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Nicholas, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-they-train-a-look-at-the-development-of-nashville-aquatic-clubs-spencer-nicholas-sample-sets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">represents the Nashville Aquatic Club<\/a> in USA Swimming competition and will be heading to the University of Virginia next year, sliced three hundredths off the previous mark held by\u00a0<strong>Aiden Hayes<\/strong> in prelims before going even faster in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas swam a time of 45.44 in prelims to beat Hayes&#8217; 45.47, and then he dropped down to 45.08 in the final. That mark was just 11-hundredths off the overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usa-high-school-national-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high school record<\/a> of 44.97 set by <strong>Scotty Buff<\/strong> last year. Nicholas smashed his previous best time of 46.13, which he recorded at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/docs\/default-source\/timesdocuments\/meet-results\/2023-juniors-east-complete-results.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Junior Nationals<\/a> in December, and entering this season, his best time had been a 46.78 from last year&#8217;s high school state meet.<\/p>\n<p>In other events at the meet, Nicholas won the 100 backstroke state title in 46.68 after clocking 46.58 in prelims. He split 24.22 on the breaststroke leg of his team&#8217;s fifth-place 200 medley relay, and he anchored the 200 free relay in prelims in a sizzling 19.01. 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