I was looking over the high school records and noticed one glaring disparity. The oldest record on the books is the boys public 500 yard free, set in 1983 by Jeff Kostoff at 4:16.39. The next oldest boys record is in 1991. The oldest girls record is the 100 fly set in 1996 by Misty Hyman. Any ideas as to why that one has stood for so long?
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../USA_High_School_Records.pdf
Kostoff was definitely a beast. He was a hero of mine growing up and I remember reading about his accomplishment in Swimming World frequently in the mid '80s. Southern Cal was a real hotbed for distance swimming in those days. Mission Viejo had lots of great distance swimmers, but Kostoff chose to train at Industry Hills instead. Interestingly, he made the U.S. Olympic team in both 1984 and 1988 in the 400 IM, but never a freestyle event.
Kostoff also still holds the record for the 3,000 yard swim for 18 year olds with a 27:39.81. You break that down and it's holding 3x1000 at a 9:13 average, or 30x100 at around 55.
Kostoff was definitely a beast. He was a hero of mine growing up and I remember reading about his accomplishment in Swimming World frequently in the mid '80s. Southern Cal was a real hotbed for distance swimming in those days. Mission Viejo had lots of great distance swimmers, but Kostoff chose to train at Industry Hills instead. Interestingly, he made the U.S. Olympic team in both 1984 and 1988 in the 400 IM, but never a freestyle event.
Kostoff also still holds the record for the 3,000 yard swim for 18 year olds with a 27:39.81. You break that down and it's holding 3x1000 at a 9:13 average, or 30x100 at around 55.
