2018 SWIM GSA 63RD ANNUAL EASTERN INVITATIONAL
- June 21-24, 2018
- Greensboro Aquatic Center
- Greensboro, North Carolina
- Results on Meet Mobile
Swimming at the 63rd Annual Eastern Invitational in Greensboro, the Mason Manta Ray quartet of Carson Foster (16), Jake Foster (17), Jacob McDonald (16) and Adam Chaney (16) took down a five-year-old National Age Group Record in boys’ 15-18 200 medley relay.
NATIONAL AGE GROUP RECORD!New 15-18 #NAG Record in the 200 Meter Medley Relay (1:43.02) 🇺🇸 @carson24foster 16 26.55@Jake_Foster96 17 28.63@JacobRMcDonald 16 25.30@ace10chaney 16 22.54#unshaved #nagrecord #allegedly pic.twitter.com/5oo3edydfj
— Mason Manta Rays (@RAYSswimming) June 23, 2018
Posting a time of 1:43.02, they took out the previous mark of 1:43.24, set in 2013 by the Cats Aquatic Club. Below, check out a comparison of splits between the Manta Rays and the Cats:
| Cats Aquatic Club, 2013 | Mason Manta Rays, 2018 |
| Alex Snarski – 27.06 | Carson Foster – 26.55 |
| Kyle Aerne – 29.04 | Jake Foster – 28.63 |
| Connor Black – 23.61 | Jacob McDonald – 25.30 |
| Bogdan Balteanu – 23.53 | Adam Chaney – 22.54 |
| 1:43.24 | 1:43.02 |
The Rays were notably quicker on three of the four legs, with Connor Black‘s scintillating 23.61 fly split the only falling in favour of the Cats.
Carson Foster‘s 26.55 backstroke lead-off was his second fastest swim ever, just off his PB of 26.48, and Jake’s breast split was a tenth faster than his all-time best (28.73) and Chaney’s free was over half a second better than his lifetime best of 23.10. McDonald’s 50 fly best is out-dated (30.74 from 2014), but his split of 25.30 was very strong, as he continues to improve having dropped his 100 fly personal best from 58.16 to 56.38 earlier in the meet.
For a full recap of day 3 of the meet, click here.
It says #unshaved. Don’t those boys look shaved? Maybe the Chlorine just burned all the hair off?
This photo does nothing to help when trying to figure out how tall Carson is (does anyone actually know?) They could all be 6’3 or 4’8 and I would have no clue
I am 5’9″ and I walked past him at Juniors He is not as tall as myself, at least in dec
In a year, it’ll be three 17 year olds and an 18 year old. The year after that, if they can find another breaststroker, the record will also be in jeopardy. That record could potentially get a lot faster. Wow.
Jacob McDonald has a younger brother who used to be quite the breaststroker when he was real young. Maybe he’ll return to form.
16 and split a 22.54 that is blazing
Ive said it before I’ll say it again. Without the legendary Gordo at the helm of the Mason relays, you really just don’t know what’s going to happen or how they will do but it’s nice to see the boys dedicate their race to him and swim fast in his honor. It’ll be interesting to see if they can pull of the 4-peat this summer without the crucial role player on relays and the 200 free B-final
Wow, that’s a young team to break the record! Congratulations!
“Allegedly”