Recent Georgia commit Javier Acevedo took down the Canadian national age group record in the boys 15-17 short course 200m backstroke Saturday night in Toronto at the Age Group International.
Acevedo put up a time of 1:54.86 in the finals to come first overall by over five-seconds and take down Nicholas Sinclair’s 2009 mark of 1:55.09 in the process.
Out in 57.04, Acevedo came back almost identically on the second 100 with a 57.82 split. His last 50, a 27.92, was faster than every athlete in the field by over two full seconds.
Matthew Mac of Oakville was the only other swimmer to come anywhere close to Acevedo, clocking in a 1:59.75 and a 30.06 final 50.
The time for Acevedo brought him even closer to Jake Tapp’s senior national record of 1:51.15 that he set back in December of 2010 in Dubai.
Although Acevedo’s name is already in the age group record books, this is the first time that he’s ever broken an individual national mark in the short course pool. Acevedo is the 15-17 age group record holder in the long course 100m backstroke as well.
Acevedo will be swimming the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke tonight after taking the top seed in both events during prelims. In the freestyle sprint this morning he was a 51.29. His personal best time of 48.27 in the event puts him in range of the national age group mark of 47.73.
Acevedo was a 56.34 this morning in the 100m backstroke, however holds a personal best time of 52.90. The national age group record in that event stands at 52.81.
So far in this meet, Acevedo has been considerably faster in finals than in prelims.
For full meet results click here.