2021 SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WEST
- December 8-11, 2021
- Jamail Texas Swim Center, Austin, Texas
- Short Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims/Finals
- Prelims: 9 am (ET)
- Finals: 5 pm (ET) – Wed. relays at 6 pm
- Meet Central
- Live Results
- Psych Sheets
- Live Stream
BOYS 500 FREESTYLE – FINALS
- Winter JRs Meet Record: Jake Magahey – 4:12.72 (12/12/2019)
- West Meet Record: Jack LeVant – 4:14.40 (12/7/2017)
Podium:
- GOLD: Rex Maurer (ROSE) – 4:15.40
- SILVER: Keaton Jones (NEP) – 4:15.54
- BRONZE: Matthew Chai (FAST) – 4:17.05
In a thrilling race in the boys 500 free last night, Rose Bowl Aquatics 17-year-old Rex Maurer, and Swim Neptune 17-year-old Keaton Jones went down to the wire. Jones took the race out faster, flipping 2 seconds ahead of Maurer at the 200 mark. Maurer was able to systematically run Jones down through the back half of the race, and ultimately out-touched him at the finish.
Both boys dropped about 2 seconds with their performances last night. Additionally, the pair have now both cracked the top 10 all-time for 17-year-olds in the 500 free. Here is the current list of all-time 17yo:
| Rank | Time | Swimmer |
| 1 | 4:14.19 | Townley Haas |
| 2 | 4:14.42 | Drew Kibler |
| 3 | 4:14.61 | Jake Magahey |
| 4 | 4:14.66 | Patrick Callan |
| 5 | 4:15.02 | Jack Walker |
| 6 | 4:15.03 | Jake Mitchell |
| 7 | 4:15.06 | Trey Freeman |
| 8 | 4:15.40 | Rex Maurer |
| 9 | 4:15.53 | Sean Grieshop |
| 10 | 4:15.54 | Keaton Jones |
16-year-old Cooper Lucas of Lakeside Aquatic Club came in 4th at the West meet last night, swimming a huge new personal best of 4:18.65. With the swim, Lucas is now the #11 performer all-time in the 15-16 age group. Here is the updated all-time top 11 for 15-16 boys in the 500 free:
| Rank | Time | Swimmer |
| 1 | 4:15.36 | Drew Kibler |
| 2 | 4:15.99 | Conall Monahan |
| 3 | 4:16.43 | Matthew Hirschberger |
| 4 | 4:16.59 | Sean Grieshop |
| 5 | 4:19.88 | Jake Magahey |
| 6 | 4:16.99 | Trey Freeman |
| 7 | 4:17.45 | Townley Haas |
| 8 | 4:17.97 | Aidan Burns |
| 9 | 4:18.12 | Michael Phelps |
| 10 | 4:18.49 | Liam Custer |
| 11 | 4:18.65 | Cooper Lucas |
Let’s go Keaton! Go for #1! PHX swim fan
If Rex commits to cal, then the top 3 swimmers would be teammates in the future. 👏🏽
How sure are we that the Conall Monahan time is accurate? He’s a good swimmer but that’s a big outlier amongst his 500s, and Swim Mac doesn’t even recognize it on their top performers list, but they do recognize his 4:36.
I love lists with Townley’s name on them!