By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast your vote in our newest poll on the SwimSwam homepage, about halfway down the page on the right side.
Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers which Luka Mijatovic swim was more impressive:
Question: Which Luka swim was most impressive last weekend?
RESULTS
500 free – 4:05.76 (15-16 NAG) – 59.4% 1000 free – 8:32.83 (U.S. Open, AR, NAG) – 40.0% 400 IM – 3:40.14 (#2 in 15-16 AG) – 0.6%Age group phenom Luka Mijatovic continued to rewrite the record books at the Roseville Sectionals two weeks ago, and for the first time in his career, he became the fastest swimmer in history in an event.
The 16-year-old Pleasanton Seahawk put up a time of 8:32.83 in the 1000-yard freestyle, breaking former Texas Longhorn Clark Smith‘s American and U.S. Open Record of 8:33.93 set in 2015.
That swim came at the end of a what was a phenomenal meet for Mijatovic, who shattered his boys’ 15-16 National Age Group Record in the 500 free by nearly three seconds in a time of 4:05.76, and he also set a new best time of 3:40.14 in the 400 IM.
In the aftermath of Mijatovic’s record swim in the 1000 free, the question kept coming up: Which swim was more impressive, the 500 or the 1000?
Although the Texas commit became #1 all-time in the 1000, it’s not a Division I NCAA Championship event and is rarely contested by top collegiate swimmers tapered. Smith’s record had been on the books since 2015, while every other men’s NCAA Record, outside of Caeleb Dressel‘s 50 free and 100 fly marks, has been lowered at least once in the 2020s.
The 500 free, on the other hand, is an NCAA Championship event and has gotten incredibly faster over the last two years. As recently as February 2024, Mijatovic’s swim would have been the fastest time ever.
Leon Marchand took hold of the all-time record at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships in a time of 4:06.18, and then three weeks later, absolutely obliterated it at NCAAs in 4:02.31.
Current Texas junior Rex Maurer established a new American Record last season in a time of 4:04.45, but those are the only two swimmers who have been quicker than Mijatovic.
His 4:05.76 swim is also nearly three seconds faster than the current 17-18 NAG record, which stands at 4:08.42 from Luke Hobson in 2022.
All-Time Performers, Men’s 500 Freestyle (SCY)
Leon Marchand, 4:02.31 –2024 NCAA Championships Rex Maurer, 4:04.45 –2024 Texas Hall of Fame Invite Luka Mijatovic, 4:05.76 –2026 Roseville Sectionals Carson Foster, 4:05.81 –2024 Texas Hall of Fame Invite Kieran Smith, 4:06.32 – 2020 SEC ChampionshipsIn our most recent poll, we asked SwimSwam readers which swim was more impressive, and it was the 500 free coming out on top with 59.4% of votes.
The 1000 free earned 40% of votes, and we also threw in his 3:40.14 400 IM, which maintains his place as #2 all-time in the 15-16 age group behind Maximus Williamson (3:39.83), and that picked up a few votes as well.
Given the competitiveness of the 500 free relative to the 1000, the poll results make sense. Mijatovic himself said he was shooting for a sub-8:30 swim in the 1000, and we don’t really know what the best of the best are capable of in the 1000 because we just haven’t seen it. Bobby Finke, for example, was 8:34.63 to the feet at the 1000 mark of his record-breaking 1650 free performance in 2020, presumably meaning he could’ve gone sub-8:30 six years ago.
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