AUSTIN, Texas -- Michael Phelps became the youngest American male
swimmer to set a world record, winning the 200-meter butterfly
Friday in the USA Swimming Championships in 1 minute, 54.92 seconds.
|  | | Michael Phelps, all of 15 years old, knows a world record when he sees one.
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Phelps, a 15-year-old sophomore at North Towson High School in
Baltimore, broke the record of 1:55.18 set by Olympic gold medalist
Tom Malchow in June in Charlotte, N.C.
"My goal coming into this meet was to break the world record,"
said Phelps, fifth in the Sydney Olympics. "My goal now is to keep
getting faster and faster. I think I can cut a second by the world
championships."
Phelps and Malchow, second Friday, will represent the United
States in the FINA World Championships this summer in Japan.
"I knew something was going to happen off the third wall,"
Phelps said. "I was surprised how close I was to Malchow, and that
helped me come home."
Ed Moses and Kaitlin Sandeno won their second titles in the
championships. Moses won the men's 200 breaststroke in 2:10.40, and
Sandeno took the women's 200 butterfly in 2:10.95.
In other events, Maggie Bowen won the women's 200 individual
medley in 2:14.19, Lindsay Benko took the women's 200 freestyle in
1:59.81, and Anthony Ervin won the men's 100 freestyle in 48.98.
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