Nathan Kessler

Mage 17ILMIY2K

30 plausible swims · 5 meets · 2024-11-02 → 2026-03-01

Personal records

Event	Course	Best	Cut	Date	Meet
50 Freestyle	SCY	24.66	BB+0.57s to A	2025-11-01	2025 Holland Fall Invite venue
100 Freestyle	SCY	52.29	A+1.90s to AA	2026-02-28	2026 Winter ISI Regionals- HSC - copied fast pool
200 Freestyle	SCY	1:53.55	A+2.36s to AA	2025-07-20	2025 ISI Summer ACAD Regional venue
500 Freestyle	SCY	5:05.54	A+3.85s to AA	2025-07-19	2025 ISI Summer ACAD Regional venue
1000 Freestyle	SCY	10:24.93	AA+20.44s to AAA	2025-07-18	2025 ISI Summer ACAD Regional venue
1650 Freestyle	SCY	17:37.36	A+1.67s to AA	2025-07-20	2025 ISI Summer ACAD Regional venue
100 Backstroke	SCY	1:02.34	B+0.25s to BB	2026-03-01	2026 Winter ISI Regionals- HSC - copied fast pool
200 Backstroke	SCY	2:12.40	BB+7.21s to A	2025-11-02	2025 Holland Fall Invite venue
100 Breaststroke	SCY	1:09.11	BB+4.42s to A	2025-11-02	2025 Holland Fall Invite venue
400 Freestyle	LCM	4:45.43	BB+1.14s to A	2025-07-31	2025 LC Illinois Senior Championships
800 Freestyle	LCM	9:30.91	A+4.72s to AA	2025-07-31	2025 LC Illinois Senior Championships venue
1500 Freestyle	LCM	18:14.62	A+8.23s to AA	2025-08-03	2025 LC Illinois Senior Championships venue

Cuts are USA Swimming single-age motivational standards (B → AAAA) at age 17.

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	27.30	flying	200 Medley Relay (leg 4)	2025-08-03	2025 LC Illinois Senior Championships
100 Freestyle	LCM	59.92	flying	400 Medley Relay (leg 4)	2025-08-02	2025 LC Illinois Senior 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 17-18 · SCY

1249 points (2/6 events — incomplete)

Event	Time	Points
500 FR SCY	5:05.54	708
200 BK SCY	2:12.40	541
200 BR SCY	—	0
200 FL SCY	—	0
200 IM SCY	—	0
400 IM SCY	—	0

IMR 17-18 · SCY

1699 points (3/5 events — incomplete)

Event	Time	Points
200 FR SCY	1:53.55	686
100 BK SCY	1:02.34	482
100 BR SCY	1:09.11	531
100 FL SCY	—	0
200 IM SCY	—	0

Scored against AAAA motivational base times: ordering is exact, absolute points run ~25% above the official USA Swimming scale.

PR splits

100 Freestyle SCY 52.29

25.41

26.88

Front half 25.41s · back half 26.88s

200 Freestyle SCY 1:53.55

26.00

28.51

29.97

29.07

Front half 54.51s · back half 59.04s

500 Freestyle SCY 5:05.54

27.23

29.60

30.77

31.27

31.06

31.65

31.36

31.48

31.26

29.86

Front half 149.93s · back half 155.61s

1000 Freestyle SCY 10:24.93

27.79

30.29

31.58

31.48

31.80

31.57

31.44

31.43

31.40

31.90

31.86

31.79

31.93

31.84

31.79

31.60

31.56

31.02

29.84

Front half 310.68s · back half 314.25s

1650 Freestyle SCY 17:37.36

27.65

31.04

31.31

31.72

31.81

32.22

32.72

32.21

32.25

32.56

32.48

32.22

32.93

32.08

32.93

32.40

32.31

32.54

32.66

32.40

32.34

32.45

32.59

32.29

32.81

31.90

32.50

32.32

32.45

32.46

31.62

31.37

29.82

100 Backstroke SCY 1:02.34

30.30

32.04

Front half 30.30s · back half 32.04s

200 Backstroke SCY 2:12.40

31.58

33.30

34.02

33.50

Front half 64.88s · back half 67.52s

100 Breaststroke SCY 1:09.11

32.63

36.48

Front half 32.63s · back half 36.48s

800 Freestyle LCM 9:30.91 RT 0.70s

31.98

35.28

35.68

36.24

36.29

36.85

36.42

36.88

37.00

36.55

36.10

36.44

36.01

35.45

34.80

32.94

Front half 285.62s · back half 285.29s

1500 Freestyle LCM 18:14.62 RT 0.68s

33.07

35.81

35.44

37.99

36.88

37.12

36.77

37.43

36.83

36.99

36.56

36.78

36.43

37.11

36.68

36.48

36.75

36.94

36.62

36.98

36.43

36.95

36.62

36.57

36.40

36.74

36.89

36.12

35.71

34.53

Front half 547.89s · back half 546.73s

Reaction time

fastest 0.68s average 0.690s slowest 0.70s 3 electronic starts

Start reaction over time faster starts higher

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.

50 Freestyle SCY 24.66 1 swim

100 Freestyle SCY 52.29 2 swims

200 Freestyle SCY 1:53.55 5 swims

500 Freestyle SCY 5:05.54 4 swims

1000 Freestyle SCY 10:24.93 2 swims

1650 Freestyle SCY 17:37.36 2 swims

100 Backstroke SCY 1:02.34 3 swims

200 Backstroke SCY 2:12.40 4 swims

100 Breaststroke SCY 1:09.11 2 swims

400 Freestyle LCM 4:45.43 3 swims

800 Freestyle LCM 9:30.91 1 swim

1500 Freestyle LCM 18:14.62 1 swim