American Andrew Seliskar has broken his own Junior World Record in the men’s 200 meter fly on the first day of the 2014 Jr. Pan Pac Championships in Maui, Hawaii.
Seliskar, who doesn’t turn 18th for another month, posted a 1:55.92 in finals for a gold medal, which broke his old Jr. Pan Pacs Record of 1:56.65 done in prelims, and was also faster than the 1:56.42 that he swam at the 2013 Junior World Championships.
That 1:56.42 was technically not the old record, rather it was the “benchmark standard,” but most within swimming have resorted to referring to those benchmark standards as the records, so we’ll follow suit. It was bettered by, though the time hasn’t officially been recognized yet, Tamas Kenderesi last week at the Youth Olympic Games, where he swam a 1:55.95.
Comparative splits:
Seliskar Old Record: 26.50 / 30.17 / 29.04 / 30.71 = 1:56.42
Kenderesi Old Record: 26.18 / 29.54 / 30.07 / 30.16 = 1:55.95
Seliskar New Record: 26.62 / 29.35 / 29.26 / 30.69 = 1:55.92
It’s interesting that Seliskar’s best swims seem to come when he runs out of steam a little on the end – he’s the kind of swimmer who does best ensuring that they use all of their energy, rather than saving up for the final 50. That showed even on Wednesday, where in prelims he was seven-tenths slower, but had a much faster split in his last 50 meters.
Had Seliskar done this time at Nationals, he would have made the Sr. Pan Pacs team instead. At that meet he was 4th in the same 1:56.65 that he did in prelims here in Hawaii, which meant he missed the team by .16 seconds.
The all-time Junior World Best, as far as we can tell with the help of our readers, from the eligible age groups, is a 1:53.93 done by Michael Phelps.
Women medley relay is missing too.. China got it a YOG with a 4:03:58
One of the girls from that medley relay was too old. He Yun born 1996.
The wikipedia page for junior world records looks pretty much up to date. The only one perhaps missing is the men’s 100 fly which Takaya Yasue equalled in 52.52 at Japan Nationals in April. Still a very long way off what Phelps was swimming at that age (51 low).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Junior_world_records_in_swimming
Thanks, I didn’t know that Wiki had a page like that!
Thanks! I did look at that Google Doc, but with 20 WJR broken at the YOG alone, I am getting confused! McLaughlin’s time didn’t seem to be on there, but maybe the Pan Pac’s weren’t added yet. It’s a lot of work for you guys! Thanks for all your efforts!
Braden, as far as I can tell the only JWR currently held by US athletes are Seliskar and McLaughlin in the 200 fly, Bentz in the 200/400 IM (which I guess are “benchmard standards”), and Ledecky in the 200/400/800/1500 free. Will SwimSwam write an updated list at the end of the LCM season, which I guess means after the Asian Games?
Hey Danjohnrob – we’ve actually been updating the same google doc, so if you pull up that list after Euros, it should be up to date (though, with FINA slow to recognize, we’re still counting on our readers to help make sure we don’t miss any swims)
Branden,
I think he actually broke the JWR of a kid from Hungary (swum at Youth Olympics a few days ago).
Hungry4Hungary – you’re correct. Missed that one.