Video courtesy of Coleman Hodges.
16-year old swimmer Michael Andrew has re-broken his own National Age Group Record in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 2015 Columbia Sectional Championships in Missouri on Friday evening.
Andrew swam 1:01.00, which improved upon his own 1:01.21 done in prelims of the meeton Friday morning. Prior to this meet, Andrew’s 15-16 age group record from earlier in the year was 1:01.67.
All-time top 5 in the age group:
- Michael Andrew 1:01.00
- Reece Whitley 1:01.86
- Carsten Vissering 1:01.94
- Chrstian Higgins 1:02.29
- Kevin Cordes 1:02.45
Andrew’s swim actually ties Vissering as the second-fastest by any American 18 & under, with both sitting behind Kevin Cordes’ 1:00.47 from the 2012 Olympic Trials after his freshman year of college.
Further, Andrew now occupies the four-fastest swims ever done by a 15-16. The next best is 15-year old Reece Whitley, who has been 1:01.86. While Whitley still has over a year to chase Andrew’s records in the age group, the elder is raising that eventual target higher-and-higher.
Last year, it took 1:00.77 to qualify for the U.S. Senior National Team in the 100 meter breaststroke.
Comparative Splits:
| 1st 50 | 2nd 50 | Total Time | |
| Old record | 29.29 | 32.38 | 1:01.67 |
| AM record | 28.89 | 32.32 | 1:01.21 |
| PM record | 28.58 | 32.42 | 1:01.00 |
In the morning, Andrew showed improved front-half speed from the last time he broke the record. In the afternoon, he once again was able to get faster on the opening length to pull the record even lower.
looks like he could make that turn faster.
Not a fan of Michael’s breastroke technique. I think Reece has a lot more upside.
I agree his technique very ugly
I love his forward motion. Not jerky. No up and down. Just forward forward forward. Next year will be interesting.
Great swim.
I suspect that as MA fills out, his sprint breaststroke will improve even more than his other strokes.
In the 100 breast, most of the greats are pretty jacked. In contrast, the 100 freestyle and backstroke have historically had a decent number of guys who make up for a lack of raw horsepower with exceptional feel and quickness.Think Hoogenband, McEvoy, Ervin, Peirsol, Irie.
A 6’6″ 200+ lb Michael Andrew will be a force to be reckoned with.
Thanks for the video.
After analyzing his freestyle technique the other day, I give now the floor to the swimswam technicians for a few words about his breaststroke technique.
And when we talk about breaststroke, one name comes to my mind: the one and only Psychodad.
Bobo , I wanna hear some predictions . Do you think Andrew will go under a minute at trials next year ? Do you think he will win world juniors this year and break the JWR as well ? I personally believe there is no question he will . Andrew knows when to show up for the big meets and I’m predicting a 1:00.49 at the Junior Worlds with Whitley almost half a second behind in 1:00.9 . Anyone else have any predictions ?
No predictions for next year right now.
At world juniors, if the 3 guys swim there, it could be a massive clash between Andrew, Whitley and the current world junior record holder Chupkov who is much older than both Americans as he is 18..
The world junior record shoud fall there. 1.00.65 to beat.
I see MA swim around 1.00.50 by late August.
Reece Whitley will have some competition and it should help him to improve his times. 1.01 low/2.11 low are reasonable predictions. The world junior record is harder to break in the 200 breast. 2.09.75 by Japanese Watanabe last May. But Mr Whitley still has a lot of time ahead of him to destroy it.
I’m happy for him because maybe the Michael Andrew haters will finally back off. He has enough pressure on him already. Go Michael!
Very efficient. Exceptionally low stroke count (16/19). Bodes well for a strong 200.