GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 6/24/2022
Some of the highlights of the last two weeks in age group swimming, where a number of up-and-comers made waves and moved up in the all-time rankings.
Bella Brito Rattles 13-14 100 BR NAG At Carlsbad Sectionals, Pebley Returns
14-year-old Bella Brito scared the 100 breast NAG by with a time of 1:00.06, while 2016 Olympian Jacob Pebley raced for the first time in over five months.
Bella Brito, Edward Kim Pick Up Multiple Wins At Pacific Coast All-Star Meet
Bella Brito picked up gold in the 500 and 100 freestyle, while Nguyen took first place in both the 100 fly, 100 breast, and 200 IM.
Teagan O’Dell Wins Again; Katie Crom Picks Off Justina Kozan in 100 Free
15-year old Teagan O’Dell won the 200 breaststroke in another lifetime best on Sunday to close the 2021 Kevin B. Perry Invitational.
Rex Maurer and Matthew Chai Battle to 4:17s in 500 Free at Kevin Perry Invite
Rex Maurer (above) was already the fastest 500 freestyler in the high school class of 2023. He dropped another 2 seconds to win a marquee battle on Friday.
GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 10/1/2021
Mission Viejo’s Macky Hodges opened the 2021-22 season by hitting a best time of 54.98 in the women’s 100 backstroke.
14-Year-Old Katie Grimes Posts 8th All-Time Fastest 1650 in 13-14 Age Group
14-year-old Katie Grimes of Sandpipers of Nevada closed out the meet with a 14 second time drop in her 1650 free, touching the wall in 1st place at 16:05.03.
Bella Sims Drops 4:38 500 Yard Free, 10th Fastest All-Time in 15-16 Age Group
Going into this meet, 15-year-old Bella Sims’ best 500 time ranked her outside the top 100 all-time fastest 15-16 year-olds. Her 4:38.21 now ranks her 10th.
Katie Grimes Swims 4:09.27 400 Yard IM, 3rd Fastest All-Time in 13-14 Age Group
Sandpipers’ Katie Grimes dropped 5 seconds in her 400 yard IM today, nearing Katie Hoff’s 13-14 National Age Group record of 4:08.44 which she set in 2004.
