{"id":530623,"date":"2023-06-28T14:43:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T21:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=530623"},"modified":"2023-06-28T14:43:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T21:43:29","slug":"u-s-nationals-jonny-kulow-maximus-williamson-luka-mijatovic-set-nag-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/u-s-nationals-jonny-kulow-maximus-williamson-luka-mijatovic-set-nag-records\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Nationals: Jonny Kulow, Maximus Williamson, Luka Mijatovic Set NAG Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Nationals: Jonny Kulow, Maximus Williamson, Luka Mijatovic Set NAG Records<\/strong><\/p>\n

The breakout teenage star of U.S. Nationals thus far has been\u00a0Thomas Heilman<\/strong>, who knocked two seconds off his best time in the 200 butterfly to break\u00a0Michael Phelps’<\/strong> 15-16 National Age Group record and qualify for Worlds, and in addition, three other 18-and-under standouts have knocked off some quick freestyle records.<\/p>\n

In the men’s 100 freestyle B-final,\u00a0Jonny Kulow<\/strong> lowered the 17-18 National Age Group record by two tenths while finishing second to Brooks Curry<\/strong>. He swam a time of 48.47 to beat Jack Alexy’s<\/strong> previous record of 48.69 from the 2021 Olympic Trials. In the next heat, Alexy won the event after swimming a big best time in prelims, and Kulow could certainly join the mix of 400 free relay contenders in future years after a strong freshman year at Arizona State University. Kulow will race in his first Nationals A-final in the 50 butterfly Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In the 200 free prelims Wednesday,\u00a0Maximus Williamson\u00a0<\/strong>finished 14th in 1:47.62. That beat the 15-16 NAG record of 1:47.73 set by\u00a0Luca Urlando<\/strong> four years ago. Williamson will aim to swim even faster when he competes in Wednesday’s B-final. Williamson also raced in the 200 backstroke heats Wednesday but did not advance.<\/p>\n

Also breaking a 200 free record was\u00a0Luka Mijatovic<\/strong>, who went 1:50.60 in a 200 free time trial following the Wednesday morning session. He beat the NAG record of 1:51.27 established by Heilman two years ago.<\/p>\n