This championship season sure is a busy time of year. I apologize for being a week behind but it’s better late than never, right? Below are our picks for some truly fabulous swims during the weekend of July 25-27, 2014. (Don’t worry; there will be another WWAGS for the weekend of August 1-3, and still another for August 8-10.)
Berit Quass, 11, Central Iowa Aquatics: 200m free (2:14.95) – Quass dropped a whopping 8.3 seconds and won the girls 11-12 200 free at the Iowa Swimming Long Course Championships hosted by Cedar Rapids Aquatics Association. She also won the 200 fly, was third in the 50 free, and second in the 100 free, 50/100/200 back, and 50/100 fly.
Alexander Zettle, 14, Lakeside Aquatic Club: 400m free (4:02.14) – Swimming at Texas Age Group Championships, Zettle won the boys 13-14 100/200/400/800/1500 free, was third in the 200 IM and second in the 400 IM. He went seven-for-seven PBs and picked up his first Winter Juniors cuts in the 100 and 800 frees, and his first Summer Juniors cuts in the 200 and 400 frees.
Alex Podrez, 11, Great Lakes Sailfish Swimming: 1500m free (19:31.16) – Podrez had some great swims at the Lake Erie Long Course Age Group Championships in Geneva, Ohio. He finished top-eight in the boys 11-12 200/400/800/1500 free, 100/200 back, and 200/400 IM. Podrez won the 800 and finished 3rd in the mile, achieving best times in both. He also went PBs in both backs and the 400 IM.
Ryan Hogan, 11, SOLO Aquatics: 1500m free (19:00.73) – With a 30-second drop in two months, Hogan picked up a PB and a second-place finish at the New England 14 & Under LCM Championships, hosted by Seacoast Swimming – Dover. Hogan also finished the weekend with new times in the 200/400/800 free, 100/200 fly, and 400 IM.
Athena Ye, 13, Kishwaukee YMCA Dekalb County: 100m back (1:04.51) – Ye picked up her first Summer Juniors cut with a 2.4-second drop off her seed time at the Speedo Illinois Age Group hosted by BDSC & ACAD at the RecPlex. In addition to the 100 back, Ye went home with best times in the 100 free, 200 back, 100 fly, and 400 IM.
Tal Davis, 15, Team Greenville: 200 back (2:06.47) – Between prelims and finals at the South Carolina Long Course Championships hosted by Carolina Aquatics, Davis dropped 3.5 seconds in the boys senior 200 back and took second, only .23 behind the winner. He also won the 1500 free and was fourth in the 200 IM. He achieved PBs in all three events.
Paige Hunt, 11, Aquatic Club of Elkhorn: 100m breast (1:19.45) – At the Midwestern Long Course Championship hosted by Lincoln Select Swimming, Hunt finished second in the girls 11-12 breast with a personal best by 3.5 seconds. Hunt finished the weekend with PBs in the 100/200 breast and 50 fly.
Paul DeGrado, 12, Scarlet Aquatics 200m breast (2:33.84) – DeGrado dropped 4.5 seconds to win the 200 breast at the New Jersey Junior Olympics; he broke the New Jersey LSC Men’s 11-12 200 Meter Breaststroke record for the third time this season and picked up a Sectional cut to boot.
Connor Hunt, 11, Ridgefield Aquatic Club: 200m fly (2:32.12) – Hunt went his best time by 4.7 seconds and finished second in the boys 11-12 200 breast at Connecticut Long Course Age Group Championships held at Wesleyan University. He also finished with best times in the 400 free, 50/200 breast, and 50/100 fly.
Allison Bernier, 11, Charger Aquatics: 200m fly (2:34.95) – At the New Mexico 11 & Over Long Course Championships hosted by LCAT in Las Cruces, Bernier went a best time by 5 seconds in prelims, then dropped another 6 in finals to win the girls 11-12 200 fly. She also won the 400 free, 100 fly, and 200 IM and was runner-up in the 100 free.
Braden Vines, 14, City Of Midland Swim Team: 200m IM (2:10.97) – Vines dropped nearly three seconds and finished second in the boys 13-14 200 IM at Texas Long Course Age Group Championships in Austin. He went best times in the 100/200/400 free, 100 fly, and 200 IM.
Mia Abruzzo, 11, Penn Charter Aquatic Club: 400m IM (5:31.18) – Abruzzo finaled in the girls 11-12 50/100/200/400/800 free, 100/200 back, 50/100/200 fly, and 200/400 IM at the Middle Atlantic Long Course Junior Olympics hosted by Greater Philadelphia Aquatic Club. Abruzzo scored personal bests in all but three of those events. Her 400 IM time ranks her 12th in the country for 11-year-old girls.
Special thanks to Lyle Campbell for his assistance in putting this list together.
Pretty sure that if you read a random really old WW article there’s probably names that you’ll recognize pretty well
Little disappointed that Lindsay Looney didn’t make the list. Go 7 for 7 in the 11-12 girls Texas age group championship meet. Winning most races by body lengths. I usually don’t get involved in these things but am shocked she didn’t get at least a mention for the meet she had. In the last 2 weeks, has put swims up that put her
All time 100 for 11-12 girls
1500 (48)
100 back (44)
200 back (31)
100 fly (78)
200 fly (12)
200IM (24)
400IM (8)
So here is your shout out LJ. Great meet what you did very view have ever performed 7-7
July 25-27? It seems it was a lifetime ago!
I just mention 2 phenoms I watch closely.
12-year-old Regan Smith
1.04.20 in the 100 back
She’s now the 3rd 11/12 performer of all-time in US history.
12-year-old Destin Lasco
25.91 in the 50 free
56.29 in the 100 free
28.85 in the 50 back
1.00.52 in the 100 back
2.11.59 in the 200 back. NAG record!
2.15.79 in the 200 IM
4.51.03 in the 400 IM! NAG record!
Talking about Destin Lasco, he swims this week at the Eastern zone long course age group championships and he has already made the show… Read more »
Not this time. 28.63 in final.
He still has the 200 IM tomorrow to break the record from Chas Morton.
Anne, first you can write in English, I can understand.
Second, your comment was serious?
If yes, I don’t understand your reaction.
It wasn’t at all a criticism from my part! 😯
It meant : “The performers from 2 weeks ago, how can I remember them?” 🙂
There have been so many fast meets and so many big performances since then!
And thanks for your video interviews at junior nationals.
bobo – I think she’s just flirting with you. That’s why she used the ;-).
Interesting! It looks like Vinny is developing into more of a 50/100 free/back type and Destin into more of a 200 back/free/IM type. That’s great, because their events won’t conflict as much, and the 2 of them will not conflict with breaststrokers Reese and Ethan! 🙂
It’s been a blessing to have had 2 of the greatest swimmers in history on Team USA (Michael and Ryan), but it would have been better if their best events weren’t exactly the same! Also, it’s great to have such depth in backstroke, but if some of them had been just as good in other events… 🙂
50 FREE
B13 Trepanier, Andrew MN STRM 962 7/24/2014 24.72
100 FREE
G12 Gharbaoui, Leanna SI UN 902 7/24/2014 59.59
B13 Trepanier, Andrew MN STRM 986 7/27/2014 53.63
200 FREE
G12 Housey, Sophie MI PA 909 7/25/2014 2:08.95
B13 Hils, Zachary KY WA 1018 7/24/2014 1:57.09
B14 Kao, Owen CA NOVA 968 7/23/2014 1:54.50
B16 Sanders, Grant FL CAT 919 7/25/2014 1:51.96
400 FREE
B16 Boscaino, Nazareno FL CAT 933 7/25/2014 3:55.70
800 FREE
1500 FREE
G13 Sullivan, Erica CA SAND 957 7/23/2014 17:03.36
B13 Puskovitch, Ivan MA GAAC 943 7/24/2014 16:39.36
50 BACK
G11 Tang, Amy PN PDST 983 7/26/2014 31.93
G12 Smith, Regan MN STRM 984… Read more »
Paul DeGrado
2014 Eastern Zone Age Group Championships 8/7/2014
200m breast: 2:29.96
11-12 boys 200 breast final at Eastern Zones last night was easily the best heat of that race ever swam. 4 boys with top 20 all-time swims (2nd, 6th, 10th, and 19th) and 3 swimmers from 1 LSC faster than the previous meet record.
100 breast tonight should be a treat to watch after Ian Lui (2nd to DeGrado in the 200) almost broke 1:10 and was under Reece Whitley’s meet record by 2 seconds. Crazy stuff
Some other noticeable swims from NJ’s Junior Olympics
Ian Liu- 12 Year Old from Scarlet Aquatics- 34.02 50 breast and 1.12.13 100 breast with a state record in the 100
Danning Hu- 12 Year Old from Scarlet Aquatics- 2.49.7 200 breast, 2:27.5 200 back, 5:16.1 400 IM, 1.08.83 100 back, 1.07.2 100 Fly, 4:43 400 Free, 2.26.49 200 IM
Jonathan Chen- 12 Year Old from Morris County Swim Club. 2:24.70 200 back, 1.08.4 100 back
Matthew Lequang- 12 Year Old from Princeton Tigers Aquatic Club. 27.7 50 Free, 59.2 100 free, 2.06.3 200 Free, 4:28 400 Free, (best time is 4:27), 9:19 800 free, 17.56 1500 free, 2.26.6 200 IM, 5:09.9 400 IM.