14-Year-Old Finola Whelehan Notches Three North Carolina LSC Records ar NCS Age Group Champs ...Middle East

By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam

2026 NCS Short Course Age Group Championships

Several North Carolina Swimming LSC records fell late last month at the NCS Short Course Age Group Championships in Cary; most of those record-breaking swims came at the hands of TAC Titans’ Finola Whelehan, who broke four individual standards and contributed to another as a member of a relay. ,

Whelehan dominated the 400 IM, shredding Charlotte Hook‘s LSC record time of 4:11.00 (2018) with her winning time of 4:08.97. This time now moves her into the top five all-time in the girls’ 13-14 age group, having previously held a best time of 4:15.70 in the event, sitting outside of the top 50 in the event’s all-time 13-14 rankings.

Top Five All-Time Girls 13-14 400 IM Performers:

Her next record-breaking performance came in the 200 butterfly, where she downed the 2019 NCS record from Claire Curzan of 1:55.64 by more than a full second in 1:54.62.  She was the only swimmer in the girls’ 13-14 field to touch under 2:03. Prior to this meet, Whelehan had only dipped under 2:00 one time, having done so at the TAC Polar Plunge in January (1:57.99). This swim makes her the 2nd-fastest 13-14 girl ever in this race, only behind Audrey Derivaux‘s 13-14 NAG of 1:54.33.

Top Five All-Time Girls 13-14 200 Fly Performers:

Her 3rd and final individual LSC record came in the 200 IM, once again clipping a Charlotte Hook record of 1:57.22 by just three tenths in 1:56.92. Whelehan swam her first sub-2:00 time in this event in December at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships East, when she swam a 1:59.65, the only other time she swam under 2:00 in her young career.

This swim also earned her a spot on the all-time top-five performers list in the 13-14 age group, surpassing Hook for the 5th-fastest all-time performer.

Top Five All-Time Girls 13-14 200 IM Performers:

Whelahan also served as the leadoff leg for the TAC Titans’ 800 free relay, where she opened in 1:44.95, just off of her 13-14 NAG record of 1:44.25 that she swam at the 8A NCHSAA State Championships in February. That time helped her relay break the 2019 13-14 NCS record of 7:23,32 with a 7:21.73. She combines with Ziva Liu (1:53.51), Ana Perdue (1:54.82), and Alice Arcaro (1:48.45) to touch ahead of the field by nearly 13 seconds.

Swim MAC Carolina’s 13-14 boys 200 medley relay of Martin Sanchez Moreno (24.70), Austen Wack (26.88), Jesse Curry (23.08), and Xaiden Valentine (21.24) combined to break the three-year-old NCS record in this event in 1:35.90, a second and a half faster than the 2023 mark from New Wave Swim Team in 1:37.45.

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