2024 CALIFORNIA/NEVADA SECTIONALS
- February 29-March 3, 2024
- Novato, California
- Long Course Meters (50 meters), Prelims/Finals
- Live Results
In a meet where one 14-year-old is assaulting the national age group record books, another very-nearly took out a record of his own.
Shareef Elaydi of the Santa Clara Swim Club swam 2:00.38 in the 200 fly finals on Saturday That makes him the #3 American in the history of the event behind only Michael Phelps 1:59.02 from the 2000 Spring National Championships.
Later that year, Phelps would turn 15 and qualify for his first Olympic Team, in the 200 fly, and place 5th.
Top 7 American 13-14s, 200 LCM Fly
- Michael Phelps – 1:59.02 (2000)
- Thomas Heilman – 1:59.87 (2021)
- Shareef Elaydi – 2:00.38 (2024)
- Dare Rose – 2:01.89 (2017)
- Max Miranda – 2:02.54 (2014)
- Eddie Erazo – 2:02.80 (2001)
- Dan Madwed – 2:03.10 (2003)
The swim breaks Elaydi’s own LSC Record of 2:03.03 done at last July’s Far Western Championships.
Splits Comparison:
| Shareef Elaydi | Shareef Elaydi | |
| July 2023 | March 2024 | |
| 50m | 27.63 | — |
| 100m | 30.84 (58.47) | 57.72 |
| 150m | 32.22 | —- |
| 200m | 32.34 (64.56) | 62.55 |
| Final Time | 2:03.03 | 2:00.38 |
Elaydi had a previous win at the meet in the 100 fly, where he swam 55.60.
He and Luka Mijatovic, the meet’s other national age group record breaker, still have one big head-to-head showdown remaining in the 200 IM. There, Michael Andrew holds the national record in 2:04.13; Elaydi holds a best of 2:06.79 and Mijatovic, who broke the 400 IM record earlier in the weekend, holds a best of 2:06.73.
Based on their other drops this week, it’s possible that both swimmers get under that record. Mijatovic swam the 200 fly in a best time of 2:03.67, dropping almost seven seconds, and set a new National Age Group Record in the 400 free in 3:51.18 (read more about that swim here).
Other Day 3 Winners & Notables
- Stella Canoles swam a best time to win the girls’ 50 free in 26.11. Canoles is now the 28th-best 13-14 in history in the 50 free. She was three-tenths faster than, and is 20 years younger than, the runner-up Megan Waters, a former Princeton swimmer now training with Quicksilver Swimming in the Bay Area. Waters’ best time was 26.14 – done at the 2012 US Olympic Trials – and she’s just a few tenths away from that.
- Bailey Hartman of the Crow Canyon Sharks won two more races, giving her five individually and six total in the meet. On Saturday, she won the 200 fly in 2:15.46 and the 400 free in 4:24.92.
- Another Crow Canyon Shark Raya Mellott ran away with the girls’ 200 breaststroke in 2:31.01, almost four seconds ahead of the field. Those three wins helped keep the Sharks well in the lead in the team battle.
- Natalie Farquhar of Neptune Swimming won the 100 back in 1:03.55; she very-nearly swam a best time in prelims with a 1:02.75, missing her best from Winter Juniors in December by .07 seconds.
- Cal commit Edward Huang of the California Dolphins dominated the boys’ 100 back final in 56.35, which put him over 2.4 seconds clear of the field. His best time is a 55.99 from last summer’s Junior National Championships.
- A battle in the boys’ 50 free went4 to Hawaii commit Finn Brophy in 23.78, just out-touching a best time from UCSB commit Mason Wendler in 23.84.
Team Scores – After Day 3
Top 5 boys:
- Crown Canyon Sharks – 218
- La Mirada Armada – 210
- Tri Valley Aquatics – 123
- Quicksilver Swimming – 121
- Dart Swimming – 111
Top 5 girls:
- Crow Canyon Sharks – 380
- La Mirada Armada – 177
- Santa Clara Swim Club – 143
- Quicksilver Swimming – 130
- Wolverine Aquatics – 126
Top 5 combined:
- Crow Canyon Sharks – 598
- La Mirada Armada – 387
- Quicksilver Swimming – 251
- Santa Clara Swim Club – 203
- Wolverine Aquatics – 148
Bro just broke the 200 IM nag. 2:03.73
Worth mentioning that when Phelps went 1:57.5 at 2000 trials he had only turned 15 a couple days prior. Obviously not relevant to the NAG but really really shows how advanced Phelps was at the event so young
It was a month prior
Don’t know why I’m getting downvoted lmao. His birthday was June 30th and trials were in August that year.
Facts have no place on the internet.
His name looks like he is half Egyptian/half american
That’s possible, Not certain why everyone gave you a negative.
Probably because it has nothing to do with swimming.
Maybe it was just poorly worded but half American is not really a thing, unless they’re saying that one of his parents is American and the other is Egyptian. But unless there is outside information that I’m missing, that seems like a very random guess to make
I believe he is Philippino
What’s wrong with you all ?
I am guessing out as his name looks like he is Egyptian as marwan elkamash , abdelrahman Elaraby and so on and sharef is a common Egyptian name😅😅
Why do you care?
As an Egyptian, I would be so happy even if he is only half Egyptian and achieves this number, and soon breaks more records😊😊
I was at this meet, in the locker rooms I heard Shareef say he was half Chinese half Moroccan.
Based on Luka’s freestyle split in that IM I think 2:04.13 is gone.
Luka didn’t swim the 200 IM due to the conflict with the 800 free. Shareef went 2:10 in the prelims, so presumably was conserving energy for the finals.
Heilman went 1:59.87 before aging out so Shareef is #3 all time
Thanks, he was missing from USA Swimming’s list.
Yes, Thomas Heilman, born at the beginning of Febrary 2007, the same day and two years later Ilya Kharun, was third in 1.59.87 in the A-final at UsOpen 2021 (December 2021 in Greensboro) 000115001C0104EE04FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf (omegatiming.com)