--- Masters News Stories ---
By Graham Senders, Swimming World Australian Masters correspondent
PERTH, Australia, October 27. BOLD Park Club's Victor Paul continued his savaging of Australian Masters 65-69 year records on consecutive Sundays recently. He first s...
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SARASOTA, Florida, October 26. IN addition to 11% membership growth in 2009, U.S. Masters Swimming has experienced a 7% growth in the number of registered USMS clubs. Under the direction of Club and Coach Services Coordinator Mel Goldstein, USMS h...
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LIMA, Peru, October 23. RECENTLY, at the Peru Short Course National Masters Championships, Rosario de Vivanco lowered a pair of FINA Masters World Records.
De Vivanco lowered the women's 60-64 200 free record with a 2:32.48. That swim clear...
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ORLANDO, Florida, October 22. OVER the past weekend, the Rowdy Gaines Classic featured several FINA Masters World Records over short course meters, including a few by the man himself.
Gaines, 50, beat the men's 50-54 100 free standard with ...
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MISSION VIEJO, California, October 16. AT the Mission Viejo Nadadores Short Course Masters Championships earlier this month, Robert Strand, 63, lowered his own FINA Masters world record in the 60-64 200-meter breaststroke.
Strand clocked a swif...
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Guest editorial by Tony Austin
LOS ANGELES, California, October 15. IT was the last weekend in September when the FINA Masters committee met in Gothenburg, Sweden to determine whether techsuits would be acceptable swimwear for Masters sw...
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DAVIS, California, October 14. THE Tamalpais Aquatic Masters (TAM) put together some short course meter relay FINA Masters world record swims at the Sacramento Masters Annual Pentathlon held recently.
The 240-plus mixed medley relay of Richard ...
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ST. GEORGE, Utah, October 12. DURING the Huntsman World Senior Games held in St. George, Utah, Gail Roper became the first woman in the 80-84 age group to clear 2:00 in the 100 fly over short course meters.
Roper clocked a time of 1:58.33 to b...
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SARASOTA, Florida, October 12. U.S. Masters Swimming released a statement to all of its members and select media members regarding a potential FINA techsuit ban within Masters swimming.
Here is the statement in full for our readers:
The F...
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CADIZ, Spain, September 23. AT the European Masters Long Course Championships held in Spain last week, Italy's Alberto Montini lowered the FINA Masters world record in the men's 40-44 50 breaststroke.
Montini checked in with a time of 2...
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CHICAGO, Illinois, September 20. THE winners of awards in swimming, synchronized swimming and diving were announced at last night's ceremony that concluded the 2009 United States Aquatic Sports convention.
Two awards presented previously we...
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By Graham Senders, Swimming World Australian Masters correspondent
PERTH, Australia, September 9. THREE Australian short course Masters records fell at the Darling Range Sports College 1500-meter meet on Saturday. The meet was hosted by...
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SARASOTA, Florida, September 3. U.S. Masters Swimming reached a historic milestone, registering its 50,000th member. This marks the first time U.S. Masters Swimming has ever registered more than 50,000 members in a given year. U.S. Masters Swimmin...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, August 19. THE International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHOF) is proud to announce its class of inductees for 2009. The group of four great athletes, will be inducted at its annual ceremonies to be held September 1...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, August 8. INTERNATIONAL Masters Swimming Hall of Famer Ron Johnson passed away earlier this morning. Initial reports from sources close to the situation indicate that Johnson's death was self-inflicted.
Johnson had a sto...
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