International Swimmers Up Ante at FINA World Masters Championships

STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 9. AFTER watching swimmers from the United States claim the bulk of the world records throughout the first five days of the 2006 FINA World Masters Championships held at the Belardi and Baker pools at the Avery Aquatic Center on the campus of Stanford University, the field of international competitors countered during day six with various global standards. The most impressive may have belonged to Japan’s Goro Kobayashi, 90, who set the men’s 90-94 100-meter backstroke record.

World Records broken are as follows:
United States’ Michael Ross broke the men’s 35-39 100-meter backstroke record of 59.91 previously held by countryman Eric Ericson since 2000 with a 59.18.

United States’ Sheri Hart broke the women’s 35-39 100-meter backstroke record of 1:06.29 previously held by countrywoman Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen since 1998 with a 1:06.04.

United States’ Susan Preston broke the women’s 40-44 200-meter fly record of 2:25.69 previously held by countrywoman Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen since 2003 with a 2:25.15.

United States’ Susan Von Der Lippe broke the women’s 40-44 200-meter breaststroke record of 2:42.06 previously held by countrywoman Caroline Krattli in 2002 with a 2:38.44.

A pair of swimmers (Dennis Baker and Marcus Mattioli) cleared the men’s 45-49 200-meter fly record of 2:10.97 previously held by United States’ Paul Carter since 2002. Baker, however, touched first in 2:06.94.

United States’ Steve Wood broke the men’s 45-49 100-meter backstroke record of 1:02.62 previously held by countryman Fritz Lehman since 2003 with a 1:01.73.

Belarus’ Vera Capkova broke the women’s 45-49 100-meter backstroke record of 1:12.69 previously held by Britain’s Lesley Wilde since 2004 with a 1:11.20.

United States’ David Guthrie broke the men’s 45-49 200-meter breaststroke record of 2:34.14 he set in 2005 with a 2:31.42.

United States’ Jim McConica broke his own men’s 55-59 200-meter fly record of 2:29.80 set last year with a 2:28.62.

United States’ Gary Hall broke the men’s 55-59 100-meter backstroke record of 1:07.81 previously held by countryman Hugh Wilder since 2002 with a 1:06.16.

France’s Benedicte Duprez broke the women’s 55-59 100-meter backstroke record of 1:17.51 previously held by United States’ Betty Barnett-Sallee since 2002 with a 1:17.21.

United States’ Richard Burns broke the men’s 60-64 100-meter backstroke record of 1:11.96 he set in 2003 with a 1:11.89.

Barnett-Sallee picked a record right back with the women’s 60-64 100-meter backstroke as she touched in 1:18.19 to clear the 1:20.43 recorded by Japan’s Satoko Takeuji in 2002.

United States’ Robert Strand broke the men’s 60-64 200-meter breaststroke record of 2:55.26 previously held by Israel’s Gershon Shefa since 2004 with a 2:51.93.

Brazil’s Luiz Figueiredo broke the men’s 65-69 100-meter backstroke record of 1:16.78 previously held by Japan’s Yoshi Oyakawa since 1999 with a 1:15.69.

A pair of swimmers (Claudio Negri and Thomas Walker) cleared the men’s 70-74 200-meter breaststroke record of 3:17.84 set by Walker in March. Negri, however, touched first in 3:12.92.

United States’ Thomas Maine broke his own men’s 80-84 200-meter fly record of 3:54.66 with a 3:54.51.

Russia’s Olga Kokorina broke the women’s 80-84 200-meter breaststroke record of 4:31.85 she set in 2004 with a 4:26.18.

United States’ Bunny Cederlund broke the women’s 85-89 100-meter backstroke record of 2:10.44 previously held by Israel’s Edith Thein since 2004 with a 2:06.41.

United States’ Betty Christian broke the women’s 85-89 200-meter breaststroke record of 5:35.82 previously held by Japan’s Michiko Hamuro in 2004 with a 5;27.60.

Japan’s Goro Kobayashi broke the men’s 90-94 100-meter backstroke record of 2:04.65 previously held by Japan’s Toshiji Sato since 2005 with a 1:45.46.

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