2025 Winter Juniors — East: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

2025 WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – EAST

• December 10-13, 2025
• Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Prelims: 10 a.m. EST
    • Wednesday (1000 free): 1 p.m. EST
  • Finals: 5 p.m. EST
    • Wednesday (relays): 4 p.m. EST
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Day 1 Relays Heat Sheet

Welcome to the first session of the 2025 Winter Juniors — East Championships! The best junior swimmers in the United States are gathered at two meets this weekend with the East Championships swimming in Indianapolis, Indiana and the West Championships swimming in Austin, Texas.

The action in Indiana kicks off about an hour earlier than it will in Austin, which means all week East swimmers will be setting the standard for racing. We have seen NAG records broken at the East meet only to fall a few hours later at the West meet, so nothing is guaranteed.

Every night, SwimSwam will publish a “combined results” article where you can see the top eight across both meets, so don’t worry about keeping up with both at the same time.

Today’s action actually started with the 1000 freestyles, which we will recap below.

The relay session will likely feature a few big name swimmers including Laker Swim Club’s Rylee Erisman, who will be racing her last Winter Juniors after she reclassified to the class of 2026 last month.

Laker’s 200 medley relay is seeded 4th individually and their 800 freestyle relay is seeded first in the event. Both relays will race in the 2nd girls heat and Erisman could appear on one, both, or neither.

Audrey Derivaux, from the Jersey Wahoos, and Charlotte Crush, from Lakeside, are also major names to watch on the girl’s side as they hunt NAG records all weekend, starting with tonight.

Whenever boys relays are in the water, we also need to be aware of the Bolles School Sharks, and their propensity to NAG Record Breaking swims.

Girls 1000 Free — Top 8

• 13-14 NAG Record: 9:29.81 – Katie Ledecky, 2011
• 15-16 NAG Record: 9:14.22 – Katie Ledecky, 2013
• 17-18 NAG Record: 8:59.65 – Katie Ledecky, 2015

1. Elizabeth Eichbrecht (NOVA) — 9:39.02
2. Brinkleigh Hansen (SPA) — 9:39.64
3. Emily Wolf (FAST) — 9:42.65
4. Clare Custer (SYS) — 9:43.25
5. Ellie Clarke (CSC) — 9:49.27
6. Clare Herfel (CLPR) — 9:50.36
7. Sydney Hardy (SYS) — 9:50.36
8. Jane Chevalier (BAD) — 9:50.57

The girls 1000 freestyle was close with Supernova Swim Team’s Elizabeth Eichbrecht, 17, earning the overall top time in 9:39.02, coming in just six tenths ahead of 15-year-old Brinkleigh Hansen from Saint Petersburg Aquatics.

Eichbrecht’s final time of 9:39.02 was a 10 second drop from her previous best 9:49.50 from the end of March. The senior Indiana commit swam a very consistent race, and actually sat behind Hansen at the beginning of the race, turning a little under a second behind at the 200 mark with her 1:51.50 to Hansen’s 1:50.83.

From there, Eichbrecht maintained her pace of 23-mids, splitting between 29.24 and 29.31 on six consecutive 50s. Hansen dropped off that pace a little jumping to 29.6s with a few 29.3s mixed in.

Eichbrecht ultimately came out on top, splitting 56.83 on her final 100 to hold off a late charge from Hansen, who came home in 56.23. Hansen’s time was a new personal best, dropping from the 9:43.00 she set in March.

Emily Wolf, from Fishers, rounded out the top three with an enormous drop from her previous best of 10:08.03. She touched in 9:42.65 to swim under 10 minutes for the first time. Wolf is committed to swim at NC State in the fall of 2027.

Sydney Hardy from the Sarasota Sharks finished 7th in 9:50.36 as the only 14-year-old in the top 8. This was a seven second drop from the 9:57.93 she swam in March.

Boys 1000 Free — Top 8

• 13-14 NAG Record: 8:46.50 – Luka Mijatovic, 2023
• 15-16 NAG Record: 8:37.01 – Luka Mijatovic, 2025
• 17-18 NAG Record: 8:42.25 — Ethan Ekk, 2025

1. Colin Jacobs (UN) — 8:48.22
2. William Shoesmith (BSS) — 8:57.36
3. Trent Allen (CSC) — 8:58.65
4. Jackson Cooper (BAD) — 9:01.75
5. Oliver Shao (BAD) — 9:02.27
6. Jackson Irwin (SRQ) — 9:02.84
7. Ewan Dalrymple (CS) — 9:05.02
8. Liam Drake (RSA) — 9:08.18

The boys 1000 free was not as close as the girls with Colin Jacobs taking the top time in the event by nearly 10 seconds over the rest of the field. Jacobs touched in 8:48.22, nearly 20 seconds faster than the 9:07.94 that stood as his best time from the opening 1000 of his 1650 at last year’s Winter Junior Championships.

Jacobs held 26-mids throughout the race with just four of his 50s coming in slower than 26.69.

Bolles School Sharks 16-year-old William Shoesmith finished 2nd in 8:57.36, which was more than 13 seconds faster than the 9:10.47 he swam in March of this year. He came in just over a second ahead of Carmel Swim Club’s Trent Allen, who touched in 8:58.65.

Shoesmith, a 2027 UVA commit, was out fast, holding 26-highs through the first 500 mark and turning in 4:24.82 before falling off that pace to split 27-mids through the end of the race.

Allen, who is committed to Florida, was out even faster, turning in 4:23.79 at the 500 mark after he split a huge 48.63 on the opening 100. He dropped to 27-highs to finish in 8:58.65. This was Allen’s first time swimming the 1000 SCY. He has also never swum a 1650 freestyle, so this will be his first recorded time in the event.

Girls 200-Yard Medley Relay — Timed Finals

• Meet Record: 1:36.48 – Carmel Swim Club (Berglund, Sweeney, Shackell, Christman), 2022
• 13-14 NAG Record: 1:41.57 – TAC Titans (Liu, He, Nixon, Whelehan), 2024
• 15-16 NAG Record: 1:39.21 – Virginia Gators (Muzzy, Kulp, Bray, Hamilton), 2017
• 17-18 NAG Record: 1:38.98 — Nashville Aquatic Club (Hurt, Walsh, Massey, Walsh), 2020
• 15-18 Relay NAG Record: Carmel Swim Club (Berglund, Sweeney, Shackell, Christman), 2022

Top 3 Teams

1. Mecklenburg Swim Association ‘A’ — 1:37.29
2. TAC Titans ‘A’ — 1:38.40
3. SwimMAC ‘A’ — 1:39.14

Mecklenburg Swim Association took the top time in the 200 medley relay from all the way in lane two, coming in more than a second ahead of the top seeded TAC Titans ‘A’ team.

Karina Plaza led off for the MSA team in 24.75, coming in nearly a second behind TAC’s Reina Lu, who swam 23.99. Lakeside’s Charlotte Crush had the fastest backstroke split in the field at 23.86 for the lead.

Mecklenburg took over the top spot on the breaststroke leg with Eliza Wallace‘s 26.94, which was the fastest breaststroke split in the field. TAC’s Carolin He split 28.78 and Lakeside’s Kinsley Ramey was 29.74.

Taylor Klein swam the fly leg for MSA, touching in 23.12 to extend their lead over TAC, who touched in 23.31 with Nikki Nixon.

Finally, the freestyle saw Maddy Boland split 22.48 to bring the team home in 1:37.29, which was a bit slower than the 22.32 TAC’s Caden Martin split to bring the Titans home in 2nd.

Rylee Erisman had the fastest freestyle split for Laker Swim Club with her monster 21.64 bringing the tea home in 4th overall.

SwimMAC finished 3rd with Erin Greathouse (25.88), Avery Klamforth (27.58), Emma Richardson (23.51), and Bree Smith (22.17) touching in 1:39.14.

Boys 200-Yard Medley Relay — Timed Finals

• Meet Record: 1:26.16 — Nashville Aquatic Club (Amlicke, Attmore, Nicholas, Schumann), 2023
• 13-14 NAG Record: 1:34.61 – Carmel Swim Club (Lancaster, Malicki, Haig, Enoch), 2020
• 15-16 NAG Record: 1:28.85 – Mason Manta Rays (C. Foster, Van Gorp, McDonald, Chaney), 2018
• 17-18 NAG Record: 1:25.94 – Nashville Aquatic Club (Amlicke, Schumann, Nicholas, Dong), 2024
• 15-18 Relay NAG Record: 1:25.94 – Nashville Aquatic Club (Amlicke, Schumann, Nicholas, Dong), 2024

Top 3 Teams 

1. Central Ohio Aquatics ‘A’ — 1:27.11
2. Blazing Barracudas ‘A’ — 1:27.27
3. Bolles School Sharks ‘A’ –1:27.29

The boys 200 medley relay went to Central Ohio Aquatics, who swam 1:27.11 to touch just over a tenth ahead of the Blazing Barracudas and the Bolles School Sharks.

Bolles started the relay in the lead with Krish Jain‘s 22.30 split bringing them in ahead of Central Ohio’s Jack Mahaffey’s 22.48 and Jaime Hong‘s 22.74 for the Blazing Barracudas.

The tide changed slightly on the breaststroke leg with Central Ohio taking the lead thanks to Jake Lloyd‘s 23.82 split. Blazing Barracudas’ Jude Banks had one of the fastest breaststroke splits in the field at 23.66 to bring his team in just a tenth behind Central Ohio while Bolles dropped back after Lucas Young split 24.54.

On the fly leg, Central Ohio’s Caden Mahl was 21.44 to maintain the lead over Derek Fan from the Barracudas, who was 21.47, and George Dovellos from Bolles, who was 21.13.

Finally, the freestyle saw Austin Carpenter split 19.37 to lock up the win for Central Ohio while Thor Johannessen was 19.40 for the Barracudas to just hold of Bolles who had Liam Carrington on the anchor at 19.32.

GIRLS 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Meet Record: 6:59.52 – Carmel Swim Club (Shackell, Bowen, Sweeney, Han), 2023
• 13-14 NAG Record: 7:18.96 – NOVA Aquatics (G. Sheble, C. Sheble, Erickson, Ackerly), 2017
• 15-16 NAG Record: 7:08.94 – Nation’s Capital (Duncan, Spink, Wall, Gemmell), 2020
• 17-18 NAG Record: 7:06.69 – Nation’s Capital (Duncan, Wall, Spink, Gemmell), 2022
• 15-18 Relay NAG Record: 6:52.66 — Sandpipers of Nevada (Sims, Grimes, Hodges, Weinstein), 2022

Top 3 Teams After Two Heats

1. TAC Titans ‘A’ — 7:09.42
2. Laker Swim ‘A’ — 7:10.46
3. Bolles School Sharks ‘A’  — 7:16.61

Rylee. Erisman. Laker Swim Club finished 2nd individually, but Rylee Erisman anchored the team in a massive 1:41.86 to bring them back into contention after they sat more than five seconds back at the 600 mark.

The TAC Titans won the relay in 7:09.42, holding off the monster split from Erisman at the end. Finola Whelehan led off in 1:46.68, about a second off her lifetime best 1:45.87 from last month.

Reina Liu swam the 2nd leg for TAC in 1:47.54 before handing off to Carolin He, who split 1:49.04 on the 3rd leg.

Sloane Whelehan split 1:46.16, a hundredth faster than her lifetime best flat start in the event, to hold off Erisman and bring home the gold for the TAC Titans.

Brynn Lavigueur led off for Laker, betting them out to a lead over the TAC team with her 1:45.94 split, which was about a tenth off her lifetime best 1:45.82 from this meet last year.

Addison Bitel swam 2nd, splitting 1:54.03, before handing off to Liliana Krstolic, who was 1:48.63 on the 3rd leg.

Erisman split 23.16/25.76/26.31/26.63 to nearly chase down the win, and swim by far the fastest relay split in the field.

The Bolles School Sharks team of Alison Kelly (1:48.06), Ainsley Stephan (1:48.95), Heidi Stoute (1:50.27), and Ella Gotham (1:49.33) swam 7:16.61 to lock up 3rd place overall.

The Jersey Wahoos finished 5th with Audrey Derivaux leading them off in a new lifetime best 1:44.95 to drop from the 1:45.20 she swam in February of this year.

BOYS 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Meet Record: 6:23.21 – Carmel Swim Club (Davis, Rothrock, Hadley, Mitchell), 2019
• 13-14 NAG Record: 6:51.02 – SwimMAC (Sammons, Sweet, Hamid, Cagle) 2024
• 15-16 NAG Record: 6:30.45 – Rose Bowl Aquatics (Dalmacio, Kim, Larrick, Maurer), 2021
• 17-18 NAG Record: 6:20.34 – Lakeside Aquatic Club (Williamson, Lucas, Hatcher, Paulk), 2023
• 15-18 Relay NAG Record: 6:20.34 – Lakeside Aquatic Club (Williamson, Lucas, Hatcher, Paulk), 2023

Top 3 After Two Heats

1. Bolles School Sharks ‘A’ — 6:26.74
2. Carmel Swim Club ‘A’ — 6:31.35
3. Mecklenburg Swim Association ‘A’ — 6:31.88

The Bolles School Sharks might have finished 3rd in the 200 medley relay, but the 800 free relay was all about them, with their ‘A’ relay team touching more than four seconds ahead of the rest of the field for their first win of the meet.

George Dovellos led the team off in 1:36.62, three tenths faster than his previous lifetime best 1:36.96 from March of 2025.

Liam Carrington split a monster 1:33.80 on the 2nd leg before handing off to Camp Hartman , who was 1:39.05 in 3rd. Noah Stotler swam 4th, splitting 1:37.27 to lock up the win for the Sharks.

Carmel Swim Club finished 2nd, coming in just half-a-second ahead of Mecklenburg Swim Association. Yi Zheng got Carmel started off in 1:37.77, more than two seconds ahead of Mecklenburg’s Maxon Brienza who swam 1:40.06, which was a two second drop from his previous best of 1:42.24 from the end of February.

Mike Rice swam 2nd for Mecklenburg and made up all the ground they lost on the 1st 200, splitting 1:33.99 to move them ahead of Carmel’s Lewis Zhang who swam 1:39.16 on the 2nd leg.

Carter Hadley was 1:37.90 in the 3rd spot and Trent Allen was 1:36.52 on the anchor for Carmel while Mecklenburg had Teddy Peterson in 3rd at 1:38.53 and Dylan Stewart in 4th in 1:39.30.

Team Scores After Day 1

Girls Top 10

1. TAC Titans — 84
2. SwimMac Carolina — 74
3. Mecklenburg Swim Association — 68
4. Sarasota Sharks — 65
5. Laker Swim — 64
6. Bolles School Sharks — 54
7. Carmel Swim Club / Mason Manta Rays — 52
8. —
9. North Carolina Aquatic Club / Jersey Wahoos/ Fort Wayne Swim Team — 30
10. —

Boys Top 10

1. Bolles School Sharks — 143
2. Badger Swim Club — 89
3. Carmel Swim Club — 52
4. Central Ohio Aquatics — 50
5. SwimAtlanta — 44
6. Mecklenburg Swim Association — 40
7. Lakeside Swim Team — 38
8. Club Wolverine / Baylor Swim Club — 36
9. —
10. Blazing Barracudas — 34