By Graham Senders
PERTH, Western Australia, August 6. CHALLENGE Stadium Pool, the venue for the 2008 FINA World Masters Championship, was in short course format on Aug. 4 for the AUSSI Masters 1500-meter State Swim. Along with a swag of State records, three Australian records were broken.
Sally Bell of Claremont AUSSI Masters club, who earlier this year briefly held the LC 200-meter 45-49 world backstroke record, set an Australian mark in the 1500 backstroke with a time of 21:16.14, breaking the previous record by almost 1:50.
Bold Park AUSSI Masters' Victor Paul came into top form in the 60-65 1500 freestyle with an Australian record of 20:14.90, 19 seconds under the previous record. On the way through, Paul took 8.99 seconds off the Australian 800 mark with a split time of 10:43.02.