Luka mijatovic

There are world records as old as Luka Mijatovic. Mijatovic was born in , and this summer, he became the first male swimmer born that year to compete at a U. And within the last six months, Mijatovic has given the list of National Age Group records a hearty shake, with the Pleasanton Seahawks swimmer now owning eight top marks for his age group, with the , and freestyle plus the IM in short course and the through free in long course.

He is crushing his own marks almost every time he races. In early November, Mijatovic beat his own free record by almost four seconds , swimming a time of Two days later, Mijatovic recorded a blazing mark of Same story in recent days at the California Sectionals, where Mijatovic clocked Mijatovic also clocked Mijatovic is trending upward and doing so quickly, at an age where male swimmers can continually post big time drops, particularly in distance events.

Those times would have placed 17th, ninth and 18th, respectively, in the heats at U. Nationals, but we can expect greater improvement from Mijatovic, who will turn 15 prior to Trials, than almost any of his other rivals in those events.

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Making the Olympic team? That might be a little far-fetched, especially with plenty of time still to drop in long course and plenty of strong contenders in present in his main events, particularly defending and Olympic champion Bobby Finke. Mijatovic will be 15 by the time Olympic Trials rolls around, and no male swimmer has qualified for the Olympic team prior to his high school graduation since Prior to the Sydney Games, year-old Michael Phelps made huge improvements to put himself contention for an Olympic spot and then to finish second at Olympic Trials, and while Phelps placed fifth in the butterfly at his first Olympics, year-old Aaron Peirsol earned silver in the backstroke during his rookie campaign.