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SwimAtlanta’s 400 Mixed Medley Relay Breaks 17-18 NAG Record with 3:28.70

Braden Keith
by Braden Keith 2

March 12th, 2023 Club, News

SwimAtlanta Best of the South

  • March 10-13, 2023
  • SCY
  • Atlanta, GA

SwimAtlanta’s 17-18 400 mixed medley relay broke the national age group (NAG) record Sunday night. The relay of Ben Irwin, Katie Christopherson, Nicholas Kjaerulff, and Natalie Gilson swam to a final time of 3:28.70.

Split Comparison:

New Time (SwimAtlanta)
Old Time (Rose Bowl)
Ben Irwin– 47.52
Tommy Park – 49.88
Katie Christopherson– 1:00.89
Chris O’Grady – 54.35
Nicholas Kjaerulff- 49.56
Natalie Gilson– 50.73 Emily Xu – 50.96
3:28.70 3:30.15

The biggest comparable difference here was that Ben Irwin led off over two seconds faster than Tommy Park did two years ago. Notably, the two relays had different genders swim different legs of the relay. SwimAtlanta opted for the M-F-M-F order whereas Rose Bowl swam a M-M-F-F order.

All four members of SwimAtlanta’s relay have already committed to college. Irwin is headed to Navy, Christopherson to Virginia, Kjaerulff to Alabama, and Gilson to Miami-OH.

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Swimmax90
1 year ago

Congrats! Also it’s Gilson and not Gibson!

Gummy Shark
1 year ago

These kids look like high schoolers that Netflix would cast!

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Braden Keith

Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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