Plenty of Records to Be Had at Long Beach SCM Masters Meet

By Mark Moore

LONG BEACH, California, December 4. FOR the third year in a row, the Long Beach Grunions hosted a successful SPMA Championship Meet over the weekend of Dec. 1 – 3. Led this year by first-time meet director Ken Brisbin, an impressive number of volunteers worked together to put on a three-day swim meet that ran smoothly. Overall, 432 swimmers participated, marking the meet's largest attendance to date.

Many fast swimmers from all around the U.S. participated, the fast pool and elite competition resulted in 17 World and 14 National Records. The meet also drew enthusiastic participation from swimmers at every level of ability.

Located right on the ocean in Long Beach, the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool provided a beautiful setting, and this year the weather cooperated with sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s. Additional perks of the meet included a raffle giveaway prize awarded to one swimmer from each event, and free massages for swimmers provided during all three days.

World Records were set by:

Mike Freshely (65), San Diego Swim Masters
400 IM – 5:58.93

Jim McConica (56), Ventura Swim Club
800 free – 9:03.00
400 free – 4:24.92

Richard Abrahams (61), Colorado Masters
50 fly – 28.31
50 free – 24.90
100 fly – 1:03.76
100 free – 57.22

Robert Strand (60), The Olympic Club
100 breast – 1:14.47
200 breast – 2:45.98
100 IM – 1:09.18

Laura Val (55), Tamalpais Aquatic Masters
200 fly – 2:37.51
50 free – 29.46
100 free – 1:02.55
100 fly – 1:10.93
200 back – 2:43.62
50 back – 33.24

Mike Freshley (65), San Diego Swim Masters
200 IM – 2:44.96

Relays took notice with 6 World and 13 National Records broken.

They included:
120+ Mixed 200 Free Relay – 1:36.96
NOVA – Delgado, Rinzler, West, Quevedo

200+ Mixed 200 Free Relay
UCLA – Maxton-Graham, Hauty, O'Keefe, Bowers (1:48.73)
San Diego Swim Masters – Keeney, Jones, Freshley, Croshier (1:49.13)

320+ Mixed Free Relay – 2:25.21
San Diego Swim Masters – Piemme, Schmidt, Webster, Kimball

320+ Mixed 200 Medley Relay – 3:00.48
San Diego Swim Masters – Haver, Best, Piemme, Webster

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