Hat tip to Paut’s teammate, 18-year-old Josip Miskovic, for submitting this story to SwimSwam.
14-year-old Karlo Noah Paut, of the Adriatic Swimming Club in Split, Croatia, lit up the Croatian Long Course National Championships in Rijeka over the weekend, setting four individual national age group records and one as part of a relay.
Paut went four-for-four, setting 15-16 year-old age group records* in every event he swam. Paut began with the 100m fly, where he finished fourth overall with an age group record of 55.49 (25.73/29.76). Next, he clocked a 23.77 in prelims of the 50 free to break the age group record with the fourth-fastest qualifying time overall. Later that same day Paut led off Adriatic’s 4×100 free relay in 51.09, setting the Croatian age group record for the 100m free. Adriatic Swimming Club’s 400 free relay went on to set the national age group record in the event.
The next day, the 14-year-old was even faster, as he became the first Croatian in the 15-16 age group* to break the 51-second barrier in the 100 free, placing second overall with a time of 50.92 (24.25/26.67).
Paut saved the best for last, though. In the 200m free, he went a blazing 1:51.57 in finals and picked up his first national title. With splits of 25.67/27.42/28.87/29.61, Paut broke the age group record by 3 seconds and was fully 6 seconds faster than anyone else in his age group.
Both the 50 and 100 freestyle age group records had been held by former Cal swimmer Duje Draganja.
Paut was the only swimmer who broke records in individual events at the Croatian Nationals.
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*Like elsewhere in Europe, age group designations in Croatia are based on birth year, not age on the day of the meet.
so when did manaudou start to Develop and breakout??
He’s been hanging around in the top 10 or so national rankings in the 50 and 100fly, 50 and 100 free since 2010. He made his first Worlds in 2011 in Shanghai, where he finished 5th in the 50 fly final.
You know what happened the year after …
what were Bernard and manaudou 50 and 100 times at 15?
Manaudou was 26.53 at 15 and 57.31 at 16 !
Can’t find times at 15 for Bernard but the closest I can get is : 24.43 at 17 and 53.25 at 18 !
Waaaay off of that incredible youngster, even when much older, but both were late bloomers.
This goes to show that each swimmer has his own trajectory and we should not get over-excited. Still, I am in shock
His 100 free and 200 free times are insane.
If you knew the times from Bernard or Manaudou at 14…. 😆
It was pure joy watching him in Rijeka!
These were winter nationals. In the summer he is competing at eyof in Tbilisi and believe you me those times by thorpe, magnussen and hoogenband are going to be shattered.
No doubt he will. He looks like a huge huge talent.
The insane thing will be if he breaks Chalmers’ records.
What are his records?
Interesting but I don’t think Magnussen was 50.8 at fifteen. Where did you find those other results as well? Can you tell us those swimmers 50 times at 15 and 16 also just for comparison?
It would be great to get him to States to see what would he do under big coaching names. Big talent.
He doesn’t need big shot names because everything that is required for him to move forward he has with two of his current coaches.