NCS swim championships: Foothill sophomore Luka Mijatovic smashes section record

CONCORD — Foothill swimmer Luka Mijatovic made it look easy. 

The sophomore took first place in the 500-yard freestyle in record-breaking fashion at the North Coast Section Championships on Saturday in Concord. He touched the wall in 4:14.17, breaking the NCS 500 freestyle record previously held by former Northgate swimmer Alexei Sancov, who finished in 4:17.17 in 2018. 

Mijatovic finished 11 seconds faster than second-pace finisher Ethan Wang and nearly broke the national high school...