Thomas Heilman of the Piedmont Family YMCA has broken the 10 & under National Age Group Record in the 100 yard fly. Swimming last weekend at Winterfest, hosted by SPY Swimming, he swam a 58.36, which broke the record of 59.37 that was set in 2017 by Floridian Kaii Winkler.
Heilman’s previous best time, swum on December 1st, was 59.70.
He opened his swim in a first-50 split of 27.68 and closed in 30.68.
The event marked one of 6 wins in the 10 & under age group at the meet for Heilman. He also won the 100 IM (1:03.23), 50 free (25.04), 100 back (1:03.43), 50 fly (27.05), and 100 free (54.75). The vintage-2010 record in the 50 fly is 26.58.
Heilman ages up in the next few weeks, so this meet was one of his last opportunities to go after 10 & under records. He swims at CYAC for Alex Rayle.
I Actually Know Him He goes to My School
i was at that meat and got to see him swim his first 50 split was 27.05 and i have a 34.44 in my 50 fly and hes only 10
Yeah Thomas!! Amazing to have such a talented kid as my teammate. 🙂
What a great kid. I was there and was blown away by how well he handled himself after setting the record. He was incredibly supportive of his teammates throughout the weekend of swimming. Congratulations to him and his coaches for doing so well in the pool. Additionally, congratulations to his parents for raising such a well-adjusted and humble child.
Great family all around.
He’s a strong boy to swim the butterfly like that at age 10.
He didn’t look like he was tiring at all on the final lap.
Small kids don’t like they tire at the end, the good ones anyway.
Wow!! Keep up the good work
That is a swift swim