Michael Andrew goes pro at 14

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He's the youngest US swimmer to go pro. Phelps was 15 when he went pro, but at that point he was already an Olympian. swimswam.com/.../ swimswam.com/.../
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  • If you look at the psych sheet for the World Champs trials meet going on this week in Minneapolis you'll notice that Michael Andrew is not swimming. This is because he has not achieved any of the time standards yet. So I agree with the others who have mentioned that he's great (for his age), but he's not at the elite level in the sport yet. It seems very premature for him to go pro right now.
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  • If you look at the psych sheet for the World Champs trials meet going on this week in Minneapolis you'll notice that Michael Andrew is not swimming. This is because he has not achieved any of the time standards yet. So I agree with the others who have mentioned that he's great (for his age), but he's not at the elite level in the sport yet. It seems very premature for him to go pro right now.
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