf (53.60) close behind in the same heat to move through in 3rd.

Sixteen-year-old Shareef Elaydi topped the first circle-seeded heat in 53.85, advancing 5th into the final while coming within seven-tenths of his PB (53.18).

GIRLS’ 100 BACK – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 50.53, Bella Sims – 2022
• 13-14 NAG Record: 50.44, Charlotte Crush – 2023
• 15-16 NAG Record: 49.46, Charlotte Crush – 2024
• 17-18 NAG Record: 49.46, Claire Curzan – 2023

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Zoe Smith (LRAD), 52.75
2. Maggie Dickinson (SSTY), 52.79
3. Gabi Brito (BCA), 52.92
4. Megan Wang (CLSS), 53.29
5. Sutton Forbis (BC), 53.47
6. Maddie Thornton (BEND), 53.49
7. Katrin Otaegi (SRVA), 53.57
8. Vera Conic (PPD), 53.73

NC State commit Zoe Smith dropped a massive personal best to claim the top seed in tonight’s final of the girls’ 100 back, clocking 52.75 out of one of the non-circle-seeded heats.

Smith, 18, improved on her previous best of 54.23, set back in 2023, to rank 8th this season in the girls’ 17-18 age group.

Schroeder Swim Team’s Maggie Dickinson, 15, won the final heat in 52.79 to advance 2nd into the final, just shy of her personal best of 52.66 set in April.

Gabi Brito, who qualified 1st into the 100 fly final earlier in the session, set a big personal best of 52.92 to qualify 3rd overall, breaking 53 for the first time as she takes down her previous PB of 53.57 set last December. The swim moves Brito into a tie for 70th all-time in the 15-16 age group.

Maddie Thornton, who advanced 2nd into the 200 free final earlier in the session, put up the sixth-fastest time in 53.49, while Vera Conic, the top seed coming into the 100 back, touched in 53.73 to sneak into the ‘A’ final in 8th.

BOYS’ 100 BACK – PRELIMS

• West Meet Record: 45.58, Ryan Hoffer – 2015
• 13-14 NAG Record: 47.44, Daniel Diehl – 2020
• 15-16 NAG Record: 45.60, Anthony Grimm – 2019
• 17-18 NAG Record: 44.63, Ryan Murphy – 2014

‘A’ Final Qualifiers:

1. Rowan Cox (TXLA), 46.17
2. Ben Jaggers (WLOO), 46.40
3. Jordan Ragland (LIFE), 46.56
4. Miles Blackson-Dunbar (BCA), 46.79
5. Ty Thomas (RCA), 47.21
6. Cade Vieler (LAC), 47.49
7. Joshua Smith (LRAD), 47.50
8. Luan Barnard (CHAT), 47.55

Texas commit Rowan Cox dropped more than a second off his personal best to claim the top seed into tonight’s final of the boys’ 100 back, blasting his way to a time of 46.17.

Cox, whose previous best stood at 47.23 set at this meet last year, moves up to 30th all-time in the boys’ 17-18 age group.

Waterloo Swimming’s Ben Jaggers, who led off the club’s record-breaking 200 medley relay on Wednesday, set a lifetime best of 46.40 to advance 2nd into the final, undercutting his day-old mark of 46.95 set leading off the 400 medley relay on Thursday. Coming into the meet, his PB stood at 47.96.

Life Time Northern California’s Jordan Ragland also set a big best time, clocking 46.56 to shatter his previous mark of 47.83, set in May, to advance in 3rd. A Cal commit, Ragland also qualified for the ‘A’ final of the 100 breast earlier in the session, and won the 50 free last night, showing incredible versatility.