By Robin Parisi<\/p>\n
PORTLAND, Oregon, November 22. DENNIS Baker, whose achievements at the USMS Long Course Nationals in August were celebrated in the October issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/i>, continued his streak of amazing performances at a recent meet in Oregon.<\/p>\n
Competing in a tri-meet hosted by the Multnomah Athletic Club on the same day that Roger Clemens, 43, opened the World Series for the Houston Astros, Baker, 44, swam the 500 free in 5:12.07, good for fourth place overall. Not bad for a guy who swam the race butterfly<\/i>! Baker's splits: 59:39, 1:02.11, 1:03.80, 1:04.06, 1:02.61. <\/p>\n
Note: At the USA Swimming Nationals, Baker placed 56th out of 73 competitors. The next oldest competitor was 27, or 17 years younger than Dennis!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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