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Cincinnati Marlins Maul, Obliterate, and Demolish National Age Group Record in 800y Free Relay

The 13-14 boys of the Cincinnati Marlins swim team, swimming at the Ohio Short Course Junior Olympic meet on Friday, did a number on a National Age Group Record.

I’m not sure there exists within swimming an adjective that is superlative enough to describe how badly the group beat the record.

Those boys swam a 6:55.96, which broke the old National Age Group Record of 7:03.50, by over seven-and-a-half seconds.

The team of Christian ImbusNicholas PereraJustin Grender, and Joshua McDonald combined for the record-breaking swim, which also took down the old Ohio record by by over 13 seconds.

The splits:

  • Imbus – 1:45.02
  • Perera – 1:43.56
  • Grender – 1:45,53
  • McDonald – 1:41.85

That’s a very, very impressive set of splits for 14-year olds. The runners-up from the Dayton Raiders swam a 7:01.80 – which itself broke the National Age Group Record by over a second, and they weren’t even in the frame when the Marlins finished.

The old record was set last year by a Nova of Virginia team that was made up of David Dixon, Campbell Nystrom, Matthew Whelan, and Jacob Johnson.

 

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10 years ago

Thanks everyone ! This couldn’t have been done without are little 13 year old 😉 Justin grender for stepping up to the plate with a crazy fast split as well Nick and Christian . Great job guys ! See you back in the nati

BuckeyeNation
10 years ago

Grant house let the Marlins to swim with his uncle at countryside Y. Great addition to countryside and I’m sure he’ll do great things there. But one swimmer does not a team make. I think these boys just proved it. Go Marlins! Go team!

10 years ago

Wait….you always see the flash of lightening before the thunder…didn’t the age group girls Marlin A team bust up some vinyl too?

10 years ago

I bet they all did more than USRPT too.

ohioswimfan
10 years ago

You’re correct about Marlins coming back on the boys side big time, but Grant House left them last fall and is now at Countryside YMCA, a big loss for their program a great addition to the YMCA ranks has a chance to be as good as Staab and Hudepohl!

SwimHistorian
10 years ago

Amazing relay swim, but there’s an error with those splits, they add up to a 6:52+.

bobo gigi
Reply to  SwimHistorian
10 years ago

You’re right.
The third swimmer has swum 1.45.53.
Live results here
http://results.teamunify.com/ohossc/

Marlinswimr
Reply to  SwimHistorian
10 years ago

Justin Grender actually went 1:45.53, but he is only 13.

bobo gigi
10 years ago

I can use a recently learned American expression about that article. 🙂
There’s something in the water at Cincinnati Marlins!

They have a young butterfly phenom with Carson Foster.
They have a great 15-year-old 200 freestyle talent with Grant House.
And now they break a relay NAG record.

Bigbg
Reply to  bobo gigi
10 years ago

Grant house left marlins

liquidassets
10 years ago

Shocking! And congrats to the runners-up Dayton for breaking the record as well. Things are looking up for the USA 4×200 at Tokyo 2020 and (maybe) Los Angeles/Long Beach 2024!!

bobo gigi
Reply to  liquidassets
10 years ago

Paris 2024! 😉

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