2025 USA Swimming Summer Junior Nationals: Day 5 Finals Recap ...Middle East

By James Sutherland on SwimSwam

2025 U.S. Junior National Championships

The final session of the 2025 U.S. Junior National Championships took place on Sunday night at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, California.

Below, find a full recap of all eight events that were on the schedule.

Girls’ 200 IM — Final

Just one week after winning silver in the event at the World University Games, Teagan O’Dell rolled to victory in the final of the girls’ 200 IM, taking charge with a dominant front half before claiming the junior national title by over two seconds.

O’Dell put up a time of 2:13.10, less than two seconds shy of her newly minted PB of 2:11.24 set at WUGs, which ranks her 8th all-time in the girls’ 17-18 age group.

Mikayla Tan, who won the full medal set with gold in the 50 breast, silver in the 200 breast and bronze in the 100 breast earlier in the meet, used the fastest breaststroke split in the field to snag the runner-up spot in 2:15.20, knocking off her personal best of 2:15.56. The swim moves the 15-year-old into 48th all-time in the girls’ 15-16 age group.

Michigan Lakeshore’s Sophia Umstead held off Beach Cities’ Gabi Brito for 3rd in a time of 2:16.05, taking more than a second off her previous best of 2:17.33 set just a few weeks prior. Brito clocked 2:16.23, having set a PB of 2:15.61 back in May.

Boys’ 200 IM — Final

Carmel Swim Club’s Yi Zheng made his move on the breaststroke leg and held on down the stretch to edge out Baylor Stanton and claim the junior national title in the boys’ 200 IM.

Zheng, 16, set a best time of 2:02.14 in the prelims, and then dropped down to 2:01.35 in the final, launching him up from 20th into 9th all-time in the boys’ 15-16 age group. He came into the meet with a PB of 2:03.07.

Stanton, who represents Gwinnett Aquatics, trailed Zheng by 28 one-hundredths at the final turn, and despite pulling back some time on the last 50, settled for 2nd in 2:01.46, just shy of the best time he set last summer at the U.S. Olympic Trials (2:01.14).

Commonwealth Swimming’s Gerhardt Hoover set a best time for the second time of the day in 2:02.54 to place 3rd, holding off a hard-charging Syunta Lee. The 15-year-old Lee closed faster than anyone in 28.05 to place 4th in 2:02.94, taking down his hours-old PB of 2:03.57 from the prelims and slot into 18th all-time in the 15-16 age group.

Marlins of Raleigh’s Ian Stutts, who qualified 1st out of the heats in 2:01.90, was less than a tenth back of Zheng at the 150, but faded to 5th in 2:03.08.

Girls’ 1500 Freestyle — Timed Final

Indiana commit Paige Downey knocked two seconds off her best time to claim the junior national crown in the girls’ 1500 freestyle.

The 17-year-old put up a time of 16:22.67 to lower the 16:24.58 mark she set at last summer’s Junior Pan Pacs, moving her into 33rd all-time in the girls’ 17-18 age group.

Downey led the race from the early stages, while CSP Tideriders’ Sydney Schoeck was comfortably in the runner-up position throughout, producing an impressive drop to place 2nd in 16:28.74. Shoeck, a Texas commit, lowered her best time of 16:36.42, which was set in early June at U.S. Nationals.

Rounding out the podium was Orange County Gold’s Chloe Teger, who dropped two seconds to clock 16:33.66, while Scarlet Aquatics’ Chloe Kim negative-split her way to a time of 16:37.32 for 4th.

Girls’ 50 Freestyle — Final

Julie Mishler took down a decade-old meet record en route to winning the junior national title in the girls’ 50 freestyle, climbing up to 11th all-time rankings in the girls’ 17-18 age group.

Mishler posted a time of 25.00 to crack Marta Ciesla‘s U.S. Junior Nationals meet record of 25.07 set in 2015 while lowering her own best time of 25.06 to move up three spots in the 17-18 NAG rankings, now sitting in a tie with four-time Olympic medalist Kara Lynn Joyce.

Liberty Clark lowered her year-old best time of 25.30 in 25.21 to win the silver medal, moving the 17-year-old into the top 20 all-time in the girls’ 17-18 age group (20th), while 15-year-old Gabi Brito, shortly after swimming the 200 IM, was back in the water with another impressive swim.

Racing out in Lane 1, Brito clocked 25.42 to place 3rd, tying her personal best set last summer to rank 26th all-time in the girls’ 15-16 age group.

Stella Canoles, 15, and Heather White, 18, both set new best times to tie for 4th in 25.47. Canoles had previously been 25.71, while White’s best time coming into the meet was 25.96, though she got down to 25.80 in the prelims.

Boys’ 50 Freestyle — Final

Sierra Marlins’ Brody Chandler took nearly a full second off his best time over the course of the day to claim victory in the boys’ 50 freestyle, getting down to a blistering 22.52 in the final.

Chandler, a 17-year-old Army commit, entered the meet with a best time of 23.45, but raised his game with a massive 22.62 clocking in the prelims, qualifying into the final with the top spot. He followed up by re-lowering his PB to 22.52 in the final, ranking him 23rd all-time in the boys’ 17-18 age group.

Alpha Aquatics’ Miles Blackson-Dunbar, 18, tied his best time in the heats (22.75) and then chopped six one-hundredths off to place 2nd in the final in 22.69, good for 38th all-time in the 17-18 age group.

Central Ohio Aquatics’ Jake Lloyd dropped 17 one-hundredths from his best time to win bronze in 22.72, while Clovis Swim Club’s Jagozar Zwaschka placed 4th from Lane 8 in 22.93.

Boys’ 800 Freestyle — Timed Final

Long Island Aquatic Club’s Sean Green took a half-second off his personal best to earn a comfortable win in the boys’ 800 freestyle, taking down Luka Mijatovic‘s meet record in the process.

Green, 18, split 3:57.34/3:58.60 en route to a final time of 7:55.94, cracking Mijatovic’s two-year-old U.S. Junior National Championship Record of 7:59.64 while lowering his own best time of 7:56.47. Green moves up from 14th into a tie for 11th all-time in the boys’ 17-18 age group, tying Aiden Hammer, who was the runner-up on Sunday night.

The 17-year-old Hammer held off a late push from Colin Jacobs to touch 2nd in 8:01.43, having set his best time of 7:55.94 in June.

Jacobs, 16, negative split his way to a time of 8:01.99, splitting 4:01.62/4:00.37 to rank 16th all-time in the boys’ 15-16 age group.

Carmel Swim Club’s Trent Allen knocked nearly 12 seconds off his PB to place 4th in 8:04.30, slashing his former best of 8:16.16 set in late June.

Girls’ 400 Medley Relay – Timed Final

SwimMAC Carolina finished off their sweep of the girls medley relays as Karina Plaza (1:02.52), Elle Scott (1:08.31), Caroline Mallard (59.42) and Bree Smith (56.11) clocked 4:06.36 for the victory, holding off the Pleasanton Seahawks while narrowly missing the meet record set by Carmel in 2023 (4:06.18). The lead-off leg for Plaza marked a new PB in the 100 back.

The Seahawks had the fastest back split in the field from Daniela Linares Danzos in 1:02.06, and then after losing two seconds on breast with Raya Mellott (1:10.39), Teagan O’Dell split 59.22 on fly to claw back two-tenths on SwimMAC, and then Liberty Clark blasted home in 54.78, but just ran out of room as they finished nine one-hundredths back in 4:06.45.

The Mason Manta Rays rounded out the top three in 4:07.13, with strong front half splits from Maya Schweikert (1:02.17) and Addie Robillard (1:08.60) on back and breast, respectively.

Boys’ 400 Medley Relay – Timed Final

Jason Zhao‘s anchor leg proved to be the difference maker as the Mason Manta Ray boys prevailed in the 400 medley relay to close out U.S. Junior Nationals.

The Manta Rays were led off by Hayden Meyers in 56.02, and then Walker Bailey (1:03.72) and Brady Campbell (55.07) followed, putting them in the thick of a close race for the title, with SwimMAC three-tenths ahead and the Marlins of Raleigh close behind.

Zhao ripped a 49.35 freestyle leg to give the Manta Rays a decisive victory in 3:44.16, while the SwimMAC quartet of Maxon Brienza (57.77), Jordan Willis (1:01.83), David Sammons (54.88) and Carson Day (51.37) clocked 3:45.85 for 2nd.

The Marlins of Raleigh were 3rd in 3:45.96, holding off the Bolles School Sharks, who charged home with a 50.24 anchor leg from Carter Wright to place 4th in 3:46.04.

Girls’ Final Team Standings – Top 5

Boys’ Final Team Standings – Top 5

Combined Final Team Standings – Top 5

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