Parker Wheeler Narrowly Misses 11-12 NAG Records In 200 Free, 500 Free At Georgia State Champs

2025 Georgia Senior State Championships

• Dec. 5-7, 2025
• Athens, Georgia
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

It was quite a memorable final swim meet in the 11-12 age group for Parker Wheeler.

A 12-year-old who swims in Georgia for SwimAtlanta, Wheeler nearly set two National Age Group Records at the Georgia Senior State Championships in early December in Athens.

Wheeler first swam a time of 1:44.55 in the 200 free, which was just 27 one-hundredths behind the all-time best mark of 1:44.28 set in 2019 by Thomas Heilman in Virginia.

The rest of the top-five behind Wheeler are Winn Aung (1:45.43 in 2015), Matthew Magness (1:45.52 in 2013) and Luka Mijatovic (1:45.64 in 2022).

Later, Wheeler clocked a time of 4:41.34 in the 500 free, which was only eight one-hundredths back of the top time set by Mason Turner in 2019 in Iowa.

The rest of the top-five in that event are Nick Silverthorn (4:41.54 in 2008), Mijatovic (4:43.12 in 2022) and Nicholas Caldwell (4:44.87 in 2006).

Still, Wheeler now ranks 2nd all-time in both events shortly before he turns 13 at the end of the month and moves up to the 13-14 age group.

From the team perspective, SwimAtlanta won the boys’ title with 622 points, while the SwimAtlanta girls made it a sweep by winning with 798.5 points.

Other individual standouts were:

• Baylor Stanton of Gwinnett Aquatics, an 18-year-old from who has committed to Cal, won three individual events in the boys’ competition. He swam a personal best time of 20.01 to win the 50 free, won the 50 back in a time of 21.89 and then won the 100 breast in a personal best time of 54.34. He was also a part of winning teams in the 200 medley relay, 400 free relay and 800 free relay.
• On the girls’side, Heba Fouitah of Aiken-Augusta Swim League won four individual events, three in personal best times. The 15-year-old first won the 50 free in a time of 23.04. Fouitah then won the 50 back in 25.06, captured the 50 fly in 24.69 and then topped the field in the 100 IM in 54.93, all personal best times. Fouitah also swam a personal best time of 54.80 to take 2nd in the 100 fly. Her time in the 50 back ranks sixth among 15-year-old girls.
• Also in the girls’ competition, Pilar King, 17, of Spartans Aquatic Club, won the 100 fly in a personal best time of 53.33. King was also a part of winning teams in the 200 free and 200 medley relays.

Girls’ Team Standings — Top 5

1. SwimAtlanta, 798.5
2. Dynamo Swim Club, 707
3. Chattahoochee Gold Swim Club, 666.5
4. Athens Bulldogs, 572
5. Aiken-Augusta Swim League, 381

Boys’ Team Standings — Top 5

1. SwimAtlanta, 622
2. Chattahoochee Gold Swim Club, 587.5
3. Dynamo Swim Club, 505
4. Athens Bulldogs, 442.5
5. Aiken-Augusta Swim League, 318