SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – EAST
- Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
- Prelims: 9 am (ET)
- Finals: 5 pm (ET) – Wed. relays at 6 pm
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BOYS 200 BUTTERFLY – PRELIMS
- Meet Record: Luca Urlando – 1:40.91 (2018)
Top 8 Qualifiers:
- Thomas Heilman (CA) – 1:43.97
- Sebastien Sergile (SA) – 1:45.70
- Gibson Holmes (RAYS) – 1:45.83
- Aaron Shackell (CSC) – 1:45.87
- Carl Bloebaum (RAYS) – 1:45.99
- Henry McFadden (JW) – 1:46.61
- Tate Bacon (UN-NC) – 1:46.77
- Liam Custer (SYS) – 1:47.02
Thomas Heilman broke yet another National Age Group Record in the 200 fly, his 13th in 11 days.
Heilman crushed the 13-14 NAG with his time of 1:43.97. He crushed Michael Andrew’s record of 1:45.39, set back in 2014. Heilman’s time ranks him first heading into Saturday’s finals, ahead of Sebastien Sergile and Gibson Holmes.
| Heilman’s Splits | Andrew’s Splits |
| 23.38 | 22.97 |
| 26.79 | 26.47 |
| 27.07 | 27.40 |
| 26.73 | 28.55 |
Though Heilman began his race a little slower than Andrew, he was better able to hold on through the end, swimming a faster back-half than Andrew. He also has finals to try and lower his time even more.
Heilman has been on a tear the past couple of weeks. If breaking 13 NAGs in under two weeks isn’t a record, then it’s got to be close. Notably, he received a DFS (declared false start) in the 100 free and was disqualified, so his only chance at a NAG today came in the 200 fly, unless he leads off the 400 free relay and gets another chance at the 100.
I don’t see any Woman’s 200 Fly ! They swam great also!
Hi Marianne, we do full recaps of each meet, and then highlight things like national records in separate articles.
You can see the full recap here: https://staging.swimswam.com/speedo-winter-junior-championships-east-day-4-prelims-live-recap/
This young man is so fast for his age that it’s hard to believe. Anyone know how tall he is? His times are mind boggling as he breaks NAG after NAG after NAG. 13 NAG records in 11 days and maybe more to come. Aye carumba!
This has to be the greatest run of age group swimming in the history of the sport. He’s obliterating record essentially jumping an entire age class.
He turned 15 during the meet.
He still has awhile at 14, I don’t know where you’re getting your information…
He turns 15 in March
Have you ever heard of David Popovici ?
no
How fast is he going to go tonight?! 1:41?
That’s pretty quick. I think it will be at least 2 more weeks, maybe even 3 weeks before he swims a 1:41. The funny thing is I’m joking here, but part of me thinks, hey, maybe it will happen!
This one is mind blowing
It’s also prelims
Closed in. 26.7 at 14 years old 😳
Cool, now beat Brendan Burns and I will be impressed!
I think Brendan was 1:48 or 1:49 at 14 if I remember correctly so he already has.
who?
BUM! Bloomington is full of BUMS. Should rename it BUMington.
I laughed out loud when I saw the headline. Absolutely remarkable! I hope he’s having a great time at the meets in addition to having these great times in the water.