Brandon Kow
Personal records
| Event | Course | Best | Cut | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 Freestyle | SCY | 1:41.98 | AAA+1.39s to AAAA | 2024-05-01 | 2024 CIF-SS Division 2 venue |
| 500 Freestyle | SCY | 4:36.40 | AAA+2.81s to AAAA | 2024-05-01 | 2024 CIF-SS Division 2 venue |
| 100 Freestyle | LCM | 56.37 | AA+1.18s to AAA | 2022-07-27 | Finals - Western Zone Senior Champs fast pool |
| 200 Freestyle | LCM | 1:58.05 | AAA+2.86s to AAAA | 2024-07-24 | 2024 Futures Championships - Austin venue |
| 400 Freestyle | LCM | 4:11.89 | AAA+6.30s to AAAA | 2022-07-28 | Finals - Western Zone Senior Champs fast pool |
| 800 Freestyle | LCM | 8:52.06 | AAA+17.77s to AAAA | 2022-07-30 | Finals - Western Zone Senior Champs fast pool |
| 1500 Freestyle | LCM | 16:39.44 | AAA+15.35s to AAAA | 2022-07-26 | Finals - Western Zone Senior Champs fast pool |
| 100 Backstroke | LCM | 1:07.58 | BB+0.59s to A | 2022-07-30 | Finals - Western Zone Senior Champs fast pool |
Cuts are USA Swimming single-age motivational standards (B → AAAA) at age 18.
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 | LCM | 55.89 | flying | 400 Medley Relay (leg 4) | 2024-07-27 | 2024 Futures Championships - Austin |
| 200 Freestyle | LCM | 1:59.81 | flying | 800 Free Relay (leg 4) | 2024-07-25 | 2024 Futures Championships - Austin |
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
957 points (1/6 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 500 FR SCY | 4:36.40 | 957 |
| 200 BK SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 BR SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 FL SCY | — | 0 |
| 200 IM SCY | — | 0 |
| 400 IM SCY | — | 0 |
IMR 17-18 · LCM
1555 points (2/5 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 200 FR LCM | 1:58.05 | 917 |
| 100 BK LCM | 1:07.58 | 638 |
| 100 BR LCM | — | 0 |
| 100 FL LCM | — | 0 |
| 200 IM LCM | — | 0 |
Scored against AAAA motivational base times: ordering is exact, absolute points run ~25% above the official USA Swimming scale.
PR splits
200 Freestyle SCY 1:41.98 RT 0.61s
Front half 49.46s · back half 52.52s
500 Freestyle SCY 4:36.40 RT 0.65s
Front half 134.94s · back half 141.46s
100 Freestyle LCM 56.37
Front half 27.15s · back half 29.22s
200 Freestyle LCM 1:58.05
Front half 57.94s · back half 60.11s
400 Freestyle LCM 4:11.89
Front half 123.73s · back half 128.16s
800 Freestyle LCM 8:52.06
Front half 262.67s · back half 269.39s
1500 Freestyle LCM 16:39.44
Front half 494.28s · back half 505.16s
100 Backstroke LCM 1:07.58
Front half 32.13s · back half 35.45s
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.