{"id":58698,"date":"2014-07-08T06:37:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T13:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/?p=58698"},"modified":"2016-10-24T12:18:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T19:18:23","slug":"nisca-all-american-showcase-mercersburg-irvine-clock-historic-200-medley-relays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/nisca-all-american-showcase-mercersburg-irvine-clock-historic-200-medley-relays\/","title":{"rendered":"NISCA All-American Showcase: Mercersburg, Irvine Clock Historic 200 Medley Relays"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 8. AS part of our 11-day series highlighting the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association\u2019s release of the 2013-14 All-America lists, Swimming World<\/i> will also be looking at the history of each event that is part of the high school schedule. Today marks a look back at the 200-yard medley relays.<\/p>\n

Mercersburg Academy was well ahead of its time in 1992 in the boys 200-yard medley relay. Swimming at the 92nd Eastern Championships at LaSalle University in Philadelphia in late February, the foursome of seniors Zasha Robles, (22.98), Mike Kidd (25.54) and Brian Craft (22.29) and junior Greg Gipson (20.29) combined for a 1:31.10.The old independent school mark, which was the fastest high school time ever, was 1:31.88 by Peddie (N.J.) in 1990.<\/p>\n

Even though several teams would make a run at the record throughout the years, including back-to-back 1:31s from The Woodlands (1:31.25, 1999) and Saint Xavier (1:31.22, 2000), it wasn’t until 2010 when The Bolles School finale swam pasts the mark with a 1:29.79. The time has since been revolutionized in the past five years, with Baylor pushing it all the way to a 1:27.74 this past year. But, Mercersburg’s time still holds up even against today’s standards. It would rank ninth in the NISCA All-American rankings this year.<\/p>\n

BOYS 200 MEDLEY RELAY TOP TIMES PER YEAR<\/b>
\n1974, 1:35.3, Santa Clara
\n1975, 1:33.89, Santa Clara
\n1976, 1:35.88, Jacksonville-Episcopal
\n1977, 1:35.40, Nova
\n1978, 1:35.29, Wilson
\n1979, 1:35.49, Memorial
\n1980, 1:34.62, Memorial
\n1981, 1:35.391, Peddie School
\n1982, 1:34.86, Bolles School
\n1983, 1:34.866, Mercersburg
\n1984, 1:33.87, Mercersburg
\n1985, 1:35.02, Peddie School
\n1986, 1:34.46, St. Joseph’s
\n1987, 1:34.52, Mercersburg
\n1988, 1:33.82, Mercersburg
\n1989, 1:33.21, Bellarmine Prep
\n1990, 1:31.88, Peddie School
\n1991, 1:32.47, Peddie School
\n1992, 1:31.10, Mercersburg
\n1993, 1:33.64, Mercersburg
\n1994, 1:31.98, Kingwood
\n1995, 1:32.85, Peddie School
\n1996, 1:32.68, Cyrpress Creek
\n1997, 1:31.94, Brother Rice
\n1998, 1:32.07, Bolles School
\n1999, 1:31.25, The Woodlands
\n2000, 1:31.22, Saint Xavier
\n2001, 1:32.89, Saint Xavier
\n2002, 1:33.05, Carmel
\n2003, 1:33.65, Carmel
\n2004, 1:33.40, Carmel
\n2005, 1:33.30, Upper Arlington
\n2006, 1:32.29, Westlake
\n2007, 1:33.39, New Trier
\n2008, 1:32.05, Chesterton
\n2009, 1:31.52, Baylor School
\n2010, 1:29.79, Bolles School
\n2011, 1:30.78, Bolles School
\n2012, 1:30.17, Bolles School
\n2013, 1:28.02, Bolles School
\n2014, 1:27.74, Baylor School<\/p>\n

Irvine High, under head coach Scott Hinman, had a strong three-year run in the girls 200-yard medley relay in the early 2000s, including the first high school sub-1:44 in the sport. His quartet of Diana MacManus, Jane Hwang, Flora Kong and Courtney Cashion raced their way to a 1:43.71 in 2002. That swim smashed the previous record of 1:44.74 Upper Arlington in Ohio had set a few months prior.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen our national record was broken in February, that got everyone motivated,” Hinman told Swimming World<\/i> in the August 2002 issue. “Something like that can really get everyone focused. It’s a good team motivator. Our girls wanted to break the medley relay record again by such a great margin that it would take a long time for any other team to break it.”<\/p>\n

The time would manage to hold up until 2005 when Arrowhead came along with a 1:43.16 in 2005. Arrowhead’s swim sparked a huge revision of the national record yet to come as Arrowhead then went 1:42.71 in 2006. In less than a decade since then, Carmel (1:40.83) and Carondelet (1:40.73, 1:40.80) have pushed the top mark into the 1:40s.<\/p>\n

Irvine appeared on the cover of our August 2002 issue after winning the Swimming World High School National Championship.<\/p>\n

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GIRLS 200 MEDLEY RELAY TOP TIMES PER YEAR<\/b>
\n1974, 1:52.5, Seabreeze
\n1975, 1:51.10, Pine Crest
\n1976, 1:51.26, Upper Dublin
\n1977, 1:51.50, Upper Dublin
\n1978, 1:48.62, Mission Viejo
\n1979, 1:48.65, Wilson
\n1980, 1:48.93, Capistrano Valley
\n1981, 1:47.62, Buchholz
\n1982, 1:47.58, Capistrano Valley
\n1983, 1:43.028, Mercersburg
\n1984, 1:47.48, Bolles School
\n1985, 1:47.06, Henry Foss
\n1986, 1:47.25, Germantown Academy
\n1987, 1:47.04, Carmel
\n1988, 1:46.02, St. Andrew’s School
\n1989, 1:45.73, Carmel
\n1990, 1:45.78, Peddie School
\n1991, 1:46.51, Oak Hills
\n1992, 1:45.54, Americus
\n1993, 1:45.33, Bolles School
\n1994, 1:45.50, Xavier Prep
\n1995, 1:45.40, Bolles School
\n1996, 1:45.26, Xavier Prep
\n1997, 1:45.18, Shadow Mountain
\n1998, 1:45.01, Bolles School
\n1999, 1:45.09, Cherry Creek
\n2000, 1:45.33, Germantown Academy
\n2001, 1:44.80, Irvine
\n2002, 1:43.71, Irvine
\n2003, 1:44.01, Irvine
\n2004, 1:44.20, Arrowhead
\n2005, 1:43.16, Arrowhead
\n2006, 1:42.71, Arrowhead
\n2007, 1:43.38, Peddie School
\n2008, 1:42.77, Las Lomas
\n2009, 1:41.63, Baylor School
\n2010, 1:40.80, Carondelet
\n2011, 1:40.73, Carondelet
\n2012, 1:41.01, Holland
\n2013, 1:41.17, Carmel
\n2014, 1:40.83, Carmel<\/p>\n

2013-14 NISCA Girls High School All-Americans<\/b>
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