{"id":334347,"date":"2018-10-23T10:55:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T17:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=334347"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:49:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T19:49:28","slug":"fritz-bedford-breaks-masters-world-record-in-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fritz-bedford-breaks-masters-world-record-in-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"Fritz Bedford Breaks Masters World Record in Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fritz Bedford<\/strong> of the New England Masters Swim Club notched yet another world record last weekend, competing in the tenth Annual Leaf Peepers Masters Mini Meet at the Upper Valley Aquatic Club (UVAC) in Vermont.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_334349\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334349\" data-attachment-id=\"334349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fritz-bedford-breaks-masters-world-record-in-vermont\/fritz-bedford-photo-2-by-barbara-hummel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fritz-Bedford-Photo-2-by-Barbara-Hummel.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1921,1908\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1540041841&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fritz-bedford-masters-world-record\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;fritz-bedford-masters-world-record&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Barbara Hummel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fritz-Bedford-Photo-2-by-Barbara-Hummel-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fritz-Bedford-Photo-2-by-Barbara-Hummel-1024x1017.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-334349\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Fritz-Bedford-Photo-2-by-Barbara-Hummel-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"fritz-bedford-masters-world-record\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-334349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Barbara Hummel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During the three-hour meet, 55-year-old Fritz Bedford launched three attacks on the record book, each time taking aim at a record held by USA\u2019s <strong>Steve Wood<\/strong>. In his first event, Bedford\u2019s 28.16 in the 50 SCM backstroke was just off Wood\u2019s world and national record of 27.62 set in 2015. In the 50 butterfly, Bedford had more success. His 26.55 took down Wood\u2019s USMS national record, and was just a tenth of a second shy of Canadian <strong>Dan Thompson\u2019s<\/strong> world record. Finally, in his third event, Bedford blasted a 1:00.78 in the 100 backstroke, clipping six-one-hundredths of a second off the previous world record, held by Wood.<\/p>\n<p>Fritz\u2019s mom, Jane, was watching from the stands, no doubt remembering the day she watched Fritz\u2019s younger sister, <strong>B.J. Bedford<\/strong>, win relay gold at the Sydney Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><i>The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Barbara Hummel<\/i><i>. 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