2022 NCSA JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
- March 15-19, 2022
- Rosen Aquatic and Fitness Center, Orlando, Florida
- Short Course Yards (25 yards), Prelims/Finals
- Meet Central
- Psych Sheets
- Live Stream
- Day 1 Prelims Results
- Results on Meet Mobile: “2022 NCSA Spring Swimming Championships”
- Day 1 Finals Heat Sheet
We were expecting to see some fast swimming this week in Orlando, and we have so far, but perhaps the most impressive time of the first day of racing didn’t come from a win.
Instead, 14 year-old Sean Green of the Long Island Aquatic Club demolished the 13-14 National Age Group record in the 1650 free with his third-place time of 15:05.83 tonight. Green touched behind a pair of 17 year-olds, Levi Sandidge (14:49.75) and Giovanni Linscheer (14:51.96) but otherwise Green finished ahead of every other swimmer in the field, almost of whom are older than he is.
With his swim tonight, Green broke the previous NAG record of 15:14.17, set by Arthur Frayler back in December of 2008. That was the oldest 13-14 boys NAG record on the books in yards, with no other records older than 2013.
The explosion of fast age group swimming over the last few years means that there aren’t many very old records left, but there are a few. One of the most notable ones is the equivalent long course event, the 1500m free. The 13-14 boys NAG record dates way back to 1976, and still held by the legendary Jesse Vassallo at 15:31.03.
Coming into today, Green’s fastest time in the 1650 was a 15:23.14, which he swam last December at the NCAP Invitational. To provide a little more context, Green went 15:53.62 at the 2021 NCSA Spring Championship, meaning that’s dropped almost 48 seconds in the last year.
Green sits at #8 all-time among US 13-14 boys in the 1500m free with a lifetime best of 15:46.08 from last summer.
Green is also scheduled to swim the 200 fly, 400 IM, 500 free, and 1000 free this week in Orlando.
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Amazing swim. This kid must have an engine!
2018 Winter Juniors West was won in a 15:07 by Noah Brune. I can’t believe 14 year olds are going a time that would win a juniors meet 4 years ago
BOYS’ 1650 FREESTYLE
https://swimswam.com/top-8-combined-finishers-day-4-of-2018-winter-juniors-east-west/
Magahey and Katz were Juniors EAST.
this is the combined list, East West
Haha I remember some invitationals where the 1500/1650 was the only event I was spared!
lol this isn’t about you, Drew
200 fly, close enough!
Congratulations to Sean on his NAG. That was a tough record to beat. His name will likely stay on the record books for a long time.
Yes congratulations to Sean and it was a very tough record to beat, however I think we will see what we see so often, once one person does it the floodgates open and others will pour thorough. Doesn’t take anything away from. Sean. He broke it first.
Not sure when he turns 15 but I wonder if he could potentially get close to that 13-14 vassallo record
He turns 15 sometime within the next week
that lasted
Holy smokes, what a swim. 9:09 to the 1000, that 9:02 NAG by Hirschberger is on watch for later in the week. Congrats, Sean!
I am happy this record was broken. It seems to be a very weak event among the men. Especially when you get to the 13-14 and higher age groups
13-14: 15:05
15-16: 14:37
17-18: 14:34
boy would I love to be in the position to call those relatively weak
I mean Liam Custer just broke the 15-16, the 17-18 was done at NCAAs a few years ago.
LCM our mile Nags are Vassallo for the 13-14 1976, Bobby Hackett 15-16 1976, and Larsen Jensen 17-18 2004. Yes the LCM records are strong times but it leads anyone to think that maybe America hasn’t had a focus on distance if the newest LCM record from that bunch is from 18 years ago and the older ones are 46 years old.
Training a teenage boy to swim that fast these days they consider it child abuse
Has there been a non American that went faster than these NAG records?