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Speaking of High School medley relays. I was at a USS meet few weeks ago where the 200 medley relay they said broke national record. This team was from New Albany (columbus area). This high school team actually dethrowned Cinncinatti St. X after something of 12 straight high school championships. Attatched is the results from this meet, but their splits were as follows. 200 medley Realy back- 24.61 *** - 25.71 fly- 22.23 free- 20.60 1:32.71 (their 400 medley relay was equally impressive!) wtrcsharks.usswim.net/.../Senior Meet Results 2008.htm

That is incredible Greg!

Did you check out their 400 medley relay, they went 1 & 2, thats depth! 400 Medley A Relay back- 51.98 ***- 56.99 fly- 49.95 free 46.03 3:24.95 B Relay 54.10 57.93 51.84 47.26 3:30.59 That team is loaded and very impressive!

I remember being so arrogant at the Stanford pool at worlds on relay day. I was certain that my medley relay team (120-159) could beat the Smiths, Rhodie and Saeger. I was wrong. We lost by almost a second. I will never doubt the supreme power of the Smiths ... at least when it comes to relays. I'm glad I'll get to watch this. It'll pump me up for my own relay.

Funny you mention Robin Leamy. When this thread was first posted I was thinking of what super team could be secretly in training to beat you guys. I came up with Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, Scott Spann and Robin Leamy. I think all those guys are 45+. Robins a great guy, I tried to get him to come to worlds at Stanford since he's living in the bay area, but work and 5 kids is keeping him sidelined. I know JS has harassed Spann, Kirchner and others from Texas from that era but its surprising how little interest there is for a lot of these folks to come out and play. Most of us can track down people we swam with/against growing up, or in high school, college, etc. because of facebook, myspace and alumni organizations, I'd love to see more people "recruiting" these people and turning them on to USMS....then again if they happen to be good swimmers and may add points or break a record you run the risk of alienating some of the people in USMS...oh well. I'm playing in a masters water polo tournament next weekend with a group registerd as Santa Barbara masters...most of us are alums, but we have some Long Beach guys and a few other colleges on board, 2 ex Olympians....none of us ever practice together because were scattered all over the country....so far I haven't heard any complaints that the team is "recruiting" to be a "super team", or that were not in the "spirit" of masters but I'll have to wait and see!

To date we've been pretty successful, Rowdy occasionally shows up....if we harass him enough...same with Saeger, etc. etc. We've had a far greater challenge getting Gabarino, Switzer, Leamy, etc.....but we haven't given up hope! Funny you mention Robin Leamy. When this thread was first posted I was thinking of what super team could be secretly in training to beat you guys. I came up with Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, Scott Spann and Robin Leamy. I think all those guys are 45+.

Actually I just Googled this and it wouldn't break the high school record anyway. The public school record is 1:31.25 by The Woodlands H.S. and the independent school record is 1:31.10 by Mercersburg. These were on Swimming World's site: www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../highschool_national_records.asp it says they are as of 2003, so it's very possible one or both have since been bettered. I found the same, but updated, records on the NISCA (National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association) web site: www.niscaonline.org/.../Default.aspx The boys' records are still the same as what Kirk listed above. The girls' records are: Girls' public high school: 1:42.71 Girls' independent high school: 1:43.38

i'm more interested in hearing about your post meet drinking stats raz Well, we are not going to break the National High school record.... However..... our challenge remains open to men over 45. If necessary, I will throw in a round of 4 frozen "ritas" to make it more enticing. Potential Splits Team Arizona 200 medley relay Back.... 24.8 ***..... 26.1 Fly..... 22.5 Free..... 20.7 Final.... 1:34.1 John Smith

I found the same, but updated, records on the NISCA (National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association) web site: www.niscaonline.org/.../Default.aspx The boys' records are still the same as what Kirk listed above. The girls' records are: Girls' public high school: 1:42.71 Girls' independent high school: 1:43.38 Looks like the 'Super' relay has a good chance to break the GIRLS high school record. I'll certainly be cheering for that! I'm always happy to beat a female of any age...

Well, we are not going to break the National High school record.... However..... our challenge remains open to men over 45. If necessary, I will throw in a round of 4 frozen "ritas" to make it more enticing. Potential Splits Team Arizona 200 medley relay Back.... 24.8 ***..... 26.1 Fly..... 22.5 Free..... 20.7 Final.... 1:34.1 John Smith