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Teagan O'Dell

Teagan O'Dell (born November 28, 2006) is an American competitive swimmer. She is a 200 m backstroke Champion in 2023 World Junior Championships,[2] also win gold medalist in 4×100 m mixed medley with silver medalist in 4×100 m freestyle. At the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, she placed fourth in the 200 meter individual medley, won the b-final of the 200 meter backstroke, and placed second in the b-final of the 100 meter backstroke.

Teagan O'Dell
Personal information
National team United States
Born (2006-11-28) November 28, 2006 (age 17)
Orange, California, United States
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesIndividual medley, backstroke, freestyle
ClubMission Viejo Nadadores[1]
CoachLogan Redondo[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Junior Championships 2 1 0
Total 2 1 0
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Netanya 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2023 Netanya 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2023 Netanya 4×100 m freestyle

Background edit

O'Dell attends Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Orange County, California for high school, where she competes as part of the school swim team.[3][4] Her mother competed collegiately in swimming, her father was a quarterback for the football team at San Jose State University, and her three brothers are football players.[3]

Career edit

2019–2021 edit

In 2019, at the Western Zone Age Group Swimming Championships in Oregon, O'Dell swam a personal best time of 2:18.69 in the 200 meter individual medley, which was the fastest time ever swum by a female American swimmer under 13 years of age, setting a new National Age Group record in the event for the girls 11–12 age group and breaking the former record set in 2008 by Missy Franklin.[3][5][6][7][8] At the 2020 US Olympic Trials, held in Omaha, Nebraska in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was one of the youngest swimmers to compete at 14 years of age, Kayla Han was the youngest, and as one of the Wave I participants she tied for fourth-place in the b-final of the 100 meter backstroke and placed second in the b-final of the 200 meter backstroke with a 2:14.37.[7][9]

Two months later, as a 14-year-old competing at the 2021 Speedo Summer Championships in Irvine, California, O'Dell swam a personal best time of 2:12.53 in the 200 meter individual medley, becoming the fastest female American swimmer ever in the event under 15 years of age, and breaking the former National Age Group record for the girls 13–14 age group of 2:12.73 set in 2009 by Missy Franklin.[3][10][11] Earlier in the competition, she won the 200 meter backstroke with a personal best time of 2:09.57.[12]

2022 edit

At the 2022 USA Swimming International Team Trials, held in April in Greensboro, North Carolina, O'Dell placed eighth in the final of the 200 meter individual medley with a 2:17.62, tied for seventh in the c-final of the 100 meter freestyle with a 56.08, won the c-final of the 200 meter backstroke with a 2:12.38, placed fourth in the c-final of the 50 meter backstroke with a 28.84, and placed fifth in the c-final of the 100 meter backstroke with a 1:01.79.[13] Based on her times and overall placings amongst junior swimmers at the trials, she was named to the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships roster for the United States in the 200 meter individual medley.[14] In May, she won California Division I State High School Championships titles for the 2021–2022 school year in the 100 yard backstroke, with a time of 52.27 seconds, and the 200 yard individual medley, with a 1:55.15.[5] Gaining more competition experience leading up to the Championships, she competed at the senior 2022 US National Championships three months later, placing second in the c-final of the 400 meter individual medley with a 4:49.06 and won the d-final of the 200 meter freestyle with a 2:00.92.[15]

2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships edit

Day one of the 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, held at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Honolulu in August, she placed second in the b-final of in the 100 meter backstroke with a time of 1:01.61.[16] The next day, she placed 20th in the 100 meter freestyle with a time of 56.36 seconds and the third day she won the b-final of the 200 meter backstroke with a time of 2:12.80.[17] For the final day of competition, she swam a 2:15.96 in the preliminaries of the 200 meter individual medley and qualified for the final ranking fifth.[18] In the final, she placed fourth with a time of 2:14.45, finishing just 0.09 seconds behind fellow American and bronze medalist Gracie Weyant.[17]

2022 Winter Junior National Championships edit

As a 16-year-old at the West edition of the 2022 Winter Junior US National Championships, held in December in Austin, Texas, O'Dell started off her individual events with a second-place finish in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 1:55.61 and an eighth-place finish in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 22.78 seconds on day two. In the finals session the following day, she placed fourth in the 200 yard freestyle with a personal best time of 1:43.94 before going on to place second in the 100 yard backstroke with a personal best time of 51.86 seconds.[19] Day four of four, she placed second in the 200 yard backstroke with a personal best time of 1:51.00, which was 2.68 seconds behind the first-place finisher, 17-year-old Bella Sims, and 1.04 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher, fellow 16-year-old Katie Grimes, and won the 100 yard freestyle with a personal best time of 48.47 seconds, which was 0.21 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Rebecca Diaconescu and 0.29 seconds ahead of third-place finisher Claire Weinstein.[20]

2023 edit

At the 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series in Mission Viejo, California, O'Dell first placed fourth in the 200 meter backstroke with a 2:09.95, then placed sixth in the 100 meter backstroke with a 1:01.50, and concluded with a seventh-place finish in the 200 meter individual medley with a time of 2:16.39.[21]

International championships edit

Meet 100 freestyle 100 backstroke 200 backstroke 200 individual medley
PACJ 2022
(age: 15/16)		 20th
(56.36)		 2nd (b)
(1:01.61)		 1st (b)
(2:12.80)		 4th
(2:14.45)

Personal best times edit

Long course meters (50 m pool) edit

Event Time Meet Location Date Age Notes Ref
50 m freestyle 26.03 2023 MVN Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions Mission Viejo, California April 15, 2023 16 [22]
100 m freestyle 55.58 h 2023 MVN Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions Mission Viejo, California April 14, 2023 16 [22]
100 m backstroke 1:00.23 2023 MVN Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions Mission Viejo, California April 16, 2023 16 [22]
200 m backstroke 2:09.57 2021 Speedo Summer Championships Irvine, California August 5, 2021 14 [11]
200 m individual medley 2:12.53 2021 Speedo Summer Championships Irvine, California August 9, 2021 14 NAG [11]
Legend: NAG – National Age Group record (girls 13–14);
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course yards (25 yd pool) edit

Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref
100 yd freestyle 48.47 2022 Winter Junior US National Championships Austin, Texas December 10, 2022 16 [20]
200 yd freestyle 1:43.94 2022 Winter Junior US National Championships Austin, Texas December 9, 2022 16 [19]
500 yd freestyle 4:39.29 2022 Kevin B. Perry Senior Meet La Mirada, California November 4, 2022 16 [23]
100 yd backstroke 51.86 2022 Winter Junior US National Championships Austin, Texas December 9, 2022 16 [19]
200 yd backstroke 1:51.00 2022 Winter Junior US National Championships Austin, Texas December 10, 2022 16 [20]
200 yd butterfly 1:57.51 2022 Road to Paris Senior Invitational La Mirada, California January 15, 2023 16 [24]
200 yd individual medley 1:55.15 2022 CIF State Championships Clovis, California May 13, 2022 15 [25]

Records edit

National age group records (long course meters) edit

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Age Age Group Ref
1 200 m individual medley 2:18.69 2019 Western Zone Age Group Championships Gresham, Oregon August 8, 2019 12 11–12 [5][6]
2 200 m individual medley (2) 2:12.53 2021 Speedo Summer Championships Greensboro, North Carolina August 7, 2021 14 13–14 [10][11]

Awards and honors edit

  • Swimming World, High School Swimmer of the Year, Runner-up: 2022[5]
  • Orange County, Swimmer of the Year (girls): 2022[25]
  • United News Post, Orange County athlete of the week (girls): May 10, 2022[4]
  • Swimming World, Up & Comers: May 2021[26]

References edit

  1. ^ a b [1]. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ 2023 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 3 FINALS LIVE RECAP. SWIM SWAM. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Albano, Dan (May 6, 2022). "Freshman swimmer Teagan O'Dell brings record-setting speed to Santa Margarita". The Orange County Register. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Orange County girls athlete of the week: Teagan O'Dell, Santa Margarita". United News Post. May 10, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d D'Addona, Dan (August 4, 2022). "Teagan O'Dell and Quintin McCarty Earn High School Swimmer of the Year Runnerup Honors". Swimming World. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Keith, Braden (August 8, 2019). "Teagan O'Dell Breaks Missy Franklin's 11-12 National Age Group Record In 200 IM". Swimming World. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Lund, Jennifer A. (September 2, 2021). "One of the youngest to swim at Tokyo Trials, Teagan O'Dell, expected to make a splash at future Games". BVM Sports. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "National Age Group Records: LCM 11-12". USA Swimming. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  9. ^ USA Swimming (June 7, 2021). "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wave I: Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  10. ^ a b Pecoraro, Nick (August 7, 2021). "Teagan O'Dell breaks Missy Franklin's 13-14 200 IM NAG In Irvine At 2:12.53". SwimSwam. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d Sagendorph, Kyle (August 9, 2021). "O'Dell, Elmbrook Swim Club Women Close Speedo Summer Championships with NAG Records". USA Swimming. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  12. ^ "Elevation Athletics Sets NAG Record, Young Talents Displayed in Greensboro at Speedo Summer Champs Night Two". USA Swimming. August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  13. ^ USA Swimming (April 30, 2022). "2022 Phillips 66 International Team Trials: Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships U.S. Roster - Version 2". USA Swimming. 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  15. ^ USA Swimming (July 30, 2022). "2022 Phillips 66 National Championships: Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  16. ^ USA Swimming (24 August 2022). "Day 1 Finals | Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". YouTube. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  17. ^ a b Hy-Tek (August 26, 2022). "2022 Jr Pan Pacific Swimming Championships: Results". swmeets.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  18. ^ USA Swimming (August 27, 2022). "Day 4 Prelims | Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships". YouTube. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  19. ^ a b c "2022 Speedo Winter Junior Championships - West: Results". USA Swimming. December 10, 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  20. ^ a b c Rieder, David (December 10, 2022). "Bella Sims Climbs Into Top-10 All-Time in 200 Back and 200 Fly to Conclude Junior Nationals West". Swimming World. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  21. ^ "2023 TYR Pro Series - Mission Viejo: Results". USA Swimming. May 20, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  22. ^ a b c "MVN Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions - Meet Results". socalswim.org. April 16, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  23. ^ Penland, Spencer (November 9, 2022). "16-Year-Old Teagan O'Dell Rips 4:39 500 FR, 1:51 200 BK at 2022 Kevin Perry Meet". SwimSwam. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  24. ^ Li, Yanyan (February 5, 2023). "Rex Maurer Swims 1:43.09 2Back, 1:45.78 2IM, And 3:46.29 4IM PBs At Road To Paris Meet". SwimSwam. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  25. ^ a b Albano, Dan (June 3, 2022). "All-County girls swimming and diving team: Santa Margarita's Teagan O'Dell is OC swimmer of the year". The Orange County Register. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  26. ^ Rutemiller, Shoshanna (May 10, 2021). "Up & Comers: Irvine Novaquatics' Teagan O'Dell". Swimming World. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
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