Bolles Boys Simply Miss Nationwide Excessive College File in 200 Medley Relay
The staff from Bolles College threatening the nationwide highschool report within the boys’ 200 medley relay has change into an virtually annual custom. The impartial faculty and total report stands at 1:27.74, set by Baylor’s staff of Luke Kaliszak, Dustin Tynes, Sam McHugh and Christian Selby in 2014, however Bolles recorded occasions of 1:28.28 and 1:28.05 in 2021 and 2022.
After a slightly-down efficiency (albeit nonetheless in state-title-winning vogue) in 2023, Bolles as soon as once more made a run on the report Friday at Florida’s 1A Excessive College State Championships, solely to come back up simply quick. The staff of Luke Carrington, Eldad Zamir, Antoine Destang and Charles Zuhoski put up a time of 1:28.09, profitable the occasion by 2.69 seconds whereas arising simply over three tenths off the report.
This yr’s staff included not one of the identical swimmers who achieved the 1:28s earlier this decade. Regardless of these shut calls with the nationwide report, the Bolles staff report and Florida state report each date again to 2012, with a staff stuffed with future stars setting what was the nationwide report previous to Baylor’s achievement in 2014. Ryan Murphy, Joseph Education, Josh Sales space and Santo Condorelli mixed for a time of 1:28.02 in that meet, 4 years earlier than Murphy and Education grew to become particular person Olympic champions and Condorelli additionally raced within the Rio Video games.
Bolles does personal nationwide information in each freestyle relays, however this yr’s groups didn’t threaten these marks, with the 200 free relay profitable in 1:21.25 whereas the 400 free relay clocked 2:56.44. In the meantime, all of the swimmers on the medley relay gained extra titles: Carrington topped the 200 IM (1:47.16) and 100 backstroke (48.51) whereas participating within the 400 free relay win whereas Zamir gained the 100 breaststroke (54.69). Destang gained the 100 butterfly (47.63) whereas swimming on each free relays, joined by Zuhoski on the 200 free relay.
The Bolles groups every gained state titles in dominant vogue to increase lengthy profitable streaks, with the boys profitable No. 37 in a row whereas the ladies gained their thirty fourth straight. The Bolles ladies additionally gained all three relays, with Allison Kelly (200 free), Lila Higgo (100 again) and Victoria Edgar (100 breast) profitable individually
