16-Yr-Old Luka Mijatovic Blasts Fastest 1000 Freestyle in History in 8:32.83 ...Middle East

By Terin Frodyma on SwimSwam

2026 Speedo Sectionals – Roseville CA

It has become customary to see 16-year-old Luka Mijatovic defy the boundaries of age in the sport of swimming, and today was the epitome of that, as the Texas commit became the fastest ever 1000 freestyler in history, passing former Longhorn Charlie Clark‘s 8:33.93 from 2015, with his Roseville Sectionals time of 8:32.83, dropping nearly four whole seconds from his lifetime best that he set in December at the CA/NV December Sectionals of 8:36.71.

This latest feat comes in a lineage of time drops for the Pleasanton Seahawk phenom in this over the last several months of late; he initially broke the 8:40 barrier in November, which at the time demolished his previous National Age Group record of 8:42.45 from February. He then bested that in December with his now former best of 8:36.71.

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Mijatovic also joins a very exclusive list of high schoolers who have been faster than the NCAA record. The most recent name to this list was Regan Smith, who in 2019, as a 17-year-old, bested both Beata Nelson‘s 100 backstroke (49.67) and Kathleen Baker‘s 200 backstroke (1:47.30) NCAA records in 49.66 and 1:47.16, respectively. Both NCAA records would be broken two weeks after those times from Smith.

He does become only the 2nd male swimmer to ever accomplish this feat, as he joins Michael Phelps‘ 1:41.72 200 butterfly from 2003 (which was faster Mel Stewart‘s 1991 NCAA standard of 1:41.78) as the only male high school swimmers to be faster than the NCAA record in an event.

At this meet alone, he came within half a second of Maximus Williamson‘s 15-16 NAG in the 400 IM in 3:40.14, and set the 15-16 NAg in the 500 in 4:05.76, which also makes him the 3rd fastest performer in history.

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