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IMG Academy’s Girls 4x800m Relay Makes History at Nationals
BRADENTON, Fla. (June 23, 2025) – IMG Academy, the world’s leading sports education brand, made history as the Track and Field program girls 4x800m relay team became the first quartet to win all four major track and field meets including their historic win at Outdoor Nationals this weekend, Millrose Games, Indoor Nationals, and Penn Relays. The team made up of three juniors and one sophomore—Aurora Bertelsen Del Solar, Mackenzie Winning, Danielle Graham, and Anyla Robinson, respectively—is the fastest girls 4x800m relay team in the history of U.S. high school track and field.
The team first won at the Millrose Games, where they ran a Florida No. 1 Indoor all-time 8:55.47. Most notably, they then shattered the National Record at the New Balance Nationals Indoor by two seconds, setting a new all-time indoor national record at 8:46.04. The relay team beat their own time at the Penn Relays and set the new No.1 Florida all-time record in indoor or outdoor 8:40.51. They recorded a time fast enough to have won at the collegiate level in the same event and meet this year. Finally, the girls 4x800m relay team was crowned the New Balance Nationals Outdoor National Champions.
“The girls 4x800m relay team is one of the most talented groups of girls we have seen in the history of high school track and field,” said Mark Napier, Director of Track and Field at IMG Academy. “To have only started training together at the beginning of August to now have broken national records, doing what no one has done before, showcases their strength and dedication and IMG Academy’s commitment to fostering the growth and development of top student-athletes to win their future.”
The girls 4x800m relay swept the season, winning all four major meets throughout the year and breaking two national records. The quartet is the first to do so in a single season and will all be returning to IMG Academy in the fall for the senior and junior seasons. This team will stay together for another season to continue making history.
The track and field program sent 54 student-athletes who qualified for the New Balance Nationals Outdoor, the most from a single high school program. As a whole, the program produced 29 All-
Americans and participated in 20 finals events across eight different event groups at outdoor nationals. In addition to the girls 4x800m relay, IMG Academy’s National Champions include:
- Yuliya Maslouskaya was crowned the girls heptathlon outdoor national champion, with a US High School No. 2 All-Time score behind Olympian Anna Hall.
- Winston Schroder was named the boys decathlon outdoor national champion, the only freshman in New Balance Nationals Outdoor history to win the decathlon title. IMG Academy was the only high school to produce champions in both boys and girls multis events.
- Mikey Swanson and Reegan Clutter earned freshman division champions titles and set meet records in the 400m and javelin, respectively.
At New Balance Nationals Indoor, the girls 4x800m relay broke the national record, and Michael Swanson became the first freshman to go under 49 seconds (48.77) in the 400m and broke the meet record. The boys 4x800m relay was crowned fourth in the nation for All-American. Garrett McNeil earned second place in the championship pentathlon for All-American, and Yuliya Maslouskaya, 2024 Heptathlon National Champion, was second in the nation for the heptathlon and named an All-American.
The track and field program claimed impressive titles and records this year, contributing to a historic milestone for IMG Academy — the most national and world champions achieved in a single academic year. They join a prestigious group of student-athletes and sports programs excelling at IMG Academy, including:
- The IMG Academy Girls National Basketball Team secured their first-ever Chipotle National Championship.
- IMG Academy Varsity Football team captured its second straight SSIA State Championship.
- Tennis student-athlete Wakana Sonobe won the Australian Open Junior Championship and earned a World Junior No. 1 ranking.
- The girls lacrosse program made history by securing a spot in the Top-20 rankings of USA Lacrosse.
About IMG Academy
IMG Academy is the world’s leading sports education brand, providing a holistic education model that empowers student-athletes to win their future, preparing them for college and for life. IMG Academy provides growth opportunities for all student-athletes through an innovative suite of on-campus and online experiences:
- Boarding school and camps, via a state-of-the-art campus in Bradenton, Fla.
- Online coaching via the IMG Academy+ brand, with a focus on personal development through the lens of sport and performance
- Online college recruiting, via the NCSA brand, providing content, tools, coaching and access to a network of 40,000 college coaches
To learn more about IMG Academy and its on-campus and online experiences, visit www.imgacademy.com.