2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine
- August 3-7
- William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Website (USA Swimming)
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
- Live Stream (USA Swimming)
FRIDAY FINALS HEAT SHEET
Day 4 – Friday, August 6
- 400 Freestyle
- 100 Breaststroke
- 100 Backstroke
- Men’s 4 x 200 Free Relay
MEN’S 100 BREAST – FINALS
Podium:
- AJ Pouch (TRA) – 1:00.63
- Zhier Fan (MTRO) – 1:01.02
- Ben Dillard (TASC) – 1:02.32
Virginia tech’s AJ Pouch won the men’s 100 breast tonight in Irvine, holding off a late charge from Metroplex Aquatics 17-year-old Zhier Fan. Fan roared to a new personal best of 1:01.02 in the race to earn Silver. Fan scratched out of his events yesterday (day 3) after swimming to a massive lifetime best in the 200 breast on Day 2, in order to focus on the 100 breast today.
Fan’s swim tonight marked a personal best of 1:01.74, which he swam at the U.S. Olympic Trials Wave I meet in June. This morning, Fan swam a 1:02.19 to qualify 2nd for the A final. Here is a split comparison between Fan’s previous best from Wave I Trials, his prelims swim this morning, and his new personal best from tonight:
| Splits | 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave I | 2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine PRELIMS | 2021 Speedo Summer Championships – Irvine FINALS |
| 50m | 28.97 | 29.23 | 28.75 |
| 100m | 32.77 | 32.96 | 32.27 |
| Final Time | 1:01.74 | 1:02.19 | 1:01.02 |
Fan was faster on both the 1st and 2nd 50s tonight versus his previous best from Wave I. This morning, Fan was half a second slower on the first 50 than he was tonight, and 0.69 seconds slower on the 2nd 50. Importantly, 1:01.02 would have finished 19th in prelims of the 100 breast at the Olympic Trials Wave II meet, just one spot outside alternates for finals. It took a 1:00.81 to advance to semifinals at Trials.
In addition to the lifetime best, Fan has now cracked the all-time top 10 for 17-18 boys in the LCM 100 breast. Fan, just 17, now ranks 9th all-time among 17-18 boys, and is just 1.20 seconds off Michael Andrew National Age Group Record. Here is the current all-time top 10 for 17-18 boys:
| Rank | Time | Swimmer | Date |
| 1 | 59.82 | Michael Andrew | 6/26/2016 |
| 2 | 1:00.06 | Josh Matheny | 6/13/2021 |
| 3 | 1:00.08 | Reece Whitley | 8/24/2017 |
| 4 | 1:00.46 | Kevin Houseman | 8/2/2015 |
| 5 | 1:00.47 | Kevin Cordes | 8/7/2012 |
| 6 | 1:00.68 | Jacob Montague | 8/25/2016 |
| 7 | 1:00.86 | Carsten Vissering | 7/29/2015 |
| 8 | 1:00.88 | Mitch Mason | 6/13/2021 |
| 9 | 1:01.02 | Zhier Fan | 8/6/2021 |
| 10 | 1:01.06 | Devon Nowicki | 8/8/2016 |
For 17-year-old boys, Fan now ranks #4 all-time, behind only Michael Andrew, Reece Whitley, and Carsten Vissering. Here is the all-time top 5 for 17-year-old boys in the LCM 100 breast:
| Rank | Time | Swimmer | Year |
| 1 | 59.82 | Michael Andrew | 2016 Olympic Trials |
| 2 | 1:00.08 | Reece Whitley | 2017 World JR Champs |
| 3 | 1:01.00 | Carsten Vissering | 2015 FL NCSA Spring Champs |
| 4 | 1:01.02 | Zhier Fan | 2021 Speedo Summer Champs – Irvine |
| 5 | 1:01.42 | Daniel Roy | 2017 Summer Junior Nats |
Fan is slated to swim the men’s 200 IM tomorrow, the final day of the meet.
Wow… Reece Whitley has fallen off a ton in this event LCM
If I’m a huge fan of Zhier , can I say that I’m Zhier Fan?