Jason Zhao Moves Up To #8 All-Time in 15-16 Age Group With 1:49.09 200 Free

2023 U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Day 2 Finals Heat Sheet

Jason Zhao of Mason Manta Rays swam a 1:49.09 in the men’s 200 freestyle Wednesday night in Indianapolis. That swim moved him up to #8 all-time in the 15-16 age group for the event.

15-16 Boys All-Time Top LCM 200 Freestyle

  1. Maximus Williamson, 1:47.62 (2023)
  2. Luca Urlando, 1:47.73 (2019)
  3. Carson Foster, 1:48.57 (2018)
  4. Caeleb Dressel, 1:48.64 (2013)
  5. Jake Magahey, 1:48.65 (2018)
  6. Kaii Winkler, 1:49.02 (2023)
  7. Drew Kibler, 1:49.04 (2016)
  8. Jason Zhao, 1:49.09 (2023)

After his prelims swim of 1:49.42, Zhao sat at #11 all-time. Coming into the meet Zhao had a personal best of 1:51.08 which he swam a month ago. His previous best time before this season was a 1:53.39 which he swam at Summer Juniors last August.

Notably, Williamson broke the National Age Group (NAG) record this morning for the 15-16 age group as he swam a 1:47.62 in prelims, meaning that two of the top 10 times for the age group have been done today.

Zhao swam a personal best on day 1 in the 100 free and is the 34th seed in the 400 free later in the meet.

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Barron Matern
10 months ago

Great swim Jason. Go Rays. Can’t wait to watch your 400.

smithbot
10 months ago

Is Kaii Winkler at this meet?

SwimmyJimmy
10 months ago

Great swim. Jordan Willis and Josh Bey moved to 6th and 5th all time in 15-16 200 Breast.

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