2024 Winter Juniors-West: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

2024 Winter Junior Championships- West

• December 11-14, 2024
• Wednesday Finals: 5 pm EST
• Thursday-Saturday: Prelims: 10 am EST/ Finals: 5 pm EST
• Austin, TX
• SCY (25 yards)
• Psych Sheets
• Meet Central
• Live Stream
• Live Results

Day 1 Finals Heat Sheet

Night 1 will kick off in Austin, Texas with the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay. The Lakeside Aquatic Club boys swam to a Meet Record a year ago, will they repeat again? Maximus Williamson is in his final Winter Juniors meet before he heads off to Virginia next fall.

GIRLS’ 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• West Record: 1:37.65 – Fort Collins Area Swim Team (B Stewart, Z Bartel, C Gillilan, K Alons) 2017
• Meet Record: 1:36.48 – Carmel Swim Club (Berglund, Sweeney, Shackell, Christman), 2022
• 13-14 NAG Record: 1:41.57 – TAC Titans (Liu, He, Nixon, Whelehan), 2024
• 15-16 NAG Record: 1:39.21 – Virginia Gators (Muzzy, Kulp, Bray, Hamilton), 2017
• 17-18 NAG Record: 1:36.90 – Aquajets Swim Team (Kern, Egeland, Rosenhagen, Becker), 2022

Top 8:

1. Beach Cities Swimming ‘A’, 1:37.26 WEST MEET RECORD
2. Crow Canyon Sharks ‘A’, 1:38.40
3. Bellevue Club Swim Team ‘A’, 1:38.43
4. Mission Viejo Nadadores ‘A’, 1:39.28
5. Lakeside Aquatic Club ‘A’, 1:39.48
6. Academy Bullets Swim Club ‘A’, 1:40.12
7. Lakeside Aquatic Club ‘B’, 1:40.35
8. Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic Club ‘A’, 1:40.52

The Lakeside Aquatic Club girls ‘B’ relay earned the win out of heat one with a 1:40.35 while swimming out of lane 7. Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic Club finished 2nd in the first heat, touching in a 1:40.52.

Beach Cities Swimming posted a 1:37.26 in heat two to take over the top time and post a meet record in the process. The Brito sisters were featured in the relay as Bella Brito split a 27.13 on the breaststroke leg and 14 year old Gabi Brito split a 21.90 on the anchor leg. Crow Canyon Sharks ‘A’ relay swam to a 1:38.40 to touch second in the heat.

BOYS’ 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• West Record: 1:27.11 – Scottsdale Aquatic Club (R Hoffer, S Gage, R Van Deusen, J Blake), 2016
• Meet Record: 1:26.52 – Mason Manta Rays (C. Foster, J. Foster, McDonald, Chaney), 2018
• 13-14 NAG Record: 1:34.61 – Carmel Swim Club (Lancaster, Malicki, Haig, Enoch), 2020
• 15-16 NAG Record: 1:28.85 – Mason Manta Rays (C. Foster, Van Gorp, McDonald, Chaney), 2018
• 17-18 NAG Record: 1:25.94 – Nashville Aquatic Club (Amlicke, Schumann, Nicholas, Dong), 2020

Top 8:

1. Waterloo Swimming ‘A’, 1:28.87
2. Aquajets Swim Team ‘A’, 1:28.95
3. Texas Ford Aquatics ‘A’, 1:29.15
4. Lakeside Aquatics Club ‘A’, 1:29.16
5. NASA Wildcat Aquatics ‘A’, 1:29.34
6. Seattle Metropolitan Aquatic Club ‘A’, 1:29.86
7. Olympus Aquatics ‘A’, 1:29.98
8. Irvine Novaquatics ‘A’, 1:29.99

Olympus Aquatics earned the outside sweep in heat one with a 1:29.98 out of lane 8. That finished ahead of Irvine Novaquatics swam a 1:29.99 to touch second.

GIRLS’ 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• West Record: 6:52.66 – Sandpipers of Nevada (A Sims, K Grimes, M Hodges, C Weinstein), 2022
• Meet Record: 6:52.66 – Sandpipers of Nevada (A Sims, K Grimes, M Hodges, C Weinstein), 2022
• 13-14 NAG Record: 7:18.96 – NOVA Aquatics (G. Sheble, C. Sheble, Erickson, Ackerly), 2017
• 15-16 NAG Record: 7:08.94 – NCAP (Duncan, Spink, Wall, Gemmell), 2020
• 17-18 NAG Record: 7:06.69 – NCAP (Duncan, Wall, Spink, Gemmell), 2022

Top 8:

1. Bellevue Club Swim Team ‘A’, 7:08.01
2. Crow Canyon Sharks ‘A’, 7:12.30
3. Academy Bullets Swim Club ‘A’, 7:12.44
4. Mission Viejo Nadadores ‘A’, 7:13.13
5. Beach Cities Swimming ‘A’, 7:14.37
6. Irvine Novaquatics ‘A’, 7:16.81
7. Bellevue Club Swim Team ‘B’, 7:17.86
8. Flying Fish Arizona ‘A’, 7:18.30

Irvine Novaquatics ‘A’ relay earned the win in heat 1 and led from the start. 15 year old Alyssa Ton posted a best time 1:45.37 on the lead off leg and the relay did not look back. Ton’s time moves her up the all-time rankings in the age group as she previously sat at #92 and now sits t-46. The relay touched in a final time of a 7:16.81.

Bellevue Club Swim Team earned the win in heat two as well as the overall win. The relay touched in a 7:08.01.

Teagan O’Dell had a huge lead off for Mission Viejo as she swam become the 5th fastest performer in the 17-18 age group all-time with a 1:42.27. The relay went on to finish 4th.

BOYS’ 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• West Record: 6:20.34 – Lakeside Aquatic Club (M Williamson, C Lucas, M Hatcher, R Paulk), 2023
• Meet Record: 6:20.34 – Lakeside Aquatic Club (M Williamson, C Lucas, M Hatcher, R Paulk), 2023
• 13-14 NAG Record: 6:51.02 – SwimMAC (Sammons, Sweet, Hamid, Cagle) 2024
• 15-16 NAG Record: 6:30.45 – Rose Bowl Aquatics (Dalmacio, Kim, Larrick, Maurer), 2021
• 17-18 NAG Record: 6:20.34 – Lakeside Aquatic Club (Williamson, Lucas, Hatcher, Paulk), 2024

Top 8:

1. Lakeside Aquatic Club ‘A’, 6:22.48
2. Sandpipers of Nevada ‘A’, 6:26.65
3. Irvine Novaquatics ‘A’, 6:29.23
4. Aquajets Swim Team ‘A’, 6:29.78
5. Texas Ford Aquatics ‘A’, 6:32.43
6. Scottsdale Aquatic Club ‘A’, 6:34.77
7. Rose Bowl Aquatics ‘A’, 6:35.76
8. King Aquatic Club ‘A’, 6:35.89

Maximus Williamson led the Lakeside Aquatic Club ‘A’ relay off in a 1:32.38, a time that was just over a second off his own 17-18 NAG record. The relay won heat two in a final time of a 6:22.48. They also won the event overall. The relay also consisted of Maxwell Stanislaus, Aubrey Jaya, and Luke Garrett.

Sandpipers of Nevada were consistent throughout their race. Gabriel Manteufel split a 1:36.17 on the lead off leg and Noah Mudadu swam a 1:35.94 on the 2nd leg. The final two swimmers were also sub-1:38