By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
2024 Ohio Short Course November Senior Invite
- November 22-24, 2024
- Cooper Natatorium, Bowling Green, Ohio
- Short Course Yards (25 yards)
- Meet Results (PDF)
A relay quartet from Central Ohio Aquatics in Columbus have broken the National Age Group Record in the 200 yard free relay at the Ohio Short Course November Senior Invite.
Austin Carpenter, Jacob Lloyd, Caden Mahl, and Bradley King combined for a 1:21.63. Lloyd, Carpenter, and King are all 16, while Mahl is only 15.
That shaved .12 seconds off the previous 15-16 National Age Group Record that was set by a slightly-different Central Ohio Aquatics relay in March. Carpenter, Lloyd, and King were also on the prior record-holding relay, in the same slots, as this group, but Alex Wu swam the third leg. Wu, now 17, was swapped out for Mahl on the new relay.
Three of the relay legs were right-on their counterparts from March, but Lloyd was a quarter-second faster, and that made the difference on the record-setting swim.
Splits Comparison:
| New Record | Old Record | |
| Central Ohio Aquatics | Central Ohio Aquatics | |
| 50y | Austin Carpenter– 20.24 | Austin Carpenter– 20.17 |
| 100y | Jacob Lloyd – 19.87 | Jacob Lloyd – 20.12 |
| 150y | Caden Mahl – 20.63 | Alex Wu– 20.64 |
| 200y | Brad King – 20.89 | Brad King – 20.82 |
| 1:21.63 | 1:21.75 |
Carpenter, Lloyd, Wu, and King also broke the long course 200 free relay record over the summer.
Carpenter (20.04) and Lloyd (20.29) went 1-2 in the individual 50 free, with Mahl (21.11) tying for 3rd and King (21.33) placing 6th. Mahl’s swim in the individual is a new personal best, while King swam a best time of 21.13.
Carpenter, a high school junior committed to Texas for fall 2026, also won the 200 free (1:38.76), 100 fly (48.15), and 100 breast (55.09). The 100 fly swim was a new best time and a Winter Juniors cut, knocking over a second off his best time coming into the meet from three weeks earlier (49.34). In total, he’s knocked almost two seconds off his best time midway through the short course season.
The Spartan Aquatic Club in Georgia still holds the overall 15-18 record with a 1:18.92 from 2021.
Other Meet Highlights:
- Alexa Briseno from New Albany Aquatics Club won the 100 back (55.26) and 200 back (1:59.29), both in new lifetime bests. That 200 back time is the first Winter Juniors cut for the 14-year-old.
- Carrie Furbee from Central Ohio Aquatics won the 100 free (50.74), 200 free (1:49.59) 50 fly (24.61), and 100 fly (53.96). The 200 free and 50 fly (24.88 in prelims) both saw best times, as did her 200 fly in prelims (2:08.21) before scratching the final. She is committed to Ohio State for fall 2025.
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