Mikayla Tan Hits 1:08.7 100 Breast To Crack 15-16 High 20 All-Time; Mijatovic Nears 1500 Free PB

2026 PACIFIC SWIMMING LCM SENIOR OPEN

• April 18-19, 2026
• Concord, California
• LCM (50 meters)
• Results (PDF)

Mikayla Tan continued to climb the ladies’ 15-16 age group rankings within the breaststroke occasions and Luka Mijatovic raced within the lengthy course pool for the primary time in 2026 on the Pacific Swimming LCM Senior Open earlier this month in Concord, Calif.

Tan, 16, set new private greatest occasions within the women’ 100 and 200 breaststroke, and she or he additionally collected victories within the 100 fly and 200 IM.

In the 100 breast, Tan broke 1:09 for the primary time in 1:08.74, enhancing on her earlier better of 1:09.18, set ultimately summer time’s World Juniors, to rank her 18th all-time within the women’ 15-16 age group. Her earlier PB ranked her twenty fifth.

All-Time U.S. Performers, Girls’ 15-16 100 Breaststroke (LCM)

1. Megan Jendrick (Unattached), 1:07.05 – 2000
2. Lydia Jacoby (Seward Tsunami Swim Club), 1:07.57 – 2020
3. Lucy Thomas (Elmbrook Swim Club), 1:07.63 – 2022
4. Zoe Bartel (Fort Collins Area Swim Team), 1:07.63 – 2017
5. Rachel Leidel (Longhorn Aquatics), 1:07.91 – 1997
6. Allie Raab (Nashville Aquatic Club), 1:07.92 – 2016
7. Emily Willham (Cardinal Community Swim Club), 1:07.99 – 2017
8. Ellie Andrews (Dublin Community Swim Team), 1:08.12 – 2019
9. Piper Enge (Bellevue Club Swim Team), 1:08.12 – 2022
10. Anita Nall (Unknown), 1:08.17 – 1992
11. Raya Mellott (Crow Canyon Sharks), 1:08.26 – 2023
12. Kasey Carlson (Terrapins Swim Team), 1:08.29 – 2008
13. Katie Christopherson (SwimAtlanta), 1:08.39 – 2022
14. Molly Sweeney (Carmel Swim Club), 1:08.60 – 2023
15. Zoie Hartman (Crow Canyon Country Club Sharks), 1:08.65 – 2017
16. Nikol Popov (Canyons Aquatic Club), 1:08.67 – 2015
17. Emma Weber (Univ of Denver Hilltoppers), 1:08.73 – 2019
18. Mikayla Tan (San Ramon Valley Aquatics), 1:08.74 – 2026
19. Addie Robillard (Mason Manta Rays), 1:08.79 – 2023
20. Kaitlyn Dobler (The Dolphins Portland Swimming), 1:08.90 – 2018

Tan, who represents San Ramon Valley Aquatics, put up a time of two:28.11 within the 200 breast, which chips two one-hundredths off her earlier greatest time of two:28.13, set ultimately summer time’s U.S. Speed Junior National Championships, to take care of her spot because the Seventeenth-fastest lady ever within the 15-16 age group.

Tan additionally gained the 200 IM in a season-best of two:17.28, simply over two seconds shy of her greatest time (2:15.20) to rank her 4th within the 15-16 age group this season. She additionally clocked 1:01.92 within the 100 fly, good for eighth within the age group this season, narrowly lacking her lifetime better of 1:01.86.

On the boys’ facet, top-ranked recruit and multi-time NAG report holder Luka Mijatovic was in motion, nearing his PB in one in all his greatest occasions, the 1500 free, whereas hitting a brand new lifetime greatest within the 200 breast.

In the 1500 free, Mijatovic logged a time of 15:17.02, the third-fastest swim of his profession and simply over a second shy of the 15:15.95 private greatest he set on the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, which ranks him #7 all-time within the 15-16 age group. His swim from earlier this month ranks him 1st within the 15-16 age group and 4th general within the nation thus far this season.

Racing the lengthy course 200 breast for the primary time in two years, Mijatovic took down his lifetime greatest of two:30.36 in 2:27.89 to rank twenty fifth within the 15-16 age group this season.

The Pleasanton Seahawks product additionally swam the 50 free (24.56), 100 again (1:00.54) and 100 fly (56.33). His private bests in these occasions stand at 23.98, 59.15 and 54.60, respectively.

This was his first lengthy course meet of the 2026 calendar yr, however not his first of the season, having competed on the U.S. Open in December (the place he didn’t swim any of the identical occasions).

Ayden Tan, Mikayla Tan‘s youthful brother, had some noteworthy performances regardless of failing to register any private bests.

The 13-year-old clocked 59.87 within the 100 fly, simply shy of his 59.71 greatest time to rank 4th this season within the boys’ 13-14 age group, whereas he moved to fifth within the 100 again in 1:01.72, narrowly lacking his lifetime better of 1:01.31.

He additionally went 2:13.18 within the 200 IM, lower than four-tenths off his greatest time (2:12.80) to rank seventh this season within the 13-14 age group, and he additionally went 25.61 within the 50 free and 55.65 within the 100 free, along with his greatest occasions standing at 24.95 and 54.91, respectively.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

• Pleasanton Seahawks’ product Eli Kim, 13, had a standout exhibiting by going seven-for-seven in private greatest occasions, highlighted by his performances within the 400 free and 200 IM. He dropped greater than six seconds within the 400 free, clocking 4:17.18 to rank ninth this season within the 13-14 age group and 2nd amongst 13-year-olds, whereas within the 200 IM, he dropped three and a half seconds in 2:17.61, rating him thirteenth this season within the 13-14 age group and 4th amongst 13-year-olds.
• Santa Clara Swim Club’s Aya Gillis-Pade clocked 1:04.15 within the 100 again to rank her 2nd within the women’ 13-14 age group this season, whereas her 200 again time of two:18.92 ranks third. Her private bests stand at 1:03.47 and a couple of:15.63, respectively.
• Winning the ladies’ 100 again over Gillis-Pade was Daniela Linares-Danzos, the 15-year-old Pleasanton Seahawk who clocked 1:03.15 for the victory. Linares-Danzos set a private better of 1:00.97 on the Westmont Pro Swim in March, which ranks her 2nd within the women’ 15-16 age group this season.
• John Sita, a 26-year-old Orinda Aquatics member who beforehand raced for the University of California College Club Team, put up a notable greatest time of 29.02 within the 50 breast, which ranks him tied for thirty seventh amongst American males this season.