2023 Far Westerns SC Championships
- March 30 – April 2, 2023
- Morgan Hill Aquatics Center
- Morgan Hill, CA
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results on MeetMobile: “2023 Far Westerns SC Championships”
Pleasanton Seahawks 13-year-old Luka Mijatovic lowered his own national age group (NAG) record in the 500-yard freestyle by more than two seconds on Saturday.
Mijatovic brought the 13-14 NAG record down to 4:22.50, more than two seconds faster than fellow Seahawk Lleyton Plattel (4:24.79) and seven seconds quicker than the next-fastest 13-year-old. Nicholas Caldwell is the only other 13-year-old American besides Mijatovic to have gone sub-4:30 with a 4:29.90 from 2007.
Boys’ 13-14 NAG Rankings, 500 Free
- Luka Mijatovic – 4:22.50 (2023)
- Lleyton Plattel – 4:24.79 (2017)
- Sean Green – 4:24.98 (2022)
- Cooper Lucas – 4:26.50 (2019)
- Alex Katz – 4:26.73 (2011)
- Michael Phelps – 4:26.79 (2000)
- Samuel Marsteiner – 4:27.18 (2022)
- Trey Freeman – 4:27.52 (2015)
- Aidan Burns – 4:27.55 (2012)
- Brad Gonzalez – 4:27.72 (2013)
Mijatovic, who turns 14 later this month, broke his first 13-14 NAG record last December in the 500 free with a 4:24.72. He added two more NAG records last month in the 1650 free (15:00.95) and 1000 free (8:59.29).
At Far Westerns this weekend, Mijatovic also won the 200 back (1:51.18) and 200 free (1:38.21), the latter marking a drop of over a second off his previous-best 200 free from January (1:39.40). The improvement catapults him from 14th to 3rd in the 13-14 NAG rankings for the 200 free, behind only Thomas Heilman (1:34.68) and Daniel Diehl (1:36.75).
Boys’ 13-14 NAG Rankings, 200 Free
- Thomas Heilman – 1:34.68 (2021)
- Daniel Diehl – 1:36.75 (2020)
- Luka Mijatovic – 1:38.21 (2023)
- Destin Lasco – 1:38.24 (2016)
- Michael Andrew – 1:38.31 (2014)
- Maxime Rooney – 1:38.42 (2012)
- Cooper Lucas – 1:38.58 (2020)
- Trey Freeman – 1:38.82 (2015)
- Baylor Stanton – 1:38.94 (2022)
- Nick Silverthorn – 1:38.94 (2010)
He also tallied runner-up finishes in the 200 IM (1:49.93) and 100 free (46.30) as well as a 51.85 backstroke leadoff for the Seahawks’ 400 medley relay.
Only making his case stronger to go after the legendary 70s NAG’s that was a big PB and he’s still circle swimming could take this record under 4:20 before he ages up
Coach needs to tell him to stop circle swimming – 1-2 seconds faster right there.
Where kyle sockwell at
Lavrenko
I would bet he will take down Jack Conger’s 4:13 500 free record by 18.
I agree with you. But That’s not a record anymore.
Anyone know his height, weight and wingspan?
Him, his doctor, and his parents, maybe.
Yeah. He’s a HUGE kid
What about his shoe size?
I saw him since he was 9. I stood next to him a couple times at this meet and he is at least 6’ tall, long arms and lean. He is just a little taller than his mom and dad now. I think he will be even taller later.
Doesn’t he swim for Destin Lasco’s old club too?
I think you’re referring to Pleasantville and I don’t think that club exists anymore, or at least Destin didn’t swim there before he went off to Cal.
Same team as Lleyton Plattel and Maxime Rooney
And nick silverthorn who is in 200 fr rankings
Luca swims for a Pleasanton, California team, which is located in the SF Bay Area less than 10 miles east of Hayward and Fremont.
and about half an hour (without traffic lol) southeast of UC Berkeley
idk where you’ve been, takes 30-40 mins without traffic to get there from UC berkeley
bruh
incredible. any chance someone has come across a video of his swims?
his last 150 of his 1000 NAG is on youtube
I have one – my company SwimClips recorded the whole meet. https://swimclips.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/SwimClips-E66-H1-Boys-500yd-SCY-Free-Finals.mp4