Spectrum Aquatics Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: 5/9/2026

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

Addie Farrier, 10, Clearwater Aquatic Team (FL): Farrier set private finest instances throughout the board on the SLAC eleventh Annual Hohne Memorial Invitational (LCM) two weeks in the past in Clermont, Fla., highlighted by a pair of standout swims within the butterfly occasions. The 10-year-old Clearwater Aquatic workforce product put up a time of 30.91 within the 50 fly, crushing her earlier better of 33.58 and shifting into eleventh all-time within the women’ 10 & beneath age group. She dropped practically 10 seconds within the 100 fly, touching in 1:10.64 to rank twenty eighth all-time amongst 10 & beneath women. She additionally cracked the highest 100 all-time within the 50 again (34.73), rating 53rd, and the 50 free (29.82), tying for ninety fifth. Farrier additionally set finest instances within the 100 free (1:04.84), 100 again (1:15.59), 50 breast (42.16) and 100 breast (1:29.36).

David Li, 10, Brea Aquatics (CA): Li went four-for-four in finest instances on the MVN May BB LCM Age Group meet in Mission Viejo, headlined by a blistering swim within the 100 fly. After breaking 1:10 for the primary time in April, clocking 1:09.86, Li chipped two extra one-hundredths off his PB in Mission Viejo, registering a time of 1:09.84 to rank twenty seventh all-time within the boys’ 10 & beneath age group. He additionally dropped three seconds within the 200 IM, touching in 2:39.18 to rank one hundredth all-time amongst 10 & beneath boys, and added finest instances within the 50 breast (41.06) and 100 breast (1:29.87).

Lauren Hackett, 12, Tennessee Aquatics (SE): Hackett set a pair of finest instances whereas competing finally week’s Fort Lauderdale Open (LCM) alongside a few of the finest swimmers on this planet, displaying off her breaststroke skills. The 12-year-old out of Tennessee Aquatics clocked 1:16.25 within the 100 breast, reducing her four-day-old finest time of 1:17.29 to rank #1 within the nation this season amongst 11-12 women by greater than three seconds. On the best way to that 100 breast PB, Hackett went beneath her 50 breast finest time in 36.40, after which the next day, dipped beneath that in 36.27 within the particular person race, rating her third this season within the 11-12 age group. At the SE BAY ARENA Long Course Invitational in Chattanooga the earlier weekend, she set finest instances throughout the board within the 200 free (2:18.39), 100 fly (1:08.54), 200 IM (2:30.11) and the 100 breast mark that she re-lowered in Fort Lauderdale. Her swim within the 200 IM ranks 2nd this season within the 11-12 age group.

Sawyer Hansen, 14, Saint Petersburg Aquatics (FL): Hansen set three large finest instances within the distance freestyle occasions in Fort Lauderdale, cracking the highest 30 all-time within the boys’ 13-15 age group. Hansen’s prime end got here within the 1500 free, the place the 14-year-old dropped greater than 11 seconds to clock 15:57.03, rating him twenty fourth all-time amongst 13-14 boys. He additionally dropped seven seconds within the 800 free, shifting into twenty first all-time within the boys’ 13-14 age group, and went 4:02.99 within the 400 free (after setting a finest time of 4:03.26 within the prelims) to rank thirtieth all-time. The Saint Petersburg Aquatics product got here into the season with respective private bests of 4:09.16, 8:28.33 and 16:08.65 within the 400, 800 and 1500 free, and had lowered his 800 free PB to eight:28.12 a number of weeks previous to Fort Lauderdale.

Penelope Lopez-Casula, 15, Eagle Aquatics (FG): Also competing in Fort Lauderdale, Lopez-Casula rocketed up the all-time rankings within the women’ 13-14 age group after setting a pair of finest instances within the dash free occasions. The Eagle Aquatics member, who has notably aged up and turned 15 within the days because the meet, broke 57 for the primary time within the lengthy course 100 free within the prelims, clocking 56.74, after which went sub-56 within the last, touching in 55.88. That swim ranks her tenth all-time within the women’ 13-14 age group, after her earlier PB of 57.11 had her ranked in a tie for 68th. Two days later, she put up a time of 25.83 within the last of the 50 free, reducing her earlier better of 26.11 to maneuver right into a tie for seventeenth all-time within the 13-14 age group.

Aaron Tong, 13, Shawmut Aquatic Club (NE): Tong lit it up on the New England CS Spring Fling final weekend in Providence, profitable all 11 occasions he raced and setting finest instances in each certainly one of them. The Shawmut Aquatic Club member notably cracked the highest 100 all-time within the boys’ 11-12 age group in three races, shifting right into a tie for 51st within the 50 free (26.04), 57th within the 50 fly (28.07) and 73rd within the 200 IM (2:20.89). In the 11-12 age group this season, he presently ranks 1st within the 100 free (57.82), 50 fly and 200 IM, sits 2nd within the 50 free, 200 free (2:05.67), 50 again (30.69) and 100 fly (1:03.89), and ranks third within the 100 again (1:07.17). On prime of that, he ranks fifth this season within the 400 free (4:33.38) and sixth within the 200 again (2:28.59), displaying an unbelievable stage of versatility and sturdiness over a three-day meet. He’s aged up over the previous few days and is now 13.

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