Watch Andrew Rogers Swim Fastest 10 & Under 100 Meter Fly in U.S. History

On Saturday morning, in prelims, Andrew Rogers of the Arkansas Dolphins swam the fastest 100 meter fly ever done by an American 10-year old, swimming a 1:06.52.

Above, Evan Johnston, one of the teams’ coaches, has shared a video of Rogers’ record-breaking performance.

You can hear his coaches talking about the record at the beginning of the video (with his history in short course, its natural for them to have had an eye on the old record of 1:07.24). Rogers does very little of his swimming underwater, and was very controlled early in the race. He began with a one-up, one-down breathing pattern, which fell to two up one down, and eventually three up one down as he fatigued.

But even as tiredness sets in late in the race (a 100 fly in long course is a long race for a 10-year old), he still stayed very low to the water, and hardly shortened up at all coming into his touch.

Rogers is also the holder of the short course yards record in the 100 fly.

Read more about his record-breaking performance here.

Read the Friday finals recap here.

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Dolphins
8 years ago

Andrew is very passionate even in practice he is very likable

Anonymous
8 years ago

Great swim!

It’s no longer the Dolphin-Laser swim team. They are now known as the Arkansas Dolphins.

Penguin
8 years ago

11-12 100 meter fly record was set in ’83!

Newtoswimswam
8 years ago

Wow! What a swim! In addition to his super form, this kid competes with great power and passion! Had the pleasure watching him swim two years at the Central Zone Meet in Topeka KS. A young 9-yr-old then, he cried after each loss and had a huge smile on his face when he finally won 100FL. Looking forward to seeing more fast swims!

swimfan
8 years ago

Wow, beautiful stroke!! Wonder how much he is training and what type of program?

Anyone know who had the record before?

hswimmer
Reply to  swimfan
8 years ago

Carson Foster had it before, and before Foster, was Phelps! 🙂

Coachie
8 years ago

He just broke it again! 1:05.98!

Lane Four
Reply to  Coachie
8 years ago

Unbelievable. A ten-year-old CHILD swimming the 100 meter butterfly in a 1:05! Wow. Speechless. Bravo to this young athlete! Well done!

arswimmom
8 years ago

how exciting is this– congratulations

Jessica
8 years ago

Remarkably well developed stroke I thought considering his young age. Yep, you could see his fatigue set in on the back half and increased his oxygen but kept his stroke like you said. Kinda funny to see how far ahead of the rest of the field he was. Hope this kid stays in the game for many more years to come. Will be interesting to see how he keeps developing.

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