2024 Winter Junior Championships – West
Campbell McKean ripped a 1:41.19 to win the 200 IM on the 2024 Winter Junior Championships — West, hitting an Oregon state file and shifting as much as #2 all-time amongst 17-18 American boys. His time ranks him .38 seconds behind Maximus Williamson‘s Nationwide Age Group file (1:40.81).
The swim was the end result of an enormous day for McKean as he demolished his earlier lifetime finest. The onslaught started in prelims, when he swam a 1:42.33, breaking the lifetime better of 1:44.23 he held coming into the meet, which he swam at these championships final yr. That swim marked a 1.90-second enchancment as he certified first for the ultimate, like he did in 2023 when he completed third. However even with a large drop in prelims, McKean, a Texas commit set to start coaching on this pool subsequent fall, wasn’t completed but. His 1:41.19 in finals was one other 1.14-second drop, for a complete of three.04 seconds on the day.
Cut up Comparability:
| McKean – 2024 Winter Juniors, Ultimate | McKean – 2024 Winter Juniors, Prelims | McKean – 2023 Winter Juniors, Ultimate | |
| 50 | 21.77 | 22.38 | 22.72 |
| 100 | 47.77 (26.00) | 48.52 (26.14) | 49.44 (26.72) |
| 150 | 1:15.93 (28.16) | 1:17.01 (28.49) | 1:18.43 (28.99) |
| 200 | 1:41.19 (25.26) | 1:42.33 (25.32) | 1:44.23 (25.80) |
In prelims, McKean improved every stroke’s break up from his earlier lifetime finest. Then, he did it once more in finals, enhancing to a 21.77/26.00/28.16/25.26 slash line.
McKean is entered within the 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, and 200 butterfly for the remainder of the meet. In 2023, he completed second within the 400 IM, fifth within the 100 breaststroke, and fifth within the 200 butterfly alongside along with his third place end within the 200 IM.
Boys’ 200 IM
Prime 8 Finishers:
- Campbell McKean (BEND)- 1:41.19
- Jack Armour (TFA)- 1:43.34
- Maximus Williamson (LAC)- 1:44.22
- Abe Astle (OA)- 1:45.31
- Rowan Cox (TXLA)- 1:45.80
- Henry Webb (AQJT)- 1:46.25
- Tyler Bardak (FOX)- 1:46.60
- Stuart Timmerman (WILD)- 1:46.65
Campbell McKean from Bend Swim Membership pulled off an upset within the boy’s 200 IM, beating the NAG file holder, Maximus Williamson, and successful the occasion by greater than two seconds. His successful time of 1:41.19 was additionally just one one-hundredth off the meet file time of 1:41.18, additionally set by Williamson. This swim additionally marked a 3 second drop this season for McKean, a Texas commit, who got here in with a earlier finest time of 1:44.23 from this meet final yr. It’s also the 2nd quickest swim in historical past, taking the spot from Thomas Heilman’s 1:41.26 from simply an hour prior.
Texas Ford Aquatics swimmer Jack Armour additionally beat the NAG file holder, going 1:43.34. This was an much more vital drop than we noticed from McKean, with Armour, a Notre Dame commit, coming into the season at 1:50.89 within the occasion. He has dropped slowly however absolutely over the season, going a brand new private better of 1:45.81 within the prelims, solely to drop one other 2.47 seconds within the last.
Maximus Williamson took third in 1:44.22. The place the primary two swimmers noticed vital drops, this was a 3.41 second add for the Virginia commit. His finest time stands at 1:40.81 from the Texas Excessive Faculty State Meet in February.
