By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam
2026 Vector Security Polar Plunge Meet
January 16-19, 2026 Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary, NC SCY (25 yards) Results15-year-old Reina Liu powered to one of the fastest 100 backstrokes in the history of the girls 15-16 national age group, becoming the 6th 15-16 performer ever with a 51.00 at the 2-26 Vector Security Polar Plunge Meet in Cary.
Liu was dominant in the 100 back, finishing over three seconds faster than the field, and dropping more than eight tenths of a second from her month-old best that she set at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships in 51.85. This time catapulted her into the top 10 performers all-time in the 15-16 age group, sitting at 6th.
Top 10 All-Time Girls 15-16 100 Backstroke Performers (SCY)
Charlotte Crush- 49.46 (2024) Claire Curzan- 50.03 (2021) Regan Smith- 50.58 (2018) Leah Shackley- 50.83 (2023) Teagan O’Dell- 50.96 (2023) Reina Liu– 51.00 (2026) Maggie Wanezek- 51.13 (2022) Phoebe Bacon- 51.18 (2018) Isabelle Stadden- 51.23 (2019) Levenia Sim- 51.30 (2023)Liu’s success did not stop there; she also shaved a near half-second off of her best time in the 100 free to move up to the 28th fastest performer ever in the event, blasting a winning time of 48.51.
Liu also added career best times in the 100 breast in 1:03.01, and 500 free (4:47.99) on the meet, while coming away with four event wins.
Her Tac Titans teammate Nikki Nixon, 16, a Georgia commit, also climbed the 15-16 NAG rankings after clocking a best time in the 200 butterfly of 1:54.18, making her the 13th-fastest performer ever in the event, just ahead of Olivia Bray in 1:54.21.
Other Notable Performances
Class of 2027 and Cal commit Davis Jackson set a number of lifetime bests on the meet, one of his most notable coming in the 400 IM, where he charged to a win in 3:48.46. In addition to that career-best swim, he also notched his fastest-ever times in the 100 free (45.76), 200 free (1:39.64), 200 breast (2:00.97), and 200 fly (1:47.26). 14-year-old Finola Whelehan became the 28th fastest performer in the 13-14 age group in the 200 fly, turning in her first ever time under 2:01 in 1:57.99.Read the full story on SwimSwam: Reina Liu Clocks 51.00 100 Back at Vector Security Polar Plunge Meet, #6 15-16 Girl All-Time
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