2024 Winter Junior Championships – East
- December 11-14, 2024
- Wednesday Finals: 4 pm EST
- Prelims: 9 am EST/ Finals: 5 pm EST
- Greensboro, NC
- SCY (25 yards)
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- Results on Meet Mobile: “2024 Winter Juniors East”
- Prelims Recaps: Day 2 | Day 3
- Finals Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
BOYS’ 100 FLY – FINALS
- Meet Record: 44.55, Thomas Heilman – 2024
- 13-14 NAG Record: 45.81, Thomas Heilman – 2021
- 15-16 NAG Record: 44.67, Thomas Heilman – 2022
- 17-18 NAG Record: 44.55, Thomas Heilman – 2024
RESULTS:
- Thomas Heilman (CA-Y) – 43.86
- Austin Carpenter (COA) – 46.79
- Max Buff (GTAC) – 46.97
Thomas Heilman broke his own 17-18 National Age Group record in finals, swimming to a 43.86. That broke his record of a 44.55 that he swam this morning and prelims. He also broke his own Winter Juniors meet record. The 17 year old becomes the fastest in the age group by 0.89 as Aiden Hayes previously held the NAG record with a 44.75 from 2022 NCAAs.
Split Comparison
| Heilman- Finals | Heilman- Prelims | Hayes | Heilman- 2022 | |
| 50 | 20.92 | 20.82 | 20.62 | 21 |
| 100 | 43.86 (22.94) | 44.55 (23.73) | 44.75 (24.13) | 44.67 (23.67) |
Heilman was a tenth slower tonight, but absolutely crushed it on the second 50 as he was 0.79 seconds faster tonight.
In addition to his record-breaking swim at the club level, Heilman’s swim is also huge with his incoming arrival at Virginia next fall. Heilman is currently the #2 ranked recruit in the boys high school class of 2025.
Only two swimmers have been faster in the NCAA this season. Tennessee’s Jordan Crooks posted a 43.77 at midseason while Arizona State’s Ilya Kharun posted a 43.85. Virginia freshman Spencer Nicholas currently holds the 4th fastest time in the NCAA as he swam a 44.41 at midseason.
Heilman’s time from tonight would have been 3rd at 2024 NCAAs as well, only behind Josh Liendo (43.07) and Tomer Frankel (43.85).
Heilman’s coach Gary Taylor joined the Virginia staff this offseason. Since then, he has been training entirely with Conor Hassard.
I feel like we’ve gotten a little bit desensitized to Heilman’s times but this really is absolutely insane for a 17 year old to be sub 44 in the 100 fly. He definitely has the potential for 42 mid/low. Praying that he keeps developing steadily, gonna be extremely exciting to watch him swim in the NCAA.
Great swim! Wow, pretty crazy man good job
Called it this morning congrats Tommy
UVA has a chance to be in the top 5 in the next 3 years
Ummm, Max’s last name is Buff.
Scotty Buff’s (Current Florida sophomore) little brother.
great name
I not really surprised by the time, but am surprised with how he split it. 22.9 coming home is almost as fast as Caeleb in his record swim. He has serious room for improvement if he can get his speed up
Going 43 in HS kind of means you don’t have serious room for improvement. How much faster do you expect this kid to go?
how do you know that lmao? he dropped almost a second today which is what you’d expect from a high schooler who’s still improving
idk i think he for sure has the potential to break Caeleb’s record
You should practice growth mindset just for your own sake
congrats. keep building. get quality sleep, natural healing, emf protection
emf protection?
Get a tinfoil hat, essentially.
Don’t you sleep in a Faraday cage?
That being said:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(18)30221-3/fulltext?sfns=mo