By Peter Andersen<\/p>\n
RICCIONE, Italy, June 5. AMERICANS won the 800 meter freestyle in at least seven age groups to dominate the first day of competition on Thursday, June 3, at the FINA Masters World Championships in Riccione, Italy. <\/p>\n
The reason I write \u201cat least,\u201d is because the World Championships Organizing Committee has posted the results in 10 women\u2019ss and eight men\u2019s age groups. Missing are women 25-29, 30-34 and 40-44, and men 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44 and 45-49 \u2013 a total of eight additional age groups.<\/p>\n
No world records fell in the 800 meters, at least not in the 18 age groups reported.<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 800m freestyle<\/b>
\nIn the men\u2019s event, Tod Spieker, The Olympic Club, took the 55-59 race in 9:47.12, missing his own world record of 9:40.68. Bill Lauer was another winner for the USA, taking the 70-74 race in 12:20.49.<\/p>\n
Italy\u2019s Fabrizio Momoni came the closest to setting a world mark, as he won the 65-69 contest in 10:34.37, missing Graham Johnston\u2019s global standard by five seconds. In the 60-64 division, Britain\u2019s Sandy Galletly, who often represents SCAQ in Southern California, took gold in 10:22.46, some 16 seconds off his own world mark.<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 800m freestyle<\/b>
\nAmerican women took gold in five of the 10 age groups for which results are posted. <\/p>\n
San Diego\u2019s Jackie Marr won the 60-64 race in 11:41.68, some eight seconds slower than the world record set last year by Australia\u2019s Jen Thomasson.<\/p>\n
Denise Brown clocked 10:07.04 to take the 45-49 race. Meredith Moore was victorious in the 55-59 age group in 11:19.59. Janet \u201cBunny\u201d Cederlund touched first in the 80-84 division in 18:33.69. And Rita Simonton was in a class of her own in the 85-89 age group, taking the event in 18:02.04.<\/p>\n
The best race was turned in by Japan\u2019s Yoshiko Osaki, whose winning time of 12:11.54 in the 65-69 age grou was only five seconds off her own world record.
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\nWINNERS:<\/p>\n
800 Stile libero UOMINI (MEN)<\/b>
\n50 \u2013 54 anni \u2013 Marugo Lorenzo (ITA) 9\u201914\u201d23
\n55 \u2013 59 anni \u2013 Spieker R. Tod (USA) 9\u201947.12
\n60 \u2013 64 anni \u2013 Galletly Sandy (GBR) 10\u201922.46
\n65 \u2013 69 anni \u2013 Momoni Fabrizio (ITA) 10\u201934.37
\n70 \u2013 74 anni \u2013 Lauer William (USA) 12\u201920.49
\n75 \u2013 79 anni \u2013 Boghossian Aram (BRA) 13\u201910.73
\n80 \u2013 84 anni \u2013 Vickery Kevin (AUS) 16\u201917.95
\n85 \u2013 89 anni \u2013 Dodd Harold (GBR) 17\u201903.94
\n90 \u2013 94 anni \u2013 nessun qualificato <\/p>\n
\n800 Stile libero DONNE (WOMEN)<\/b><\/p>\n
35 – 40 anni – Sossi Cristina (ITA) 9'25"74
\n45 \u2013 49 anni \u2013 Brown Denise (USA) 10\u201907\u201d04
\n50 \u2013 54 anni \u2013 Vaca Laura (MEX) 10\u201922\u201d42
\n55 \u2013 59 anni \u2013 Moore Meredith (USA) 11\u201919.59
\n60 \u2013 64 anni \u2013 Marr Jackie (USA) 11\u201941.68
\n65 \u2013 69 anni – Osaki Yoshiko (JPN) 12\u201911\u201d54
\n70 \u2013 74 anni \u2013 Brooks Barbara (AUS) 15\u201903.30
\n75 \u2013 79 anni \u2013 Grilli Britt ( SWE) 14\u201949.61
\n80 \u2013 84 anni \u2013 Cederlund Agnes Janet (USA) 18\u201933.89
\n85 \u2013 89 anni \u2013 Simonton Rita (USA) 18\u201902.04<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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