Michael Andrew is one of the headliners at the Schroeder YMCA A+ meet in Brown Deer, Wisconsin this weekend, and on Saturday night he’s already broken two National Age Group Records.
He had three swims tonight, and some how managed to break the NAG Records in all three events. First was his 100 freestyle NAG Record with a time of 44.16. Next was his NAG Record in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall at 54.80.
If that wasn’t spectacular enough, he dove in for the 200 IM and added his name to the record board in another event. In 2009, Gray Umbach, who currently swims for Stanford, set the 13-14 NAG Record in the 200 IM at 1:48.08. Today, Michael Andrew bumps Umbach’s swim to number two on the all time list with a mind blowing 1:47.44!
Michael Andrew is on fire! His first two swims broke the records he already held, but the 200 IM is the fifth event with his name on it in the National Age Group Record book in yards for the 13-14 age group. He now owns the NAG records in the 100 of every stroke and the 200 IM.
To put his swim in perspective, his 200 IM time from tonight would leave him tied with the 54th fastest time this season if he was swimming NCAA Division 1. Although the comparison is interesting to note, he still is years younger than the youngest freshman competing and will never be allowed to compete as an NCAA athlete due to his professional status.
Hello! could tell me how is the diet of Michael Andrew
Thank you.
It now pretty obvious what is happening with young man and his family. The whole thing is driven by commercial interests and the sponsor. Whip up a frenzy around the boy and attribute his success to taking the supplement. The sponsor would be loving the coverage good or bad. However, behind all of this is a really serious issue which isn’t a joke, and that’s whether or not teenage athletes should be encouraged to take supplements on the basis that it will improve their performance. If you take 5 minutes to research the literature you’d realise that there have been insufficient evidence or studies to either prove or disapprove the benefits of teenage athletes taking supplement. In fact there is… Read more »
I am going venture to say that the depth of age group swimming has come a long way since the late 90’s/2000 when Phelps was coming of age. There is no doubt that his success (along with his peers) has pushed this sport to another level.
And I am 3 days away from 30 years old. And to put that in perspective, Mr. Andrew was just teething on his Binkie when Michael Phelps and myself where 16.
It seems intriguing that there is not any reference to his sponsor (supplement?) as one of the reasons to his improvements over time.
Whoknows – perhaps not on this forum. Michael and the Andrew’s are very proud ambassadors for P2Life. Check Michael’s Instagram @swimmermichael where he always answers his friends/fans questions on P2Life. The Andrew’s believe P2Life helps Michael being recovered and renewed for each practice and they have seen an immediate improvement in his ability to hold quality practices as well as continued improvement during competition since he started using this product. Michael drinks a Nutriboost shake within a half an hour after each practice and before he goes to bed. You can see more about what they have to say about P2Life at http://www.p2life.net/indieswimming.
I remember an interview with a coach from the Bluefish about Beisel. He said swimmers like her come along once in a life time. It tend to agree. No question you can develop good swimmers, plenty of coaches do. However, there are a few kids who are born with talent. I have a female backstroker who was obviously talented the day she walked on deck as a 10 yr old. This spring as a 17 yr old, she should do a 51 based on her current training times.
Note to KP, I believe injuries are rarely from over use but from poor technique. My guess is that your college coach didn’t spend much time on proper technique or didn’t really… Read more »
Ben: You are right- I did have a flaw in my technique. I was a late breather. But it was exacerbated by the high volume, and the fact that I was forced to do freestyle, even though I was more of a flyer/breaststroker, because freestyle was the only way to keep up with the tough intervals the coach had set. Our men’s and women’s teams practiced together at the same time. Hardly anybody was able to do anything but freestyle. I remember reading a comment on here from the mom of a sprint breaststroker who was wondering why her kid was doing so much distance freestyle. Good question.
USRPT does use a taper but it is very subtle. There is a reduction in failures during sets in final week. This may be accomplished by backing off the rest interval and/or reducing number of repeats.
I think you are wrong Bobo. I see 100 Br, 100fly, 200im, and 4×100 free relay. I also predict that he will beat a “big gun” to make the 200im.
I talked about 2016 and the possibility for him to qualify for the olympic games.
I said I saw only the 100 breast as credible possibility.
I didn’t say he had no future in the other events after 2016.
But 2016 is coming quickly and I think he can be ready in that event which is wide open in USA.
USRPT is not a new concept. Rushall has been touting it for years. There is some merit in the training in terms of its specificity, but it has its flaws. Equipment, training tools, dryland, etc do improve performance. Taper, despite some of the comments here, is a real physiological process that absolutely can increase performance.
Michael is enormous for his age, extremely talented, and has the resources to travel all over the country every week with the goal to break NAG records. He dosent go to school, swims more often (not necessarily more volume), and has a pool in his house. I know his diet is flawless, plus his supplements…For someone who has all of the aforementioned, it is… Read more »