2025 Pacific Swimming Far Western Championships
- Pleasanton, California
- April 3-6, 2025
- SCY (25 Yards)
- Live Results Available on Meet Mobile: “Pacific Swimming SC Far Western Championships”
At the 2025 Pacific Swimming Far Western Championships, 15-year-old Luka Mijatovic has broken his own 500-yard freestyle National Age Group record. He stopped the clock at 4:10.96, taking 1.38 seconds off his previous record time of 4:12.34, set just last November.
This is Mijatovic’s 15th individual National Age Group record and 16th overall record. That includes the 15-16 long course record in the equivalent 400 freestyle thanks to the 3:48.95 that he swam last month.
Mijatovic’s biggest drop in today’s swim came from his opening 100 yards, where he split 47.98—nearly a second faster than the previous record pace. He closed strongly as well, finishing the last 100 in 49.47 compared to 50.18. See a full split comparison between the new and old records below.
Splits Comparison:
| Luka Mijatovic | Luka Mijatovic | Drew Kibler | |
| New 15-16 NAG Record | Old 15-16 NAG Record | Next Fastest 15-16 Performance Ever | |
| 100y | 47.98 | 48.87 | 49.36 |
| 200y | 51.44 | 50.96 | 52.41 |
| 300y | 51.19 | 51.00 | 51.96 |
| 400y | 50.88 | 51.33 | 51.59 |
| 500y | 49.47 | 50.18 | 50.04 |
| Final Time | 4:10.96 | 4:12.34 | 4:15.36 |
Earlier in the meet, Mijatovic also broke the NAG record in the 1650 free (14:37.63), in addition to winning the 200 free (1:34.10), 400 IM (3:41.76), and 200 fly (1:43.57). He notched 2nd place finishes in both the 200 back (1:45.77) and 200 IM (1:45.67) as well. Each of those performances represents a new lifetime best for the distance prodigy.
Even at just 15 years old, Mijatovic’s new 500 record time would have placed 11th at the NCAA Championship meet a week ago. His 1650 record from this weekend would have earned him 12th.
The 15-year-old from the Pleasanton Seahawks is America’s best distance talent in generations, which includes breaking the oldest National Age Group Record on the books in July when he cleared Jesse Vassallo‘s 1500-meter free record that had stood since 1976.
Mijatovic turns 16 on April 22nd, giving him another full year to continue wreaking havoc on the 15-16 record books in both short course yards and long course meters.
Hallelujah!
God smiles on America once again.
This is Mijatovic’s 15th individual National Age Group record and 16th overall record.
Any idea who has held the most NAG’s all time?
probably Michael Andrew
Probably Chas Morton
Incoming trade to the lakers
Luka Mijatovic, distance counting stick, underwater travel kick. Lakers in 5
Did some crazy research and that would have won as recent as the 2012 NCAA final and would have been the D1 record back in 1994.
The US may finally have their Phelps/Dressel/Marchand level swimmer the men’s team desperately needs soon
This kid is going to win NCAA titles before graduating high school. Crazy.
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Being 410 while “only” having a 1:34 200 shows how much more potential he has. Imagine when he gets a bit older and stronger and has 130-131 200 speed what he’ll be able to do in the 500.
Thorpe
Thorpe was 3:41.0 in the 400 as a 15 year old 27 years ago. How quickly people forget how good Thorpe was.
Luka is obviously very good, but Thorpe was in a league of his own. Luka may final in a few events at our trials. Thorpe was wining Worlds. There is no comparison.
Thorpe was 16, almost 17 when at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships in Sydney, he set a world record with a time of 3:41.83. His birthday is October 13, 1982 — So Pan Pacs was in August 1999.
He still went a 3:44, at 15, in a brief..
Don’t forget Thorpe did that 3:41 in BRIEFS with outdated underwater.
Thorpe also never had a tight streamline
He was 15yr 3 months when he won the 1998 worlds in the 400 free with a 3.46.29
No… that’s not true. His fastest swim as a 15 year old came at the 1998 Commonwealth games, held almost exactly one month shy of his 16th birthday. He swam a time of 3:44.35 in the 400 en route to a gold medal and games record.
Thorpe glaze shall never die
Thorpe dude was ok.
Luca would have been Thorpe if he had won 400 free in Paris (Thorpe won 400 free at 1998 at the age of barely 15).
Luca is turning 16 in April.
Ok let’s give him concessions and we’ll declare him the new Thorpe if he wins 400 in Singapore at the age of 16.