BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A young swimmer from Bellingham is among the fastest in the country in the breaststroke and will compete nationally next summer.
Gavin Jones, a Junior at Bellingham High School, is ranked 5th among 16-year-olds nationally in the 100-meter breaststroke and is a record holder with the Bellingham Bay Swim Team.
He set a new Bellingham Bay record of 58.06 seconds while competing against the fastest swimmers west of Ohio in Seattle on Friday.
He’s also nationally ranked in the 200-meter-event.
Gavin will compete in the Speedo Summer Championships in Indianapolis next August.