2016 U.S. WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS- EAST
- Wednesday, December 7th – Saturday, December 10th
- Columbus, OH (Ohio State University)
- Psych sheets
- Meet information
- Live results
Carmel Swim Club’s Drew Kibler just broke his 2nd 15-16 National Age Group Record in as many days at the 2016 U.S. Winter Junior Championships (East). Kibler rocked a 4:15.36 in tonight’s finals to break the record and win gold ahead of Baylor Swim Club’s 16-year-old Trey Freeman, who also swam one of the fastest 500 freestyles of all time in the 15-16 age group with his 4:16.99.
Top 10 15-16 Boys 500 Freestylers:
- Drew Kibler, 4:15.36
- Matthew Hirschberger, 4:16.43
- Sean Grieshop, 4:16.59
- Trey Freeman, 4:16.99
- Townley Haas, 4:17.45
- Aidan Burns, 4:17.97
- Michael Phelps, 4:18.12
- Evan Pinion, 4:18.88
- Andrew Seliskar, 4:18.97
- Jeff Kostoff, 4:19.13
The previous NAG Record was a 4:16.43 done by Matthew Hirschberger in 2015. In breaking the record, Kibler dropped over 8 seconds off his previous best 4:23.82, which he swam at the 2016 USA College Challenge. This was the 2nd record Kibler took down this week, following his lightning fast 1:33.36 to set the 200 free NAG on the leadoff of the 800 free relay last night, which was a best time by 2 seconds.
Kibler’s Splits:
| 100 Split | 200 Split | 300 Split | 400 Split | Final Time |
| 49.36 | 1:41.77 | 2:33.73 | 3:25.32 | 4:15.36 |
Impressive young talent. A diamond to polish. They are doing a really great job at Carmel.
I put the words in the good order. 🙂 They are really doing a great job at Carmel.
Try to ignore whoever thumbs you down. You give well thought out comments but obviously someone wants to get under your skin. Thumbs up to you Bobo!
Agree. The coaching staff at Carmel is topnotch and has many success stories on boys and girls side.
I think Clark smith threw down a pretty respectable in season 50fr last year so kibler is not the first to do this
A Sub 20 50 is not respectable. I believe he is the first to do this, a sub 20 50 and 4:15 500 in the same day. Maybe there’s an example of someone doing this,if so please share.
It’s a shame that he wasted all that energy swimming that extra 50 this morning.
(Really awesome swim and loving that he’s working to extend his range on both sides. Feels very similar to PVK’s path.)
All but 2 of these swims came within the last 5 years – or certainly this decade. The “outliers” are one of the greatest distance legends of all time, and the greatest swimmer of all time. Certainly at minimum, the level of competition is moving up…and elite high school swimmers need to be hitting times we used to associate with NCAA scoring and All-Americans.
I’d be very surprised if a 4:15 500 free scored this year
The point is moot because he said “used to”, but it only took 4:16.8 to score last year, with 4:15.3 being 11th out of prelims, so there’s a good chance it’ll score again this year.
13 yo Gretchen Walsh went a 22.85 50fr. Thats good right?
Reece Whitley dropped a TON of time in that 2IM. Came in seeded at 1:47 and went a 1:43. Can’t wait to see his breaststroke races.
He is still only 16? I am impressed. Agree his BR swims should be interesting to watch.
Behind only MA for the nag
Stud