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Win or lose, she was happy to swim and never seemed to know her swim times. Despite this handicap, she set 27 world records.<\/p>\n<p>Currently at 97 years old, Maurine has been competing for 31 years and has been in the Top Ten 27 times. She has set seven long course and 20 short course FINA Masters World Records in the I.M., freestyle and backstroke. In world rankings since 1997, she has a total of 89-number 1, 36-number 2 and 28-number 3 world rankings in the freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and I.M. \u00a0She has competed in four FINA World Championships in Montreal, Riccione, Budapest and Stanford, winning 14 gold and four silver medals.<\/p>\n<p>Maurine Kornfeld says Master swimming has become a major part of her life.\u00a0 And what a life she has!!!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201cFour mornings a week before dawn\u2019s early light.\u00a0 I tackle two freeways and drive to the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center for a Masters team workout.\u00a0 I must confess to being frequently tardy, which I attribute to traffic, not my indolence.\u00a0 It\u2019s such fun swimming with my teammates who are remarkably tolerant of my snail pace and who literally swim circles around me.\u00a0 After our coach Chad Durieux, announces \u2018THE END\u2019, a group of us hang out in the hot tub as a further \u2018cool down\u2019 and settle the problems of the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u201cOnce I\u2019m dry behind my ears, I go off for another major activity:\u00a0 that of being a docent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and also, being a docent and giving tours at the historic Los Angeles Union Station,\u201d said Kornfeld.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maurine&#8217;s secret lies in survival: \u201cIf you can\u2019t outswim them, outlive them!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TCkNSS6k2S8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maurine Kornfeld made her Masters debut in her 80\u2019s and set her first Masters world record when she was 90 (SC 800 free, 18:38.69). 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