14-Year-Old American Swimming Sensation Breaks Two NAG Records in 24 Hours; Steals Spotlight at California Selectionals

There’s a new prodigy in the swimming scene, and his name is Luka Mijatovic. The California Sectionals are on, and 14-year-old Mijatovic is making the headlines with some incredible performance. With the Olympic trials inching closer, Mijatovic’s record-breaking display is making heads turn with his exemplary NAG act. In the men’s 500 freestyle category, Mijatovic shattered his own previous record, making it his second break to a NAG record in two days.

Social media is going berserk after Mijatovic’s sensational performance, the very next day after he set new National Age Group (NAG) records in the prelims. With his latest achievement, the young swimmer now has top marks in 8 categories in his age group.

New star dazzles the audience with NAG record

In an Instagram story by Kyle Sockwell, Mijatovic’s remarkable performance is highlighted with an apt caption. Sockwell wrote, “This is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen on meet“. To explain his dizziness, Sockwell shared Mijatovic’s time in the 500-yard freestyle event. Clocking 4:15.71, the young swimmer once again broke his own NAG record set in the prelims. Mijatovic managed to drop by 6.16 from his previous race in the same category.

On the official website of USA Swimming, it can be seen that Luka holds the NAG records in the freestyle event in all 500, 1000, and 1650 divisions. His impressive performance is expected to yield more record-shattering displays in the pool in the coming days, as Mijatovic will be entering the Olympic trials with hopes of making it to the national team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Only in the morning on day 3 of the NAG, Mijatovic clocked 4:21.87 on the 500 freestyle. This already made him the fastest swimmer in his category by over 7 seconds. Naturally, all eyes were on him for the main event, and he did not disappoint. Prior to this, the Pleasanton Seahawks swimmer broke his own 400 Individual Medley record in NAG on the previous night.

Rising prodigy smashes national record simultaneously

In the NAG prelims, Mijatovic also broke the previous 400 IM record set by national sensation Thomas Heilman. In the 400IM prelims, Mijatovic was already breathing down upon Heilman’s record with 3:51.04. He even bettered that in the finals.

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Mijatovic clocked 3:49.32 in the finals of 400 IM. With that, the rising star also became the youngest swimmer to blitz across the 3:50 mark. Let’s watch out as he keeps proving his mettle while smashing records on the way.

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