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.
Congrats! Also it’s Gilson and not Gibson!
These kids look like high schoolers that Netflix would cast!