Will Xu Breaks a Canadian Age File That Has Stood For Nearly 42 Years

2026 Hyack May Long Course Closed Invitational

• May 15-17, 2026
• City Centre Aquatic Complex, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
• Long Course Meters (50 meters)
• Results on Meet Mobile: “2026 HYACK MAY MEET CLOSED INVITATIONAL”

Canada has some actually outdated data on its 11-12 nationwide age group document books, and one of many oldest fell on Friday in British Columbia.

12-year-old Will Xu from the Wayland Swim Club, pending ratification, has cleared the outdated mark within the 800 meter freestyle.

His record-breaking swim was completed as a break up en path to a 1500 free time. His first 800 meters of swim was clocked at 9:02.94, which breaks the outdated document of 9:04.82. That time was set by Nicholas Richards on August 4, 1984, virtually 42 years in the past.

Xu’s earlier private greatest on this race was a 9:10.81 that he did in a non-split time trial swim earlier this month. No splits have been printed for that race.

Xu might have been going explicitly for the break up on this race. The meet schedule doesn’t embrace an 800 free, and his last time within the full 1500, whereas quick sufficient to win the race, was about 24 seconds slower than his private greatest.

Richards nonetheless holds the 1500 document at 17:05.50 from the identical meet as his outdated 800 document.

Triple Olympic gold medalist Summer McIntosh stays the quickest Canadian ever on this age group no matter gender, having clocked an 8:51.71 in 2019.

This weekend, with someday of racing to go, Xu has additionally gained the 200 IM (2:22.68), 50 again (32.52), 100 again (1:07.33), 100 free (1:00.31), and 50 fly (29.85).