Three Team Relay Records Fall At All-Stars

Three Gator records were broken Wednesday night at All-Star Relays -- including two within the first two MVP swims.

It was not a mixed bag for the Mixed Age relays.  The girls 200 free relay team of Sheridan Phalen (12), Emily Makin (10), Cassidy Bayer (14), and Sara Bertram (18) swam a scintillating 1:57.71.  It broke the old mark set in 2010 by Torie Bolger, Cassidy Bayer, Sara Bertram, and Christine Rholl of 1:57.91.  When the Gators swam it in 2010, it was the second-fastest mixed age girls swim ever in the NVSL.  The current mark is certainly one of the fastest swum in NVSL history.

The boys 200 free relay team were thus inspired and swam just a wee bit faster, clocking a 1:57.56.  The team of Nick Dupuis (12), James Piland (9), Cameron Morey (14), and Kevin Adams-Mardi (16) broke their own record of 1:59.75 set just one week ago by a solid 2.19 seconds.  The boys are holding their heads a bit higher, as the mixed age boys record is finally once again faster than the mixed age girls record.

So after the initial records fireworks, Gator fans had to wait till the very last Gator relay of the night to see one more broken record.  The foursome of Sara Bertram, Anna Fracasso, Jessica Metter, and Jessie Bricker clocked a 1:57.06.

That shaved 0.55 seconds off the record set last year at All-Stars by Maddy Bolger, Anna Fracasso, Torie Bolger, and Sara Bertram.

The "oldest" Gator girl relay records still on the books date from only 2006. In those eight seasons, the relay records have been rewritten many a time. For the boys, nine of the relay records have come in this century, while five date from the previous century.