Maggie Wanezek Posts 1:00.84 100 Back – #16 All-Time 15-16 Girls, #11 15yo

2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine

FRIDAY FINALS HEAT SHEET

Day 4 – Friday, August 6

  • 400 Freestyle
  • 100 Breaststroke
  • 100 Backstroke
  • Men’s 4 x 200 Free Relay

WOMEN’S 100 BACK – FINALS

Podium:

  1. Maggie Wanezek (EBSC) – 1:00.84
  2. Teagan O’Dell (NOVA) – 1:00.88
  3. Meghan Donald (ACAC) – 1:02.69

15-year-old Elmbrook Swim Club swimmer Maggie Wanezek went down to the wire with Irvine Novaquatics 14-year-old Teagan O’Dell in the women’s 100 back A final in Irvine tonight. The pair practically swam stroke-for-stroke through the race, with Wanezek managing to get her hand on the wall in 1:00.84, just 0.04 seconds ahead of O’Dell.

The swim marked a personal best for Wanezek, in addition to her first title of the meet. Her previous best sat at 1:01.20, which she swam in early May of this year. This morning, Wanezek finished behind O’Dell in 1:01.83.

Here is a split comparison between Wanezek’s swim tonight, her prelims swim from today, and her previous best from May:

Splits 2021 TYR 18&U Spring Cup Des Moines 2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine PRELIMS 2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine FINALS
50m 29.81 30.33 29.90
100m 31.39 31.50 30.94
Final Time 1:01.20 1:01.83 1:00.84

The biggest difference-maker in Wanezek improving upon her previous best time from May was her 2nd 50. Back in May, she was actually out 0.09 seconds faster than she was tonight. However, Wanezek managed to improve her closing 50 by 0.45 seconds tonight, resulting in the personal best.

With the swim, Wanezek has now risen to #16 all-time for 15-16 girls, and she’s still just 15. Here are the all-time rankings for 13-14 girls, #11-20:

Rank Time Swimmer Date
11 1:00.49 Grace Ariola 6/27/2016
12 1:00.62 Kathleen Baker 6/25/2013
13 1:00.69 Elizabeth Beisel 7/7/2009
14 1:00.74 Annabel Crush 8/3/2019
15 1:00.83 Alex Walsh 7/28/2018
16 1:00.84 Maggie Wanezek 8/6/2021
17 1:00.86 Kylie Stewart 6/25/2012
18 1:00.93 Jo Jo Ramey 6/14/2021
19 1:00.96 Berit Berglund 6/14/2021
20 1:00.97 Kiley Wilhelm 3/26/2021

Additionally, Wanezek is now the #11 performer all-time among 15-year-old girls in the LCM 100 back.

Wanezek was also a member of the Elmbrook Swim Club women’s 200 medley relay, which swam a time Trial on Thursday, shattering the girls 15-18 National Age Group Record. Wanezek swam a 28.54 backstroke leg on that relay.

 

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Bobo Gigi
3 years ago

Close race between 2 great prospects for US women’s backstroke.
Race video here at 1h28
https://livestream.com/usaswimming/events/9777409/videos/224555901