14-year old Dare Rose from Scarlet Aquatics very nearly broke a National Age Group Record in prelims on Friday at the 2017 Speedo Junior National Championships. Swimming in the 200 free, Rose qualified 19th into finals with a 1:53.39. The current record is held by both Trey Freeman from Tennessee and Aidan Johnston from Kentucky, who swam matching 1:53.31s in 2015.
Rose already has 1 National Age Group Record to his name, a 2:11.85 in the 200 long course fly swum in 2015.
Rose’s previous best time in the 200 free was a 1:54.15 done earlier this week in a relay leadoff; he swam 1:54.25 in March at Sectionals in Indianapolis.
As compared to his relay swim, Rose was actually out about three-tenths slower (55.54-55.27) than he did on Thursday in his previous best time, but still managed to drop nearly 8-tenths of a second overall. If he can find a little bit more front end speed in finals, that would put him in range to take down the record.
Congrats Dare and Coach Mo!!!
When I’m 16 and struggling to get under 2:05…… What a great swim!