2026 New England Swimming LCM Senior Championships
July 9-12, 2026
Brown College, Windfall, Rhode Island
Lengthy Course Meters (50m), Prelims/Finals
Full Meet Outcomes
The newest salvo in a wave of revival from American males’s breaststroking got here from 15-year-old Cullen Cashman earlier this month on the New England Swimming Senior Championships in Rhode Island.
There, Cashman knocked greater than a second off his greatest time within the 100 meter breaststroke to win in 1:02.96. Regardless of being within the youthful half of the age group, that swim ranks him Forty seventh-best all-time amongst American 15-16s within the occasion.
He ranks twelfth all-time amongst simply 15-year-olds and is 2nd nationally this season at swimmers his age behind solely Floridian Reef McMeeking, who swam 1:02.68 on the Westmont Professional Swim in March.
Cashman’s earlier greatest time was a 1:04.27 that he swam to complete eighth on the Ocala Futures meet final summer time.
Virtually all of that drop got here within the second 50 of the swim. Whereas he opened the race a tenth sooner, he completed it 1.1 higher over the second size, and that was the vast majority of the distinction within the ultimate time.
Maybe unsurprisingly given his 100 meter splitting, Cashman additionally went a greatest time within the 200 breaststroke, dropping from a 2:18.24 a yr in the past to a 2:17.27 at this meet. He completed 2nd behind Commonwealth Swimming’s Gerhardt Hoover, who knocked half-a-second off his greatest time in victory.
Whereas Cashman is only a rising highschool sophomore, Hoover is making ready to begin his freshman season on the College of Virginia. That was one among 5 particular person occasion wins on the meet, together with the 100 again, 200 again, 200 IM, and 400 IM.
Hoover nonetheless holds the 15-16 100 meter breaststroke report over Cashman – however not by a lot: simply .05 seconds.
Cashman swims for the South Shore Mill Pond YMCA.
Different Notable Outcomes from the meet:
Gianna Mattrey swam 28.09 within the ladies’ 50 fly to interrupt the 13-14 LSC Document.
Mena Boardman swam 29.20 within the ladies’ 50 again to interrupt the 17-18 LSC Document. Boardman received 8 complete races for Commonwealth Swimming, together with 5 of six in her particular person occasions.
At 15, Revolution Swimming’s Joey Eaddy received each the 800 free (8:09.78) and the 1500 free (15:37.91), along with 5 runner-up finishes. That swim within the 1500 was a brand new greatest time, as was his 1:52.41 within the 200 free for 2nd place.
