{"id":601850,"date":"2024-12-13T19:22:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T02:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=601850"},"modified":"2024-12-14T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T23:51:08","slug":"speedo-winter-juniors-west-teagan-odell-maximus-williamson-win-two-events-apiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/speedo-winter-juniors-west-teagan-odell-maximus-williamson-win-two-events-apiece\/","title":{"rendered":"Speedo Winter Juniors West: Teagan O’Dell, Maximus Williamson Win Two Events Apiece"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speedo Winter Juniors West: Teagan O’Dell, Maximus Williamson Win Two Events Apiece<\/strong><\/p>\n

High school seniors\u00a0Teagan O’Dell<\/strong> and\u00a0Maximus Williamson<\/strong> continued to impress at their final Winter Juniors meet, with both swimmers capturing first place in their respective 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke races Friday evening in Austin.<\/p>\n

O’Dell, the Mission Viejo swimmer who already won the 200 IM Thursday, took down Pikes Peak’s\u00a0Madi Mintenko<\/strong> for the win in the 200 free. O’Dell jumped on the race early, opening up a lead of more than a second by the halfway point, and she held strong down the stretch to touch in 1:42.46, her best time by eight tenths. The 200 free is not considered one of O’Dell’s best events, but the time would have placed fifth at last year’s NCAA Championships. Mintenko took second in 1:43.52, with Flying Fish’s Ella Cosgrove<\/strong> taking third.<\/p>\n

Later on, O’Dell cruised to a time of 50.70 in the 100 back, beating the field by three-quarters of a second while surpassing her previous best time by almost seven tenths. Schroeder YMCA’s\u00a0Alana Berlin<\/strong> placed second, and Longhorn’s\u00a0Grace Rabb<\/strong> was third in 52.89. Finally, O’Dell concluded her evening with a 22.14 leadoff led on Mission Viejo’s second-place 200 free relay. After finishing second behind\u00a0Jada Duncan<\/strong> in the individual event, O’Dell matched Duncan’s winning time from one day earlier in her relay leadoff.<\/p>\n