Matt Grevers Leads USA To 2 American Records in Men’s 400 Medley Relay

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Team USA’s Matt Grevers, Kevin Cordes, Tom Shields and Nathan Adrian put up an American record in the men’s 400-meter medley relay to finish a relay sweep for Team USA at the 2015 Duel in the Pool.

Grevers led the squad with an American record time of 49.25 in the 100 back. That swim broke the American record of 49.64 set by Peter Marshall back in 2008, and lowered Grevers’ U.S. Open record of 49.85 from 2011.

That’s not the fastest legal time by an American. Thoman put up an unratified 48.94 as a relay leadoff in 2009. USA Swimming decided that American records set in techsuits after Oct. 1, 2009 – when USA Swimming implemented the techsuit ban domestically – would not be ratified. This is the case even for times swum legally in international events where ban was not in effect yet.

Overall, the team posted a time of 3:20.91 to break the American record of 3:20.99 set by Nick Thoman, Mike Alexandrov, Ryan Lochte and Garrett Weber-Gale back in 2010. They also downed the U.S. Open mark of 3:23.55 set by Thoman, Brendan Hansen, Tyler McGill and Grevers back in 2011 in Atlanta.

That’s not the fastest legal time by an American team either. Thoman, Mark Gangloff, Michael Phelps and Adrian clocked a 3:20.71 back in 2009 as well, and the time is unratified for the same reasons as above.

The European All-Star team of Arkady Vyatchanin, Daniel Gyurta, Laszlo Cseh and Vlad Morozov wound up taking second in 3:21.87.

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Running Team Score: USA 74, Euro 48

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 100 free
Men’s 100 free
Women’s 200 back
Men’s 200 back
Women’s 200 breast
Men’s 200 breast
Women’s 100 fly
Men’s 100 fly
Women’s 400 free
Men’s 400 free
Women’s 400 medley relay
Men’s 400 medley relay

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Tami Hensley

8 years ago

Met him .. Awesome guy !!