Matthew Hirschberger

Luka Mijatovic Cracks Own 13-14 Boys 1000 Free NAG with 8:55.41

The 14-year-old threw down a blistering 8:55.41, cracking his own 13-14 National Age Group Record (NAG), which he set at 8:59.29 earlier this year. 

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Luka Mijatovic Scares 800 Free NAG Record, Becomes Fastest 13-Year-Old American Ever

Luka Mijatovic scared the U.S. boys’ 13-14 national age group (NAG) record of 8:08.75 set by Evan Pinion in 2009 with his 8:10.30 on Sunday.

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Nathan Szobota Becomes Fastest 15-Year-Old in 1000 Free with Negative-Split 8:50.44

Nova of Virginia 15-year-old Nathan Szobota negative split his way to a personal-best 8:50.44 in the 1000 free on Tuesday.

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Maximus Williamson Moves Up to 4th in 500 Free 15-16 NAG Rankings at Southern Premier

Maximus Williamson continued his ascent up the national age group (NAG) rankings while winning two individual events on Saturday night in Nashville.

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Sean Green Swims 9:03.39 1000 Freestyle to Become #2 13-14 Boys All-Time

Green moved up from #18 to #2 all-time in the 1000 freestyle for the 13-14 boys age group after dropping over 12 seconds tonight.

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12yo Luka Mijatovic Swims 9:54.13 in First-Ever 1000 FR, #8 All-Time 11-12 Boys

With the performance, Mijatovic is now the #8 performer all-time among 11-12 year olds. Matthew Hirschberger holds the 11-12 boys NAG at 9:38.50. 

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Top NCAA Men’s Swimming Recruits Of The Past Decade

With 10 recruiting classes ranked since SwimSwam’s inception, we’re looking back at the top overall NCAA swimming recruits since the class of 2013.

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2020 Men’s Pac-12 Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Cal’s Reece Whitley will race for a sweep in the 200 breast against Stanford’s Daniel Roy. Last night, Whitley became the 10th fastest ever in the 100 breast.

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2020 M. Pac-12s: Hirschberger a Likely NCAA Qualifier with 14:52 in Mile Heats

Hirschberger’s time is well under the 2019 NCAA invited time and ranks him 19th in the NCAA. That will likely qualify him for NCAAs.

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2020 Men’s Pac-12 Championships Fan Guide: Bears Hunting Threepeat

The Cal Golden Bears are the heavy favorites to make it a threepeat at the 2020 Pac-12 Championships. Things could get interesting in the runner-up race.

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College Swimming Previews: #9 Stanford Men Hoping For Return of Key Trio

Stanford lost Grant Shoults, Jack Levant and Alberto Mestre last year, and needs them back to make a return to the NCAA’s top 10.

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2019 US National Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

Today’s morning session begins with heats of the 200 fly and 100 free, and timed finals of the women’s 800 free and men’s 1500 free.

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Stanford Men Go Perfect 20-for-20 in Pac-12 Academic Honors

All 20 Stanford men’s swimming and diving student-athletes who were eligible for All-Academic honors earned recognition from the Pac-12 conference

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2019 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 2 Prelims Photo Vault

SwimSwam’s Jack Spitser was on deck to capture all of the Thursday morning action.

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2019 M, NCAAs: Nikolaev Out of 200 IM Prelims

Grand Canyon’s Mark Nikolaev, the 8th fastest performer ever in the 100 back, will opt out of this morning’s 200 IM.

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