Ayden Tan Moves Up to #18 All-Time in 13-14 100 Back with 49.25 at Spring Age Group Champs

2026 SCY Spring Age Group Championships

• March 20-22, 2026
• Pleasanton, CA
• SCY (25 Yards)
• Full Meet Results
• Individual Point Rankings

Pleasanton hosted the SCY Spring Age Group Championships for the Pacific Swimming LSC, and the Santa Clara Swim Club came out on top of the overall rankings with 1825.5 points to the Pleasanton Seahawks’ 1535.5.

There were a number of top swims at the meet, but one of the highlights was San Ramon Valley Aquatics Club’s Ayden Tan. The 13-year-old went on a NAG record spree last summer before he turned 13 in the fall, and he is already making his mark on the all-time 13-14 leaderboards.

In the 100 backstroke, Tan swam a lifetime best 49.25 to earn the win marking about a second dropped this season after he came into the year at 51.11 from January of 2025. This swim makes him the 2nd fastest 13-14 in the event this season, and it moves him up to 18th all-time in the age group.

Daniel Diehl is the current NAG record holder about two seconds ahead of Tan with the 47.44 he swam in October of 2020.

Tan was the overall 13-year-old boys high point award winner, scoring 75 individual points to come in two points ahead of Pleasanton’s Leonardo Linares Danzos, who scored 73 points. He won the 50 free (21.40), 100 free (46.86), 50 back (23.22), 100 back (49.25), 50 fly (22.73), and 100 fly (50.07), and he finished 2nd in the 50 breast (28.51). Tan set new personal bests in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, and 50 breast.

There were a few other swimmers who made their way up the current season rankings in their events.

Megan Chen, the 10 & Under girls High Point Award winner from Pleasanton, won seven individual events and currently sits in the top 10 this season for 10 & Under girls in four of the seven events.

She moved up to 5th in the 200 freestyle, touching in 2:05.84 for a full second drop from her previous best 2:06.98 that she swam at the beginning of March.

She set other top-10 times in the 100 back (1:05.51 — 10th), 100 IM (1:06.14 — 8th), and 200 IM (2:24.04 — 10th). She also won the 50 free (26.65), 100 free (58.10), and 500 free (5:43.62) at the meet, setting new bests in the 50 free, 200 free, 100 back, 100 IM, and 200 IM.

Pleasanton’s Robert Legg won the 10 & Under boys’ high point award, taking the top time in seven of his individual events to score 77 points total. He moved up to the top-10 this season in three different events.

He now sits in the top-10 in the 100 free (56.57 — 4th), 200 free (2:01.33 — 3rd), and 200 IM (2:18.17 — 4th). He won the 50 free (26.66), 500 free (5:21.57), 50 fly (27.7), and 100 fly (1:02.16) with lifetime bests in the 100 free, 200 free, 50 fly, 100 fly, and 200 IM.

Another Pleasanton High Point winner, 12-year-old boy Eli Kim also moved up to the top-10 in five different individual events en route to his own seven individual event wins and 77 points.

Kim won the 50 free (23.50), 100 free (50.82), 200 free (1:48.08), 500 free (4:48.83), 100 IM (55.96), 200 IM (2:00.69), and 400 IM (4:17.15) setting new personal bests in all seven events.

In the current season 11-12 boys’ rankings, Kim currently ranks in the top-10 in the 200 free (4th), 500 free (3rd), 100 IM (3rd), 200 IM (2nd), and he leads the rankings in the 400 IM (4:17.15). He also moved up the all-time rankings in the 200 IM and 400 IM, sitting 31st in the 200 IM and 22nd in the 400 IM.

Other High Point Winners

• 11-year-old girls: Kyra Tan (San Ramon Valley), 77 points — Tan won all seven of her individual events: 50 free (25.34), 50 back (28.12), 100 back (1:01.40), 50 fly (26.97), 100 fly (58.62), 100 IM (1:02.90), and 200 IM (2:15.95).
• 11-year-old boys: Craig Apuada (Quicksilver Swimming), 69 points — Apuada won four of his seven events: 50 free (25.48), 100 free (54.18), 200 free (2:01.04), 50 fly (28.55)
• 12-year-old girls: Annabelle Jia (Santa Clara Swim Club), 67 points — The girls’ 12-year-old rankings were some of the closest of the meet but Santa Clara’s Annabelle Jia won three events and placed in the top three in her other four. She won the 100 free (54.82), 200 free (1:56.72), and 100 fly (1:00.66)
• 13-year-old girls: Savannah Searle (Pleasanton Seahawks), 67 points — Searle also won three events, the 100 free (52.61), 200 free (1:53.72), and the 1000 free (10:35.17).
• 14-year-old girls: Riley Curry (Pleasanton Seahawks) and Ella Legg (Pleasanton Seahawks), 65 points — While the 12-year-old girls rankings were close, none were closer than the 14-year-old girls’ rankings which had two swimmers score 65 points, both from Pleasanton. Ella Legg won three individual events, one more than Riley Curry, who only won two. Curry had a better average placing, however, finishing in the top three in all her events while Legg had a 5th place finish in the 100 free. Legg won the 500 free (5:05.53), 1000 free (10:11.20), and the 100 fly (57.78). Curry won the 50 fly (25.62), and 200 IM (2:07.43).
• 14-year-old boys: Asher Song (Pleasanton Seahawks), 67 points — Song won four of his events: 50 free (21.60), 100 free (47.71), 50 fly (23.01), and 100 fly (52.14)