California incoming freshman, Tom Shields, broke the national high school record in the men's 200-yard freestyle yesterday (May 13) at the CIF Division I prelims in Walnut, Calif. Shields, a 6-3, 190-pounder from Huntington Beach (Edison High School) clocked a time of 1:33.83, smashing the public school record of 1:35.55 set by Eric Diehl in 1991. Shields' swim also topped the overall record of 1:34.96 set by Joe Hudepohl of St. Xavier High School in Ohio in 1991.
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