Brendan Gao
Personal records
| Event | Course | Best | Cut | Date | Meet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Freestyle | SCY | 20.33 | 2025-03-02 | 2025 PN CSC Mystery Meet venue | |
| 50 Freestyle | SCY | 39.25 | +0.96s to B | 2026-03-29 | 2026 PN Spring Showdown, Div.1 Approved venue |
| 100 Freestyle | SCY | 1:33.77 | +5.28s to B | 2026-02-01 | 2026 PN BISC Bluefin Invitational venue |
| 25 Backstroke | SCY | 24.30 | 2025-03-02 | 2025 PN CSC Mystery Meet venue | |
| 50 Backstroke | SCY | 43.98 | B+0.89s to BB | 2026-02-28 | 2026 PN February AGI, Div 3- Approved venue |
| 25 Breaststroke | SCY | 29.79 | 2025-03-02 | 2025 PN CSC Mystery Meet venue | |
| 50 Breaststroke | SCY | 54.21 | +0.72s to B | 2025-09-21 | 2025 PN BC 47th Annual Blue Orange Meet venue |
| 100 Breaststroke | SCY | 2:02.85 | +7.36s to B | 2025-10-18 | 2025 PN VAST Fall Classic venue |
| 50 Butterfly | SCY | 55.09 | +8.60s to B | 2026-02-01 | 2026 PN BISC Bluefin Invitational venue |
| 100 Individual Medley | SCY | 1:44.56 | +4.77s to B | 2026-03-29 | 2026 PN Spring Showdown, Div.1 Approved venue |
| 400 Freestyle | SCM | 8:24.58 | +63.09s to B | 2025-10-19 | 2025 PN BC Pumpkin 400 venue |
| 50 Freestyle | LCM | 46.75 | +2.86s to B | 2025-07-19 | 2025 PN Chinook Age Group Seattle Open venue |
| 100 Freestyle | LCM | 1:51.41 | +10.32s to B | 2026-05-03 | 2026 PN BC May Flowers - Approved venue |
| 50 Backstroke | LCM | 49.50 | B+0.21s to BB | 2026-05-03 | 2026 PN BC May Flowers - Approved venue |
| 100 Backstroke | LCM | 2:05.27 | +8.58s to B | 2025-07-19 | 2025 PN Chinook Age Group Seattle Open venue |
| 50 Breaststroke | LCM | 1:06.49 | +5.60s to B | 2025-07-19 | 2025 PN Chinook Age Group Seattle Open venue |
| 100 Breaststroke | LCM | 2:23.45 | +10.36s to B | 2025-06-01 | 2025 IE VS Apple Capital slow pool |
| 50 Butterfly | LCM | 1:06.75 | +14.46s to B | 2026-05-03 | 2026 PN BC May Flowers - Approved venue |
Cuts are USA Swimming single-age motivational standards (B → AAAA) at age 10.
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.
IMX / IMR
IMX 10 & under · LCM
521 points (2/5 events — incomplete)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 100 BK LCM | 2:05.27 | 260 |
| 100 BR LCM | 2:23.45 | 261 |
| 200 FR LCM | — | 0 |
| 100 FL LCM | — | 0 |
| 200 IM LCM | — | 0 |
IMR 10 & under · SCY
1436 points (5/5 events)
| Event | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 100 FR SCY | 1:33.77 | 271 |
| 50 BK SCY | 43.98 | 392 |
| 50 BR SCY | 54.21 | 302 |
| 50 FL SCY | 55.09 | 174 |
| 100 IM SCY | 1:44.56 | 297 |
Scored against AAAA motivational base times: ordering is exact, absolute points run ~25% above the official USA Swimming scale.
PR splits
100 Freestyle SCY 1:33.77
Front half 45.71s · back half 48.06s
100 Breaststroke SCY 2:02.85 RT 1.04s
Front half 56.19s · back half 66.66s
100 Individual Medley SCY 1:44.56
Front half 51.69s · back half 52.87s
400 Freestyle SCM 8:24.58
Front half 243.39s · back half 261.19s
100 Breaststroke LCM 2:23.45
Front half 69.54s · back half 73.91s
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.