The boys of SwimMAC took down the 400 medley relay 11-12 National Age Group record today at Tar Heel States with a 3:48.61. They destroyed the old record, set in 2014 by King Aquatic Club in Washington, by a over a full second. King has broken a bunch of 11-12 and 13-14 records in recent years, in part due to the speed from individual NAG record holder Ethan Dang. Now in the 13-14 age group, Dang still holds 11-12 NAG records for the 50, 100, and 200 breaststrokes, as well as in the 200 medley relay. Dang and King also own the 200 and 400 medley 13-14 NAG records, both of which were set just last week.
The quartet for SwimMAC was Nathan Adams, Stephen Kim, Baylor Nelson, and Brayden Brewer to combine for a 3:48.61.
A look at split comparisons:
| King, 2014 (3:49.62) | SwimMAC, 2016 (3:48.61) |
| Lu 59.93 | Adams 58.56 |
| Flores 1:00.27 | Kim 1:01.69 |
| Nguyen 1:00.45 | Nelson 56.86 |
| Dang 48.97 | Brewer 51.50 |
Dang clearly had a huge advantage on the anchor leg for King, and despite him being their best breaststroker, Flores still put out a very respectable 1:00.27. Still, Adams got SwimMAC out to a better start, and the big swim for them came from Nelson’s fly split.
The record before King was a 3:50.33 set earlier in 2013 by NCAP.
Sorry, but I have to chuckle at referring to a 12 year old boy splitting 1:00.2 on the breaststroke leg as “respectable”…amazing performances all around by MAC.
MAC coach Russ Kasl has the 11/12 group smoking fast with girls 1st 3rd and boys 2nd 3rd high point at Sectionals last weekend in Atlanta. GO MAC NATION!
both relays have incredible splits. amazing for that age group. they must be well coached and train hard.