Shareef Elaydi

Pacific Swimming Relay Records Fall At Adam Szmidt Memorial Meet

Luka Mijatovic (above) was part of both of Pleasanton Seahawks’ record-setting relays at the Adam Szmidt Memorial Age Group Championships.

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14-Year-Old Luka Mijatovic Moves Up to No. 10 in NAG Rankings with 2:06.73 200 IM

Luka Mijatovic became the third swimmer to reset the Pacific Swimming LSC standard in the 200 IM in June after it previously stood untouched for 13 years.

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Shareef Elaydi Scorches 55.44 100 Fly, No. 5 All-Time in U.S. Boys’ 13-14 NAG Rankings

Santa Clara Swim Club 14-year-old Shareef Elaydi jumped from 15th to 5th in the all-time NAG rankings with his 100 fly victory in 55.44 on Saturday night.

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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 Leads Charge of the Juniors on Day 2 in Santa Clara

Age groupers like Luka Mijatovic, Shareef Elaydi, and Rylee Hutchinson carried the day on Friday at the George F. Haines International.

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Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 6/9/2023

Our Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming series celebrates swimmers of every age and experience level with age group profiles of some recent results.

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13-Year-Old Luka Mijatovic Becomes Fastest 200 IMer Since Michael Andrew

Luka Mijatovic continued his climb up the all-time age group rankings with an impressive performance at the 2022 Winter Age Group Junior Championships. 

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14-Year-Old Kelsey Zhang Posts 1:56.56 200 Fly, Moves Up to No. 8 All-Time

Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics (PASA) 14-year-old Kelsey Zhang entered the top-10 national age group (NAG) rankings with her 1:56.56 in the 200-yard butterfly. 

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 11/18/2022

Highlighting some of the top age group swims from the last two weeks as the short course season continues to heat up in the United States.

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Three 13-Year-Olds Throw Down Nation-Leading Times at 2022 Far Westerns

Luka Mijatovic lowered his best 400 freestyle time by nearly four seconds with a 4:07.64, the fastest nationally among 13-year-old boys this season.

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GMX7 Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 6/3/2022

As the long course season continues to pick up steam, the age group swimmers continue to knock off lifetime bests as they prepare for their taper meets.

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Luka Mijatovic Swims 4:13.57 SCY 400 IM on Final Day of Far Westerns, #7 11-12

Mijatovic was particularly great on backstroke and freestyle in the race tonight, splitting 1:04.39 on backstroke and 57.32 on freestyle. 

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Luka Mijatovic Clocks 4:43.12 500 FR on Day 3 of Far Westerns, #3 11-12 Boy

Pleasanton Seahawks 12-year-old Luka Mijatovic is still tearing it up at Far Westerns this week.

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12-Year-Old Luka Mijatovic Swims 1:58.98 (Yards) 200 IM on Day 2 of Far Western

That swim marks Mijatovic’s first under 2:00 in the event, and brings him up to #13 all-time in the 11-12 age group.

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12-Year-Old Luka Mijatovic Blasts 1:45.64 200 Free on Day 1 of SC Far Westerns

The swim took 1.62 seconds off Mijatovic’s personal best, vaulting him to #4 all-time in the 11-12 age group. 

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