2024 NORTH CAROLINA SWIMMING AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 15-18, 2024
Triangle Aquatic Middle, Cary, North Carolina
Brief Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims/Finals
Full Meet Outcomes
After main off a Nationwide Age Group Report 800 free relay to open the meet, SwimMAC’s David Sammons went on a tear on the North Carolina Age Group Swimming Championships over the weekend.
He received 8 occasions on the meet, swimming lifetime bests in seven (together with the 100 free on a relay leadoff). He additionally broke 4 SwimMAC Carolina workforce data and set 4 new North Carolina Swimming LSC Information within the 13-14 age group.
Sammons’ Swims
200 free relay leadoff – 21.80
400 free relay leadoff – 46.91 (PB)
200 free particular person – 1:38.89 (1st place)
800 free relay leadoff – 1:38.81 (PB, LSC Report)
100 again particular person – 49.61 (1st place, PB, LSC Report)
200 again particular person – 1:46.60 (1st place, PB, LSC Report)
100 fly particular person – 50.45 (1st place)
200 fly particular person – 1:47.03 (1st place, PB, LSC Report)
100 IM – 51.70 (1st place, PB)
200 IM – 1:53.02 (1st place, PB)
400 IM – 3:56.88 (1st place)
Within the 200 again, he broke the earlier report of 1:48.49 that was set by Braeden Haughey in 2018 by nearly two seconds.
He now ranks within the high 25 all-time within the 100 again within the 100 again, high 10 within the 200 free, high 10 within the 200 again, and 4th within the 200 fly.
The meet was dominated by the host TAC Titans and SwimMAC, who mixed to win 43 out of 54 boys’ occasions and 41 out of 54 women’ occasions.
Group Scoring
High 5 women
TAC Titans – 2,617.5
SwimMAC Carolina – 1,870.66
North Carolina Aquatic Membership – 858
Mecklenburg Swim Affiliation – 697
YMCA of the Triangle Space – 637
High 5 boys
TAC Titans – 2,440
SwimMAC Carolina – 2,099.5
North Carolina Aquatic Membership – 1,274
Marlins of Raleigh – 579
Enfinity Aquatic Membership – 547.5
High 5 mixed
TAC Titans – 5,057.5
SwimMAC Carolina – 3,970.16
North Carolina Aquatic Membership – 2,132
MSA – 1,071
Marlins of Raleigh – 1,033
With a whopping 13 gold medals (together with relays), Sammons led the meet in podiums, however TAC’s depth proved the general winner.
That included Clayton Chia, who received 4 particular person occasions within the 10 & underneath occasions and swam eight lifetime bests. That included a 26.92 within the 50 free and 58.61 within the 100 free.
One other TAC swimmer, Steven Zhou-He, received the 50 fly (26.26) and 100 fly (57.67) and swam 9 private bests within the 11-12 boys’ age group.
The Titans additionally had two swimmers with double digit wins within the women’ age teams.
Reina Liu, who set a lot of LSC Information within the 11-12 age group, has now aged up into the 13-14s, and regardless of being within the youthful finish of the age group received 5 races – all nationwide leaders for a 13-year-old this season and among the many quickest ever.
Liu’s wins:
50 free – 22.46
100 free – 49.96 (49.16 in a 400 free relay leadoff)
100 again – 52.85 (52.67 main off the medley relay)
200 again – 1:56.90
100 IM – 55.67
Her time of 52.67 within the 100 again is the quickest by a 13-year-old this season by two and a half seconds, and ranks her Sixth-best all-time within the 13-14 age group – with greater than a 12 months go earlier than getting older out of the group.
The checklist of swimmers forward of her is a loaded checklist of swimmers with tons of worldwide appointments on their resume, together with Alex Walsh, Claire Curzan, Regan Smith, and Levenia Sim. The Nationwide Report for 13-14s is Charlotte Crush, who swam 50.44 in March 2023.
She additionally now ranks seventh all-time within the 50 free within the age group (one spot behind multi-time Olympian Dara Torres).
Within the 11-12 age group, one other TAC Titan Ziva Liu received 11 gold medals, together with seven in particular person occasions. Among the many highlights have been a 24.44 within the 50 free, 26.58 within the 50 fly, and 52.86 within the 100 free.
Different Highlights:
Drew Sito swam occasions that have been it not for Sammons, would most likely be headlines. He swam 50.07 within the 100 again remaining, 1:38.89 within the 200 free, 1:50.60 within the 200 again, and 4:00.10 within the 400 IM. That point within the 200 free ranks him within the high 20 all-time in US historical past within the 13-14 age group.
Oliver Marrujo swam, and went greatest occasions, in nearly each occasion on supply on the meet, however the spotlight was the 100 breaststroke, the place swam 56.72 and knocked a second-and-a-half off his prior greatest time from December. In all, he’s dropped about three seconds off his greatest time in that occasion within the final 12 months.
TAC’s Nicole Nixon received the 13-14 100 fly in 53.11 and SwimMAC Carolina’s Emma Richardson wasn’t far behind in 53.30. Nixon’s time was a drop of about three-tenths from the 4A Excessive College State meet per week earlier, making a complete of two.3 seconds of enchancment throughout the month of February. Richardson’s swim this weekend was an nearly three-second enchancment on her earlier greatest.
Karina Plaza from SwimMAC Carolina was 2nd to Reina Liu within the 200 again in 1:57.87 in what might need been her greatest swim of the meet, however grabbed particular person wins within the 100 breast (1:01.79), 200 breast (2:13.77), and 200 IM (2:01.84). She had seven private bests in complete.
