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He Does It Again: Luka Mijatovic Breaks Another National Age Group Record in the 400 Free

Luka Mijatovic has broken four National Age Group records in three nights and is now 6.51 seconds better in the 400 free than any other American 13-14 ever.

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Luka Mijatovic Becomes Youngest Boy to Break 8:00 Mark in LCM 800 Free With 7:59.64

The 14 year old Mijatovic broke his fourth national age group record of the week swimming a 7:59.64 LCM 800 freestyle.

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Luka Mijatovic Smashes His Own 13-14 NAG Record With a 3:53.19 in 400 Freestyle

After breaking his own national age group record this morning, Luka Mijatovic swam even faster tonight by over two and a half seconds to win the ‘D’ final.

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14-Year-Old Luka Mijatovic Scorches Another NAG Record During 800 Free Win in 8:07.96

Luka Mijatovic continued rewriting the U.S. boys’ 13-14 national age group (NAG) record book on Sunday at the George F. Haines International Swim Meet.

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14-Year-Old Luka Mijatovic Rips 400-Meter Free NAG Record with 3:56.36

14-year-old Luka Mijatovic scorched a new NAG record with a 3:56.36, taking over a second off the previous mark that Evan Pinion set back in 2009.

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14-Year-Old Luka Mijatovic Scares 400-Meter Free NAG Record with 3:58.85 in Prelims

Luka Mijatovic moved up to third in the U.S. boys’ 13-14 NAG rankings behind only Michael Phelps (3:58.80) and record holder Evan Pinion (3:57.61). 

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Luka Mijatovic Scares 800 Free NAG Record, Becomes Fastest 13-Year-Old American Ever

Luka Mijatovic scared the U.S. boys’ 13-14 national age group (NAG) record of 8:08.75 set by Evan Pinion in 2009 with his 8:10.30 on Sunday.

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Laon Kim Resets 400 Free NAG Record Twice, Ultimately Clocks 3:56.79 In Final

Kim lowered his own NAG in the event with a 4:01.28, which is roughly half a second faster than his former mark of 4:01.80.

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14-Yr-Old Nicholas Castella Wraps Up Danish Open With 50.78 100 Free

14-year-old Nicholas Castella of Denmark made some major waves over the past few days, hitting eye-popping times for his age across multiple events.

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Young Swimmers Take the Lead Again at Buffalo Sectionals Day 3

15 year old Oludare Rose won the men’s 400 free with a 3:59.46, winning by a 4 second margin.

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Revisiting NCAA Recruiting Class Rankings: Men’s Class of 2014-2017

Retroactively, it’s Will Licon and the Texas Longhorns who had the best recruiting class back in 2013. Where did they rank and how did the other classes in the top 12 fare over four years?

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Revisiting NCAA Recruit Rankings: Men’s High School Class of 2013

Five years ago, we ranked Jack Conger as the #1 recruit in his class. He won 9 NCAA event titles and helped Texas win the big show three times. How did the rest of his class stack up over four years in the NCAA?

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College Swimming Previews: Relay Rebuild Incoming For #7 Tennessee Men

NCAA runner-up Peter John Stevens leads one of the nation’s best breaststroke groups.

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Texas’s Dunne, Tennessee’s Pinion Scratch Out Of Men’s NCAA Meet

Two late scratches out of the 2016 Men’s NCAA Championships have surfaced, with Texas’s PJ Dunne and Tennessee’s Evan Pinion dropping off the invited swimmer lists.

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2015-2016 Men’s NCAA Power Rankings – Final Edition

Who knew? All it took was four key swimmers returning from redshirt semesters to turn USC into the fastest-rising team in our final regular-season power rankings.

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