Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 1/17/2026

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

Asher Song, 13, Pleasanton Seahawks (PC): Song established 5 lifetime bests on the Pac Coast All-Stars meet two weeks in the past in Pacifica, Calif., highlighted by what he did within the dash free and fly occasions. The Pleasanton Seahawk, representing the Pacific Zone Team, led off the 200 free relay in 21.53, reducing his earlier better of 21.76 to rank 4th this season amongst 13-year-old boys within the 50 free and tied for twentieth within the 13-14 age group. In the 100 fly, Song put up a time of 52.52 to rank 2nd this season amongst 13-year-old boys, reducing his earlier better of 52.94 set final February. He additionally set bests within the 100 free (48.80), 200 again (2:03.44) and 100 breast (1:03.53).

Eli Kim, 12, Pleasanton Seahawks (PC): Kim set 5 finest occasions on the Pac Coast All-Stars meet and adopted up with three extra bests final weekend on the Pleasanton Seahawks SCY C/B/B meet. At the All-Stars meet, his headlining swim got here within the 100 IM, clocking 56.42 to maneuver right into a tie for forty sixth all-time within the boys’ 11-12 age group and 2nd this season. He then set bests within the 500 free (4:54.50), 100 breast (1:04.97) and 50 fly (25.80) final weekend, rating him seventh, 14th and twenty second within the 11-12 age group this season, respectively.

Hayley Anderson, 11, Wichita Swim Club (MV): Anderson established 4 lifetime bests and narrowly missed two others on the Midwest All Stars meet final weekend in Des Moines whereas representing the Missouri Valley Zone Team. Anderson clocked 32.46 within the 50 breast to maneuver right into a tie for third this season amongst 11-year-old ladies, whereas she additionally went 2:16.12 within the 200 IM to rank tenth and slotted into twelfth within the seasonal rankings in each the five hundred free (5:26.59) and 100 again (1:02.51). The Wichita Swim Club product additionally missed her finest occasions within the 200 free (2:01.17) and 100 IM (1:03.26), each set in December, by a mixed 12 one-hundredths of a second, clocking 2:01.22 and 1:03.33, respectively. Her finest occasions from final month rank her sixth and seventh within the nation amongst 11-year-olds.

Emerson Tench, 13, CAC Boulder Riptide (CO): Tench went off for six lifetime bests on the Midwest All Stars meet, profitable each occasion he raced for the Colorado Swimming Zone Team. Competing simply earlier than his thirteenth birthday, the Riptide Swim Team member most notably put up a time of 4:52.89 within the 500 free, his first time underneath 5:00 (earlier better of 5:00.02), to rank 4th this season within the boys’ 11-12 age group and tied for sixty fourth all-time. Tench additionally moved to eleventh this season within the 11-12 age group within the 200 free (1:51.30), thirtieth within the 100 again (59.03), thirty second within the 100 IM (59.97), and added bests within the 100 free (52.64) and 50 again (27.78).

Alyna Cox, 10, Bayside Aquatics (MD): Cox registered six finest occasions finally weekend’s Speedo Mid-Winter Invite in Owings Mills, Md., profitable 4 of her eight occasions. Cox’s prime swims got here within the 100 again and 100 IM, posting respective occasions of 1:06.88 and 1:07.54 to rank twelfth and thirteenth within the ladies’ 10 & underneath age group this season. The Bayside Aquatics product additionally set PBs within the 50 breast (37.09), 100 breast (1:22.56), 100 fly (1:09.29) and 200 IM (2:30.43).

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