EAGLE SWIM TEAM VIRTUAL MEET #2 – SENIOR DIVISION
- October 9th – 11th, 2020
- McDonogh School, Maryland
- Short Course Yards (SCY)
- Results on Meet Mobile: “MDSI Virtual Meet Series 20-21/005”
On Saturday in Maryland, 14-year-old Daniel Diehl of the Cumberland YMCA set a new National Age Group record in the boys 200 yard freestyle with a best time of 1:36.75. The previous 13-14 NAG record was set by Destin Lasco in 2016 at 1:38.24.
Diehl’s former best 200 free time (1:40.01), which he swam in March at the Maryland 14 & Under LSC Championships, pre-pandemic, held the 26th top time for 13-14 year-olds in the country. Diehl already qualifies for Summer Juniors in the 100 back.
This is Diehl’s first NAG Record.
Splits:
| Daniel Diehl | |
| 50 | 22.59 |
| 100 | 24.85 |
| 150 | 24.85 |
| 200 | 24.46 |
| Total Time | 1:36.75 |
Diehl also raced in the boys 400IM, touching the wall with another best time of 3:56.56. This ranks him 11th among the all-time top fastest 13-14 year-olds in the event, ahead of Michael Phelps and Luca Urlando.
Nate Sukeena, who recently committed to the U.S. Navy, won the 400IM with a best time of 3:54.47.
18-year-old Colin Bitz claimed 2nd place in Diehl’s 200 free heat with a time of 1:42.54. Bitz is also a Summer Juniors qualifier in the 100 back, 200 back, 100 fly and 200 fly. This 200 free was about 2 seconds off of his best time (1:40.06) from February.
In the boys’ 200 breast, 14-year-old Caiden Bowers dropped over 4 seconds and touched the wall with a new Futures qualifying time of 2:06.69. Sukeena claimed 1st place in the event with another best time of 2:02.08.
Daniel Diehl Race Video
Full Session, time-stamped to the start of the 200 free:
Any relation to mid-90s Stanford swimmer Eric Diehl?
No i dont know anyone named eric.
This is NUTS! Congrats to Daniel. And Maryland has shut down pretty hard for covid — I imagine he was out of the water for a couple months at least. Just a remarkable swim. Maybe I’m dating myself here, but I remember in the mid-90s where 1:34 won NCAAs. We now have a 14-yr-old going 1:36!
HOLY MOLY.
Very good swim, where i can watch a video ?
Wow congrats to Diehl. It seems like the 13-14 200 free NAG’s been sitting at 1:38 for the longest time. Nick Silverthorn, Maxime Rooney, Michael Andrew, and Destin Lasco all held the record at 1:38 at one point (idk if there’s been others). Diehl just laid waste to that barrier. Bannister-esque.
Kid did so much race pace but he missed the day they went over how to set the block. All jokes aside, just wow.
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Love the middle 100. Wow!
Flawless splitting.