Santa Clara Swim Club Snaps 15-18 National Age Group Record in 200 Free Relay Time Trial

2026 U.S. Junior National Championships

The Santa Clara Swim Club cracked a brand new National Age Group Record within the boys’ 200 meter free relay on Thursday throughout a Time Trial on the US Junior National Championships. The crew of Aiden Zhou, Tanay Gupta, Braydon Fong, and Isaac Litwiller mixed for a 1:30.23, which broke the previous report of 1:31.09.

That prior record-setting swim was set in 2023 by the Lakeside Aquatic Club close to Dallas, a relay that included 2026 NCAA Champion and US National Champion Maximus Williamson.

While the time can be sooner than the 15-16 (1:33.29) and 17-18 (1:31.33) data, it gained’t qualify for both. Zhou is 16, Gupta is eighteen, Fong is 17, and Litwiller is 17.

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The identical relay gained the Junior National Title in the identical 200 free relay earlier within the meet in 1:31.13, lacking the report by .04 seconds. While Zhou was a tenth sooner on the leadoff leg of that relay, Gupta (.45 sooner), Fong (.31 sooner), and Litwiller (.15 sooner) all made large jumps within the reswim.

Of not, Litwiller was on the earlier record-holding relay for Pacific Swimming LSC, however he swam for Quicksilver Swimming on the time. That crew swam 1:31.61 final 12 months.

This was certainly one of two National Age Group Record relay swims executed on Wednesday at Junior Nationals. The different, within the 200 medley relay, was executed by Austin’s Waterloo Swimming within the common heats of the occasion.

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