Jim McConica, Richard Schroeder and Rich Saeger Break Five Masters World Records in Mission Viejo

MISSION VIEJO, California, August 13. MASTERS swimming legend Jim McConica, as well as 1988 Olympian Richard Schroeder, each set two Masters world records over the weekend at the Southern Pacific Masters Long Course Championships. Olympian Rich Saeger got in on the action as well, obliterating a world record himself.

McConica's world records came in the 60-64 age group, first in the 400 free, where he snuck under his own world record of 4:40.52 with a 4:40.00. Next up was the 800 free, and McConica, representing Ventura County Masters, smashed his world mark of 9:55.28 with a remarkable 9:35.50. McConica also owns the world records in the 50-54 age group in these events, as well as the world record in the 1500 free in the 55-59 age group.

Jim Mc Conica (VCM)
400 M Free   Heat 14   Lane 1 finals
Dist. 	Cumulative 	50s 	100s 	   200s
50 	33.49 	        33.49 		
100 	1:08.86 	35.37 	1:08.86 	
150 	1:44.95 	36.09 		
200 	2:20.58 	35.63 	1:11.72    2:20.58
250 	2:56.15 	35.57 		
300 	3:31.27 	35.12 	1:10.69 	
350 	4:05.93 	34.66 		
400 	4:40.00 	34.07 	1:08.73    2:19.42
	Avg. 	        35.00 	1:10.00    2:20.00


Jim Mc Conica (VCM)
800 M Free   Heat 12   Lane 6 finals
Dist. 	Cumulative 	50s 	100s 	   200s 	400s
50 	34.10 	        34.10 			
100 	1:10.46 	36.36 	1:10.46 		
150 	1:47.20 	36.74 			
200 	2:23.63 	36.43 	1:13.17    2:23.63 	
250 	3:00.57 	36.94 			
300 	3:37.15 	36.58 	1:13.52 		
350 	4:13.87 	36.72 			
400 	4:50.12 	36.25 	1:12.97    2:26.49 	4:50.12
450 	5:26.67 	36.55 			
500 	6:02.81 	36.14 	1:12.69 		
550 	6:39.01 	36.20 			
600 	7:14.89 	35.88 	1:12.08    2:24.77 	
650 	7:50.86 	35.97 			
700 	8:26.49 	35.63 	1:11.60 		
750 	9:01.68 	35.19 			
800 	9:35.50 	33.82 	1:09.01    2:20.61 	4:45.38
	Avg.	        35.97 	1:11.94    2:23.88 	5:59.69

Richard Schroeder, a 1988 U.S. Olympian in the 100 breast and gold medalist in the 400 medley relay, has an on-again, off-again relationship with Masters competition, but last weekend he came back in a big way to slice a few tenths off the world records in the 50 and 100 breaststrokes for the 50-54 age group. Schroeder, representing the Masters team at his alma mater at UC-Santa Barbara, swam a 1:09.23 in the 100 breast to erase Gary Patterson's record of 1:09.36. Next, he just dipped under the world record of 30.97 in the 50 breast with a 30.88. The former world record had been shared by Patterson and France's Olivier Borios.

Richard Schroeder (UCSB)
100 M Breast   Heat 9   Lane 5 finals
Dist. 	Cumulative 	50s
50 	32.87    	32.87
100 	1:09.23 	36.36
	Avg. 	        34.62

Saeger, a 1984 Olympian who won gold as a prelim swimmer on the American 800 free relay, is having great success in the backstroke events in Masters. He trounced Chris Stevenson's world record of 2:15.83 in the 200 back for the 45-49 age group with a stunning 2:13.37.

Rich Saeger (MVN)
200 M Back   Heat 6   Lane 5 finals
Dist. 	Cumulative 	50s 	100s
50 	30.84 	        30.84 	
100 	1:04.21 	33.37 	1:04.21
150 	1:38.58 	34.37 	
200 	2:13.37 	34.79 	1:09.16
	Avg. 	        33.34 	1:06.69

Ventura County also set a world record in the men's 800 free relay with a 9:20.38, erasing their own world mark of 9:25.78. The world record relay consisted of McConica, Hubie Kerns, Glenn Gruber and Michael Blatt.

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