{"id":325740,"date":"2018-08-14T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T23:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=325740"},"modified":"2018-09-18T11:21:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T18:21:24","slug":"tritonwear-swimmer-of-the-month-michael-andrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tritonwear-swimmer-of-the-month-michael-andrew\/","title":{"rendered":"TritonWear Swimmer of the Month – Michael Andrew"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each month, Swimming World will partner with\u00a0TritonWear to bring you our Swimmer of the Month<\/a>.\u00a0 This month, we feature Michael Andrew<\/strong> (USA).<\/p>\n

Who is Michael Andrew?<\/h2>\n

Michael Andrew is a 19 year old professional American swimmer who competes in every stroke. He races in fly, back, breast and free events individually, as well as in IMs and medley relays.
\nMichael is trained by his father in his backyard with Ultra Short Race Pace Training (USRPT). Michael has been swimming at international swimming competitions since 2015. In 2015, he\u00a0was given the title of FINA Male Swimmer of the Meet at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships.\u00a0 Most importantly, Michael recently won the 50 Free at the Pan Pacific Championships<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Andrew’s Claim to Fame<\/h2>\n

Prior to the Pan Pacific Games, Michael performed exceptionally well at the recently concluded 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships, where he won 4 senior national titles, beating out 3 Olympic medalists for the 100m breaststroke gold. He also smashed \u200bchampionship records in the 50m butterfly and\u00a050m breaststroke at the same meet.<\/p>\n

Last year, he broke the world junior record in the 100m IM at the 2017 FINA World Cup. Some\u00a0of his other notable achievement in the past year include:<\/p>\n