WATCH: Summer McIntosh Makes SCY Debut with 5 Meet Records at Winter Juniors – East

2022 WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – EAST

• December 7-10, 2022
• Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
• Short Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims/Finals
• Start Times
  • Prelims at 9 a.m. ET
  • Finals at 5 p.m. ET
• Meet Central
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All signs point to Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh going pro instead of swimming collegiately, but her SCY debut at Winter Juniors gave a glimpse of the damage she could already be doing in the NCAA at just 16 years old.

McIntosh left Greensboro with four individual victories and five meet records. On Saturday, she pulled off an incredible triple with wins in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.97), 200 butterfly (1:51.40), and 400 free relay (47.88 leadoff leg).

She became the second-fastest performer ever in the women’s 500-yard freestyle with a 4:27.52 before moving up to No. 7 in the all-time 200 free rankings with a 1:40.63. Both of those times would have won an NCAA title last season.

Relive McIntosh’s highlights through her race videos below:

Day 4: Saturday

GIRLS’ 200 BACKSTROKE – FINALS

• Meet Record: 1:50.16, Katharine Berkoff (2018)
• Pool Record: 1:47.91, Missy Franklin (2015)
• 13-14 NAG Record: 1:51.07, Missy Franklin (2010)
• 15-16 NAG Record: 1:48.30, Regan Smith (2018)
• 17-18 NAG Record: 1:47.16, Regan Smith (2019)

Top 8:

1. Summer McIntosh (SYS) – 1:49.97, Meet Record
2. Charlotte Crush (LAK) – 1:52.75
3. JoJo Ramey (FAST) – 1:53.39
4. Lilla Bognar (TG) – 1:54.39
5. Catie Choate (DYNA) – 1:54.90
6. Sarah Rodriguez (NJBL) – 1:55.33
7. Berit Berglund (CSC) – 1:56.58
8. Haley McDonald (LAK) – 1:58.41

McIntosh brought the meet record under 1:50 for the first time, taking down Katharine Berkoff’s previous mark of 1:50.16 from 2018. Only 26 women in history have broken the 1:50 barrier. McIntosh’s time would have placed her 7th at NCAAs last season.

GIRLS’ 200 BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• Meet Record: 1:51.24, Regan Smith (2018)
• Pool Record: 1:51.11, Kelsi Dahlia (2015)
• 13-14 NAG Record: 1:55.29, Tess Howley (2019)
• 15-16 NAG Record: 1:51.24, Regan Smith (2018)
• 17-18 NAG Record: 1:51.04, Ella Eastin (2016)

Top 8:

1. Summer McIntosh (SYS) – 1:51.40
2. Alex Shackell (CSC) – 1:53.52
3. Hannah Bellard (CW) – 1:54.59
4. Sydney Gring (BYNS) – 1:57.90
5. Sophie Shao (KW) – 1:59.16
6. Samantha Chan (HSA) – 1:59.22
7. Emerson Callis (QSTS) – 2:00.84
8. Michaela Mattes (SYS) – 2:03.13

McIntosh narrowly missed Regan Smith’s meet record, but she still became the 14th-fastest performer in the history of the event with her swim here. Her time of 1:51.40 would have placed 4th at NCAAs last season behind Alex Walsh, Olivia Carter, and Smith.

GIRLS’ 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY — TIMED FINALS

• Meet Record: 3:16.62, SwimMAC Carolina (2015)
• Pool Record: 3:08.54, Stanford (2015)
• 13-14 NAG Record: 3:21.90, Nation’s Capital Swim Club (2019)
• 15-16 NAG Record: 3:19.17, Gator Swim Club (2019)
• 17-18 NAG Record: 3:16.62, SwimMAC Carolina (2015)
• 15-18 NAG Record: 3:15.38, Carmel Swim Club (2015)

Top 8:

1. Sarasota Sharks ‘A’ – 3:16.25, Meet Record
2. Carmel Swim Club ‘A’ – 3:17.74
3. Carmel Swim Club ‘B’ – 3:22.22
4. Bolles School Sharks ‘A’ – 3:23.09
5. Dynamo Swim Club ‘ A’ – 3:23.32
6. Windermere Lakers ‘A’ – 3:23.38
7. Upper Main Line YMCA ‘A’ – 3:23.56
8. TAC Titans ‘A’ – 3:23.72

McIntosh blazed an opening split of 47.88 to carry the Sarasota Sharks’ 400 freestyle relay team to a new meet record, downing a SwimMAC Carolina record that had stood for seven years. Her performance on the leadoff leg puts her tied for 7th all-time among 16-year-old girls in the 100 free.

All-Time Performers, 16-Year-Old Girls’ 100 Free

1. Claire Curzan, 47.23 – 2020
2. Alex Shackell, 47.44 – 2022
3. Gretchen Walsh, 47.49 – 2019
4. Simone Manuel, 47.73 – 2013
5. Anna Moesch, 47.76 – 2022
6. Dagny Knutson, 47.80 – 2008
7. (Tie) Isabel Ivey, 47.88 – 2016 / Summer McIntosh, 47.88 – 2022

Day 3: Friday

GIRLS 100 BUTTERFLY – FINALS

• Meet Record: 50.87, Claire Curzan (2019)
• Pool Record: 48.89, Maggie MacNeil (2021)
• 13-14 NAG Record: 50.64, Claire Curzan (2019)
• 15-16 NAG Record: 49.51, Claire Curzan (2021)
• 17-18 NAG Record: 49.24, Claire Curzan (2022)

Top 8:

1. Alex Shackell (CSC) – 51.00
2. Summer McIntosh (SYS) – 51.10
3. Charlotte Crush (Lakeside) – 51.81
4. Annie Jia (UDAC) – 51.95
5. Anna Boemer (SOLO) – 53.04
6. Elizabeth Tilt (Chatahoochee) – 53.12
7. Morgan Carteaux (ENSW) – 53.12
8. Sydney Gring (BYNS) – 53.71

McIntosh suffered her lone individual loss of the week in a tight battle with Alex Shackell, who touched first by just one-tenth of a second. McIntosh’s time of 51.10 ranks her 52nd all-time, just outside A-final range at NCAAs last season. It didn’t take her long to bounce back, though.

GIRLS 200 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• Meet Record: 1:43.27, Regan Smith (2018)
• Pool Record: 1:39.10, Missy Franklin (2015)
• 13-14 NAG Record: 1:44.10, Sippy Woodhead (1979)
• 15-16 NAG Record: 1:42.03, Katie Ledecky (2013)
• 17-18 NAG Record: 1:40.31, Missy Franklin (2014)

Top 8:

1. Summer McIntosh (SYS) – 1:40.63, Meet Record
2. Erika Pelaez (EA) – 1:44.95
3. Lillie Nesty (GSC) – 1:45.28
4. Lynsey Bowen (CSC) – 1:45.30
5. Addison Sauicki (SYS) – 1:45.60
6. Kennedi Dobson (Eastern Express) – 1:46.19
7. Sydney Gring (BYNS) – 1:47.59
8. Summer Cardwell (TBAC) – 1:49.43

McIntosh cruised to a four-second victory, taking down Regan Smith’s previous meet record by nearly three seconds. She was also over a second faster than Katie Ledecky‘s 15-16 NAG record of 1:42.03 from 2013.

All-Time Performers, Women’s 200 Free

1. 1. Missy Franklin – 1:39.10 (2015)
   2. Mallory Comerford – 1:39.80 (2018)
   3. Katie Ledecky – 1:40.36 (2017)
   4. Simone Manuel – 1:40.37 (2017)
   5. Taylor Ruck – 1:40.37 (2019)
   6. Allison Schmitt – 1:40.62 (2015)
   7. Summer McIntosh – 1:40.63 (2022)
   8. Siobhan Haughey – 1:40.69 (2018)
   9. Bella Sims – 1:41.10 (2022)
   10. Megan Romano – 1:41.21 (2012)

Day 2: Thursday

GIRLS 500 FREESTYLE – FINALS

• Meet Record – 4:34.15, Summer McIntosh (2022)
• Pool Record – 4:29.54, Katie Ledecky (2014)
• 13-14 NAG Record – 4:35.14, Katie Ledecky (2011)
• 15-16 NAG Record – 4:28.71, Katie Ledecky (2014)
• 17-18 NAG Record – 4:26.58, Katie Ledecky (2015)

Top 8:

1. Summer McIntosh (SYS) – 4:27.52, Meet Record
2. Michaela Mattes (SYS) – 4:39.93
3. Lynsey Bowen (CSC) – 4:40.69
4. Libby Grether (DCST) – 4:48.16
5. Amanda Barnard (NOVA – 4:49.01
6. Maddie Waggoner (JW) – 4:49.25
7. Lilla Bognar (TG) – 4:51.08
8. Summer Cardwell (TBAC) – 4:52.83

McIntosh lowered her own meet record from prelims (4:34.15) by nearly seven seconds, clocking a 4:27.52 to jump up to No. 2 all-time for any age behind Katie Ledecky‘s 4:24.06. It’s also more than a second faster than Ledecky’s 15-16 NAG record of 4:28.71.

All-Time Performers, Women’s 500 Freestyle

1. 1. Katie Ledecky, 4:24.06 – 2017
   2. Summer McIntosh, 4:27.52 – 2022
   3. Leah Smith, 4:28.90 – 2017
   4. Katie Hoff, 4:30.47 – 2007
   5. Dagny Knutson, 4:31.18 – 2009

Ledecky has still been quicker than McIntosh’s time tonight on seven separate occasions, though they all came after her 17th birthday.

GIRLS 400 MEDLEY RELAY – FINALS

• Meet Record – 3:33.88, Carmel Swim Club (2021)
• Pool Record – 3:24.59, NC State (2021)
• 13-14 NAG Record – 3:40.43, SwimMAC Carolina (2019)
• 15-16 NAG Record – 3:36.53, Virginia Gators (2017)
• 17-18 NAG Record – 3:37.83, SwimMAC Carolina (2014)

Top 8:

1. Carmel Swim Club – 3:33.48
2. Sarasota Sharks – 3:35.48
3. SwimMAC Carolina – 3:39.48
4. Dynamo Swim Club – 3:41.29
5. SwimMAC Carolina ‘B’ – 3:41.78
6. SwimAtlanta – 3:41.88
7. Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics – 3:42.00
8. TAC Titans – 3:42.19

McIntosh concluded her second-ever SCY finals session with a 50.90 fly split for the Sharks’ runner-up 400 medley relay team.

Day 1: Wednesday

GIRLS’ 800 FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Meet Record: 7:05.85 – Nashville Aquatic Club (Raab, G. Walsh, Nelson, A. Walsh), 2017
• Pool Record: 6:50.99 – California (Runge, Cheng, Pelton, Franklin), 2015
• 13-14 NAG Record: 7:18.96 – NOVA Aquatics (G. Sheble, C. Sheble, Erickson, Ackerly), 2017
• 15-16 NAG Record: 7:08.94 – NCAP (Duncan, Spink, Wall, Gemmell), 2020
• 17-18 NAG Record: 7:06.69 – NCAP (Duncan, Wall, Spink, Gemmell), 2022

PODIUM:

1. Sarasota Sharks – 7:03.66, Meet Record
2. Carmel Swim Club – 7:07.10
3. TAC Titans – 7:14.20

McIntosh anchored the Sharks’ record-breaking 800 free relay quartet with a 1:40.19 split to help them crush Nashville Aquatic Club’s previous meet record by more than two seconds. It was her second-ever SCY race after posting a 23.63 fly split for Sarasota’s third-place 200 medley relay team earlier in the opening session.