Destin Lasco of Mainland Regional High School in New Jersey has broken the National High School Record in the 200 IM in a short course meters (25m) pool.
Editor’s note: Curtis Ogren swam a 2:00.48 in 2014 in the 200 SCM IM in a high school meet, but NISCA never recognized the record. According to the NISCA National Records chair Mike Schuelke, the pool was never measured and no National Record paperwork from Ogren’s coach was received.
Swimming against St. Augustine Prep (a meet that Mainland won 114-56), Lasco swam a 2:02.14, which broke the old National Public (and overall) High School Record of 2:02.56. That old mark was set by Kyle Owens of Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee on November 21, 2008. Owens went on to be a 15-time All-American sprinter at Auburn and a 2012 Olympic Trials finalist.
The National Independent High School Record still belongs to Nic Fink at 2:05.27, done in 2011. Fink also did his high school swimming in New Jersey, for the Pingry School in Martinsville.
Lasco’s splits:
- Fly – 27.15
- Back – 30.87
- Breast – 35.86
- Free – 28.26
- Total – 2:02.14
This is Lasco’s 4th National High School Record of the month – all of which have come in short course meters. He was also part of record-breaking 200 (1:34.95) and 400 (3:26.36) free relays. He led the latter of those races off in 49.95, which made him the first swimmer ever under 50 seconds in the 100 short course meter freestyle in high school competition.
Lasco holds 4 National Age Group Records for competition under the USA Swimming banner, including most recently the 200 yard freestyle record for 13-14s, which he set earlier this year at 1:38.24.
I almost died when i saw it. my web page wouldn’t load so i was freaking out waiting to see the article
IMHO, it is best if the reporting is congruent with the headlines. Put SCM or LCM or SCY in the headlines please! Thank you.
By the way congrats to Mr Lasco. But I keep my enthusiasm for next summer when he will break for the first time the 2-minute barrier in the 200 back.
And I felt into the trap, like most of readers I presume. 😆
One part of my brain thought: “Nolan’s record!”
The other part thought: “Impossible, he would have improved by around 8 seconds his best time.”
One part wanted to believe in that record.
The other part was very doubtful.
So I clicked, I read the first sentence and I’m disappointed. I still wanted to believe it. But quickly the logic part of my brain has prevailed and said: “calm down, you know it was not possible, so don’t be disappointed.”
And immediately I hate swimswam during one second.
Another flashy headline. Sincerely swimswam, you are better than that.
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Would you call Kyle Owens 20.27 all American sprinting,
He was more of a backstroker/IMer (45.6/1:39 and 1:43) but he split as fast as 18.5/41.9 in All-American relays for Auburn.
These early bloomers man…
Nice one Swimswam ????
Destin also swam 0:54.65 100 backstroke, which “converted” time LC would be 0:56.10. In my opinion this is better news than the 200 IM time…just an opinion!
Conversions mean nothing, it’s just an estimate/prediction.