Three Australian Short Course Masters Records Fall

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 the Maida Vale Masters club.

Victor Paul claimed two records in the 65-69 division with top times in the 800 free (11:00.34) and 1500 free (20:40.76). Both times broke records previously set by John Crisp in 2004.

In his first season as a Masters swimmer, Eric Watson took down an 11-year-old record in the 20-24 1500 free. He clocked a 17:56.56 to beat Alexander Phillips' record by 27.26 seconds.

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