Redlands Swim Team Sets a Few More U.S. National Age Group Records; Joey Hale Switches Commitment from Arizona State to Auburn

IRVINE, California, June 23. AT the Irvine Nova June Age Group Invitational held in Calif., this weekend, the Redlands Swim Team downed several U.S. National Age Group relay records.

First, in the 200-meter free relay, the foursome of Joey Hale (23.58), Tyler Harp (23.27), Mike Perry (24.61) and Karl Krug (23.08) hit the wall in 1:34.54. The four 18 year olds broke the previous 17-18 NAG record of 1:35.66 set by New Albany Swim back in 2003. Incidentally, the time also broke the 15-18 NAG record of 1:36.04 set by Longhorn in 2006.

The same foursome of Hale (52.09), Harp (52.40), Perry (53.42) and Krug (50.95) also clocked a time of 3:28.86 in the 400 free relay. That performance broke the 15-18 NAG record of 3:29.68 set by Longhorn in 2007.

In other news from the meet, Hale has decided to commit to attend Auburn University with teammate Krug after decommiting from Arizona State due to its present status as a cut sport. Hale is a four-star recruit in the Swimming World College Recruit Rankings.

While Hale's departure isn't the best news for the Sun Devils, late last week they had positive responses from the athletics department as hard targets have finally been set as the team hopes to get reinstated.

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