Shareef Elaydi Swims 3:50.95 400 IM To Become #2 13-14 All-Time

Anya Pelshaw
by Anya Pelshaw 6

February 03rd, 2024 Club, News

2024 Supeleague Champs

  • February 3-4, 2024
  • North Natomas Aquatic Center
  • 25 yards (SCY)
  • Meet Mobile “Supeleague Champs 2024”

14 year old Shareef Elaydi swam a 3:50.95 in the boys 400 IM on Saturday night, becoming the #2 13-14 all-time in the event.

Elaydi sits only behind Luka Mijatovic who notably set the National Age Group (NAG) record back in December 2023 as he swam a 3:49.32. That broke Thomas Heilman‘s old record that stood at a 3:51.46.

Split Comparison:

Mijatovic Elaydi Heilman
Fly 52.63 52.63 50.86
Back 1:00.24 59.49 59.45
Breast 1:05.05 1:05.25 1:08.71
Free 51.4 53.59 52.44
3:49.32 3:50.95 3:51.46

Elaydi’s swim tonight was a best time by over eight seconds as his previous best stood at a 3:59.35 which he swam in the middle of November 2023. Elaydi now moves up from 61st all-time in the age group, to 2nd.

The swim is also notable as Elaydi is a member of Santa Clara Swim Club which currently is searching for lane space as their practice facility, the George F. Haines International Swim Center has been closed indefinitely since the middle of January.

Over the summer, Elaydi was a member of four NAG relay records as Santa Clara Swim Club set new records all four of the mixed medley relays. Elaydi also had a big summer at the individual level, climbing up the rankings of the 13-14 long course meter (LCM) 100 butterfly. Elaydi finished the summer as the 4th fastest 13-14 all-time in the event swimming a 54.73 in prelims of Summer Juniors, notably sitting behind Heilman in that event.

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PFA
9 months ago

Like to add to this both Luka and Shareef were teammates for SCSC until Luka switched to PSC.

SCSCparent
Reply to  PFA
9 months ago

Luka and Shareef were both coached for years by the best age group coach, Mark Taliaferro. I believe Luka and Coach Mark left Santa Clara over 3 years ago.

caliswim99
Reply to  SCSCparent
8 months ago

ha and how do you measure the best age group coach?

caliswim99
Reply to  SCSCparent
8 months ago

Did they have the same coach prior to Mark? Same lessons? Actually curious.

whoisthis
9 months ago

low key surprised noones mentioned anything much about it yet thats insane

NoFastTwitch
Reply to  whoisthis
9 months ago

We’ve gotten used to insane 14-yr olds

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Anya Pelshaw

Anya has been with SwimSwam since June 2021 as both a writer and social media coordinator. She was in attendance at the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Women's NCAA Championships writing and doing social media for SwimSwam. She also attended 2023 US Summer Nationals as well as the 2024 European Championships …

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