Clark Kent Apuada Breaks Michael Phelps’ Record at Far Westerns

2018 Far Western Long Course Championships

  • July 26th-29th, 2018
  • Moraga, California
  • Results

Swimming on Sunday, the last day of the 2018 Far Western Long Course Championships, Clark Kent Apuada of the Monterey County Aquatic Team swam a 1:09.38 in the 100 meter fly. In the process, he broke Michael Phelps 10 & under meet record in the event of 1:10.48, set back in 1995, by more than a second.

The 10-year old Apuada won all 7 of his races at the weekend’s meet, earning the age group’s high-point award. 6 of  his 7 (the 50 fly excluded) were lifetime bests.

Apuada’s Far Westerns results:

  • 200 IM – 2:39.69
  • 50 fly – 31.99
  • 100 fly – 1:09.38
  • 50 back – 33.17
  • 100 back – 1:13.25
  • 50 free – 29.21
  • 100 free – 1:04.39

Far Westerns High Point Award Winners:

  • 10 & under girls – Alexis Mesina, PLS, 61 points
  • 10 & under boys – Clark Apuada, MCAT, 63 points
  • 11-12 girls – Summer McIntosh, ESWM, 50 points
  • 11-12 boys – Devyn Caples, PLS, 52 points
  • 13-14 girls – Audrey J-Cheng, PASA, 47 points
  • 13-14 boys – Jackson McDonald, CUDA, 51 points
  • 15-16 girls – Claire Suen, PLS, 39 points
  • 15-16 boys – Andy Huang, PEAK, 46 points
  • 17-18 girls – Linda Liu, HYAC, 39 points
  • 17-18 boys – Ryley McRae, KCS, 32 points

Far Westerns Team Scores

Top 20

  1. Santa Clara Swim Club – 1080.5 points
  2. Mexico – 942.5
  3. Pleasanton Seahawks – 813
  4. Orinda Aquatics – 453
  5. Terrapins Swim Team – 365.5
  6. Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics – 351
  7. Peak Swimming – 280.5
  8. Etobicoke  Swimming – 262
  9. Quicksilver Swimming – 209
  10. Livermore Aqua Cowboys Club – 184
  11. San Ramon Valley Aquatics – 138
  12. Diablo Aquatics – 137
  13. Vancouver Pacific Swim Club – 124.5
  14. Sunnyvale Swim Club – 113
  15. The Olympic Club – 112
  16. Dart Swimming – 110
  17. Hyack Swim Club – 99
  18. Tri Valley Aquatics – 85
  19. Front Range Barracudas – 83
  20. Crow Canyon Country Club Sharks – 81

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Swim girl
3 months ago

Seeing this in 2024 and seeing Summer McIntosh up there… the High Point award was only the beginning lol

Swim Mom
6 years ago

That is not even the CA State Record? The CA State Record for 100 M Fly is 1.08.55 by Humberto Najera set in 2015.

Socaladvracer
6 years ago

This news got bigger coverage than Nationals: A 10-year-old named Clark Kent beat a record that Michael Phelps held for 23 years

Tea rex
6 years ago

It’s pretty amazing how Michael Phelps was one of the best age group swimmers ever, and then kept getting better and better

CraigH
Reply to  Tea rex
6 years ago

Cue Michael Andrew comparison…

Just sayin
6 years ago

Literally took Superman to bear his record…

Michael
6 years ago

Superman does it again!

Science Geek
Reply to  Michael
6 years ago

Lol

AfterShock
Reply to  Science Geek
6 years ago

Are those Lex Luther’s initials?

#MFan
Reply to  Michael
6 years ago

yeah… but how about fly backwards… I’d like to see that before I’m impressed

BGNole97
6 years ago

I believe Dean (Gary) Jones Set the 11-12 Boys 200M Fly record this past weekend at TAGS in Austin with a 2:11.07

mcgillrocks
6 years ago

I suspect once he takes the drug test, they might find evidence of some illegal Kryptonian gene doping, however. It would definitely explain why he’s good at ‘fly, and his aversion to certain green minerals.

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