Metroplex Aquatics News Today

Our GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

14-year-old Juan Vallmitjana now ranks 20th all-time among American 13-14s in the 800 meter free after his swim on Saturday.

US Junior National Teamer Joshua Chen knocked 1.5 seconds off his best time in the 100 yard breaststroke last weekend at the LAC Fall Classic.

A membership revenue shortfall is contributing to USA’s Swimming’s projected deficit of $1,731,587 this year — the NGB’s largest since at least 2011.

Andrei Minakov, the 2022 NCAA Champion in the 100 fly, is redshirting at least the fall semester at Stanford, coach Dan Schemmel says.

Turner's best times in the 200 breaststroke and 400 IM would have qualified him for finals at the 2023 Ivy League Championships.

Katie Grimes is the clear-cut top-ranked recruit in the girls' high school class of 2024 with NCAA-winning times in three events.

17-year-old Penn commit Watson Nguyen clocked a 100 breast time that would have nearly made the B-final at the recent Pro Swim Series stop in Westmont.

Claire Curzan made a seamless transition into the 17-18 age group this year, resetting NAG records in four different events.

While many of the country's best have been dropping blistering swims at Winter Juniors, other age groupers made waves last weekend as well.