This weekend, at the Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Austin, Texas, 15-year old Michael Andrew broke the 15-16 National Age Group Record in the 100 LCM Breaststroke by swimming a 1:01.67.
The video shows that Andrew’s technique has changed significantly since this summers Junior Nationals. As announcer Rowdy Gaines points out, Andrew’s underwater pullouts have made significant progress – they used to be the weakest part of his race.
Compare this swim to video of Andrew’s swim from Junior Nationals. He’s got the same low-to-the-water body position, and still a very efficient-looking stroke, but the body position looks much more relaxed and natural than the arched-back stroke he had been using, and has a much more neutral head position.
It just doesn’t seem improbable. And obviously it would be exciting for the states to have such a young guy make it and begin to gain international experience.
Does anyone else think it’s that unlikely that in 2016 either Reece Whitley or MA will be the second breaststroker behind cordes?
why thinking about that so far away ? doesn’t matter at this point . It’s what they will improve before june 2016 that counts .
hey isn’t there a 15 m rule in the breast stroke?! 🙂
answer lies above , check it out .
yes yes I know, I was just playing around since I saw it about 10 times.
Finally the video.
Thanks to USA swimming.
Great to see Michael Andrew finish his race like that.
We were not used to that before.
So much race strategy improvement.
He didn’t panic at the half-race.
Swam that 100 breast like a veteran.
For the love of Pete, there is no 15m rule for BR pullouts…
Sorry guys! Never was a breaststroker (Though I could fake it a bit for an IM). Didn’t know!
Possibly a bad angle, but it looked like Michael Andrew’s head broke the surface after 15 m.
You are allowed to go past 15m in breaststroke
So what? It’s not illegal to go past 15m in breast. Seliskar went about 20m in his 200 Breast.
He did – but there wasn’t an official standing at the 15m mark so they couldn’t call it.
For like the 5th comment, there is no 15 meter rule for breast stroke.
Glenn Snyders technique is interesting. His head is never completely submerged and he doesn’t come up that high above the water. It looks really old fashioned. I wonder if its more efficient…