These times are amazing:
Kyle van Niekerk - 13 year old!
His results were as follows:
100m Free: Gold in a winning time of 53.89 – New African and South African AG Record
50m Free: Gold in a winning time of 24.69 – a New African and South African AG Record and the fastest recorded time in the world for 13- year- olds during 2011.
Yes these are long course meters. Puts it all in perspective for us geezers :cane:
The changeover occurred in the 1973/1974 school year. The 1000 Free was never swam as a HS event and the 400/500 Free has always been the longest. In 1970, John Kinsella broke the National HS Record of 3:38.0 that was set by Mark Spitz and went the incredible time of 3:31.05 and that time converted is a 4:24 -4:25 range for the 500 Free. He would have won NCAA's by 8 seconds. I always go back and forth between this swim and the 4:16.39 swim as the greatest distance HS record ever. Kostoff's record has lasted longer, but Kinsella's swim was more dominate against all competition including NCAA and AAU competition. Tim Shaw swam a 3:33.1 in 1973 and he came the closest to the record until the event was retired.
The other High School change came with the addition of the 400 Free Relay in 1966 replacing the 200 Free Relay and that event was reinstated in 1989 and from then on there were two Free Relays. There has never been a 400 Medley Relay or an 800 Free Relay at the HS level Championships and the 200 Medley Relay is the only Medley Relay offered.
Skip, I thought you told me once that Phil Dodson and some of his teammates made the cover of Swimming World when their high school 800 free relay time was the fastest in the nation, or something like that. Were they just swimming it in an AAU meet?
PS Congratulations on a sensational hour swim! I was looking forward to aging up, but it never seems to get any easier. Are you fellows juicing?
The changeover occurred in the 1973/1974 school year. The 1000 Free was never swam as a HS event and the 400/500 Free has always been the longest. In 1970, John Kinsella broke the National HS Record of 3:38.0 that was set by Mark Spitz and went the incredible time of 3:31.05 and that time converted is a 4:24 -4:25 range for the 500 Free. He would have won NCAA's by 8 seconds. I always go back and forth between this swim and the 4:16.39 swim as the greatest distance HS record ever. Kostoff's record has lasted longer, but Kinsella's swim was more dominate against all competition including NCAA and AAU competition. Tim Shaw swam a 3:33.1 in 1973 and he came the closest to the record until the event was retired.
The other High School change came with the addition of the 400 Free Relay in 1966 replacing the 200 Free Relay and that event was reinstated in 1989 and from then on there were two Free Relays. There has never been a 400 Medley Relay or an 800 Free Relay at the HS level Championships and the 200 Medley Relay is the only Medley Relay offered.
Skip, I thought you told me once that Phil Dodson and some of his teammates made the cover of Swimming World when their high school 800 free relay time was the fastest in the nation, or something like that. Were they just swimming it in an AAU meet?
PS Congratulations on a sensational hour swim! I was looking forward to aging up, but it never seems to get any easier. Are you fellows juicing?
