NCAP’s Andrew Seliskar has broken his second 15-16 National Age Group Record of the 2013 NCSA Junior National Championships with a 1:44.03 in the 200 yard IM. That takes more than a second off of the 1:45.17 set by Gunnar Bentz last year.
Seliskar was already the second-fastest in the age group’s history, as he came into the meet seeded at 1:45.21.
| Bentz – 2012 | 22.70 Fly | 26.81 Back | 30.53 Breast | 25.13 free | 1:45.17 |
| Seliskar – 2013 | 23.01 Fly | 26.20 Back | 29.25 Breast | 25.57 free | 1:44.03 |
Bentz himself is an outstanding breaststroker, but Seliskar swims that race far-and-away better than any 15-16 we’ve ever seen.As compared to Bentz’s swim from Short Course Nationals in December, the biggest difference for Seliskar was through the middle two legs; especially the breaststroke where Seliskar split a 29.25.
The scary math: Seliskar is only a high school sophomore, and this time would have placed him 11th at last year’s NCAA Championship meet. He also is the National Age Group Record holder in the 100 breaststroke (53.26) and the 200 breaststroke (1:54.87).
If you want to know where every top 10 team will be making their first calls on July 1, 2014: look no further than Andrew Seliskar.
I had predicted he would smash this record. 1.44.03 isn’t surprising after all his great times this week. This guy is good in all strokes and he has a great endurance. His best performances of the SCY season : 53.26 in the 100 breast, 1.54.87 in the 200 breast, 44.38 in the 100 free, 1.35.34 in the 200 free, 4.18.97 in the 500 free, 1.44.03 in the 200 IM, 3.44.83 in the 400 IM, 47.78 in the 100 fly, 1.45.76 in the 200 fly. Now he must prepare the long course season.
He’s about 5’10-5’11 and trains with John Flanagan. Flanagan has consistently produced some serious talent over the years including recent stars like Seliskar and Janet Hu. He also now coaches Megan Byrnes who made Olympic Trials at just 13-years-old and was training with Flanagan’s age group coach Marilyn Mangels.
Thanks for the answer B! I thought that the kid would be taller with his times. Some of the NAG records these days are hard to fathom they are so fast.
Geeeeze!
This kid’s times are insane. He would have destroyed the old stars of the NCAA past and I mean destroyed! He would have absolutely clobbered Olympic gold medalists by three or four or five or six body lengths. Maybe more, depending on the event.
How tall is he and how much does he weigh? Who is his coach at NCAP? That club is developing some real monster swim talent. What’s their secret?
He’s not tall, might have a couple inches to grow.
Nice video from a couple years back …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFFMf-6LIJQ
The kid has some charisma, maybe he will have his own TV show some day.
I believe Seliskar went a 53.26 in the 100 breast. His 53.33 was in the prelims session of that swim, am I correct? On another note, he was barely a breaststroker before this short course season—I never saw this coming!
Yep, you’re right. Correction made.
this brings up an interesting point.. who is the youngest person that would have qualified for NCAAs this year if they were in college. I nominate Braden to solve this
Oh goodness. Off the top of my head, probably Becca Mann. Can’t think of any 14-year olds who would have…but maybe I’m wrong.
Braden, for the younger swimmers, isn’t the rule changing to allow coaches to talk to them after sophomore year?
sophomore – that proposal is still on the table for discussion and hasn’t been voted up or down yet. As of now, the rule hasn’t changed.
Wait…..what? A sophomore in high school going 144.0 in the 200 im? This is beyond anything I could have ever imagined. Is this guy going to be another Phelps…..or perhaps the first Andrew Seliskar! This guy is destined for unbelievable things.
that’s what they said about david nolan
Please stop with the another MP. There was only one MP and there will not be another MP. What we have seen with him, we will not see it again. I prefer the first Andrew Seliskar. Same thing with Michael Andrew. All these great and fast kids are the MP generation. He has inspired them. And they swim fast.