Carmel Breaks Summer Jr Meet Record With 1:42.32 4×50 Free Relay; Shackell Splits 24.42

2023 SUMMER JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• July 31 – August 4, 2023
• Prelims 9AM, finals 5PM (Pacific Time)
• LCM (50 meters)
• William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, Irvine, California, United States
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GIRLS’ 200 METER FREESTYLE RELAY – TIMED FINALS

• Meet: 1:42.87 – Elmbrook Swim Club (2022)
• Girls’ 15-16 NAG: 1:44.53 – Scottsdale Aquatic Club (2013)
• Girls’ 17-18 NAG: 1:44.34 – Elevation Athletics (2022)
• Girls’ 15-18 NAG: 1:42.29 – Carmel Swim Club (2014)

Podium:

1. Carmel Swim Club, 1:42.32
2. Nitro Swimming, 1:43.55
3. Bolles School, 1:43.73
4. Bellevue Club, 1:44.15
5. Crow Canyon Sharks, 1:44.41
6. Fisher Area, 1:44.77
7. Palo Alto Stanford, 1:45.12
8. Aquajets Swim Team, 1:45.46

The Carmel Swim Club girls 4×50 freestyle relay broke the Summer Juniors meet record swimming a 1:42.32 Wednesday night. That broke the old record of a 1:42.87 which Elmbrook Swim Club set last summer.

Split Comparison:

The biggest difference tonight was the 24.42 split by Alex Shackell. This was Shackell’s first event in Irvine after swimming on the US Women’s 4×200 freestyle relay in both prelims and finals at the 2023 World Championships. Shackell helped the relay to a silver medal.

Shackell was entered in three individual events in Irvine, but declared a false start (DFS) the 100 fly this morning.

Notably, Carmel was not the first to touch the wall tonight as Mission Viejo out-touched them by 0.03 seconds, but Mission Viejo was ultimately disqualified.

Carmel’s relay tonight was also just off of the 15-18 girls National Age Group (NAG) record. That record stands at a 1:42.29 which Carmel set back in 2014.