Marlins of Raleigh Take Down Two 10 & Under National Age Group Records

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The Marlins of Raleigh broke two 10 & under National Age Group records over the last few days at the 2019 Poseidon Long Course Luau in Richmond, VA. The Marlins team broke the record in the 200-meter-free and 200-meter-medley relays in time trials on Saturday and Monday. Both swims were done in time trials.

The team of Shayna Elgart (30.29), Chloe Light (28.94), Lorelei Schmidt (32.26), and Devon Whitlock (29.33) put together a time 2:00.82 in the 200-meter-free relay that broke the 2014 record by two seconds.

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Here’s the full video of our 10U girls breaking the NAG record in the 200 free relay yesterday at the Poseidon Long Course Luau meet. Way to go, girls! <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHGBT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#WHGBT</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/LongPoolSZN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#LongPoolSZN</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/MORisBetter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#MORisBetter</a> <a href=”https://t.co/JRvKESNF3E”>pic.twitter.com/JRvKESNF3E</a></p>— Marlins of Raleigh (@MORswimming) <a href=”https://twitter.com/MORswimming/status/1140199447714025473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>June 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The Marlins followed that up with another record-breaking relay in the 200-meter-medley relay. Annabel Townsend (39.75) joined Chloe Light (37.61), Shayna Elgart (32.28), and Devon Whitlock (28.51) to put together a 2:18.15 that slipped under the 2016 record set by the TAC Titans and give the team their second NAG record of the meet.

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>New NATIONAL AGE GROUP RECORD, for the second time this weekend! Our 10U girls teamed up once again to take down the NAG record in the 200 medley! The team of Annabel Townsend, Chloe Light, Shayna Elgart, and Devon Whitlock swam a 2:18.15, breaking the old record of 2:18.71! <a href=”https://t.co/4EGKvv58nb”>pic.twitter.com/4EGKvv58nb</a></p>— Marlins of Raleigh (@MORswimming) <a href=”https://twitter.com/MORswimming/status/1140732491881492480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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You can see the full video of the record-breaking relay here:

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Here’s a full video of our NAG record-setting 200 medley relay, featuring Annabel Townsend, Chloe Light, Shayna Elgart, and Devon Whitlock. Way to go, girls! <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHGBT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#WHGBT</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/OTBM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#OTBM</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/MORisBetter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#MORisBetter</a> <a href=”https://t.co/iPWJgLTe6i”>pic.twitter.com/iPWJgLTe6i</a></p>— Marlins of Raleigh (@MORswimming) <a href=”https://twitter.com/MORswimming/status/1140803556414541825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>June 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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