14-Year Old Samuel Wooten Knocks Five Seconds Off North Carolina Age Group Record in 1000 Free

2024 North Carolina Age Group Championships

February 13-16, 2025
Triangle Aquatic Middle, Cary, North Carolina
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Samuel Wooten of the Marlins of Raleigh swam a 9:12.85 within the 1000 yard freestyle on Thursday night to kick off the 2024 North Carolina Age Group Championships. That point is an almost 27-seconds private greatest and takes virtually 5 seconds off the North Carolina LSC 13-14 document.

The outdated document belonged to US Nationwide Junior Workforce member Sam Marsteiner, who swam 9:17.80 in 2022.

This swim comes on a fast turnaround from the North Carolina state championship meet, the place Wooten was nineteenth within the 200 free (1:44.25), and sixth within the 500 free (4:34.16) for Athens Drive Excessive College as a freshman.

His earlier greatest time within the 1000 free was achieved in November in 9:39.84; at this meet final 12 months he swam 10:00.46. That is simply his fifth official profession swim within the occasion.

The 9:12 strikes him into the highest 10 American 13-14s within the historical past of the occasion; he’s 10 seconds again of Matthew Hirschberger‘s former age document of 9:02.37, which was shattered in 2013 by Luka Mijatovic in a paradigm-altering 8:46.50.

Wooten is scheduled to swim the 200 free, 500 free, 1650 free, 200 IM, 400 IM, 100 again, and 200 again individually later within the meet.

Wooten additionally swam the 800 free relay on Thursday, splitting 1:45.42 as a part of MOR’s 4th place effort. The relay was gained by SwimMAC Carolina in 7:03.91, which included a 1:43.09 leadoff from John Williams.

Williams additionally gained the 13-14 100 IM on Thursday in 52.25.

On the ladies’ aspect, SwimMAC’s Shea Cleary gained the 1000 free in 10:19.30. That improves her greatest time achieved at Sectionals final 12 months by six seconds.

The ladies’ 13-14 100 IM was gained by TAC Titans’ Reina Liu in 54.45 in a giant battle SwimMAC’s Karina Plaza (55.43 – 2nd). Liu additionally break up 1:46.30 on the anchor leg of the Titan’s profitable 800 free relay that completed in 7:26.75.