Catherine Bu

Fage 17EZMDMRPVVANCAPNCAPPWCH

120 plausible swims · 27 meets · 2018-08-08 → 2026-05-15

Personal records

EventCourseBest CutDateMeet
50 Freestyle SCY 24.50 AAA+0.71s to AAAA 2025-12-13 2025 Katie Ledecky Invitational venue
100 Freestyle SCY 52.45 AAA+0.76s to AAAA 2024-03-24 2024 SwimRVA Shamrock Showdown venue
200 Freestyle SCY 1:51.04 AAAA 2026-02-09 2026 METRO Championships venue
500 Freestyle SCY 5:02.81 AAA+1.52s to AAAA 2026-03-07 2026 PV Short Course Open Championships venue
50 Breaststroke SCY 35.40 BB+0.21s to A 2019-11-02 2019 Mid-Atlantic AG Championship Showdown slow pool
100 Breaststroke SCY 1:03.52 AAAA 2026-02-21 2026 MPSSAA_4A3AStateSwimChamps fast pool
200 Breaststroke SCY 2:19.41 AAAA 2024-03-24 2024 SwimRVA Shamrock Showdown venue
200 Individual Medley SCY 2:11.84 AA+1.25s to AAA 2025-12-14 2025 Katie Ledecky Invitational venue
50 Freestyle LCM 29.13 AA+0.74s to AAA 2023-01-15 NOVA LC Winter Invitational venue
100 Freestyle LCM 59.70 AAA+1.01s to AAAA 2026-05-14 2026 EZ LC Speedo Super Sectionals venue
200 Freestyle LCM 2:11.03 AAA+3.94s to AAAA 2026-05-14 2026 EZ LC Speedo Super Sectionals
400 Freestyle LCM 4:37.89 AAA+9.60s to AAAA 2025-05-17 2025 EZ LC Speedo Super Sectional venue
100 Backstroke LCM 1:16.22 BB+1.63s to A 2024-05-18 2024 EZ LC Speedo Super Sectional venue
50 Breaststroke LCM 40.82 BB+1.13s to A 2018-08-08 EZ LC AG Championship
100 Breaststroke LCM 1:14.60 AAA+0.91s to AAAA 2025-05-15 2025 EZ LC Speedo Super Sectional venue
200 Breaststroke LCM 2:42.40 AAA+2.61s to AAAA 2025-05-18 2025 EZ LC Speedo Super Sectional venue
200 Individual Medley LCM 2:34.39 AA+4.50s to AAA 2023-01-16 NOVA LC Winter Invitational 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

LegCourseTime StartRelayDateMeet
100 Freestyle SCY 52.26 flying 400 Free Relay (leg 4) 2026-02-09 2026 METRO Championships
50 Breaststroke SCY 29.08 flying 200 Medley Relay (leg 2) 2026-02-21 2026 MPSSAA_4A3AStateSwimChamps

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

2732 points (3/6 events — incomplete)

EventTime Points
500 FR SCY 5:02.81 947
200 BR SCY 2:19.41 980
200 IM SCY 2:11.84 805
200 BK SCY 0
200 FL SCY 0
400 IM SCY 0

IMR 17-18 · LCM

3206 points (4/5 events — incomplete)

EventTime Points
200 FR LCM 2:11.03 884
100 BK LCM 1:16.22 605
100 BR LCM 1:14.60 940
200 IM LCM 2:34.39 777
100 FL LCM 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 52.45

25.39
27.06

Front half 25.39s · back half 27.06s

200 Freestyle SCY 1:51.04

26.26
28.28
28.25
28.25

Front half 54.54s · back half 56.50s

500 Freestyle SCY 5:02.81

27.20
29.68
30.37
30.62
30.95
30.77
30.68
31.36
31.40
29.78

Front half 148.82s · back half 153.99s

100 Breaststroke SCY 1:03.52

30.18
33.34

Front half 30.18s · back half 33.34s

200 Breaststroke SCY 2:19.41

31.88
35.41
36.15
35.97

Front half 67.29s · back half 72.12s

200 Individual Medley SCY 2:11.84

28.82
35.94
37.20
29.88

Front half 64.76s · back half 67.08s

100 Freestyle LCM 59.70

29.01
30.69

Front half 29.01s · back half 30.69s

400 Freestyle LCM 4:37.89

66.05
71.09
71.10
69.65

Front half 137.14s · back half 140.75s

100 Backstroke LCM 1:16.22

36.53
39.69

Front half 36.53s · back half 39.69s

100 Breaststroke LCM 1:14.60

35.95
38.65

Front half 35.95s · back half 38.65s

200 Breaststroke LCM 2:42.40 RT 0.84s

36.83
41.50
42.04
42.03

Front half 78.33s · back half 84.07s

200 Individual Medley LCM 2:34.39

32.84
44.15
43.36
34.04

Front half 76.99s · back half 77.40s

Reaction time

fastest 0.84s average 0.840s slowest 0.84s 1 electronic start

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 24.50 11 swims
100 Freestyle SCY 52.45 10 swims
200 Freestyle SCY 1:51.04 15 swims
500 Freestyle SCY 5:02.81 3 swims
50 Breaststroke SCY 35.40 1 swim
100 Breaststroke SCY 1:03.52 18 swims
200 Breaststroke SCY 2:19.41 13 swims
200 Individual Medley SCY 2:11.84 6 swims
50 Freestyle LCM 29.13 1 swim
100 Freestyle LCM 59.70 12 swims
200 Freestyle LCM 2:11.03 6 swims
400 Freestyle LCM 4:37.89 1 swim
100 Backstroke LCM 1:16.22 3 swims
50 Breaststroke LCM 40.82 1 swim
100 Breaststroke LCM 1:14.60 13 swims
200 Breaststroke LCM 2:42.40 5 swims
200 Individual Medley LCM 2:34.39 1 swim