Luka Mijatovic Breaks Own 13-14 1650 Freestyle NAG Record By 15 Seconds With 14:45.79

2023 December Huntington Beach Sectionals

December 14-18, 2023
Huntington Beach, CA
SCY (25 yards)
Meet Mobile: 2023 CA Dec CA CV Speedo Sectionals at GWSC

Luka Mijatovic has done it once again, breaking another National Age Group (NAG) record. This time, he broke his own 13-14 1650 freestyle record swimming a final time of 14:45.79. That was faster than his previous record of a 15:00.95 which he set back in March.

Mijatovic now is the fastest 13-14 1650 freestyler all-time by over 20 seconds as Sean Green is #2 all-time with a 15:05.83 from 2022.

Not only did he break the 1650 NAG but he also broke his own 1000 NAG record as that stood at a 8:55.41. Tonight, Mijatovic was out in a 8:53.01 to the turn at the 1000 mark.

Split Comparison:

	December 2023	March 2023
50	24.31	24.61
100	26.54	26.56
150	26.32	27.29
200	26.51	27.47
250	26.77	27.5
300	26.69	27.48
350	26.86	27.56
400	26.83	27.63
450	26.82	27.23
500	27.01	27.51
550	26.63	27.75
600	26.58	27.67
650	26.78	27.35
700	26.92	27.64
750	26.7	27.54
800	26.99	27.6
850	26.98	27.4
900	26.95	27.52
950	27.08	27.37
1000	26.94 (8:53.01)	27.28
1050	27.23	27.61
1100	27.37	27.74
1150	27.24	27.76
1200	27.14	27.44
1250	27.12	27.51
1300	27.15	27.43
1350	27.35	27.71
1400	27.29	27.54
1450	27.43	27.35
1500	27.39	27.61
1550	27.11	27.35
1600	27.41	26.7
1650	25.55	25.24
Final Time	14:45.79	15:00.95

As seen by the splits, Mijatovic was consistently faster today during his race, but especially through the first 1000 as he held 26s today compared to 27s during March.

Mijatovic holds a total of seven NAG records. He holds the 500, 1000, and 1650 SCY freestyles as well as the 200 (shared), 400, 800, and 1500 LCM freestyles.

He is also entered in the 200, 500, and 1000 frees later in the meet as well as the 200 and 400 IMs.

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