swimSam Kunkel
Personal records
| Event | Course | Best | Cut | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Backstroke | SCY | 57.20 | A+1.51s to AA | 2026-03-14 | 2026 MN AQJT Senior SC State Championship venue |
| 50 Breaststroke | SCY | 31.75 | BB+0.26s to A | 2026-03-14 | 2026 MN AQJT Senior SC State Championship venue |
| 50 Freestyle | LCM | 27.75 | A+0.66s to AA | 2026-05-09 | 2026 MN STRM Spring Startup venue |
| 100 Freestyle | LCM | 1:03.17 | BB+1.58s to A | 2024-05-11 | 2024 IA DSMY May LCM Invitational slow pool |
| 200 Freestyle | LCM | 2:16.65 | BB+1.86s to A | 2024-07-26 | 2024 IA Long Course Championships venue |
| 400 Freestyle | LCM | 5:00.12 | BB+12.53s to A | 2024-07-27 | 2024 IA Long Course Championships venue |
| 50 Backstroke | LCM | 32.07 | A+0.98s to AA | 2025-01-01 | 1607071 |
| 100 Backstroke | LCM | 1:08.31 | BB+0.22s to A | 2026-05-09 | 2026 MN STRM Spring Startup venue |
| 200 Backstroke | LCM | 2:37.41 | BB+9.72s to A | 2026-05-10 | 2026 MN STRM Spring Startup venue |
| 50 Breaststroke | LCM | 40.64 | B+1.75s to BB | 2026-05-31 | 2026 MN RSC Summer Jam venue |
| 100 Breaststroke | LCM | 1:26.82 | B+3.33s to BB | 2024-05-11 | 2024 IA DSMY May LCM Invitational slow pool |
| 200 Breaststroke | LCM | 3:21.06 | +5.67s to B | 2024-05-12 | 2024 IA DSMY May LCM Invitational slow pool |
| 50 Butterfly | LCM | 31.33 | BB+0.54s to A | 2026-05-30 | 2026 MN RSC Summer Jam venue |
| 100 Butterfly | LCM | 1:10.38 | BB+4.39s to A | 2026-05-09 | 2026 MN STRM Spring Startup venue |
| 200 Individual Medley | LCM | 2:37.53 | BB+6.24s to A | 2024-07-25 | 2024 IA Long Course Championships venue |
Cuts are USA Swimming single-age motivational standards (B → AAAA) at age 16.
Pool tags are a venue speed heuristic (median deviation of all swims there vs each swimmer's typical time) — see the venue page for the method.
Fastest relay legs
| Leg | Course | Time | Start | Relay | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Freestyle | LCM | 27.95 | flying | 200 Free Relay (leg 3) | 2024-07-28 | 2024 IA Long Course Championships |
| 100 Freestyle | LCM | 1:02.78 | flat | 400 Free Relay | 2024-07-25 | 2024 IA Long Course Championships |
| 100 Backstroke | LCM | 1:12.34 | flat | 400 Medley Relay | 2024-07-27 | 2024 IA Long Course Championships |
Reconstructed from relay split marks. Flat = lead-off (comparable to individual times); flying starts run ~0.5–0.7s fast and are not PRs.
IMX / IMR
IMX 15-16 · LCM
2105 points (4/6 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 400 FR LCM | 5:00.12 | 582 |
| 200 BK LCM | 2:37.41 | 552 |
| 200 BR LCM | 3:21.06 | 382 |
| 200 IM LCM | 2:37.53 | 589 |
| 200 FL LCM | — | 0 |
| 400 IM LCM | — | 0 |
IMR 15-16 · LCM
2892 points (5/5 events)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 200 FR LCM | 2:16.65 | 635 |
| 100 BK LCM | 1:08.31 | 660 |
| 100 BR LCM | 1:26.82 | 461 |
| 100 FL LCM | 1:10.38 | 547 |
| 200 IM LCM | 2:37.53 | 589 |
Scored against AAAA motivational base times: ordering is exact, absolute points run ~25% above the official USA Swimming scale.
PR splits
100 Backstroke SCY 57.20 RT 0.59s
Front half 27.56s · back half 29.64s
100 Freestyle LCM 1:03.17
Front half 29.83s · back half 33.34s
200 Freestyle LCM 2:16.65
Front half 63.30s · back half 73.35s
400 Freestyle LCM 5:00.12
Front half 147.29s · back half 152.83s
100 Backstroke LCM 1:08.31
Front half 32.67s · back half 35.64s
200 Backstroke LCM 2:37.41
Front half 76.85s · back half 80.56s
100 Breaststroke LCM 1:26.82
Front half 40.36s · back half 46.46s
200 Breaststroke LCM 3:21.06
Front half 93.41s · back half 107.65s
100 Butterfly LCM 1:10.38
Front half 31.72s · back half 38.66s
200 Individual Medley LCM 2:37.53
Front half 71.67s · back half 85.86s
Reaction time
From electronically-timed starts only (~2% of corpus swims carry a reaction time). PRs with a recorded reaction show an RT chip in the splits section above.
Progression
Faster times are higher. One card per event, all courses & history.