By Will Baxley on SwimSwam
One day after his 18th birthday, Spaniard Luca Hoek can buy himself a celebratory beer for downing his own national record in the 50 free.
Hoek rocked a 21.93 in the long course splash-and-dash on the first day of his country’s Spring Open Championships. See the video below.
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This is the 2nd sub-22 performance by a Spanish national. The first came from Hoek himself with a 21.99 at last summer’s Euro Juniors in Slovakia. Prior to that, the NR belonged to a supersuited Javier Noriega at 22.04 from 2009.
The effort ranks Hoek 17th in the world this season, 6th among Europeans, and 2nd among 18-and-under swimmers, trailing only Ukrainian WJR holder Nikita Sheremet in the latter group.
Among all-time 18&under performers by birth year, Hoek moves up to #5. He has another nine months, which notably includes the European Championships and Euro Juniors, to gun for Sheremet and Michael Andrew’s World Junior mark.
All-Time 18 & Under Performers (By Birth Year), Boys’ 50 Freestyle (LCM)
T-1. Michael Andrew (USA), 21.75 – 2017
T-1. Nikita Sheremet (UKR), 21.75 – 2025
Artem Selin (GER), 21.83 – 2019 Diogo Ribeiro (POR), 21.92 – 2022 Luca Hoek Le Guenedal (ESP), 21.93 – 2026 David Curtiss (USA), 21.95 – 2019 Jacob Mills (GBR), 21.96 – 2025 Vladyslav Bukhov (UKR), 21.97 – 2020 Evgeny Sedov (RUS), 21.98 – 2014 Yu Hexin (CHN), 22.00 – 2014Hoek is slated to swim the 100 free on Sunday, an event in which he also holds the national record in. With a 48.04, the new adult is on 47 watch. He also appears on the 200 free start list for Saturday’s session, coming in with a 1:48.35 seed. A Spanish and French dual citizen, Hoek is representing CN Terrassa from his home province of Catalonia.
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