Cal Signee Teagan O’Dell Wins 5 Events At Pacific Swimming Far Western Championships

Pacific Swimming Far Western Championships

• April 3-6, 2025
• Pleasanton, CA
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

The Pacific Swimming Far Western Championships saw great performances from swimmers who have highly-ranked national times this season, including ones from 12-year-old Ayden Tan and 15-year-old Luka Mijatovic.

There was much more to highlight though, including another good meet from Cal signee and Class of 2025 member Teagan O’Dell, who won five events at the meet.

O’Dell (unattached) won the 1000 free in a personal best time of 9:40.05, and also won the 200 free (1:44.39), 200 back (1:53.05), 100 fly (53.07) and 400 IM (4:06.29.

In the girls’ 17-18-year-old age group this season, O’Dell has the ninth-fastest time in the 200 back and the 13th-fastest time in the 200 free.

From the team perspective, Irvine Novaquatics won the combined and boys’ team titles, while the Santa Clara Swim Club won the girls’ title.

Here were some other individual standouts:

• Another future Cal swimmer, 16-year-old Tim Wu, won four events and took 2nd in two others. Wu topped the field in the 100 back (47.55), 200 back (1:44.71), 100 fly (personal best 47.26) and 200 IM (personal best 1:45.24). He finished second in the 200 free (1:36.36) and 1650 free (15:23.08), both in personal best times. Among 16-year-old boys this season, Wu holds the fastest time in the 200 IM, the fourth-fastest times in the 100 back and 200 back, the fifth-fastest in the 100 fly and the 12th-fastest in the 1650 free.
• In the girls’ 13-14 age group, Aya Gillis-Pade of Santa Clara Swim Club won six events, setting personal bests in five of them. Her personal bests came during victories in the 200 free (1:51.16), 100 back (55.16), 200 back (won the final in a time of 1:59.86, but swam 1:59.29 in preliminaries), the 200 IM (2:02.69) and 400 IM (4:20.15).  She also won the 500 free (4:56.61). Among 13-year-old girls this season, Gillis-Pade owns the second-fastest time in the 200 back, the third-fastest times in the 500 free, 100 back and 200 IM, the fourth-fastest time in the 200 IM and the seventh-fastest time in the 200 free.
• Addison Hou in the boys’ 13-14 age group won the 50 free (21.84), 200 breast (personal best 2:06.19), 100 fly (personal best 51.27), 200 IM (personal best 1:54.22) and 100 back (52.72).
• Sage Searle of the Pleasanton Seahawks won five events in the girls’ 11-12 age group, all in personal best times. She finished first in the 50 free (25.07), 50 back (27.33), 100 back (58.33), 200 back (2:06.82) and 100 fly (58.79). Among 12-year-old girls this season, Searle owns the second-fastest time in the 100 back, the third-fastest in the 200 back, the fifth-fastest in the 50 back and the ninth-fastest in the 100 fly.
• In the boys’ 11-12 age group, Kingsley Du of Irvine Novaquatics won the 200 free (1:49.65) and 200 IM (2:06.89) in personal best times, while also winning the 200 back (2:06.61) and taking second in the 200 fly (personal best 2:04.41), 100 fly (56.98), 50 free (personal best 24.24) and 100 back (52.72). Among 12-year-old boys, Du holds the seventh-fastest times in both the 200 free and 200 fly.
• Annabelle Hayes of Irvine Novaquatics continued to swim fast in the girls’ 10-under age group, winning five events. She swam personal bests to win the 50 free (26.30), 100 free (56.60), 200 free (2:03.33), and 100 fly (1:05.18), while also winning the 50 fly (28.68). Hayes was second in the 50 back (29.90) and 200 IM (personal best 2:15.90). Among 10-year-olds this season, Hayes has the fastest time in the 100 free, the second-fastest times in the 200 IM and 200 free, the third-fastest time in the 50 free and the fourth-fastest times in the 50 fly and 50 back.
• Another 10-year-old girls’ swimmer with highly-ranked times, Hope Heumann of Irvine Novaquatics, won the 500 free (5:32.37), 100 breast (1:12.53), 100 IM (1:05.14) and 200 IM (2:14.94) in personal best times. She also won the 50 breast (33.75). Heumann among 10-year-old girls owns the fastest times in the 50 breast and 200 IM, the second-fastest in the 100 breast, the fourth-fastest in the 100 IM and the fifth-fastest time in the 500 free. Her time in the 200 IM ranks No. 3 all-time in the 10-under age group.
• In the boys 10-and-under age group, Joel Taylor of Mission Viejo Nadadores won five events topping the 50 free (27.20), the 50 back (30.10), 100 back (personal best 1:03.96), 100 fly (personal best 1:04.39) and 200 IM (personal best 2:22.10).

Combined Team Standings — Top 5

1. Irvine Novaquatics, 2436.5
2. Santa Clara Swim Club, 2409
3. Pleasanton Seahawks, 1657.5
4. San Ramon Valley Aquatics, 1508
5. Alto Swim Club, 1134

Girls’ Team Standings — Top 5

1. Santa Clara Swim Club, 1316
2. Irvine Novaquatics, 1232.5
3. Pleasanton Seahawks, 1081.5
4. San Ramon Valley Aquatics, 748
5. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, 652

Boys’ Team Standings — Top 5

1. Irvine Novaquatics, 1204
2. Santa Clara Swim Club, 1093
3. Alto Swim Club, 985
4. San Ramon Valley Aquatics, 760
5. Quicksilver Swimming, 757