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Long-Standing NAG Record of Backstroke Great Aaron Peirsol Under Fire at Junior Pan Pacs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some records are of the ahead-of-their-time variety, so impressive that they prompt a bit of head shaking. Such is the nature of the 200-meter backstroke standard set by multi-time Olympic champion Aaron Peirsol<\/strong>. As a 16-year-old in the front half of 2000, Peirsol moved through the 200 back in 1:57.03, an effort that remains the National Age Group marker for the 15-16 classification.<\/p>\n

After two decades, that record might be living its final days.<\/p>\n

On the opening night of the Junior Pan Pacific Championships in Hawaii, 16-year-old Daniel Diehl<\/strong> broke his own record in the 100 backstroke, going 53.27<\/a>. Diehl is scheduled to contest several more events for Team USA, with the 200 backstroke slated for Friday. That event will offer Diehl the chance to take down Peirsol\u2019s long-standing standard.<\/p>\n

Diehl has been within sniffing distance of the record, as he clocked 1:57.62 earlier this summer at the YMCA National Championships. Given the form Diehl exhibited in the 100 backstroke, slicing a little more than a half-second off his personal best seems possible. Of course, that type of drop would put Diehl right on Peirsol\u2019s record, and within reach of a sub-1:57 performance.<\/p>\n

With Peirsol\u2019s 22-year-old NAG record being targeted, it provides an opportunity to review the stellar career of the California native and longtime lynchpin for Team USA in international waters. Peirsol is a seven-time Olympic medalist who also collected 12 medals during his career at the World Championships. A 2016 inductee into the International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/a>, Peirsol set 13 world records between the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke, with his 200 back mark of 1:51.92 still standing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"