Melody Chen
Personal records
| Event | Course | Best | Cut | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Freestyle | SCY | 25.07 | AAA+0.58s to AAAA | 2026-01-18 | YARDS----2026 Road to Sofi venue |
| 100 Freestyle | SCY | 53.89 | AAA+0.60s to AAAA | 2026-01-31 | 2026 AZOT H/F BB MIN Leaderboard Invitational venue |
| 200 Freestyle | SCY | 2:00.06 | AAA+4.67s to AAAA | 2025-11-08 | 2025 Legends of Coaching Series_Peter Daland venue |
| 500 Freestyle | SCY | 5:42.62 | A+3.93s to AA | 2025-12-07 | 2025 CA STOP December ABC Meet venue |
| 50 Backstroke | SCY | 30.42 | A+0.43s to AA | 2026-03-01 | 2026 SI CA/NV Speedo Sectionals Oceanside venue |
| 100 Backstroke | SCY | 1:04.39 | A+1.00s to AA | 2025-11-22 | 2025 CA MVN Turkey Classic venue |
| 200 Backstroke | SCY | 2:28.25 | BB+4.36s to A | 2026-02-14 | 2026 MVN Lunar AAPI Festival venue |
| 50 Breaststroke | SCY | 33.56 | AA+0.47s to AAA | 2026-02-13 | 2026 MVN Lunar AAPI Festival venue |
| 100 Breaststroke | SCY | 1:13.18 | A+0.29s to AA | 2026-02-15 | 2026 MVN Lunar AAPI Festival venue |
| 200 Breaststroke | SCY | 2:41.85 | A+4.96s to AA | 2026-01-31 | 2026 AZOT H/F BB MIN Leaderboard Invitational venue |
| 50 Butterfly | SCY | 28.40 | AA+0.11s to AAA | 2026-02-28 | 2026 SI CA/NV Speedo Sectionals Oceanside venue |
| 100 Butterfly | SCY | 1:06.65 | BB+0.76s to A | 2025-12-13 | 2025 CA SCS/RAA WAG venue |
| 100 Individual Medley | SCY | 1:05.45 | 2025-03-15 | 2025 SCS Spring Age Group Champs @ Armada venue | |
| 200 Individual Medley | SCY | 2:18.35 | AA+2.76s to AAA | 2026-03-15 | 2026 SCS Spring Age Group Champs @ RMDA - cop venue |
| 50 Freestyle | LCM | 28.95 | AAA+0.96s to AAAA | 2026-06-14 | ARMADA-2026 SCS June AG Invite venue |
| 100 Freestyle | LCM | 1:02.41 | AAA+1.52s to AAAA | 2026-06-12 | ARMADA-2026 SCS June AG Invite venue |
| 200 Freestyle | LCM | 2:22.08 | AA+4.19s to AAA | 2026-06-11 | ARMADA-2026 SCS June AG Invite venue |
| 50 Backstroke | LCM | 35.85 | A+0.76s to AA | 2024-07-28 | 2024 CA SCS/ BREA Summer A/G Champs slow pool |
| 100 Backstroke | LCM | 1:17.30 | BB+0.21s to A | 2025-07-26 | 2025 CA SCS Summer A/G Champs |
| 200 Backstroke | LCM | 2:49.31 | BB+3.02s to A | 2025-06-14 | 2025 SCS June AG Invite @ La Mirada Armada venue |
| 50 Breaststroke | LCM | 39.53 | A+0.14s to AA | 2026-06-12 | ARMADA-2026 SCS June AG Invite venue |
| 100 Breaststroke | LCM | 1:26.69 | A+2.50s to AA | 2025-07-24 | 2025 CA SCS Summer A/G Champs |
| 50 Butterfly | LCM | 33.15 | A+0.36s to AA | 2026-06-13 | ARMADA-2026 SCS June AG Invite venue |
| 200 Individual Medley | LCM | 2:38.89 | AA+3.80s to AAA | 2025-07-25 | 2025 CA SCS Summer A/G Champs |
Cuts are USA Swimming single-age motivational standards (B → AAAA) at age 14.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Freestyle | SCY | 54.08 | flying | 400 Medley Relay (leg 4) | 2026-03-14 | 2026 SCS Spring Age Group Champs @ RMDA - cop |
| 100 Freestyle | LCM | 1:08.66 | flat | 400 Free Relay | 2024-07-28 | 2024 CA SCS/ BREA Summer A/G Champs |
| 100 Freestyle | LCM | 1:05.04 | flying | 400 Medley Relay (leg 4) | 2024-07-27 | 2024 CA SCS/ BREA Summer A/G Champs |
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 13-14 · SCY
2829 points (4/6 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 500 FR SCY | 5:42.62 | 734 |
| 200 BK SCY | 2:28.25 | 596 |
| 200 BR SCY | 2:41.85 | 693 |
| 200 IM SCY | 2:18.35 | 806 |
| 200 FL SCY | — | 0 |
| 400 IM SCY | — | 0 |
IMR 13-14 · SCY
3805 points (5/5 events)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 200 FR SCY | 2:00.06 | 885 |
| 100 BK SCY | 1:04.39 | 719 |
| 100 BR SCY | 1:13.18 | 750 |
| 100 FL SCY | 1:06.65 | 645 |
| 200 IM SCY | 2:18.35 | 806 |
Scored against AAAA motivational base times: ordering is exact, absolute points run ~25% above the official USA Swimming scale.
PR splits
100 Freestyle SCY 53.89
Front half 25.89s · back half 28.00s
200 Freestyle SCY 2:00.06
Front half 56.89s · back half 63.17s
500 Freestyle SCY 5:42.62
Front half 167.55s · back half 175.07s
100 Backstroke SCY 1:04.39
Front half 31.04s · back half 33.35s
200 Backstroke SCY 2:28.25
Front half 71.92s · back half 76.33s
100 Breaststroke SCY 1:13.18
Front half 34.11s · back half 39.07s
200 Breaststroke SCY 2:41.85
Front half 77.84s · back half 84.01s
100 Butterfly SCY 1:06.65
Front half 30.58s · back half 36.07s
100 Individual Medley SCY 1:05.45
Front half 30.08s · back half 35.37s
200 Individual Medley SCY 2:18.35
Front half 66.24s · back half 72.11s
200 Freestyle LCM 2:22.08
Front half 67.80s · back half 74.28s
200 Backstroke LCM 2:49.31
Front half 81.92s · back half 87.39s
200 Individual Medley LCM 2:38.89 RT 0.52s
Front half 75.40s · back half 83.49s
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.