Destin Lasco Swims Best Time of 1:40.77 in 200 Yard Back at Holiday Classic

2019 Eastern Express Holiday Classic XXXIII

• December 13th-15th, 2019
• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
• SCY (25y) Course
• Meet Results
• Team Scores

18-year old Destin Lasco of the PDR Swimming for Success team broke 6 Meet Records this weekend at the 33rd annual Eastern Express Holiday Classic meet on the Rutgers campus. That included a 1:40.77 in the 200 yard backstroke.

That swim knocked exactly 1 second off his previous best time in the event, which was done in March of 2018, and moves him from 30th in 17-18 age group history to 9th. The swim also beat the Pool Record – although Rutgers cut its men’s swimming program in 2006, so there aren’t many big collegiate men’s meets in the pool.

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Destin Lasco‘s other Holiday Classic Results (25 yard pool/SCY) – All Meet Records:

• 100 free – 43.55
• 200 free – 1:35.42
• 100 back – 47.10
• 200 back – 1:40.77
• 100 breast – 54.00
• 200 fly – 1:45.42

His times in the 200 back (-1.00 seconds), 100 breast (-1.90 seconds), and 200 fly (-7.58 seconds) were all lifetime bests.

Lasco, a high school senior, US Junior National Team member, and Cal commit, hit his taper a little better here than he did at last week’s U.S. Open meet, where he didn’t swim the 200 backstroke, nor did he swim any lifetime bests in 5 races.

Destin Lasco‘s U.S. Open Results (50 meter pool/LCM):

• 50 free – 23.8
• 200 IM – 2:02.4
• 200 free – 1:52.1
• 100 back – 57.6
• 100 free – 50.7

A handful of other Meet Records were broken over the weekend. That includes 3 records in the 11-12 age group from Chloe Kim of Scarlet Aquatics: 1:54.35 in the 200 free, 5:04.78 in the 500 free, 2:08.40 in the 200 IM, and 4:31.13 in the 400 IM.

Other Individual Meet Record Breakers:

• Anna Moesch of Streamline Aquatics Club broke the 13-14 Meet Records in both the 50 free (23.11) and 100 free (49.73). She also won the 200 free, albeit not in a Meet Record, in 1:51.21. That 50 free tied her personal best, while the 100 and 200 free times were new lifetime bests by a wide margin – including over a 5 second improvement in the 200 free.
• Denise Phelan won the 100 breaststroke in a Meet Record of 1:01.37, which is a new Meet Record in the open-age group. The 15-year old is also the Meet Record holder in this event in the 13-14 age group, with a 1:04.41 done last season.
• Kenneth Barnicle from the Somerset Hills YMCA won the boys’ 11-12 100 back in 56.30 in a new Meet Record for his age group of 56.30.
• Richard Poplawski won the boys’ 13-14 200 IM in 1:54.69. That’s a new record in his age group, and he’s only 13. It also gives him a USA Swimming Futures Championship cut.