Elliot Leasure Re-Breaks His Personal 13-14 NAG Record in 100 Again With 55.26 in Finals

2026 Minnesota 11-14 Long Course State Championships

• July 30-August 2, 2026
• Rochester Rec Center, Rochester, Minnesota
• Long Course Meters (50 meters)
• Meet Central
• Results on Meet Mobile: “2026 MN RSC LC 11-14 State Championship”

14-year-old Elliot Leasure has re-broken his personal National Age Group Record within the 100 meter backstroke on Friday night on the Minnesota LSC State Championship meet for 11-14 yr olds.

He swam 55.26, which broke his personal report of 55.86 carried out about six weeks in the past. He was already the youngest swimmer to ever break 56 seconds within the occasion, and he has now carried out it once more. Prior to this summer time, the report was a 56.36 carried out by Thomas McMillan in 2024.

National Age Group Record Progression, 13-14 100 LCM Backstroke

	Elliot Leasure	Elliot Leasure
	New 13-14 NAG Record	Old 13-14 NAG Record	#2 in 13-14 History (2024)
50m	26.87	27.12	27.29
100m	28.39	28.74	29.07
Total Time	55.26	55.86	56.36

Leasure additionally holds the 50 again National Age Group Record for 13-14s, however that swim isn’t on the schedule this weekend.

Other outcomes for Leasure at this meet to date:

• 800 free relay – 1:57.15 leadoff leg (crew gained in 8:28.51)
• 400 IM – 4:42.03 (1st place)
• 400 free relay – 56.90 anchor (crew gained in 3:52.09)
• 100 fly – 57.17 (quickest seed in prelims, scratched finals)

Events remaining embody the 400 free and 200 again.

The meet is being held in Leasure’s residence pool the place he trains with the Rochester Swim Club. Leasure will nonetheless be 14 when he races at subsequent week’s Junior National Championships in Irvine.

Courtesy: John Bradley