ATLANTA, Georgia, February 15. WILL Freeman, a junior at Greater Atlanta Christian, shot down the national independent high school record in the 500-yard freestyle at the Georgia State 1-4A Championships yesterday.
Freeman checked in with a swift time of 4:19.32. That performance wiped out the 4:19.54 set by Fran Crippen of Germantown Academy back in 2002. The oldest high school record on the books still stands as the overall standard as Jeff Kostoff of Upland High in Calif., charted a 4:16.39 in the 500-yard free on May 14, 1983.
Event 15 Boys 500 Yard Freestyle
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State Record: # 4:19.32 2/14/2009 Will Freeman, GACS-GA
Pool Record: & 4:19.32 2/14/2009 Will Freeman, GACS-GA
Westminster: 4:33.63 2/14/2006 Jack Brown
4:36.08 AA-A
4:39.82 AA-C
5:20.00 SQT
Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points
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A – Final
1 Will Freeman 11 Gacs-Ga 4:32.14 4:19.32#AA-A 20
23.84 49.30 (25.46) 1:15.02 (25.72) 1:41.32 (26.30)
2:07.26 (25.94) 2:33.74 (26.48) 3:00.21 (26.47) 3:27.01 (26.80)
3:53.44 (26.43) 4:19.32 (25.88)