Upper Dublin Aquatic Club Sets Junior National Record in 400 Medley Relay
The Upper Dublin Aquatic Club finished off a successful 2015 Summer Junior National meet by breaking the meet record in the 400 medley relay. The team of Alessandro Boratto, Wyatt Amdor, Michael Thomas and Michael Jensen broke the previous record set by Palo Alto last year, with their swim of 3:44.83.
UDAC Splits: 57.14, 1:04.52, 53.78, 49.39
PASA Splits: 58.01, 1:03.63, 53.61, 50.61
Boratto and Jensen’s splits set UDAC apart from PASA, clearing the record (3:45.86) by a full second. King Aquatic Club’s team of Thomas Anderson, Mitch Hovis, Mathias Oh and Koppi Kolyvek were .4 seconds off the old record themselves, and were the leaders at the 300 mark. But Jensen was the only swimmer to split under 50 seconds, securing his team’s victory. Bolles School came in third with a time of 3:46.31, just behind King Aquatics. Jeremy Babinet had the fastest breaststroke split of the evening, swimming a 1:03.00 helping Palo Alto to a fourth place finish.