A friend of mine has a son (age 11) who has been doing some great times in the 50yd. free that have been under 22 seconds. It's been a while for me and I don't know what kids are doing today but this seems pretty impressive. I'm telling him he has a star on his hands. What kind of times are kids doing today?
Your right Jim. a time in the 22's for that age would place him in the top 10 in the US. A time under 22 would make him number 1 or 2. For more information go to a recent thread titled "Top 100" . It contains a link to a site that has the records. See if your friends son isn't listed there already!
Well, 11-12 year old girls have been as fast as older age group girls or adult women. Males usually are about 2 to 3 years behind girls in develop in swimming. For a boy under 22 seconds is good. In fact, the top 11-12 year old girls could crammed the top 40-44 year old women in masters.
I have seen some really big, really fast 11 year old boys and none of them went that fast. 25 would be an excellent time for that age. What are they feeding the kid, my 15 year old would love to go that fast!!
Take a look at ...
www.usswim.org/fast_times/
And click on U.S. records. According to the current time standards, any time under 22 would rank your friend's son at number 1. Pretty incredible for an eleven year old. (And I bet this kid is around six feet tall.) He'll probably join the ranks of the few in the 19+ zone at this rate.
Jim, I looked at last years top 16 for USA swimming in the 10 and under boys and there is a kid from Hindsdale that is on that list doing a 27 in the 50 free. To get on that list means he is darn fast. This kid is now 11 having a June birthday, and still doing 27's, so if this is your friends kid, yes he is very good(he already has AAA times in a lot of events and he is only 11), but no he is not swimming 22s.
