2025–26 LCM Weekly Top Performances: Season Wrap-Up

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After 16 straight weeks of tracking the best age-group swims added to Swim Standards, the LCM Weekly Top Performances series has reached its finish. From our first edition in April through Edition 16 in August, we published hundreds of rankings across every age group and gender, and today we're closing the book on the season with a look back at the very best of the best.

Season By the Numbers

It was a big season for the leaderboard:

• 16 weekly editions published (10 in Top 3 format, 6 in Top 10 format)
• 842 total rankings published across all editions and the season bonus feature
• 502 unique swimmers featured across the full season, including the bonus rankings
• 421 rankings each for girls and boys — a dead-even split
• Age group breakdown: 180 rankings for 10&Under, 180 for 11-12, 240 for 13-14, and 242 for 15-18

Key takeaway: With 13-14 and 15-18 combining for nearly 60% of all rankings published, the older age groups saw the deepest and most competitive fields this season — no surprise given the added events and higher swim volume at those ages.

Top 10 Performers: Girls (By Power Points)

Following our one-swim-per-swimmer rule, here's how the season's best power-points performances stack up for the girls:

Rank	Swimmer	Age Group	Event	Time	Points	Edition
1	Kaia Krupa	10&U	50 Back	34.20	1117	1
2	Iris Liu	10&U	50 Breast	37.49	1112	14
3	Annabelle Hayes	11-12	1500 Free	18:07.96	1098	7
4	Summer McIntosh	15-18	400 Free	3:58.91	1093	1
5	Alexa Jenner	10&U	100 Fly	1:12.49	1085	14
6	Nya Ferguson	10&U	100 Fly	1:12.49	1085	12
7	Alyssa Sagle	15-18	50 Back	28.03	1078	Season Bonus
8	Xingchen Lu	15-18	50 Back	28.26	1076	16
9	Gabriella Brito	15-18	50 Back	28.37	1066	Season Bonus
10	Rylee Erisman	15-18	100 Free	52.92	1060	14

A few things stand out here. Four of the top ten swims belong to 10&Unders — a reminder of how aggressively power points can reward exceptional swims at the youngest ages. Interestingly, Alexa Jenner and Nya Ferguson posted the exact same time (1:12.49) in the 100 Fly for identical point totals, a rare and clean tie at the top of the leaderboard. And the 50 Back had a strong showing among 15-18 swimmers, claiming three of the season's top ten spots — including two (Sagle and Brito) that only surfaced through the Season Bonus Rankings once 13&Over 50s point values became available.

Top 10 Performers: Boys (By Power Points)

The boys' side told a similar story, with a mix of age groups and a heavy presence from backstroke and breaststroke sprints:

Rank	Swimmer	Age Group	Event	Time	Points	Edition
1	Elliot Leasure	13-14	100 Back	54.92	1150	15
2	Jett Hatchard	13-14	50 Back	26.72	1149	Season Bonus
3	Ayden Tan	13-14	200 IM	2:06.64	1133	12
4	Robert Legg	10&U	400 Free	4:30.32	1125	12
5	Jacob Lee	13-14	50 Breast	29.76	1119	Season Bonus
6	Shin Ohashi	15-18	100 Breast	58.54	1112	16
7	Nicolas Lahre	11-12	200 Back	2:22.72	1111	14
8	Reef McMeeking	15-18	50 Breast	27.99	1106	Season Bonus
9	Gabriel Brown	10&U	200 IM	2:26.68	1093	14
10	Daniel Bunge	13-14	100 Fly	56.41	1090	13

Key takeaway: The 13-14 age group dominated the top of the boys' list, claiming four of the top five spots. And once again, the Season Bonus Rankings made their presence felt — three of the ten swims (Hatchard, Lee, and McMeeking) came from the 13&Over 50s file, underscoring how much elite sprint speed had gone uncredited in the weekly editions before those events were added.

A Note on the Season Bonus Rankings

Several of this season's biggest performances — in the 50 Back, 50 Breast, and 50 Fly for 13&Over swimmers — didn't appear in the regular weekly editions because power points for those events weren't yet available on the platform. Once we added that coverage, those swims were folded into a one-time Season Bonus Rankings feature so they could be properly credited in this season-ending look-back. You'll see those entries marked "Season Bonus" above rather than tied to a specific weekly edition.

As with every edition this season, both leaderboards above follow our one-swim-per-swimmer rule — each swimmer's single best power-points performance, and only one appearance per list.

Thank You

Sixteen weeks, hundreds of rankings, and over 500 swimmers featured — it was a season worth tracking. Thanks to everyone in the community who followed along, shared editions, tagged swimmers, and helped us keep the data sharp along the way.

The LCM season may be wrapping up, but SCY season starts September 1 — see you there. 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️