Brought to you by Spectrum Aquatics, a SwimSwam partner, our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.
Maggie Dickinson, 16, Schroeder Swim Team (WI): Dickinson had an incredible swim in the 50 back at the Indianapolis Pro Swim last month, clocking 28.58 to lower her personal best time by five one-hundredths and climb the all-time age group rankings. Dickinson’s swim ranks her 16th all-time among 15-16 girls (U.S. only) in the 50 back, and it sits 2nd this season, only trailing Gabi Brito‘s 28.37. Dickson also established season-bests in the 100 back (1:01.63) and 200 back (2:12.69) in Indianapolis, ranking her 8th and 5th, respectively, in the 15-16 age group this season. Her personal best time stand at 1:00.90 in the 100 back and 2:12.24 in the 200 back, both set at U.S. Junior Nationals last August, which rank 27th and 52nd all-time in the 15-16 age group, respectively.
Elijah McCoy, 13, First Colony Swim Team (GU): McCoy was on fire at the FCFST Summer Splash in Houston in late June, setting six new personal best times and moving up the boys’ 11-12 age group rankings. McCoy was 12 during the meet, but has since aged up and turned 13. In the 100 breast, he lowered his best time by more than two seconds in 1:13.46, ranking him 3rd this season in the 11-12 age group. In what would have to be considered his best event, the 50 breast, he put up a time of 33.26, just shy of his 32.91 lifetime best set in May that ranks 1st this season in the 11-12 age group and tied for 54th all-time. He also moved to 13th this season in the age group in the 50 free (27.18), and also set best times in the 100 free (1:00.54), 200 breast (2:51.62), 200 IM (2:29.07) and 400 IM (5:30.45).
Dhriti Upadhyaya, 14, Katy Aquatic Team For Youth (GU): Upadhyaya set four personal best times at the BATS Invite two weeks ago in Houston, highlighted by her performances in the backstroke events. In the 100 back, Upadhyaya clocked 1:03.66 to lower her three-week-old best of 1:04.24 and move into 3rd this season in the girls’ 13-14 age group. It also ranks her 99th all-time. In the 50 back, the Katy Aquatic Team For Youth member put up a time of 29.95 to rank 2nd this season and tied for 52nd all-time among 13-14 girls, with one of the swimmers she matched being Gretchen Walsh. Upadhyaya also set best times in the 100 free (1:01.02) and 50 fly (29.56) at the meet, and added a season-best of 1:06.18 in the 100 fly.
Hawken Tate, 14, YMCA of Northwest North Carolina Riptyde (NC): Tate set personal bests in all seven events he contested at the EAC Independence Invitational two weeks ago in Greensboro, making an impact in the national rankings in the backstroke events. In the 100 back, Tate lowered his best time from 1:02.24 all the way down to 59.85, ranking him 6th this season in the boys’ 13-14 age group. He also dropped a whopping seven seconds in the 200 back, clocking 2:12.41 to rank 17th in the 13-14 age group this season after coming in with a PB of 2:19.59. He also set best times in the 50 free (25.84), 100 free (55.84), 400 free (4:21.74), 800 free (9:09.34) and 100 breast (1:23.22).
Addie Farrier, 10, Clearwater Aquatic Team (FL): Farrier dropped four-tenths off her best time in the 100 fly at SPA’s Seminole Lanes Swim Meet two weeks ago in St. Petersburg, Fla., continuing her ascent up the all-time age group rankings. Farrier produced a time of 1:10.24, ranking her 17th all-time in the girls’ 10 & under age group and 1st this season. The Clearwater Aquatic Team product also moved to 2nd this season and 99th all-time in the 200 IM (2:40.24), and slotted into 7th and 11th this season in the 100 breast (1:27.89) and 50 breast (40.24), respectively.
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