Young sets age-group mark for year in 100 backstroke

Published 10:40 pm Sunday, August 10, 2014

Dalton High School swimmer Ethan Young was one of the top eight 18-and-under swimmers in all three events he competed in last week at the USA Swimming National Championships in Irvine, Calif.

Representing the Carpet Capital Aquatics Club, Young’s best performance was Saturday, when he swam the 100-meter backstroke preliminaries in 56.03 seconds. CCAC coach Jason Meszaros said the time is the fastest among 16-year-old swimmers this year and ninth fastest among 15-16 year olds ever in USA Swimming. His finals performance was 56.15, good for fourth place in the “C-Final,” which was preserved for the fastest eight 18-and-under swimmers not in either the A-Final or B-Final.

Young swam the 200 backstroke Thursday and finished eighth in the C-Final with a time of 2:07. His preliminary time was 2:04.40, the 72nd fastest time ever for 15-16 year olds and seventh fastest time for 16-year-old swimmers this year.

Young placed seventh in Friday’s 50 backstroke C-Final with a time of 26.90.

Bryant Mathis, another CCAC swimmer, competed in the National Club Swimming Association Junior National Championships at the University of Indiana, in Indianapolis. The senior at Calhoun High School finished 30th in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:09.41.

He also competed in the 50 breaststroke (50th, 34.11) and 200 breaststroke (75th, 2:46.57). Meszaros said more than 200 swimmers competed in each event.