Todd Torres Lowers Masters National Record In 100 Breaststroke

Todd Torres
Photo Courtesy: Todd Torres/Facebook

CARY – Olympian Todd Torres raced against swimmers more than half his age this weekend at the North Carolina senior short course championships, and set a U.S. Masters Swimming national record in the process.

Torres, 46, already owned the national record in the 100-yard breaststroke in the 45-49 age group with a 57.24 from December 2013, but he improved on that twice on Friday. In prelims, Torres qualified first with a 57.17, then posted a 56.83 in finals. He nearly won the event, placing second to 19-year-old Austin Rednour and his 56.05. Torres’ best time as a Masters swimmer is 56.22 from the 2013 spring nationals, when he was 44 years old.

Though short course meters and long course meters Masters world records can only be set in sanctioned Masters meets, U.S. Masters Swimming national records can be broken in any sanctioned meet by a registered Masters swimmer. USMS short course yards national records are de facto world records, given that the United States is the only country to actively compete in that format.

Torres competed in two Olympics representing Puerto Rico, placing 16th in the 100 breast in 1992 and 21st in 1996. He was also a silver medalist at the 1991 Pan American Games in the 100 breast and an All-American at Louisiana State University. His 53.67 from 1991 still ranks second-best all-time in the LSU record books, and he was the school’s first NCAA swimming champion, winning the 100 breast in 1987.

Todd Torres record splits

26.73
30.10

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Daniel Watters
9 years ago

Double congrats Todd. First because that is insanely fast and second because Jeff Commings literally will not sleep for the next 5 years. Well done.

Dunc1952
Dunc1952
9 years ago
Reply to  Daniel Watters

You were an Olympian in about the same era as Todd and Jeff swam, right? You still training?

Josh Davis
Josh Davis
9 years ago
Reply to  Daniel Watters

Made my day! Thanks Dan!
Way to go Todd!!

Troy Ashley
9 years ago

Nice work Todd

Kuppe Baldridge Ivey
9 years ago

Still at it….Scott Elkman

Patti Wenig Miller
9 years ago

Congrats!!! Fun race to watch!! Kirstin Tart

Eddie Paradise
9 years ago

Nice job pal. Very macho!!

Kiki Farmer
9 years ago

G’boro in the house!!! Nice work!

Dunc1952
Dunc1952
9 years ago

You might want to adjust the opening sentence of the story. The interesting age issue is that Todd swam against some athletes “less than half his age…,”(<23) not "more than half his age…." (though I suppose some of the others could have been 23+)

Troy Ashley
9 years ago

Feeling inspired I survived swimming 1,000 today, pretty sure I could do a 57 Swimmimg freestyle at the moment!

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