Spartans of La Canada Nab Five 100-119 USMS National Records in Mission Viejo

2025 SPMS SW Zone LCM Championships

• August 15-17, 2025
• Marguerite Aquatic Center, Mission Viejo, CA
• LCM (50m)
• “2025 SPMS SW Zone LCM Championships” on Meet Mobile

The Spartans of La Canada made a big splash in the pool at the SPMS Southwest Zone Long Course Meters Championships in Mission Viejo. The Spartans took down five USMS National records in the 100–119 age group and posted two times that would have stood as AQUA Masters World Records if not for age eligibility restrictions (world records require all swimmers to the age of 25 or older).

In the women’s 200 freestyle relay, Faith Marshall, Daria Chebotareva, Amy Okada, and Madison Kennedy swam a 1:47.59, faster than the official World Record (1:48.16) of Olympic Club’s Marie Ballenger, Lauren Green, Grace Zhao, and Virginia Burns, but not fast enough for the Spartans to claim it since only two of them are not yet 25.

The relay team then claimed the women’s 200 medley relay in 2:00.93, breaking the former USMS National record of 2:01.28 of Lone Star Swim (Marina Spadoni, Ashley Lugbill, Erin Trahan, Ilektra Lebl).

The  Spartans’ mixed relay teams also saw similar success. Chebotareva, Kennedy, Mario Marshall, and Artem Selin set a blistering 1:39.41 for the 200 freestyle relay, over a second faster than the former record of 1:41.27 of Olympic Club (Benjamin Cono, Andy Song, Green, Zhao). Like the women’s 200 freestyle relay, the time was also faster than the official World Record, but age eligibility prevented it from being official.

Chebotareva, Daniil Stanislavenko, Yusef Tibazi, and Kennedy then claimed the mixed 200 medley relay in 1:51.82, dropping the previous record of 1:52.66. To close out the weekend, Chebotareva, Stanislavenko, Tibazi, and Okada crushed their mixed 400 medley relay with a time of 4:15.99, obliterating the former record of 4:32.00.