USMS National Championships: Josh Davis Takes Aim at 35-39 Division

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 USMS records that fell during the third day of swimming:

Men's 100 IM
25-29
New Record: William Liscinsky, 26, 48.82
Old Record: Lionel Moreau, 50.34, 2002

35-39
New Record: Josh Davis, 35, 50.06
Old Record: Ronald Karnaugh, 50.45, 2002

45-49
New Record: John Smith, 46, 52.84
Old Record: Clay Britt, 54.56, 2006
(Note: Second-place Richard Hughey, 45, 53.64, and third-place Clay Britt, 47, 53.72, both cleared the former record.)

55-59
New Record: Timothy Shead, 55, 56.20
Old Record: Greg Shaw, 58.32, 2007
(Note: Second-place Greg Shaw, 56, 58.22, cleared the former record.)

60-64
New Record: Robert Strand, 62, 1:00.10
Old Record: Richard Abrahams, 1:00.13, 2007

70-74
New Record: Jeff Farrell, 71, 1:06.94
Old Record: Jeff Farrell, 1:07.17, 2007

85-89
New Record: Jurgen Schmidt, 85, 1:41.67
Old Record: Walter Pfeiffer, 1:46.51, 1999

Women's 200 fly
40-44
New Record: Susan Von Der Lippe, 42, 2:03.13
Old Record: Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 2:03.93, 2002

55-59
New Record: Laura Val, 56, 2:20.35
Old Record: Barbara Dunbar, 2:32.60, 2004

60-64
New Record: Carolyn Boak, 63, 2:51.58
Old Record: Carolyn Boak, 2:55.90, 2006

Women's 100 back
50-54
New Record: Karen Andrus-Hughes, 50, 1:02.67
Old Record: Karen Humphreys, 1:03.24, 2005

60-64
New Record: Ruth Shaps, 60, 1:14.73
Old Record: Betsy Jordan, 1:15.64, 1997

Men's 100 back
35-39
New Record: Josh Davis, 35, 49.12
Old Record: Michael Ross, 49.62, 2005

40-44
New Record: Michael Ross, 40, 49.40
Old Record: Clay Britt, 51.32, 2001

45-49
New Record: Clay Britt, 47, 52.33
Old Record: Clay Britt, 52.88, 2006

50-54
New Record: Jonathan Klein, 50, 56.75
Old Record: Philipp Djang, 57.26, 2007
(Note: Second-place William Specht, 50, 56.85, and third-place Tom Barton, 52, 57.06, both cleared the former record.)

55-59
New Record: Timothy Shead, 55, 57.61
Old Record: Hugh Wilder, 58.54, 2003

60-64
New Record: Hugh Wilder, 60, 59.29
Old Record: Richard Burns, 1:01.40, 2004

Women's 50 breast
25-29
New Record: Laura Holt, 27, 29.46
Old Record: Kelli King-Bednar, 29.78, 1996

30-34
New Record: Katie McClelland, 31, 28.48
Old Record: Katie McClelland, 29.20, 2007

Men's 50 breast
25-29
New Record: William Liscinsky, 26, 24.40
Old Record: William Liscinsky, 25.23, 2007

30-34
New Record: Jeff Commings, 34, 25.69
Old Record: Jeff Commings, 25.78, 2007

45-49
New Record: Chris Weissman, 45, 27.14
Old Record: Jon Blank, 27.33, 2006
(Note: Second-place Glenn Mills, 46, 27.25, also cleared the former record.)

50-54
New Record: Jay McDonald, 50, 27.39
Old Record: Robert Strand, 28.00, 1998

55-59
New Record: Timothy Shead, 55, 27.81
Old Record: Don McKenzie, 28.71, 2003

65-69
New Record: Louis Kornfeld, 65, 31.76
Old Record: Nick Templeman, 32.91, 1997

Women's 200 free
60-64
New Record: Francine Williamson, 60, 2:18.52
Old Record: Ardeth Mueller, 2:25.02, 2005

Men's 200 free
35-39
New Record: Josh Davis, 35, 1:36.56
Old Record: Michael Ross, 1:39.90, 2005

40-44
New Record: Michael Ross, 40, 1:38.94
Old Record: Paul Smith, 1:43.05, 2002
(Note: Second-place Brian Jones, 42, 1:42.40, also cleared the former record.)

45-49
New Record: Paul Smith, 48, 1:43.79
Old Record: Paul Smith, 1:44.39, 2006

50-54
New Record: Bob Bugg, 50, 1:46.25
Old Record: Dan Stephenson, 1:47.59, 2007

Mixed 200 medley relay
25+
New Record: CUBU, 1:38.22
(Stacy Peterson, 26, Justin Betts, 27, William Liscinsky, 26, Liz Lauwert, 30)
Old Record: Lone Star, 1:39.01, 1991

35+
New Record: CMS, 1:40.09
(Derek Robinson, 38, Aaron Bartleson, 37, Susan Von Der Lippe, 42, Collette Sappey, 43)
Old Record: Colorado, 1:40.16, 2006

45+
New Record: Ariz, 1:44.02
(John Smith, 46, Glenn Mills, 46, Stephanie Rollins, 53, Monica Bailey, 47)
Old Record: Colorado, 1:49.43, 2005
(Note: Second-place WMST, 1:49.25, also cleared the former record.)

55+
New Record: NEM, 2:02.63
(David Bright, 55, Barbara Hummel, 56, Greg Shaw, 56, Constance Sasser, 61)
Old Record: PNA, 2:02.70, 2007

Women's 200 free relay
25+
New Record: SMU, 1:35.40
(Dominique Diezi, 30, Laura Holt, 27, Michelle Chow, 39, Katie McClelland, 31)
Old Record: Lone Star, 1:37.40, 1989

45+
New Record: CMS, 1:43.32
(Kim Crouch, 46, Ellen Campbell, 45, Elene Kay Jones, 47, Kathy Garnier, 47)
Tied Record: NEM, 1:43.32, 2002

Men's 200 free relay
45+
New Record: Ariz, 1:27.70
(John Smith, 46, Al Jaegers, 45, Paul Hafner, 47, Paul Smith, 48)
Old Record: Colorado, 1:27.94, 2005

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