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Darian Townsend highlighted a short-but-sweet Masters meet Sunday at Phoenix Country Day School, breaking two long course Masters world records formerly held by Olympians.<\/p>\n

Townsend, in training to represent Team USA at the Pan American Games this summer, posted a 50.81 in the 100 free. That was just three hundredths faster than the world record swum in 2009 by German Olympian Stephan Kunzelmann. He finished it off with a 1:51.91 in the 200 free, which beat the 1:53.15 swum in 2009 as well by Australian Olympic medalist Daniel Kowalski.<\/p>\n

Townsend\u2019s swims will be ratified as Masters world records, but not as U.S. Masters Swimming national records. The USMS national record in the 100 free stands at 48.71, swum by Anthony Ervin at last summer\u2019s USA Swimming national championships, while Townsend holds the USMS record in the 200 free with a 1:49.34, also from the USA Swimming nationals last August. USMS records can be set by any registered Masters swimmer at any sanctioned competition, while FINA world records can only be broken in sanctioned Masters competitions. This loophole has created several USMS records that are faster than the FINA world records.<\/p>\n

2015 Phoenix Swim Club Long Course Masters Meet – Results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Darian Townsend highlighted a short-but-sweet Masters meet Sunday at Phoenix Country Day School, breaking two long course Masters world records formerly held by Olympians. 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