By Stephen J. Thomas<\/p>\n
ADELAIDE, South Australia. THE 29th Annual AUSSI Masters Swimming championships were held 29 March to 4 April in the South Australian capital producing some quality swims – nineteen individual records. Pity about the timing for some, as the meet was held slap bang in the middle of the Olympic trials in Sydney. <\/p>\n
Two swimmers each posted three national long course records. <\/p>\n
Eighty-six year-old Alma Brecknock made the best of her hometown advantage to chip just under half-a-second off her own 100 breaststroke record in the 85-89 age group to touch in 2:45.83 then over three second off her 200 mark in 5:45.49 and finished with 2:36.01 in the 100 backstroke to take over 20-seconds off the previous best. <\/p>\n
On the men\u2019s side 71-year-old West Aussie Dieter Loeliger claimed two national records in the 70-74 medley events – taking over four seconds off the 200 mark clocking 3:12.20 and then carved over thirty seconds off the 16-year old record over twice the distance in 6:57.96. Loeliger also posted 3:29.63 for the 200 breaststroke to beat the old record by nine seconds.<\/p>\n
John Crisp, 69, from the Miami club in Queensland (the home of Grant Hackett) showed he has been training in some fast water with new national marks in the 65-69 age group over the 400 and 800 freestyle \u2013 clocking 5:26.02 and 11:15.47 respectively. Sydneysider David Lawler from the Manly club took the identical pair of records in the 75-79 age group in 6:13.41 and 12:53.11.<\/p>\n
Allan Dufty, 75, from the Seaside Pirates club Sydney was another that set two new national marks clocking 8:27.87 in the 400IM and 2:01.09 in the 100 fly in the 75-79 age group.<\/p>\n
Bobbie Lea took over eleven seconds off her own record for the 200 fly (70-74 age group) set just last year at the Australian Masters Games to touch in 4:49.67.<\/p>\n
Three Aussie records fell to women in the 200 backstroke, all lowering their own previous marks. Victorian Helen Whitford (35-39) trimmed 0.08 of a second off her time to clock 2:34.45. West Aussie Sally Bell (40-44) took over two seconds off her previous best to touch in 2:38.29 and Queenslander Julie Gunthorp (55-59) improved just over one second to record 3:05.95.<\/p>\n
Two records were posted by Sydneysiders in the 50 freestyle. John Harvey (40-44) clocked 25.75 to tie Ross Clarke\u2019s standard set in Sheffield back in 1997 and Cathy Codling (40-44) went 28.28 to slash over half-a-second off her own record set in Christchurch in 2002.<\/p>\n
Finally at the younger end of the spectrum, Adelaide based Catherine Howland, 21, clocked 36.40 to take 0.04 of a second off Natalie Hamilton\u2019s old standard in the 50 breaststroke (20-24).<\/p>\n
Link to full results:<\/p>\n
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