Trevisan, Guthrie and Boak Lower Masters Records

By Phillip Whitten

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 10. MASTERS records continued to tumble in meets in Maryland and Texas last weekend as America’s top Masters tuned up for the FINA World Championships, to be held at Stanford University in August.

Paul Trevisan, who only competed in one meet last year, showed it takes more than a year for him to get rusty as he broke two world short course records in his first meet in the 55-59 age group. Swimming at the Albatross Open, in Bethesda, Maryland on April 1, he clocked 24.70 and 55.12 for the 50 and 100 meters freestyle. The times erased the previous marks of 25.00 and 56.61 held by Rich Abrahams.

David Guthrie and Carolyn Boak set American records at the South Central Zone Championships in Southlake, Texas, March 31 – April 2.

Guthrie, competing in the 45-49 age group for the first time, lowered the record for the 200-yard breaststroke to 2:14.18, behind splits of 1:05.85 – 1:08.33. The previous record, set last year by Jon Blank, was 2:14.37. Guthrie also challenged Blank’s records of 27.65 and 59.70 for the 50 and 100 breast when he touched in 28.03 and 1:00.90.

Boak smashed the 400 IM standard for women 60-64 when she touched in 5:46.85, almost nine seconds faster than Jackie Marr’s two-year-old mark. Boak also just missed lowering her own record for the 50 free as she recorded a strong 28.97.

Bob Baile came within 13-hundredths of a second of Ron Johnson’s record of 29.47 in the 50 fly for men 70-74, hitting the pads in 29.60. He also swam fast times of 26.85 for the 50 free, 1:00.77 for the 100 free and 1:12.88 for the 100 IM.

In a meet that saw many superb swims, the following were particularly noteworthy:

**Ross Davis, 39, men 35-39: 50 free, 21.53; 100 free, 47.44; 200 free, 1:44.49.
**Anders Rasmussen, 42, men 40-44: 50 back, 25.99; 100 back, 54.40; 400 IM, 4:25.33.
**Steve Wood, 47, men 45-49: 50 free, 22.17; 100 free, 48.34; 50 back, 25.69; 100 back, 57.19.
**Jennifer Brooks, 29, women 25-29: 50 fly, 25.23; 100 fly, 55.91; 50 free, 24.05.

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