2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships: Day 1 Combined East/West Results

2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships

• Wednesday, December 10 – Saturday, December 13, 2025
• SCY (25 Yards)
• East: Indiana University Natatorium (Indianapolis, Indiana)
  • Meet Central – East
  • Live Results – East
• West: Lee & Joe Jamil Texas Swimming Center (Austin, Texas)
  • Meet Central – West
  • Live Results – West

The first sessions of Winter Junior Championships East (Indianapolis, Indiana) and Winter Junior Championships West (Austin, Texas) are in the books. As we always do, we will be combining the results from the two sites to bring you the top 8 finishers in each event from each day.

Day 1 was a timed-finals session that featured the 1000 free, 200 medley relay, and 800 free relay.

Girls’ 1000 Yard Freestyle – Timed Finals

• 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

The West and East swimmers were evenly represented among the top 8, but West provided the two fastest times by 2.2 seconds, with Sydney Schoeck of CSP Tideriders leading the way with 9:32.29.

Top 8 Combined:

1. Sydney Schoeck (CSP) — 9:32.29 (West)
2. Kayla Han (RMDA) — 9:36.80 (West)
3. Elizabeth Eichbrecht (NOVA) — 9:39.02 (East)
4. Brinkleigh Hansen (SPA) — 9:39.64 (East)
5. Zayda Miehl (CAT) — 9:41.16 (West)
6. Emily Wolf (FAST) — 9:42.65 (East)
7. Clare Custer (SYS) — 9:43.25 (East)
8. Paige Downey (GM — 9:47.74 (West)

Boys’ 1000 Yard Freestyle – Timed Finals

• 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

Colin Jacobs, who trains in Antibes, France, cleared the field by 9 full seconds in the East meet, and was 6.5 seconds faster than the West’s winner, Ellis Crisci.

Top 8 Combined:

1. Colin Jacobs (UN) — 8:48.22 (East)
2. Ellis Crisci (TST) — 8:54.70 (West)
3. Evan Gluck (COR) — 8:56.62 (West)
4. William Shoesmith (BSS) — 8:57.36 (East)
5. Trent Allen (CSC) — 8:58.65 (East)
6. Michael Powell (LO) — 9:00.55 (West)
7. Jackson Cooper (BAD) — 9:01.75 (East)
8. Oliver Shao (BAD) — 9:02.27 (East)

Girls’ 200 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• East Record: 1:36.48 – Carmel Swim Club (Berglund, Sweeney, Shackell, Christman), 2022
• West Record: 1:37.26 – Beach Cities Swimming (Herr, I. Brito, Arnold, G. Brito), 2024
• 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: 1:36.90 – Aquajets Swim Team (Kern, Egeland, Rosenhagen, Becker), 2022
• 15-18 Relay NAG Record: Carmel Swim Club (Berglund, Sweeney, Shackell, Christman), 2022

The East turned out five of the eight fastest times in the girls’ 4×50 medley, with MSA’s Karina Plaza (24.75), Eliza Wallace (26.94), Taylor Klein (23.12, and Maddy Boland (22.48) combining for 1:37.29 to take the overall spot.

Combined Top 8:

1. Mecklenburg Swim Association ‘A’ — 1:37.29 (East)
2. TAC Titans ‘A’ — 1:38.40 (East)
3. Beach Cities ‘A’ — 1:38.76 (West)
4. SwimMAC Carolina ‘A’ — 1:39.14 (East)
5. Laker Swim ‘A’ — 1:39.22 (East)
6. Bellevue Club Swim Team ‘A’ — 1:39.66 (West)
7. Lakeside Aquatic ‘A’ — 1:40.09 (West)
8. Carmel Swim Club ‘A’ — 1:40.54 (East)

Boys’ 200 Yard Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• East Record: 1:26.16 — Nashville Aquatic Club (Amlicke, Attmore, Nicholas, Schumann), 2023
• West Record: West Meet Record: 1:27.11 – Scottsdale Aquatic Club (Hoffer, Gage, Van Deusen, Blake), 2016
• 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

Waterloo’s Benjamin Jaggers (21.63), Max Laine (24.25), Austin Ross (21.38), and Julian Rusk (19.70) clocked a new West meet record of 1:26.96 and provided the fastest 4×50 medley overall, but the next 5 times came from the East meet, where those relays were only separated by half a second, from 1:27.11 to 1:27.59.

Combined Top 8:

1. Waterloo Swimming ‘A’ — 1:26.96 (West) *New Meet Record*
2. Central Ohio Aquatics ‘A’ — 1:27.11 (East)
3. Blazing Barracudas ‘A’ — 1:27.27 (East)
4. Bolles School Sharks ‘A’ — 1:27.29 (East)
5. Badger Swim Club ‘A’ — 1:27.44 (East)
6. Bolles School Sharks ‘B’ — 1:27.59 (East)
7. Quicksilver Swimming ‘A’ — 1:27.66 (West)
8. SwimAtlanta ‘A’ — 1:27.93 (East)

Girls’ 800 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• East Record: 6:59.52 – Carmel Swim Club (Shackell, Bowen, Sweeney, Han), 2023
• West Record: 6:52.66 — Sandpipers of Nevada (Sims, Grimes, Hodges, Weinstein), 2022
• 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

The West gave us five of the eight fastest swims but the East came in at #1 and #2. The TAC Titans quartet of Finola Whelehan (1:46.68), Reina Liu (1:47.54), Carolin He (1:49.04), and Sloane Whelehan (1:46.16) went 7:09.42 to win by 1.04 seconds ahead of Laker Swim’s Brynn Lavigueur, Addison Bitel, Lilliana Krstolic, and Rylee Erisman, who it should be noted, anchored with 1:41.86.

Combined Top 8:

1. TAC Titans ‘A’ — 7:09.42 (East)
2. Laker Swim ‘A’ — 7:10.46 (East)
3. Empire KC Swim Club ‘A’ — 7:15.71 (West)
4. Bellevue Club Swim Team ‘A’ — 7:15.84 (West)
5. Edina Swim Club ‘A’ — 7:16.31 (West)
6. Bolles School Sharks ‘A’ — 7:16.61 (East)
7. Beach Cities ‘A’ — 7:17.46 (West)
8. Irvine Novaquatics ‘A’ — 7:17.96 (West)

Boys’ 800 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Finals

• East Record: 6:23.21 – Carmel Swim Club (Davis, Rothrock, Hadley, Mitchell), 2019
• West Record: 6:20.34 – Lakeside Aquatic Club (Williamson, Lucas, Hatcher, Paulk), 2023
• 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

Bolles School’s George Dovellos (1:36.62), Liam Carrington (1:33.80), Camp Hartman (1:39.05), and Noah Stotler (1:37.27) combined to put East on top of the overall field with 6:26.74.

Combined Top 8:

1. Bolles School Sharks ‘A’ — 6:26.74 (East)
2. Lakeside Aquatic ‘A’ — 6:29.54 (West)
3. Carmel Swim Club ‘A’ — 6:31.35 (East)
4. Irvine Novaquatics ‘A’ — 6:31.72 (West)
5. Mecklenburg Swim Association ‘A’ — 6:31.88 (East)
6. Badger Swim Club ‘A’ — 6:32.06 (East)
7. TIDE Swimming ‘A’ — 6:32.84 (East)
8. Quicksilver Swimming ‘A’ — 6:33.17 (West)