arena Swim of the Week: Ian Call, Shareef Elaydi Shake Up 15-16 Boys 100 Breast Ranks

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Two of the fastest 100 breaststroke performances in boys’ 15-16 age group history were produced at the U.S. Junior National Championships last week in Irvine, highlighted by Ian Call narrowly missing the National Age Group Record.

Call, a 16-year-old from the Memphis Thunder, rattled the NAG record in the prelims, clocking 1:00.61 to come within 44 one-hundredths of Josh Matheny‘s age group mark of 1:00.17 set in 2019.

In the final, Call stepped up his game, putting up a time of 1:00.49 to win the junior national title (while racing against swimmers up to the age of 18) and pull within 32 one-hundredths of the NAG record.

 

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Coming into the meet, Call held a personal best time of 1:01.06, set at the U.S. National Championships in early June.

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In the prelims, also cracking the top 10 all-time in the boys’ 15-16 age group was Shareef Elaydi, who dropped a half-second to clock 1:01.90 and move to 9th in age group history while lowering his own Pacific Swimming LSC and Santa Clara Swim Club records.

Elaydi went on to place 7th in the final (1:02.97).

Less than a week before Call and Elaydi’s swims, Lakeside Swim Team’s Wilson York clocked 1:01.78 in the 100 breast at the NCSA Summer Championships, which slots him into 6th all-time in the age group. Therefore, three of the top nine performers in age group history recorded their swims within four days of one another.

All-Time Performers, Boys’ 15-16 100 Breaststroke (LCM)

1. Josh Matheny (Team Pittsburgh Elite Aquatics), 1:00.17 – 2019
2. Ian Call (Memphis Thunder Aquatic Club), 1:00.49 – 20215
3. Michael Andrew (Indie Swimming), 1:00.68 – 2015
4. Reece Whitley (Penn Charter Aquatic Club), 1:00.95 –2016
5. Nick Mahabir (Coronado Swim Association Team Elite), 1:01.71 –2022
6. Wilson York (Lakeside Swim Team), 1:01.78 – 2025
7. Chandler Bray (Avon Community Swim Team), 1:01.79 – 2015
8. Joshua Chen (Ames Cyclone Aquatics Club), 1:01.80 – 2022
9. Shareef Elaydi (Santa Clara Swim Club), 1:01.90 – 2025
10. Daniel Li (Rose Bowl Aquatics), 1:01.93 – 2022

Call went on to win the boys’ 50 breaststroke (27.64) after posting a time of 27.50 in the prelims, setting a new meet record.

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