PHOENIX, Arizona, December 15. THIRTY-ONE individual and three relay FINA Masters world records were bettered at the Southern Pacific Masters Association's short course meters regional meet, held Dec. 5-7 in Long Beach, Calif.<\/p>\n
Laura Val of Tampalpais Masters and Keefe Lodwig of Nebraska Masters led the way with four world records each.<\/p>\n
Val, 57, continues to clean up in the 55-59 age group. She swam faster than her own world records in the 100 free (1:01.40), 200 free (2:14.62), 100 fly (1:09.38) and 400 IM (5:41.08). Lodwig, 65, swam faster than the world records in the 65-69 age group in the 50 free (26.68), 100 free (59.60), 200 free (2.16.27) and 50 fly (29.79).<\/p>\n
Robert Strand, 62 of The Olympic Club, was responsible for three new world records: 50 breast (32.79), 100 breast (1:13.33) and 200 breast (2:43.32).<\/p>\n
Setting two world records each at the meet were:<\/p>\n
*\tRich Abrahams, 63: 100 free (56.63) and 50 fly (27.87) in the 60-64 age group;
\n* Richard Burns, 65: 50 back (31.64) and 400 IM (5:56.22) in the 65-69 age group;
\n*\tJeff Commings, 34: 50 breast (28.01) and 100 breast (1:01.34) in the 30-34 age group;
\n*\tDavid Guthrie, 48: 100 breast (1:06.39, tied world record) and 200 breast (2:25.89) in the 45-49 age group;
\n*\tSherri Hart, 37: 50 back (29.25) and 100 back (1:02.62) in the 35-39 age group;
\n*\tErik Hochstein, 40: 50 free (23.25) and 200 IM (2:07.71) in the 40-44 age group;
\n*\tKen Shilling, 51: 100 IM (1:02.51) and 200 IM (2:14.53) in the 50-54 age group.<\/p>\n
Notably, Hochstein swam under the existing world mark in the 100 free, but that time was bettered by Mike Ross the same day.<\/p>\n
Swimming faster than one world record time at the meet were:<\/p>\n
Jenny Cook, 50: 200 fly (2:38.73) in the 50-54 age group;<\/p>\n
Traci Granger, 50: 50 fly (30.60) in the 50-54 age group;<\/p>\n
Alistair Cockburn, 55: 50 back (29.41) in the 55-59 age group;<\/p>\n
Jeff Farrell, 71: 50 free (27.70) in the 70-74 age group;<\/p>\n
Anders Rasmussen, 45: 50 back (27.20).<\/p>\n
Three relay word records were bettered at the meet:<\/p>\n
Southern California Aquatics' men's 200 free relay in the 160-199 age group (Hochstein, Andriole, Beach, Wegner): 1:35.52;<\/p>\n
San Diego Masters' men's 200 free relay in the 280-319 age group (Freshley, Webster, Andersen, van Baalen): 2:00.82;<\/p>\n
San Diego Masters' men's 200 medley relay in the 280-319 age group (van Baalen, Andersen, Freshley, Webster): 2:15.49.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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