2021 Speedo Summer Championships — Greensboro
- Aug 3-7, 2021
- Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
- LCM (50m)
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SwimMAC opened the first night of the USA Swimming Summer Championships with a bang, swimming to a new National Age Group Record in the men’s 17-18 400 meter freestyle relay.
The team of Tim Connery, Logan Zucker, Cam Abaqueta, and Baylor Nelson combined for a time of 3:21.91, taking over a second off of the previous mark of 3:23.01 set by Dynamo Swim Club back in 2019.
Splits Comparison:
| Team | SwimMac (2021) |
Dynamo Swim Club (2019)
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| Swimmer 1 | Tim Connery (50.22) |
Brooks Curry (50.37)
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| Swimmer 2 | Logan Zucker (50.41) |
Cam Auerbach (50.89)
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| Swimmer 3 | Cam Abaqueta (51.52) |
Nicholas Goudie (50.87)
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| Swimmer 4 | Baylor Nelson (49.76) |
Ian Grum (50.92)
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| Final Time: | 3:21.91 | 3:23.01 |
Every swimmer on SwimMAC’s relay, with the exception of Abaqueta, was significantly faster than the swimmers on the Dynamo relay. However, the real difference-maker for SwimMac came on the final leg of the relay, where Nelson posted a sub-50 split to put them a half second ahead of Dynamo’s anchor. Notably, that Dynamo relay included LSU standout Brooks Curry, who just won an Olympic gold medal as a prelims member of the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay for the United States.
Both Connery and Nelson swam the relay coming off of a tight race in the individual 100 freestyle, where Connery took first in a time of 49.36, while Nelson tied for second in 49.86. Connery’s time from that race ranks him #12 all-time in the 17-18 age group, while Nelson’s time ranks #31 all-time in the same age group.
Connery is currently ranked #3 in SwimSwam’s rankings of the high school class of 2021, while Nelson is the #1 ranked recruit in the class of 2022. With his #1 ranking, Nelson is committed to attend Texas A&M, while Connery is set to attend Texas in the fall.
Zucker, a Michigan commit, is one of the “best of the rest” recruits from the class of 2022, while the 17-year-old Abaqueta recently committed to Florida’s class of 2026.
Other Notable Swims:
- Tess Howley: 200 butterfly – 2:10.13
- #16 all-time in 15-16 age group
- Matthew Fenlon: 200 butterfly – 1:57.46
- #11 all-time in 17-18 age group
- Claire Weinstein: 800 freestyle – 8:36.46
- #10 all-time in 13-14 age group
- Charlie Clark: 1500 freestyle – 15:04.37
- #22 all-time in US History
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It appears that the SwimMAC males decided to go on a relay NAG tear over the past few weeks. Congratulations.