North Allegheny Boys Take Down 200 Free and 400 Free Relay National HS Records

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Swimming at the 2018 Pennsylvania 3A High School Swimming and Diving State Championships the boys from North Allegheny High School took down two National High School records. The marks fell in the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relays.

In the 200 freestyle relay the team of Jack Wright, Joel Songer, Rick Mihm, and Mason Gonzalez touched in 1:19.60, three seconds ahead of their competition.

That time breaks their own National Public School record, a mark of 1:20.46, set in December, but comes up shy of Bolles’ National Private School record of 1:19.27.

Event 9  Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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 NFHS Record: N 1:19.27        2012 JACKSONVILLE BOLES - FL                    
 PIAA Record: S 1:20.95        2017 NORTH ALLEGHENY, North Allegheny           
                         Wright, Mihm, Gonzalez, Krigger                   
NF Hon. Roll:   1:24.00                                                        
    School                                            Prelims     Finals Points 
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A - Final
  1 NORTH ALLEGHENY-07                                1:24.93    1:19.60S  40  
     1) WRIGHT, JACK 11                 2) SONGER, JOEL 11                
     3) MIHM, RICK 10                   4) GONZALEZ, MASON 12             
                  20.24       40.64 (20.40)     1:00.21 (19.57)     1:19.60 (19.39)

In the 400 freestyle relay it was Gonzalez, Andrew Zhang, Wright, and Mihm, touching in 2:52.81.

A testament to North Allegheny’s depth, they were able to substitute Songer for Zhang on the longer relay, and still set a National mark.

Splits (Currently available on Meet Mobile: 2018 PIAA Boys 3A Swimming &Diving Champ):

Gonzalez 43.27
Zhang 44.24
Wright 43.22
Mihm 43.08

Their time is faster than the National Public School and the National Private School marks, good for a new overall National Standard. The Private School mark stands at 2:54.43, set by Bolles in 2012. Granada High School’s 2014 squad previously held the public school mark with a 2:59.00.

Previous Public School splits: