By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
2025 Copa España Internacional
- September 5-7, 2025
- Santiago, Chile
- Short Course Meters (25 meters)
- Results on Meet Mobile: “75 Copa Espana Internacional De Natacion” (or search “Santiago”)
World Junior Championship silver medalist Agostina Hein is having herself a month, including a new Argentina National Record on Friday in Santiago, Chile.
This is just the latest conquest for the 16-year-old Hein. In Otopeni, Romania in August, she won the 400 IM in 4:34.34, a huge personal best time and breaking the former Argentine and South American Records that had stood since 2004 when legendary swimmer Georgina Bardach set them.
Then she was the star of the Junior Pan Am Championships, winning 8 medals (including 3 individual golds).
She was honored for that run by the River Plate soccer club, her favorite team, earlier this week.
But she wasn’t done, as on Friday she began her assault on the short course record book. Racing at the 75th edition of the Copa España Internacional, one of the world’s oldest swim meets, she won the 100 fly in 59.24. She swam 58.90 in prelims, which stands as the new record.
That swim broke the old record of 1:00.09 set by Macarena Ceballos in 2022 in Buenos Aires. Hein, while known for her endurance, was out very fast in her 100 fly in prelims. She took the front half with more control in finals, but it resulted in a small add to her time.
Splits Comparison:
| Agostina Hein | ||
| New Record |
Old Record (2022)
|
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| 50m | 27.58 | 28.10 |
| 100m | 31.32 | 31.99 |
| Total Time | 58.9 | 1:00.09 |
Hein also won the 400 free on Friday in 4:04.34, which is .17 seconds shy of her own National Record set last summer.
Hein now owns eight Argentinian Records, seven of which are in individual events. In short course, that includes the aforementioned 400 free and the 200 free; she also owns the National Record in the 100 fly in 59.36.
She picked up a third win on Friday by swimming a leg of the mixed 200 free relay.
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