Tom Shields Crushes National High School Record in 200 Free

WALNUT, California, May 13. TOM Shields, a Swimming World five-star prospect, crushed the national high school record in the men's 200-yard free today at the CIF Division I prelims.

Shields, who is headed to the University of California, clocked a remarkable 1:33.83 while representing Edison High.

Not only did that time smash the public school record of 1:35.55 set by Eric Diehl back in 1991 while representing Mission Viejo, the effort also beat the overall record of 1:34.96 set by Joe Hudepohl. Hudepohl clocked the time in 1991 while swimming for St. Xavier in Ohio.

Diehl's record was one of the oldest on the public high school books, leaving Jeff Kostoff's legendary 500-yard free time of 4:16.39 from 1983 as the longest-standing record.

"I was going for it but not by that much," Shields told OCVarsity.com. "I never thought I could go that fast this year."

Special thanks to OC Varsity's Dan Albano for contributing to this report. Check out his article.

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