Rising Star Last week at the world championship trials, 16-year-old Justin Lynch beat Michael Phelps record in the 100-meter butterfly. Lynch set the 15-16 U.S. national age-group record with a time of 52.75 seconds, beating Phelps 2001 age-group mark of 52.98. Lynch won the consolation final in the event that the most decorated Olympian of all time dominated for so long. In the first national championships without Phelps since 1998, his absence and perhaps comeback for the 2016 Games was a continual topic of conversation. How big is the void? Eugene Godsoe, whos 27 and has never made the Olympic team, won the 100 fly in 52.13, beating Ryan Lochte. Lynch, whos from Vallejo, Calif., and competes for the Terrapins Swim Team in Concord, Calif., got into swimming after his older sister, Kaitlyn, started taking lessons. Kaitlyn is now a standout swimmer for Pace University.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 07:03:17 +0000
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