12-year-old backstroker Destin Lasco has taken down another National Age Group record, this time wiping Ryan Murphy‘s name off the record books at the Middle Atlantic Junior Olympics meet in Sewell, New Jersey.
Lasco dropped a 1:53.42, a lifetime-best by two and a half seconds, to knock off Murphy’s old record of 1:55.21.
Swimming for Pleasantville Aquatics, Lasco now owns all two of the three 11-12 backstroke NAGs, having broken the 50 and 100 distances most recently in January. The 100 was rebroken the same day by Vinny Marciano, so Lasco is still one back record short of owning the stroke in the 11-12 category.
I WRITE HERE ON SWIMSWAM AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT MR LASCO IS A PHENOMENAL KID!
AMAZING TALENT!
AMAZING TECHNIQUE!
And I agree. He looks like a kid of his age. Even younger! 😆
Here’s a photo from him this week.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=436688916476474&set=a.381872518624781.1073741836.181574008654634&type=1&relevant_count=1
If he can grow a little in the years to come, he will be insane.
He’s a huge swimming star in the making.
Back to that performance. 1.53.42 in the 200 back.
I knew he would break the record but I was a little concerned by his huge schedule.
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I agree with you. I think he is a huge a star in the making.
Not to put pressure on him, but I “feel” he has the physical and technical talent to be a swimming superstar.
Let’s hope he does not get burned out or something like that.
I don’t understand why Swimswam love to put out old photos of swimmers when there are new ones to choose from…
Don’t worry, Michael Andrew will go back in time and break this record sometime next weekend. He’s been doing his USRPT training sets with a flux capacitor as part of his grand plan to COMPLETELY rewrite the record books.
A few more meets and he’ll drop enough time that the 88mph requirement will be within reach.
His trophy looks like it says “10 & Under” meaning the photo is probably two years old.
What’s truly impressive about this record is that this kid looks like a 12 year old (if not younger). He isn’t just an early bloomer for his age. While all of Michael Andrew’s records are incredibly impressive, he is a huge 14 year old who has clearly done quite a bit of growing. The fact that this kid is so fast and still so small is scary (in a good way)!
Is that a recent pic of Destin? Hard to realize a body that size can go a 1:53!
He isn’t much bigger than that now…
He is 10 year old at the picture…High Point Winner at 2012 MA JO
Destin doesn’t have the 100 back nag. Vinny Marciano does.
Technically Vinny has it yes, but Destin did have it before – correct. Still some time left. Article may need to be revised I agree.
Read the comment more in detail…” The 100 was rebroken the same day by Vinny Marciano, so Lasco is still one back record short of owning the stroke in the 11-12 category.”
By the way…Vinny just rebroke his own record tonight (3/14/14)
That was edited after MCSCswimmer posted the comment.
1:53 for a 200 yard backstroke and he is only 12? Good lord. These kids are unbelievable.