17 Year Old Ilya Kharun Swims 1:56.66 Men’s 200 Butterfly: #7 17-18 All-Time

2022 US SUMMER NATIONALS

• Tuesday July 26 – Saturday, July 29, 2018
• William Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, CA
• Prelims 9 AM / Finals 5 PM (U.S. Pacific Time)
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Sandpipers of Nevada’s Ilya Kharun swam a 1:56.66 in the men’s 200 butterfly tonight at US Nationals in Irvine. His time tonight makes him the #7 17-18 year old 200 butterflier of all time.

17-18 All-Time Rankings

1. Luca Urlando 1:53.84
2. Michael Phelps 1:53.93
3. Bobby Bollier 1:55.67
4. Jack Levant 1:55.89
5. Andrew Seliskar 1:55.92
6. Luke McClure 1:56.63
7. Ilya Kharun 1:56.66

Kharun had previously sat at #13 in the 17-18 age group as he swam a 1:57.47 in this morning’s prelims session. Notably, Kharun is only 17 and sat at #36 in the 15-16 age group as he swam a 2:00.81 in January of this year.

His swim tonight earned him a second place finish as Gabriel Jett swam a 1:54.37 to win. Notably, Kharun swam the event at 2022 US International Team Trials in April where he swam a 1:58.97 to finish 12th. Prior to this summer, Kharun had never been under the 2:00 mark.

Kharun is committed to Arizona State for fall 2023. He also set a National Age Group (NAG) record back last year in the SCY 100 butterfly swimming a 45.59.

Kharun’s 200 butterfly progression:

• 2:18.45 June 2018
• 2:16.56 June 2019
• 2:01.24 July 2021
• 2:00.81 January 2022
• 1:58.97 April 2022
• 1:57.47 Prelims July 2022
• 1:56.66 Finals July 2022