Thomas Heilman Breaks National Age Group Record in 100 Fly

Braden Keith
by Braden Keith 9

January 17th, 2018 Club, News

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.

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Ben S
5 years ago

I Actually Know Him He goes to My School

Zachary
6 years ago

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

Kathryn Burr
6 years ago

Yeah Thomas!! Amazing to have such a talented kid as my teammate. 🙂

Goldie
6 years ago

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.

coachymccoachface
Reply to  Goldie
6 years ago

Great family all around.

marklewis
6 years ago

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.

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Reply to  marklewis
6 years ago

Small kids don’t like they tire at the end, the good ones anyway.

science geek
6 years ago

Wow!! Keep up the good work

Jmanswimfan
6 years ago

That is a swift swim

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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