Maximus Williamson Obliterates Excessive College Report with 1:30.46 200 Free
Maximus Wiliamson’s adjustment to the nationwide highschool file within the 200 free on Friday was slight. Saturday’s was a wholesale annihilation.
Williamson, swimming for Keller Excessive, set a greatest time of 1:30.46 on the UIL Class 6A championships in Texas. That’s greater than two seconds sooner than the prevailing highschool file that he had nudged down in prelims.
Williamson additionally lowers his 17-18 nationwide age-group file, which has been 1:31.37, set in December of 2023.
Modifications within the 200 free nationwide file had been gradual. Carson Foster was the primary to interrupt 1:33 with a 1:32.99 in 2019. It stood till Aaron Shackell trimmed it to 1:32.85 in 2023, then a discount that fall by Kaii Winkler to 1:32.68. Williamson took one other .05 off that on Friday to 1:32.63.
This, although, is a quantum leap.
Williamson’s splits:
20.59 – 22.74 – 23.24 – 23.89 – 1:30.46
Splits from Friday’s swim:
21.04 – 23.24 – 23.97 – 24.36 – 1:32.63
Williamson’s time would’ve completed fourth at NCAAs final 12 months, trailing solely Olympians Luke Hobson, Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano.
The College of Virginia commit on Friday took out the state file set in 2018 by Jack LeVant at 1:33.57. Williamson additionally has the 100 free on Saturday, which incorporates all finals for the best classification of Texas highschool competitors. He helped Keller qualify each freestyle relays as nicely, which might give him an opportunity to go after a flat begin 50 freestyle (he cut up 18.95 off a relay begin Friday).
The highschool file within the 50 free is nineteen.20, belonging to Aiden Hayes from 2021, whereas Williamson owns the 100 free mark at 41.84.
Williamson owns Texas state information within the 200 free, 200 particular person medley (1:40.81), 50 free (19.45), 100 backstroke (46.29) and 100 free.
