Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 1/10/2026

Brought to you by Spectrum Aquatics, a SwimSwam companion, our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming sequence celebrates swimmers of all ages and expertise stage with age group profiles of some current outcomes.

Sara Young, 13, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club (PV): Competing earlier than her thirteenth birthday in mid-December, Young set 5 lifetime bests on the Riley Eaton Holiday Inviational in Boyds, Md., cracking the highest 25 within the women’ 11-12 age group in three of them. Young clocked 1:51.41 within the 200 free, reducing her month-old finest time of 1:52.01 to climb to eleventh all-time within the 11-12 age group. She additionally went 56.06 within the 100 fly to rank 18th all-time, whereas within the 100 free, her PB of 51.78 slots her twenty second all-time. She additionally ranks 1st this season within the women’ 11-12 age group in all three occasions. The Rockville Montgomery Swim Club product additionally cracked the highest 100 all-time within the 50 free, clocking 24.18 to rank 99th, and he or she added a fifth finest time within the 200 IM (2:09.55).

Kate Allen, 13, Carmel Swim Club (IN): Representing the Indiana Zone Team on the Mid States All-Star Championships final weekend in Indianapolis, Allen was on fireplace, accumulating three particular person victories and a pair of runner-up finishes whereas contributing to 2 successful relays. Allen clocked 2:00.24 within the 200 IM to rank 1st this season amongst 13-year-old women, whereas she strikes to 2nd in each the 200 free (1:49.47) and 500 free (4:53.37) and third within the 50 free (23.56). In the 13-14 age group, she ranks 4th this season within the 200 IM, seventh within the 200 free, ninth within the 500 free and sixteenth within the 50 free. She added notable splits of 23.09 on the anchor leg on the 200 free relay and 25.74 swimming fly on the 200 medley relay, each of which have been victorious.

Gerhardt Hoover, 17, Commonwealth Swimming (NE): Hoover exploded for six finest instances on the New England Swimming Senior Championships in Andover the weekend earlier than Christmas, together with his most notable swims coming within the 200 again and 200 IM. In the 200 again, he dropped greater than a second off his week-old finest time of 1:45.06, set at Winter Juniors – East, to clock 1:43.84 and climb to sixth this season amongst 17-year-old boys and twenty fourth within the 17-18 age group. In the 200 IM, the Virginia commit lowered his 10-day-old finest time of 1:46.54 in 1:46.19, rating him ninth this season amongst 17-year-old boys and twenty second within the 17-18 age group. He additionally set finest instances within the 200 free (1:39.72), 50 again (22.84) and 100 again (48.55).

Sarah Chiang, 11, Pacific Dragons Swim Team (PN): Competing on the Pacific Northwest 14 & Under Short Course Championships in early December, Chiang set finest instances in six occasions, displaying spectacular vary throughout freestyle, backstroke and IM. In the 1650 free, Chiang dropped greater than 36 seconds from her finest time to clock 18:38.64, rating her 4th this season amongst 11-year-old women and nineteenth within the 11-12 age group. Competing only a month after her eleventh birthday, Chiang additionally set massive finest instances within the 500 free (5:30.36) and 400 IM (4:49.61) on the meet, rating her twenty first and sixth, respectively, amongst 11-year-old women this season. She additionally set PBs within the 200 free (2:05.09), 100 again (1:05.56) and 200 IM (2:18.90). One week later on the Washington State Senior SCY Championships, she set extra finest instances within the 200 again (2:20.68), 50 fly (30.55) and 200 fly (2:28.68).

Jacob Lee, 12, Rose Bowl Aquatics (CA): Lee put up 4 finest instances on the SCAT Winter Age Group Invitational Dec. 12-14 in San Clemente, Calif., highlighted by his swim within the 100 breast. After breaking 1:03 for the primary time initially of November in 1:02.23, Lee clocked 1:02.01 on the meet in December, rating him thirty seventh all-time within the boys’ 11-12 age group and 1st this season. The Rose Bowl Aquatics member additionally set private bests within the 50 free (24.36), 100 free (55.32) and 100 IM (1:01.16). Back in motion in early January on the Pacific Coast All-Stars meet final weekend, Lee received the 11-12 boys 50 breast in 28.49, simply shy of his PB set in October (28.30).

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