2025 SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – EAST
- December 10-13, 2025
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- Prelims: 10 a.m. EST
- Wednesday (1000 free): 1 p.m. EST
- Finals: 5 p.m. EST
- Wednesday (relays): 4 p.m. EST
- Prelims: 10 a.m. EST
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Day 3 of the 2025 Speedo Winter Junior Championships featured the 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, and 100 back. The night saw a host of top 10 times, a NAG record, a meet record, and young stars climbing up the age group rankings, resulting in swims that were highlighted in either the Live Recap or its own article. However, there were numerous swimmers who quietly impressed and may not have made it to your feed, so we’ve decided to compile a list that we thought were worth the extra mention.
Karina Plaza and Sarah Zhang, both 15-year-olds, had an exciting duel in the B-final of the 400 IM. Though Plaza took the win by 0.19 seconds, Zhang had a huge swim (4:12.89) out of lane 8 to drop a total of 7.88 seconds on the day, as she came into the meet with a PB of 4:20.77. Compared to her prelims swim of 4:18.84, she was faster on every single 100; most notably, her backstroke split was nearly 2.5 seconds faster than it was this morning.
Zara Kocak, the winner of the C-final, also had an impressive swim. The Indiana commit shaved 3.78 seconds from her best time of 4:19.93 to out-touch Scarlet Aquatic’s Iris Kim.
The men’s 400 IM saw UVA commit Gerhardt Hoover win the consolation final with a new best of 3:47.13. Hoover, who swims for Commonwealth Swimming, entered the meet with a PB of 3:49.55, which he swam at Speedo Sectionals back in March to win the event.
Roos Rottink posted a PB of 52.91 to take 2nd in the B-final of the 100 fly to dip under the 53 barrier for the first time. The time shaved 1.05 seconds off her previous best, and marked first best time in the event since February of 2023, indicating a breakthrough for the UVA commit.
In the 200 free, 16-year-old Jordyn Glassley won the C-final in a time of 1:47.78 to skip the 1:48 barrier. Glassley, a Georgia commit for fall of 2027, entered the meet with a PB of 1:49.04 to win her heat by over half a second.
Carmel’s Trent Allen similarly skipped a barrier to win his heat, dropping 1.15 seconds in the 200 free to take 1st in the consolation final. His time of 1:35.92 marked a new PB, and the Florida commit skipped the 1:36 barrier entirely to beat out Indiana Swim Club’s Peter Kovacs. Though he didn’t win the heat, Kovacs had an impressive swim as well—his best time coming into the meet was 1:39.07, and he shaved nearly 2 seconds off of that in prelims (1:37.34) to qualify in 10th. He dropped even more time in finals, finishing in 1:36.12 to near a 3 second PB on the day.
16-year-old Landon Hall swam a 53.72 in the C-final of the men’s 100 breast to win the heat—a time that would have won the B-final. For Hall, the swim marked a 1.09 second personal best, as he came into the meet with a PB of 54.81.
Ellie Clarke of Carmel won the B-final in the 100 back with the sole sub-53 swim in her heat. She dominated the field by over half a second, posting a 52.52 to shave 1.25 seconds from her previous best.
Though his team finished outside the top 8, Mike Rice—the winner of the 100 fly—posted a blisteringly fast split of 19.00 on the 2nd leg of Mecklenberg’s 200 free relay. Another notable split came from Brady Campbell, who swam a 19.36 on the end of Mason Manta Ray’s 200 free relay to help them go from last to 4th at the finish. That anchor leg was tied for the 2nd fastest split of the entire field.
