Week 8 SCY Power Points Leaderboard: Molin Qian's 200 Breast Leads a Backstroke-Heavy Board
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Ten swims cleared the 1,000-point mark on this week's SCY Power Points Leaderboard, and the best of them came from an 11-year-old. Molin Qian of AGUA posted a 2:20.03 in the 200 breaststroke for 1,078 power points, the highest score among the 79 swimmers on the board. He finished ahead of Gabriel Brown's 400 IM (1,060) and Parker Wheeler's 50 fly (1,057).
This edition covers swims added to the SwimStandards database between October 29 and November 4, 2026, drawn from 133,708 matched rows and 34,417 unique swimmers. Each swimmer appears once per age group and sex, represented by their best power-points swim in any event. Two patterns stood out: backstroke accounted for 24 of the 79 swims, more than any other stroke, and Southern California Swimming (SCS) placed 19 swimmers across the three youngest age groups.
10 & Under
Iris Liu of PLS leads the girls at age 9 with a 33.80 in the 50 breast, worth 1,035 points. That is more than any 13-14 or 15-18 girl on this week's board scored except Taylor Canada (1,037), which says a lot about how the age adjustment treats the youngest swimmers. Addie Farrier of CAT made it two 1,000-point swims in the group with a 1:00.43 in the 100 fly. Sophia Lee-Park (50 back, 31.69) was third at 966, and Alinea Fung (200 IM, 2:29.59), Olivia Viel (100 back, 1:10.56) and Celina Mu (50 fly, 28.53) followed between 908 and 920.
Fly was the most common event in the group, with five of the ten spots. The back half also had a NOVA flavor: Margaret Wang, the youngest swimmer on the entire board at 8, scored 873 in the 100 IM, and Manqing Huang and Meixuan Jiang added 50 flys of 31.33 and 31.87. Kimberly Lee of AQJT rounded out the top ten at 839 with a 29.58 in the same event.
Among the boys, Robert Legg of PLS took the top spot with a 1:59.64 in the 200 free (969 points), with Isen Wolfe close behind at 2:01.58 in the same event. Legg's 969 is actually higher than the 966 that tied for fifth among the 13-14 boys this week. Declan Wang was third with a 1:04.07 in the 100 back.
Pacific Swimming dominated the rest of the group: SCSC placed three swimmers (Tatsumasa Sekine in the 50 fly, Aurelius Lien in the 50 breast and Rubix Szolusha in the 200 IM), and with Legg and Ryan Latronica of HILL, five of the ten boys carry a Pacific code. Liixin Zhang, Dylan Deahn and Owen Johnson completed the group, with scores in the high 830s to low 890s.
11-12
This was the deepest group of the week, especially on the boys' side.
Molin Qian's 2:20.03 leads three 1,000-point swims. Gabriel Brown of FAST went 4:29.37 in the 400 IM at age 11, the second-highest score on the whole board, and Ernest Hsu of ROSE added a 2:23.44 in the 200 breast for 1,035. Daniel Radchenko Avondo of HCA missed the 1,000 club by a single point (999) with a 17:54.19 mile, also at 11. The 200 breast dominated: Qian, Hsu, George Xuan and Max Fujino hold four of the ten spots. Hunter Gumbayan (200 free, 1:47.06), Boardie Fouke and Bronson Jenner (500 frees of 4:53.72 and 4:54.42) and Junyou He (50 back, 26.62) filled out the rest.
The girls' group had no 1,000-point swims but plenty of range. Sydnee Elerding of TCCC leads with a 26.78 in the 50 back at age 12 (964), followed by Emma Blaho of BAD, who swam a 24.60 in the 50 free at 11. Irene Zhong was third at 1:01.32 in the 100 back, and Taylor Brooks of BZRK posted an 18:50.10 in the 1650 at age 11. Grace Wang (200 fly, 2:06.46), Lauren Lucero and Katherine Ballis (100 breasts of 1:09.45 and 1:09.59) rounded out the top seven.
The most interesting detail is the tie at eighth. NOVA teammates Julia Xiong (1:59.69) and Victoria Gu (1:59.70) were separated by one hundredth in the 200 free and scored identical points (879). Maddison Lord of BAD took tenth with a 1:54.77 in the same event, giving NOVA four swimmers and BAD two in the group.
13-14
No girl in this group reached 1,000, and the winning score of 958 is the lowest of the week's eight age-group leaders. Dhriti Upadhyaya takes it with a 25.82 in the 50 back, and Autumn McIntosh is only nine points back after a 4:44.95 in the 500 free. Alexia Cronin (200 free, 1:50.01) and Fiona Blaho (50 free, 23.17) followed, and Mary Tolar of NCAP added a 2:00.45 in the 200 back.
Backstroke carries the group, with five of the ten spots going to 50 and 200 backs: Upadhyaya, Tolar, Elle Lourie, Vanessa Delev and Sophia Lucero. Kayla Hill (100 breast, 1:03.65) and Eloise Jones (1650, 16:49.85) completed the top ten. With Blaho and Delev, BAD now has four swimmers across the two girls' groups from 11 to 14.
The boys were stronger. Three 13-year-olds hold the top three spots, each above 1,000: Parker Wheeler of WAC with a 23.17 in the 50 fly (1,057), Jacob Lee of ROSE with a 26.25 in the 50 breast (1,043) and Janiel Espinosa of NSUS with a 51.77 in the 100 back (1,004). Lucas Franzmathes was fourth with a 2:03.36 in the 200 breast.
The age adjustment shows up clearly in the 50 breast. Sahiel Pai, a 14-year-old at NOVA, swam a 26.18, seven hundredths faster than Lee's 26.25, yet Lee scored 1,043 to Pai's 960. Further up the list, Jack Peden (50 back, 23.54) and Noah Safa (100 fly, 52.12) tied for fifth at 966 from entirely different events. Beckum Rychnovsky (1000 free, 9:39.27), Kurt Gartland (50 fly, 24.08) and Mason Tran (200 breast, 2:09.44) completed a tightly packed field: only 18 points separate fourth through ninth.
15-18
Taylor Canada is the headline for the girls. Her 21.52 in the 50 free at age 15 earned 1,037 points, 53 more than anyone else in the group. Behind her, backstroke takes over: six of the other nine spots belong to 50 or 200 backs. McKenzie Cory of NCAP leads that charge with a 1:54.33 in the 200 back (984), and the 50 back produced a tight trio in Willa Faulkner (25.36), Quinn Sungy (25.42) and Chloe Anders (25.83). Faulkner and Sungy are just six hundredths apart, but that is worth 17 points. Siggy Nymo and Florence Robitaille added 200 backs of 1:56.98 and 1:57.23, while Sadie Buckley (200 IM, 1:58.61), Emilianna Gonzalez (50 free, 22.37) and Coco Croxford (200 fly, 1:57.78) completed the group.
The boys belong to Potomac Valley. NCAP holds the top three spots, with Luc Dionne at 1:55.59 in the 200 breast (1,004, the only 1,000-point swim in the group), Gabriel Hanson at 47.89 in the 100 back and Jaxson Daniel at 1:47.65 in the 200 back. RMSC's Griffin Oehler is fifth, so four of the top five carry a Potomac Valley code.
Hanson and Oehler also offer the cleanest age-adjustment example of the week. Oehler, 18, swam 47.68, faster than Hanson's 47.89 at 16, but Hanson scored 988 to Oehler's 949. Anderson Baird (200 breast, 1:58.33) was fourth, followed by Ramika Arangalla (50 fly, 21.84), Austin Chu (100 back, 48.97) and Prakhanthi Rai (200 breast, 1:59.57). Luke Zardavets (100 breast, 54.81) and John Doebbeling (200 breast, 2:01.40) tied for ninth at 929, so this group lists nine swimmers instead of ten.
Week at a Glance
Ten swims cleared 1,000 points this week: Qian, Brown, Wheeler, Lee, Canada, Liu, Hsu, Dionne, Espinosa and Farrier. The 11-12 boys were the strongest group, with three of those ten, while the 13-14 girls had the lowest winning score at 958. Backstroke led the strokes with 24 of 79 swims (ten of the 19 in the 15-18 groups), ahead of breaststroke and freestyle at 18 each, fly at 13 and IM at six. The boys' 200 breast also stood out, appearing ten times across the three older groups.
On the club side, SCS placed 19 swimmers (nine of them from NOVA), and Potomac Valley's NCAP led the 15-18 boys. Depth varied by group too: the tenth-place score ranged from 838 among the 10&U boys to 940 among the 13-14 boys.
Notes: Rankings are based on power points, which adjust for age, so a slower raw time can outrank a faster one. The window reflects when swims were added to the SwimStandards database, not necessarily when the meets took place. "NOVA" appears with two different LSC codes this week (SCS for most swimmers, Virginia for Taylor Canada), so they are different clubs. Coco Croxford's surname came through in capitals in the source data and has been standardized here. Selections follow one swim per swimmer per age group and sex, with ties at the cutoff included.
