Luke Hobson

MP Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 12/12

Full Name:	Luke Hobson
Nationality:	America
Status:	Active

Luke Hobson is an American middle-distance freestyle Olympian and two-time NCAA champion. He represents the Texas Longhorns in the NCAA. Junior Swimming Hobson was ranked 19th in SwimSwam’s Way to Early Rankings for the high school class of 2021 as a range-y freestyler, boasting a 20.84 50, 44.98 100, 1:38.63 200, 4:27.20 500, 9:13.41 1000, and 15:33.09 1650 as a sophomore. Hobson committed to the University of Texas in November of 2019, joining a loaded class that included Anthony Grimm and Tim Connery. Hobson continued to improve over the next year, most notably his 200 dropped 2.52 seconds to go 1:36.11, his 500 dropped 6.15 seconds to go 4:21.05, and his 1000 dropped 11.05 seconds to go 9:02.36. These improvements helped him rank #15 in SwimSwam’s junior year re-rank of the class of 2021 and move all the way up to #10 in the senior year re-rank of the Class of 2021. College (Texas) 2021-22 After dropping a 1:31.34 200 free relay split on the opening night of the Minnesota Invite, he clocked a 4:12.12 500 free to break Michael Phelps’ 17-year-old 500 free 17-18 NAG record in prelims. He then shattered his own National Age Group Record, from prelims, and became the youngest swimmer to …

MP Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 12/12

Check out the Weekly Wonders for the weekend of December 7-9th, 2018.

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In News

US News

SwimSwam Surge

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Taylor Ruck Will Not Continue Swimming NCAA, Is “Unsure” If She Will Stay At Stanford

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

2023 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

SWIM DATA

Gretchen Walsh’s 11 World Records Surpasses Spitz, Phelps For Most Set In Single Meet

The Most Dominant Short Course Meter World Records

What’s In the Splits? A Breakdown of 500 Frees from Carson, Rex, Leon, and More

How Rare Is It To See A World Record Broken In September?

In College

NCAA Dealt Another Legal Blow As Court Rules In Favor of Diego Pavia In Eligibility Case

2024-25 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: Post-Invites Edition

2024-25 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Post-Invites Edition

Wild Men’s 400 IM Finish Highlights Day 2 of UNLV Invite

In Training

How Aqua Knuckles Can Make You A Faster Swimmer

Yusra Mardini “Now We Are Free, Maybe I’ll Swim Under Syrian Flag”

Daily Swim Coach Workout #997

Daily Swim Coach Workout #996

In Video

Gold Medal Minute

Olympic Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Would Like To Do Rowdy Gaines’ NBC Job

10x Olympic Medalist Caeleb Dressel Unpacks His Paris Olympic Games

Gretchen Walsh Unpacks Her Olympic Debut and Looks Ahead To New Goals, a 54 100m Butterfly

9-time Olympic Medalist Ryan Murphy Unpacks Team USA’s Paris Performance

In Lifestyle

Back Like I Never Left: No Matter How Long It’s Been, Returning To The Pool Just Feels Right

Shouts From The Stands: Keeping the Momentum–Benefits of College Club Swimming Over Division 1

SwimSwam Pulse: Summer McIntosh Poised To Smash 400 IM World Record After 400 Free/200 Fly

Dawn Fraser Doing “So Much Better,” But “Not Out of the Woods Yet,” Her Daughter Says

Luke Hobson

MP Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 12/12

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Taylor Ruck Will Not Continue Swimming NCAA, Is “Unsure” If She Will Stay At Stanford

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

2023 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Gretchen Walsh’s 11 World Records Surpasses Spitz, Phelps For Most Set In Single Meet

The Most Dominant Short Course Meter World Records

What’s In the Splits? A Breakdown of 500 Frees from Carson, Rex, Leon, and More

How Rare Is It To See A World Record Broken In September?

NCAA Dealt Another Legal Blow As Court Rules In Favor of Diego Pavia In Eligibility Case

2024-25 NCAA Women’s Power Rankings: Post-Invites Edition

2024-25 NCAA Men’s Power Rankings: Post-Invites Edition

Wild Men’s 400 IM Finish Highlights Day 2 of UNLV Invite

How Aqua Knuckles Can Make You A Faster Swimmer

Yusra Mardini “Now We Are Free, Maybe I’ll Swim Under Syrian Flag”

Daily Swim Coach Workout #997

Daily Swim Coach Workout #996

Olympic Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Would Like To Do Rowdy Gaines’ NBC Job

10x Olympic Medalist Caeleb Dressel Unpacks His Paris Olympic Games

Gretchen Walsh Unpacks Her Olympic Debut and Looks Ahead To New Goals, a 54 100m Butterfly

9-time Olympic Medalist Ryan Murphy Unpacks Team USA’s Paris Performance

Back Like I Never Left: No Matter How Long It’s Been, Returning To The Pool Just Feels Right

Shouts From The Stands: Keeping the Momentum–Benefits of College Club Swimming Over Division 1

SwimSwam Pulse: Summer McIntosh Poised To Smash 400 IM World Record After 400 Free/200 Fly

Dawn Fraser Doing “So Much Better,” But “Not Out of the Woods Yet,” Her Daughter Says

Luke Hobson

MP Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 12/12

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