MISSION VIEJO, California, August 3. A foursome from the Mission Viejo Nadadores broke the U.S. national age group record in the boys' 13-14 800 long course meters freestyle relay at the 2010 California Junior Olympic Summer Championships, held in their home pool.
Matthew Chalcarz, Patrick Early, Connor Dobbs and Janardan Burns posted a sizzling fast 8:04.91 in the event today, breaking the old record of 8:06.82 held by Conor Sweeney, David Cox, Matthew Ellis and Eric Dirvin of Longhorn Aquatics since 2007.
Here are the splits for each swimmer:
Chalcarz: 2:02.27
Early: 2:00.74
Dobbs: 2:04.15
Burns: 1:57.75
Event 100 Boys 13-14 800 LC Meter Freestyle Relay
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1 MVN-CA A 8:04.91 JO
1) Chalcarz, Matthew 13 2) Early, Patrick 14
3) Dobbs, Connor 14 4) Burns, Janardan 14
26.73 57.39 1:29.36 2:02.27
2:29.81 2:59.93 3:31.38 4:03.01
4:31.13 5:02.66 5:35.11 6:07.16
6:34.79 7:04.62 7:35.27 8:04.91
Special thanks to Coach Tyler Fenwick for informing Swimming World of the record.