Joseph Schooling Breaks National Independent High School Record in 100 Fly in Prelims

Bolles’ Joseph Schooling is off to a fast start in prelims of the 2013, breaking the National Independent High School Records in the 100 yard fly at the Florida 1A High School State Championship prelims.

Schooling swam a 45.90 in his lone individual event. That breaks the 46.20 that he himself swam on September 28th at the mid-season FSPA Invite as the best ever among Independent (aka, private and prep schools) High School swimmers.

The overall record is just a hair faster: his club teammate Caeleb Dressel, at the same mid-season meet, was a 45.89.

Schooling will have one more shot at breaking that record in finals before Dressel, who swims for Clay High School in Florida’s 2A (slightly bigger schools), goes on Saturday.

For a reference on just how staggering that time is for a high school swimmer (Schooling will head to Texas in the fall), it would have placed 5th at the NCAA Championships last year. The 100 fly is a race at that meet often dominated by upperclassmen: there were no college freshman in the top 16 at last year’s meet, and only a single college sophomore.

And to think, in February of 2012, just a few weeks before the official SwimSwam launch, we were stunned when Maclin Davis went a 46.64 to whack half-a-second off of the old mark.

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go joe
7 years ago

LOOK WHERE HE IS NOW BRUH OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND NCAA RECORD HOLDER IS TWO EVENTS BROOO AND HE DID BECOME THE HIGH SCHOOL OVERALL RECORD HOLDER IN 100 FLY AND STILL IS

Olsswim05
10 years ago

20.16 fly leg from Schooling. good lord. 1:28.93 Booth 22.71 Daugherty 25.60 Schooling 20.16 Mckinney 20.46

Sean S
10 years ago

I would bet that Sergio will post race video on his blog sometime soon if you don’t want to pay to watch the race.

Devan
10 years ago

hmmmm let’s see how Dressel responds.

bobo gigi
10 years ago

I don’t know if Joseph Schooling is fully tapered because I have read the Southeast Asian Games in December were his biggest meet of the year. But if he is, I’m sure he can swim a 45 low.
Live streaming here at 5.30 PM EST. It was free last year. Unfortunately this year it’s not.
http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/74816

bobo gigi
Reply to  bobo gigi
10 years ago

Sorry it was diving.
For swimming it’s here.
http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/70669

Eagleswim
Reply to  Braden Keith
10 years ago

Yeah, except it is a way bigger meet than Florida state 1a, and he clearly doesn’t need to be fully tapered to win at this meet, so your number 2 doesn’t really make any sense

Tornado
Reply to  Eagleswim
10 years ago

Totally agree. Swim fast for your school, or swim fast for your country. It is obvious which meet he should be focusing on. The Southeast Asian Games is a very important competition, because swimming is one of Singapore’s gold-generating sport at this regional games. Schooling cannot afford to take any chances, because he has a lot riding on this. Besides, just because Schooling is fast, doesn’t mean he doesn’t face competition. Just a reminder, he “only” placed 3rd in the 100 fly at this meet in 2011.

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