Katie Grimes Goes 15:34 for 9th All-Time in 1,650; Claire Weinstein Sets 13-14 NAG record
Katie Grimes obliterated the field at the Speedo Winter Junior Championships West meet in Austin, Texas, though she wasn’t the one to set a national age-group record.
The eventful final of the 1,650 freestyle brought accolades for both Grimes and Claire Weinstein. Grimes won in 15:34.72, the meet record and a time that is second only in her age-group to Katie Ledecky. It also enters the top 10 times ever, turned in by a 15-year-old.
Second was Weinstein, her Sandpipers of Nevada teammate, in 15:52.84, taking down the 13-14 NAG.
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First Grimes, who won by that margin of 18 seconds. The meet record had belonged to Gabrielle Kopenski at 15:56.39 since 2014. The event was won in 2019, the last time the meet occurred, by Ashley Strouse in 16:14.84.
Grimes annihilated those times by almost comical – shall we say, Ledeckyan? – margins. The final margin on the Junior Nationals West record was nearly 22 seconds.
Grimes’ splits:
Event 25 Women 1650 Yard Freestyle
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Jrs West: * 15:34.72 12/11/2021Katie Grimes, Sandpipers Of Ne
SC Jrs Meet: # 15:34.72 12/11/2021Katie Grimes, Sandpipers Of Ne
13-14 NAG: 15:54.46 2012 Becca Mann
15-16 NAG: 15:15.17 2013 Katie Ledecky
17-18 NAG: 15:13.30 2014 Katie Ledecky
Name Age Team Seed Finals Points
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1 Grimes, Katie 15 Sandpipers Of Ne 16:05.03 15:34.72* 20
r:+0.64 25.45 53.54 (28.09)
1:21.94 (28.40) 1:50.60 (28.66)
2:19.22 (28.62) 2:47.83 (28.61)
3:16.57 (28.74) 3:45.28 (28.71)
4:14.03 (28.75) 4:42.78 (28.75)
5:11.30 (28.52) 5:39.85 (28.55)
6:08.41 (28.56) 6:37.03 (28.62)
7:05.50 (28.47) 7:34.23 (28.73)
8:02.69 (28.46) 8:31.07 (28.38)
8:59.41 (28.34) 9:27.89 (28.48)
9:56.31 (28.42) 10:24.59 (28.28)
10:52.98 (28.39) 11:21.45 (28.47)
11:49.90 (28.45) 12:18.25 (28.35)
12:46.64 (28.39) 13:15.18 (28.54)
13:43.62 (28.44) 14:12.19 (28.57)
14:40.21 (28.02) 15:07.97 (27.76) 15:34.72 (26.75)
The only time out ahead of her is the 15:15.17 put down by Ledecky in 2013. Almost as impressive, Grimes turned around minutes later and finished second in the 200 backstroke, her time of 1:52.83 just a tenth off the time of (an almost certainly more rested) Kennedy Noble. Grimes went 1:52.83.
Weinstein doesn’t have Ledecky to aim at, but she took down the NAG target of Becca Mann, who in 2012 had turned in a 15:54.46. Weinstein trimmed nearly two seconds off that.
Weinstein’s splits:
2 Weinstein, Claire 14 Sandpipers Of Ne 16:29.20 15:52.84 17
r:+0.82 26.79 55.34 (28.55)
1:24.02 (28.68) 1:52.95 (28.93)
2:21.99 (29.04) 2:50.86 (28.87)
3:19.88 (29.02) 3:48.89 (29.01)
4:17.89 (29.00) 4:47.16 (29.27)
5:16.37 (29.21) 5:45.55 (29.18)
6:14.80 (29.25) 6:44.12 (29.32)
7:13.13 (29.01) 7:42.00 (28.87)
8:10.77 (28.77) 8:39.66 (28.89)
9:08.32 (28.66) 9:37.11 (28.79)
10:05.76 (28.65) 10:34.68 (28.92)
11:03.67 (28.99) 11:32.68 (29.01)
12:01.83 (29.15) 12:31.04 (29.21)
13:00.31 (29.27) 13:29.56 (29.25)
13:58.71 (29.15) 14:27.82 (29.11)
14:57.06 (29.24) 15:25.83 (28.77) 15:52.84 (27.01)
