10 & Under

Girls

The top of the girls' 10&U board came down to hundredths. Jordin Omoniyi and Emma Liu, both 9, went 32.92 and 32.94 in the 50 Fly to claim the top two spots by a margin of just two points, and the pair account for two of three CFSC/KATY-affiliated swims among the top 10 — Ahana Ghosh's 34.61 gave CFSC a second entry at No. 9. Elsewhere, Ella Xu's 1:26.94 100 Breast and Adeline Farrier's 1:09.78 100 Fly rounded out a top five built almost entirely on stroke events rather than freestyle.

Boys

Gabriel Brown's 2:27.47 200 IM was the class of the boys' field, opening a 27-point gap over runner-up Austin Ren's own strong IM effort (2:41.68). It's worth noting Ren accomplished that at age 9, a year younger than Brown. AZOT placed three swimmers in the top 10 — Bryce Alpert, Declan Wang, and Hoshi Aono — spanning fly, back, and IM, a sign of real depth across strokes for that program this week.

11-12

Girls

Distance freestyle set the tone at the top, with Penelope Chao's 17:43.43 1500 leading the way and Sarah Chiang backing it up at No. 2 — notable given Chiang did it as an 11-year-old racing up an age bracket in points terms. From there the board opens up stroke-wise, with breaststroke (Hatfield, Ballis, Sungy) and butterfly (Huang, Elrod, Cain) each landing three swimmers in the top 10. Cain and Sungy tied on points (901) despite competing in entirely different events, a good reminder of how the age-adjusted scoring can level swims that look very different on the clock.

Boys

Junyou He's 30.79 50 Back leads this bracket at 1060 points, with Jiaming Liu's 31.95 50 Breast close behind at No. 2. ROSE placed three swimmers in the top 10 — He, Liu, and Ernest Hsu — giving the program a strong presence across back, breast, and mixed age groups. The bottom half of the board leans distance and fly: Jace Jackson and Ryan Malczewski both cracked the top 10 in the 800 Free, Harrison Hull and Abraham Solis Pinto both scored well in the 200 Fly, and Leo Zhong's 19:35.63 1500 Free rounds out the board at No. 10. Three swims this week — Julian James's 200 Breast, Harrison Hull's 200 Fly, and Leo Zhong's 1500 Free — were recorded at the AAA standard rather than AAAA.

13-14

Girls

Harper Rauch's 16:36.56 in the 1500 Free tops the girls' board at 13, and it's a genuinely fast swim regardless of the points context — that pace holds up well against older distance specialists nationally. Breaststroke had a strong week here too, with Emma Fouke, Elissa Deal, and Millie Juergens all cracking the top 10 in either the 100 or 200. Kate Allen's 26.02 50 Free stands out as the lone pure sprint entry among a board otherwise dominated by mid-distance and stroke-200 swims.

Boys

The single best swim of the entire leaderboard this week came from this bracket: Jett Hatchard's 58.18 100 Back at age 13 scored 1117 points, the highest total across all eight boards. Daniel Bunge's 56.41 100 Fly wasn't far behind at 1090, and the two, plus a strong Jacob Lee breaststroke swim at No. 3, gave the top of this list serious separation from the rest of the field. Lubo Liu-Tchorbadjiyski's 51.03 100 Free at No. 4 carries extra weight this week — the time stands as a National Age Group Record in the 13–14 Boys 100 Free (more below). Backstroke was well represented all the way down, with Hatchard, Kirsling, Norem, and Daniel also landing top-10 finishes in either the 100 or 200 distance.

Record Watch: Lubo Liu-Tchorbadjiyski Sets NAG Record

Lubo Liu-Tchorbadjiyski's 51.03 100 Free doesn't just top the 13-14 Boys board — it's a new National Age Group Record in the 13–14 Boys 100 Free. At 14, Liu-Tchorbadjiyski still has room within that age bracket, and this swim immediately puts him at the top of the national conversation in the event heading into the rest of the summer season.

15-18

Girls

Kennedy Brooks and Liberty Clark were separated by just four points at the top, with Brooks's 1:00.91 100 Back narrowly edging Clark's 53.89 100 Free — a nice head-to-head between a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old at opposite ends of this age bracket. Backstroke dominated the list overall, claiming six of the ten spots across the 100 and 200 distances. The 200 Back in particular produced a bunched trio at Nos. 8-10, with Macey Degroot, Ava Grazziani, and Abby Chan all within two-tenths of each other in points.

Boys

Justin Shi led the boys' bracket with a 53.50 100 Fly, but backstroke was again the story of the week, filling five of the top 10 spots. NCAP and ZSC each landed two swimmers apiece — NCAP's Gabe Hanson and Jo Witdoeckt, and ZSC's Khairi Slater and Everett Heiser — giving both programs a real presence at the top of this board. Postovalov and Tran tied exactly at 962 points despite racing different distances of breaststroke, another good example of how the scoring system can put very different swims on level footing.

Week at a Glance

• NAG Record: Lubo Liu-Tchorbadjiyski's 51.03 100 Free (13-14 Boys) sets the National Age Group Record for 13–15 Boys.
• Top raw score of the week: Jett Hatchard's 58.18 100 Back (13-14 Boys) scored 1117 points, the highest total on this week's entire board.
• Program of the week: ROSE Swim Club placed three swimmers in the 11-12 Boys top 10 — Junyou He, Jiaming Liu, and Ernest Hsu.
• Closest finish: Jordin Omoniyi and Emma Liu (10&U Girls) were separated by 0.02 seconds and 2 points in the 50 Fly.
• Backstroke's week: Six of the ten spots in the 15-18 Girls board and five of ten in the 15-18 Boys board came from backstroke events.