2023 SUMMER JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 31 – August 4, 2023
- Prelims 9AM, finals 5PM (Pacific Time)
- LCM (50 meters)
- William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, California, United States
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BOYS’ 400 METER FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS
- Jr World: 3:15.79 – USA (2022)
Meet: 3:24.62 – Indiana University Swim Team (2014)- Boys’ 15-16 NAG: 3:25.57 – Allegheny North Swim Club (2017)
- Boys’ 17-18 NAG: 3:21.91 – SwimMAC Carolina (2021)
Boys’ 15-18 NAG: 3:21.91 – SwimMAC Carolina (2021)
Podium:
- Lakeside Aquatic Club, 3:20.09
- Bolles School Sharks, 3:23.94
- Rose Bowl Aquatics, 3:24.54
- Nitro Swimming, 3:24.86
- Swim Neptune, 3:26.01
- Bolles School Sharks, 3:26.46
- Carmel Swim Club, 3:26.60
- SwimMAC Carolina, 3:26.78
The Lakeside Aquatic Club boys have done it again, breaking another 15-18 National Age Group Record (their third of the meet) as well as meet record. Tonight, the team of Maximus Williamson, Cooper Lucas, River Paulk, and Keaton Rice swam to a final time of 3:20.09 in the 4×100 free relay.
They broke the old meet record set back in 2014 by Indiana that stood at a 3:24.62. The old NAG stood at a 3:21.91 from SwimMAC in 2021.
Split Comparison:
| Old 15-18 NAG |
Old Meet Record
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| Lakeside 2023 | Swim MAC | Indiana 2014 | ||||
| 1st leg | Maximus Williamson | 48.84 | Tim Connery | 50.22 | Ian Finnerty | 51.32 |
| 2nd leg | Cooper Lucas | 49.79 | Logan Zucker | 50.41 | Max Irwin | 50.52 |
| 3rd leg | River Paulk | 50.77 | Cam Abaqueta | 51.52 | Brandon Colonis | 53.23 |
| 4th leg | Keaton Rice | 50.69 | Baylor Nelson | 49.76 | Blake Pieroni | 49.55 |
| 3:20.09 | 3:21.91 | 3:24.62 |
The biggest difference tonight was the relay led off by Williamson. Williamson swam a new personal best of 48.84, faster than his 48.91 from US Nationals last month. Williamson is now only 0.03 seconds off of tying Kaii Winkler‘s individual NAG.
This was Lakeside’s third relay 15-18 NAG of the meet as they also broke the 4×200 free relay and the 4×50 free relay while in Irvine. Williamson also broke his own 15-16 individual 200 free NAG while leading off the 4×200 free relay.
River Paulk had the fastest split on the 200 Free relay and now the slowest on the 400 dude must send it
Slowest split on the 800 relay by a mile too
Max Williamson is him
Williamson is the best #2 commit in all of high school recruiting history (Hellman is first in the class)
Alex Walsh
Torrie Huske
Abbey Weitzeil
Beata Nelson
Taylor Ruck
Kate Douglass
Luca Urlando
Ryan Murphy
Brendan Burns
And…wait for it….
Caeleb Dressel
Were all #2 ranked in their classes.
There are definitely many names but Williamson deserves to be in the mix. He’s probably ranked #1 in the junior or senior classes.
ahem* 🤓 um akshully hielman and williamson are tied at number one because they both have 1.0 indexes *ahem cough 🤓
Arguably the worst attempt at comedy in SwimSwam history here
Let’s hope he goes to ASU with LA 2028 in mind.
Best place right now in USA for men’s IM and freestyle!