Eli Henley Breaks New England LSC Record With Top 200 IM Time for 11-12 Boys This Season

2024 New England LCM 11-14 Championships

• July 17-21, 2024
• Moran Coleman Aquatic Center at Brown University
  • Providence, Rhode Island
• LCM (50 meters)
• Results on MeetMobile: “2024 NE BGSC LCM 11-14 Championships”

Greenwood Swimming 12-year-old Eli Henley dropped 10 seconds in the 200 IM with a New England LSC record of 2:18.32 at Brown University this weekend.

Henley demolished his previous-best 2:28.58 from May en route to erasing Aaron Zhu‘s New England LSC record of 2:19.94 from 2015. He now ranks as the fastest 11-12 boy in the U.S. this season and No. 17 all-time in the national age group (NAG) rankings after massive improvements in his backstroke and breaststroke splits. Richard Poplawski owns the NAG record at 2:13.59 from 2019.

200 IM Splits Comparison

Henley also finished under Zhu’s old New England LSC record in the 100 breast (1:12.78 from 2015) at 1:12.45, but it wasn’t enough for the victory as Crimson Aquatics 12-year-old Jayden Xie toppled the standard in 1:10.99. Henley dropped more than two seconds off his previous-best 1:14.61 from last month on his way to the runner-up finish. He added wins in the 100 fly (1:04.96), 400 IM (5:05.07), and 50 breast (32.62) on Friday and Saturday.

YMCA of Greater Nashua Storm 12-year-old Hobie Matulis posted some eye-popping time drops during four distance victories across the first three days of competition. He dropped 51 seconds in the 1500 free (18:02.84), 19 seconds in the 200 fly (2:30.72), nine seconds in the 400 free (4:41.89), and two seconds in the 200 free (2:14.85).

Amherst Tritons Swim Team 12-year-old Gianna Mattrey showed off her versatility by triumphing in the 50 free (29.00), 100 fly (1:06.89), 200 IM (2:35.90), and 1500 free (19:32.19). She dropped three tenths in the 50 free, more than a second in the 100 fly, four seconds in the 200 IM, and 28 seconds in the 1500 free.

Other triple winners over the first three days of action included 12-year-old Jenny Zheng in the 200 free (2:15.36), 50 back (33.75), and 100 back (1:12.51) as well as South Shore Mill Pond YMCA 12-year-old Colbi Krause in the 200 fly (2:32.53), 400 IM (5:39.02), and 400 free (4:58.56).