2024 Jap Categorical Vacation Traditional XXXVII (37)
- December 20-22, 2024
- Werblin Recreation Heart, Rutgers College, Piscataway, New Jersey
- Quick Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims/Finals
- Meet Outcomes
Georgia commit Kennedi Dobson and Texas commit Sarah Rodrigues each put up a ton of finest occasions in secondary occasions final weekend on the thirty seventh Jap Categorical Vacation Traditional at Rutgers.
Dobson, most completed as a middle-distance freestyler, received the five hundred free, certainly one of her specialty races, in 4:38.65. That’s about 1.7 seconds shy of the time she went earlier within the month to win the title on the lightly-attended U.S. Open.
She received 4 races whole on the U.S. Open – apart from the five hundred, that included the 1650 free, 200 IM, and 200 free.
And whereas she received the five hundred free at this meet, the extra notable outcomes have been an growth of her vary, posting lifetime bests in 5 occasions.
Kennedi Dobson‘s New PBs on the Vacation Traditional:
- 100 free – 48.92 (1st)
- 1000 free – 9:33.20 (1st)
- 100 again – 53.26 (2nd)
- 200 again – 1:53.82 (2nd)
- 100 fly – 54.75 (4th)
That point within the 1000 free, a nearly-eight second enchancment over her earlier lifetime finest, strikes her as much as nineteenth place all-time within the 17-18 age group.
Regardless of these lifetime bests, she solely picked up three wins individually (100, 500, and 1000 free). That’s owed partially to her USA Swimming Nationwide Junior Workforce teammate Sarah Rodrigues, who received the 100 again (52.88), 200 again (1:53.41), and 200 fly (1:58.54).
They have been each upended within the 100 fly by Chloe Kim of Scarlet Aquatics, a Princeton commit. Recruited as extra of a distance swimmer/IM’er, Kim knocked over 4 seconds off her lifetime finest to win that race in 53.48.
Kim additionally added finest occasions within the 200 again (1:55.33) and 50 free on a relay leadoff leg (23.50).
The spotlight on the boys’ facet was 13-year-old Ethan Han very-nearly breaking a Nationwide Age Group File.
He received three races within the 13-14 age group, regardless of being on the youthful finish of the age group, together with new private bests within the 500 free (4:40.10), 100 breast (58.59), and 200 breast (2:10.24). He has aged up since March, when he turned the #5 swimmer all-time on this occasion within the 11-12 age group, and this time is a finest time by a second-and-a-half and a brand new lifetime finest.
Different Highlights
- 10-year-old Abby Fang from Whitewaters swam 1:01.43 within the 100 yard fly. That’s one of the best time nationally this season, enhancing her personal nation-leader by seven-tenths of a second.
- Anna Molettiere received 9 races within the 11-12 age group, together with lifetime bests in seven occasions.
