New Record in the Men's 1000 yard free: 8:42.64

Robert Margalis is his name and he swam a 1000 free in 8:42.64 setting a new national record breaking a six year old record by 2 seconds.

His splits are insane. He went out in a 23.96 and then held 25's thereafter. Here is a link to the USA Swimming news article: [Link]