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AUSTIN, Texas, May 4. THE final day of the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships came to an end with another session of record-breaking performances.
Here is a list of those top swims:
Men's 500 free
85-89
New Record: Jurgen Schmidt, 85, 8:24.83
Old Record: Jim Eubank, 8:28.81, 2001
Women's 200 b...
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 3. JOSH Davis had a banner effort in the 35-39 age division during the third day of competition at the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships held in Austin.
Additionally,
Swimming World's own Jeff Commings lowered his 50 breast USMS record in the 30-34 division.
Here is a list of all the U...
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 2. THE second night of swimming at the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships held in yards witnessed Susan Von Der Lippe posting several record swims.
The following USMS records fell throughout the second day of competition:
Women's 400 IM
40-44
New Record: Susan Von Der Lippe, 42, 4:28....
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, January 28. IT'S not every day a swimmer breaks their first world record. And, it's even more special when their parents are there to witness it.
At the 1992 Masters World Championships in Indianapolis, Hugh Wilder broke his first Masters world record in the 100 back (LCM) in the 45-49 age group whi...
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina, November 8. LAST weekend, a trio of Masters world records fell at the South Carolina Short Course Meter Championships held Nov. 3-4 in Columbia, S.C.
Hugh Wilder took down a pair of 60-64 men's backstroke records. First, he clocked a time of 31.06, shattering the 50-meter back standard of 31.31 set by Robert Smith...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, August 12. 888 – That's the number for the first three days of competition as eight Masters world records have fallen each day at the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) Long Course National Championships held in The Woodlands, Texas. After watching 16 world records posted the first two days, competitors recorded eight ...
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ATHENS, Georgia, June 5. RACING at the Classic City Masters Meet, held at the University of Georgia, Hugh Wilder of Palmetto Masters (Charleston, S.C.) set a pair of Masters world records in long-course action. Competing in the 60-64 age group, Wilder posted a time of 31.46 in the 50 backstroke and covered the 100 backstroke in 1:08.77. The previou...
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FEDERAL WAY, Washington, May 18. IN the second day of short course yard swimming at the 2007 USMS Short Course National Championships held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Wash., from May 17-20, competitors lit up the water with a bevy of beautiful efforts.
Men's 100 butterfly
After a blistering first d...
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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 si...
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By Jason M. Parker and Phillip Whitten
SAVANNAH, Georgia, August 14. THE rainbow that formed over the Chatham County Aquatic Center on Friday afternoon seemed to be a good omen. Despite fears throughout the day, Hurricane Charley bypassed Savannah early Saturday morning and allowed the USMS Long Course Nationals meet to continue.
The threa...
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By Phillip Whitten
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 24. ROBERT Smith, Wood Bowersock, Barbara Dunbar and Rita Simonton won two events each in national record time to pace a record-breaking spree on the third day of competition at the USMS Short Course National Championships at the IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis. In all, some 25 US Masters nation...
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By Ed Gendreau
BOSTON, April 10. THE New England Masters Swim Club (NEM) won the 2002 Mythical Short Course Meters (SCM) National Championship, defending it’s 2001 title.
NEM scored a record 3787 points, beating second place San Diego Swim Masters by over 2000 points. Arizona Masters was third, slipping one spot from 2001.
Several club...
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By Phil Whitten and Mark Gill
TEMPE, Arizona, Oct. 27. ELEVEN Masters world records -- four by Karlyn Pipes-Neilson -- were broken on the second and final day of the Arizona Masters Short Course State Championships in Tempe today. An additional two USMS national records also bit the dust. In all, 19 world and 24 USMS marks fell during the two...
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By Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen
CLEVELAND, August 18. THE fourth and final day of competition did not disappoint as over 26 world and national records fell to an interesting mixture of old and young, veterans and newcomers.
All told, 60 global and/or national standards were set during the four day meet hosted by Ohio Masters and held at the Robert ...
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By Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen
CLEVELAND, August 16. DAY Two of the USMS Long Course Masters National Championships got underway at the Cleveland State University Natatorium promptly at eight a.m. today (that’s five a.m. to those west coast swimmers still on PST). Despite the early hour, it did not take long before FINA world and USMS records started ...
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ATHENS, Georgia, June 7. HUGH Wilder ran wild last Saturday, June 1, at the Classic City Masters Meet held in Athens, Georgia, setting two Masters long course world records.
Competing in the men's 55-59 age group, Wilder, of Palmetto Masters (Charleston, South Carolina) split a blistering 32.39 on his way to a 1:07.81 swim in the 100 meter...
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