2022 SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – WEST
- December 7-10, 2022
- Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center, Austin, Texas
- Short Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims/Finals
- Prelims @10:00AM ET, Finals at 6:00 PM ET (except for day 1 timed finals)
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Rex Maurer tied Michael Phelps tonight as the #2 17-18 in history in the 500 free with a 4:12.33. Showing off his versatility, he broke 20 seconds in the 50 free for the first time later in the session, touching for 4th place at 19.77. Maurer revealed that he wants to become one of the sole few to break 20 seconds in the 50 free and 15 minutes in the 1,650, a feat he is already halfway to accomplishing this weekend.
Kid has Drew Kibler esque range in free.
Hopefully he rethinks Stanford and commits somewhere where he has a better chance of tapping into his full potential.
(I’m not saying he can’t do this at Stanford but it’s MUCH harder to focus on swimming given the rigor of the course load at such a prestigious school)
I mean, at least he’ll have a good PAC -12 meet, right?
This is not your decision to make or even suggest.
It’s his right to commit to any school he deems best for his success just as it’s my right to comment about it
Kid’s planning to go sub 20 and sub 15 in Austin as a high school Senior and thinks Eddie’s letting him just jump on a plane back to Cali?
Only way he makes it to the Farm is a prisoner swap deal for Minakov.
Eddie will sacrifice Britney Griner for Rex Maurer
Ryk?
Who has done it before?
Jake magahey is the only one I can think of off the top of my head
I thought maybe Townley Haas, but he only got to 20.06
wait l! Townley did do it. Out in 19.98 on the the way to 41.67 100 free at NCAA and of course under 15 in 1650
yeah… the 20.06 was also extracted from a 100 swim.
As a highschooler? Not sure. Overall, though…
Ryan Lochte 19.22/14:55.03.
Christian Quintero 19.65/14:45.78.
Luke Hobson 19.98/14:40.15.
Jake Magahey 19.95/14:24.96.
Townley Haas had some fast relay splits,
but never officially broke 20.0 on a flat startand see Austinpoolboy’s comment above.There’s probably a few more, but couldn’t find any in my approximately ten minutes of searching.
Bonus fun facts:
Michael Phelps just missed both cuts. 20.07/15:01.51.
Zane Grothe went 20.35 in the 50 free…and looks like there’s a bunch of sub-15 milers in the 20-low club. Trey Freeman and James Murphy were both pretty close too.
Caeleb Dressel apparently has never officially swum the 1650.
Holy catnip, I never realized Lochte was that fast in the 50. It makes sense, given his underwaters, but 19.22 is blazing for a middle distance guy.
Lochte is a freakish talent who could do any stroke, any distance. He redefined short course swimming before the super suits briefly elevated everyone to that level. He didn’t have a Phelps or Lochte role model like today’s generation of freakishly fast and versatile swimmers.
Lochte won the 50 free and the 400IM at US Nationals the same year… not sure anyone else has done that!
Kieran Smith and Bobby Finke seem like prime candidates. Smith went 15:04 in 2018. And Finkes best 50 is from 2016.
his best time in the 50 free is probably the last 50 of his mile tbh
Yeah, I’m sure there’s a good number of guys who are capable of doing it, but just didn’t race both races at their peak.
Phelps went 19 in a 50 at like the Tom Dolan invite or something.
awesome research mr gibbs! Very impressive.
Matias Koski 19.6/14:32
Drinking game….. take a shot every time Rex says “super”