--- Masters News Stories ---
AUSTIN, Texas, May 4. THE final day of the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships came to an end with another session of record-breaking performances.
Here is a list of those top swims:
Men's 500 free
85-89
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 3. JOSH Davis had a banner effort in the 35-39 age division during the third day of competition at the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships held in Austin.
Additionally, Swimming World's ow...
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 2. THE second night of swimming at the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships held in yards witnessed Susan Von Der Lippe posting several record swims.
The following USMS records fell throughout the sec...
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 1. THE first day of the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships opened with the 1000 and 1650 yard freestyle events.
Jurgen Schmidt, 85, provided the sole record-setting performance of the day with a tim...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, April 28. THE recently completed 2008 FINA Masters World Championships displayed some of the top Masters swimmers in the world, as dozens of world records fell by the wayside over the course of the nine-day mee...
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Updated April 25, 2008
PERTH, Australia, April 24. THROUGH the final day of competition at the 2008 FINA World Masters Championships held in Perth, nearly 50 world records have fallen.
While results from the 400 freestyle events are s...
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PERTH, Australia, April 23. ANOTHER batch of records have been made available at the 2008 FINA World Masters Championships held in Perth.
The following are the world records that have been broken or tied since our last ...
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PERTH, Australia, April 21. AFTER a few days of some technical difficulties, results have now been made available from the 2008 FINA World Masters Championships held in Perth.
Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, an American, is representing a French club and...
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PERTH, Australia, April 18. THE beauty of nearly 80 heats of the 800 freestyle opened the 2008 FINA World Masters Championships held in Perth. During the marathon day of long-distance swimming, three world records fell.
The following world rec...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, April 18. BACK in 1982, Charlotte Davis was casually swimming laps at the local pool when coach Robin O'Leary invited her to join the Masters team in the area. Lured by the thought of swimming with others a...
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FAIRFAX, Virginia, April 17. THE Colonies Masters Zone Championships featured six USMS records this past weekend. In the team chase, the Virginia Masters Swim Team (VMST) won with 2,730 points, while defending champion Curl-Burke placed second wi...
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MISSION VIEJO, California, April 14. SEVEN USMS national records fell during the SPMA Regional Championship held April 11-13 in Mission Viejo.
Jurgen Schmidt, 85, set four records in the 85-89 division. He shot down the 1650 free (28:36.66), 4...
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By Graham Senders, Australian Masters Correspondent
PERTH, Australia, April 8. ROD Baker is the first West Australian to break a national Masters record for the year in the 200 backstroke. Baker, 80, from the Mandurah club swam 3:50.01 at the i...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, April 7. THERE aren't many things that can keep 75-year-old Burwell "Bumpy" Jones away from the pool, including radiation treatment for prostate cancer.
Jones, who was diagnosed a few months a...
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SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida, April 3. ACCORDING to a report sent into Swimming World, Burwell "Bumpy" Jones, 75, set five USMS records while representing the Sarasota YMCA Sharks Masters at the 38th Annual Short Course Championship...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, March 26. UNITED States Masters Swimming (USMS) seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Executive Director.
Reporting to the Board of Directors, this person will supervise USMS staff and contractors and be responsible...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, March 21. OLYMPIC Trials only come around once every four years, and 50 year-old WACM Masters swimmer Paul Carter is hoping this is his year to make the cut.
With a career best time of 56.40 in the 100m butt...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, March 8. FORTY to sixty degree water temperatures, rough waves and murky water can be enough to turn anyone away from open water swimming. Not Patti Bauernfeind.
Bauernfeind began competing in triathlons at...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, February 29. ANCHORAGE, Alaska isn't exactly known as a swimming hotbed. Rick Abbott is doing everything he can to change that.
Abbott, 53, who swims for Alaska Masters, is looking to make some noise in...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, February 20. ACCORDING to a post on the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) web site, the organization's first executive director, Todd Smith, has left USMS less than a year into his tenure.
Smith, who joined USMS as it...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, February 20. NADINE Day might not be the tallest swimmer perusing the pool deck, but that certainly hasn't stopped her from achieving big things in the water.
Standing at just 5'2" with shoes o...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, February 4. SHERI Hart is a perfect example of what it means to give back to the community and put others first.
Hart, who is 36 and competes for Colorado Masters Swimming, volunteers at the Center for Wome...
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