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That trims three tenths off his record, set at Junior P<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/junior-pan-pacific-champs-luka-mijatovic-blasts-22-year-old-nag-record-in-400-freestyle-u-s-delivers-big-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an Pacs in 2024<\/a>, at 3:49.24. The record had been stuck in amber <strong>Larsen Jensen<\/strong> went 3:50.68 in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Mijatovic had earned his place in the A final by going 3:50.22 in prelims. He was more than a second quicker at night, finishing fourth overall.<\/p>\n<p>Mijatovic owns the 500 free and 1,000 free records in short-course yards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/times\/popular-resources\/national-age-group-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for 15-16<\/a>. In the 13-14 age group, he set SCY records in the 500 free, 1,000 free, 1,650 free and 400 individual medley.<\/p>\n<p>The native of California swimming for Pleasanton Seahawks dominated the 13-14 LCM age-group records in 2023 and 2024, setting every freestyle record from 200 to 1,500 meters, plus the 400 IM.<\/p>\n<p>Australian world champion <strong>Sam Short<\/strong> won the event Thursday, ahead of American Olympian <strong>Carson Foster<\/strong> and Brazilian veteran <strong>Guilherme Costa,<\/strong> but Mijatovic got the chance to those older guys. 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