Psych Sheet Displays Promising Talent For 2017 Long Course TAGS

Preview for the 2017 Long Course Texas Age Group Championships or TAGS in Austin, Texas at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. This article include the psych sheet, meet information, and 2016 meet results.

Jul 25, 2017 by Maclin Simpson

Psych Sheet Displays Promising Talent For 2017 Long Course TAGS

As the No. 1 seed in all seven of his individual events, 10-year-old Trevan Valena of Texas Ford Aquatics is one of the rising stars to keep an eye on during the 2017 Texas Age Group Swimming Championships this week in Austin, Texas. Check out his speedy seed times in the 10-and-under boys age group below:

50m backstroke: 1st -- 34.44
100m backstroke: 1st -- 1:14.36
100m freestyle: 1st -- 1:04.35
200m freestyle: 1st -- 2:17.63
400m freestyle: 1st -- 4:52.04
100m breaststroke: 1st -- 1:27.14
200m IM: 1st -- 2:35.41

Valena is actually in striking distance of the 10&U boys National Age Group record in the 200m IM. The record is currently held by Ronald Dalmacio at 2:31.87 from 2015. While Valena is 3.5 seconds away from that time, it is a realistic drop for a 10-year-old. As a 9-year-old, Valena's best time was 3:08.60. He cut that down to a 2:41.13 in April and then went 2:38.40 and 2:35.41 back in June -- on the same day. If he keeps progressing like this, we could see a special time go down at TAGS.

Valena isn't the only speedy age-group swimmer with eye-popping times on the psych sheet for the 2017 Long Course TAGS. Check out the full psych sheet below and HERE for the distance events.