62nd Annual Christmas Meet
- December 11 – 15, 2024
- College of Pittsburgh Bushes Pool
- SCY (25y) Pool
- Outcomes on Meet Cell
On the 62nd Annual Christmas Meet in Pittsburgh, PA, swimmers from the Mount Nice Aqua Membership (MPAC) set a brand new 18 & underneath 400 combined medley relay document. Within the ultimate of the occasion, MPAC’s Kiersten O’Connor (backstroke), Joseph Gardner (breaststroke), David Mutter (butterfly), and Lily King (freestyle) swam a time of three:25.86, ending first, however narrowly lacking the Nationwide Age Group (NAG) document by simply 0.02 seconds.
In a time trial later, the identical MPAC quartet clocked a good quicker time of three:25.59, breaking the earlier 15-18 combined 400 medley relay document. The previous document, 3:25.84, was set by Phoebe Bacon, Georgia Johnson, Landon Gentry, and Hint Wall in 2019. The MPAC relay additionally broke SwimAtlanta’s 17-18 combined medley NAG document. SwimAtlanta’s staff of Ben Irwin, Katie Christopherson, Nicholas Kjaerulff, and Natalie Gilson had set the document in 2023 with a time of three:28.70. Notably, every record-breaking relay used a unique order: MPAC (F-M-M-F), NCAP 2019 (F-F-M-M), and SwimAtlanta (M-F-M-F).
Break up Comparisons
| NCAP 15-18 Blended 400 Medley Relay | SwimAtlanta 17-18 Blended Medley Relay | MPAC 15-18 Blended 400 Medley Relay (Time Trial) | |
| Again | Bacon – 50.94 | Irwin – 47.52 | O’Connor – 56.05 |
| Breast | Johnson – 1:02.61 | Christopherson – 1:00.89 | Gardner – 54.26 |
| Fly | Gentry – 48.09 | Kjaerulff – 49.56 | Mutter – 47.73 |
| Free | Wall – 44.20 | Gilson – 50.73 | King – 47.55 |
| 3:25.84 | 3:25.70 | 3:25.59 |
Along with their NAG record-breaking relay efficiency, the MPAC quartet additionally had spectacular particular person swims all through the meet. Lily King, a 17-year-old NC State commit, dominated a number of occasions, profitable the 200 IM (2:02.08), 200 free (1:47.87), 100 again (55.52), 50 free (22.53), and 100 free (48.55).
Equally, 17-year-old UConn commit Kiersten O’Connor had a robust displaying, incomes 2nd place in each the 100 backstroke (56.58) and 50 freestyle (23.86). Joseph Gardner, an 18-year-old College of Pittsburgh commit, claimed victory within the 200 IM with a time of 1:51.74 and completed 2nd within the 200 breaststroke (2:00.62). David Mutter, a 17-year-old College of Alabama commit, had an distinctive meet as nicely, profitable the 200 freestyle with a lifetime better of 1:41.15 and the 100 freestyle (46.59). He additionally positioned 2nd within the 50 freestyle (21.17) and the 100 butterfly (48.08).
