14-Year-Old Teagan O’Dell Hits 2:15 200 IM At Southern California Invite

2021 Southern California Invite

• July 8 – July 12, 2021
• William Woollett Aquatic Center
• Irvine, California
• Long Course Meters (50M)
• Results
• Results via Meet Mobile – “2021 CA Southern California Invitational”

Teagan O’Dell also had an impressive showing over the weekend as she pulled off 4 podium finishes. O’Dell won gold in the 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke, and 200 IM and earned a bronze medal in the 400 freestyle.

In the 200 IM, O’Dell was entered with a 2:17.40 originally, hit a 2:17.88 during the heats, and then powered her way to a 2:15.53 in the A final to take gold. In her final event, O’Dell swam a 4:22.99 for third place in the 400 freestyle final to improve upon her prelims swim of 4:24.05.

In the 200 free, O’Dell first hit a 2:04.16 during the prelims and then got down to a 2:02.09 to win the final. That swim for her was over a second faster than her entry time of 2:03.25. In the 200 back, O’Dell hit a 2:13.86 in the heats to advance as top seed into the final. She was even faster in the final, hitting a 2:10.70 for gold. Just as she did in the 200 free, she got under her seed time in the 200 backstroke which was a 2:13.86.

O’Dell’s 2:10.70 200 backstroke makes her the fastest 13-14 girl in the country this season, beating out 800 freestyle Olympian Katie Grimes‘ 2:14.84. She is also now the fastest in her age group in the 200 IM courtesy of her 2:15.53 swim which beats Emily Brown‘s second-ranked 2:18.20. In the 200 freestyle, O’Dell now sits in second place among 13-14-year-olds, trailing Claire Weinstein‘s 2:00.82. Finally, O’Dell’s 400 freestyle swim of 4:22.99 makes her the 8th fastest 13-14 girl in the country this season.

O’Dell’s teammate, 12-year-old Peter Vu also had a successful meet in Irvine and raced 4 events total including the 100 and 200 breaststroke, the 100 free, and the 200 IM.

Vu’s best result came in the men’s 200 breaststroke where he hit a 2:36.87 in the prelims and followed that up with a 2:34.30 in the C final. That time for Vu was an improvement upon his 2:36.57 seed time and makes him the fastest 11-12-year-old in the country this year by more than 4 seconds. His 2:34.30 is a full 4.3 seconds quicker than Owen Durham‘s 2:38.60.

In the 100 breaststroke Vu hit a 1:11.97 which was good enough for 30th overall meaning that he didn’t get a second swim. That time for Vu was just a bit slower than his 1:11.60 entry time in the event which he swam earlier this season. Vu’s 1:11.60 also makes him the quickest 11-12 nationwide this season, ahead of Oryan Liu‘s second-ranked 1:13.18.

Vu also finished 51st in the 200 IM with a 2:21.83 and 97th in the 100 freestyle with a 58.52. Those swims were both a bit off the 2:21.46 and 57.66 he posted at the 2021 Speedo Grand Challenge earlier this season to give him the respective #1 and #3 rankings among 11-12-year-olds.