By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
2026 BCA Winter Heats
January 31-February 1, 2026
Torrance, California
Quick Course Yards (25 yards), Timed Finals
Meet Outcomes
12-year-old Jacob Lee from Rose Bowl Aquatics in Pasadena, California clawed his approach up the all-time age group rankings final month in his penultimate meet earlier than getting old up.
Lee swam six particular person occasions, successful all of them and posting lifetime bests in 5 of them, on the BCA Winter Heats meet. That features the Tenth-best 50 yard breaststroke swim in 11-12 age group historical past.
Lee’s Outcomes, and all-time 11-12 age group rankings:
50 free – 24.61
100 free – 54.63 (-0.69s)
200 free – 1:59.98 (-4.29s)
50 breast – 28.06 (-0.24s) – #10
100 breast – 1:01.44 (-0.57s) – #23
200 breast – 2:15.73 (-8.28s) – #47
Lower than a month later, however after his birthday, he dropped his 100 breaststroke time to 59.24 and his 200 time to 2:13.34 on the Pacific Swimming LSC Championships. Had he performed these occasions simply a few weeks earlier, they might have ranked third and twelfth within the 11-12 age group, respectively.
Lee’s progressions have been exceptional. Throughout a yr from February 2025 to February 2026, he dropped his 100 breaststroke time by virtually 7 seconds (1:06.10 to 59.24) and his 200 breaststroke time by 16.5 seconds (2:29.83 to 2:13.34).
Rose Bowl actually went ham on the boys’ facet of the breaststroke races on the Winter Heats meet throughout age teams. 16-year-old Nolan Yokoyama received the 13-and-over age group in 56.79, a brand new greatest time by .33 seconds; and Marcus Soetanto received the ten & below age group in 1:13.94, dropping 2.46 seconds.
On the ladies’ facet of the meet, 15-year-old Junior Nationwide Staff member Gabi Brito from Seaside Cities Alpha raced as a warmup to Sectionals final weekend. She received the 200 free (1:46.07), 500 free (4:54.19), and 100 breast (1:03.10). Each freestyle races have been greatest occasions for the sprint-geared Brito. She additionally completed 2nd within the 200 breast in a greatest time of two:14.43.
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