FORT LAUDERDALE Florida, May 21. TEN more national records fell on Day 3 of the USMS Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, with several dozen other marks withstanding strong challenges. <\/p>\n
Once again, Rich Abrahams, Charlotte Davis and Carolyn Boak led the way with two national records apiece. Abrahams completed his six-event program in the Sunshine State with a phenomenal six records in six events. And he didn't just break the old marks — with one exception, he absolutely crushed<\/i> them.<\/p>\n
Here are today's record-breaking highlights:<\/p>\n
100-yard individual medley<\/b>
\nThe Big Three all scored record-setting wins in the 100 IM. Abrahams had his closest brush with mere mortals, slicing just one-hundredth of a second off Robert Smith's old standard of 1:01.51 set last year.<\/p>\n
But while Abrahams took a surgeon's knife to the record book, Charlotte Davis and Carolyn Boak came on like Lizzy Borden, ax and all. Davis clocked 1:09.27 to wrest the 55-59 record away from Boak, whose 1:10.04 had stood for five years. Not one to cry over broken records, Boak came back with a new one of her own in the 60-64 division, where her 1:13.19 left Jayne Bruner's 1997 standard of 1:16.66 in its wake.<\/p>\n
200-yard breaststroke<\/b>
\nTwo men's records fell in the 200 breast, while the women were unable to lower any standards.<\/p>\n
North Carolina's Jon Blank carved 27-hundredths of a second off David Gray's 2:14.64 from last year to set a 45-49 record. In the 70-74 division, Mani Sanguily out-dueled Bob Patten, 2:53.91 to 2:55.62, as he dropped John Kortheuer's standard of 2:55.34 from 2002.<\/p>\n
100-yard freestyle<\/b>
\nIn the 100 free, the Big Three struck yet again, as all three dropped the record in their respective age group by huge amounts.<\/p>\n
Once again, Rich Abrahams took a 60-64 record to a new dimension as he blazed the 100 free in 49.14 seconds (23.23 split), almost three full seconds under Olympian Jeff Farrell's 52.03 that had remained unchallenged for eight years.<\/p>\n
Charlotte Davis became the oldest woman to break a minute for 100 free when she touched in 59.08 seconds, well under the old 55-59 mark of 1:00.49 by Carolyn Boak from 2001.<\/p>\n
Once again, Boak compensated by setting a 60-64 record, clocking 1:03.95, slashing Jayne Bruner's 1:04.87 set eight years ago.<\/p>\n
50-yard backstroke<\/b>
\nTwo men lowered a 50-yard backstroke record — both in the same age group. last year, Fritz Lehman clocked 25.59 to set a 45-49 record. This year, Lehman was just a tad slower, but two other men were fractions of a second faster. Bill Specht got his hand on the wall first in 25.34, with Steve Wood right behind in 25.39.<\/p>\n
200-yard butterfly<\/b>
\nIt may not take a village, but apparently it does take an Olympian…to break a Karlyn Pipes-Nielsen record, that is. In the women's 35-39 division, 1992 Olympian Susan van der Lippe clocked 2:03.48 for the 200 fly, easing Pipes-Nielsen's 1997 time of 2:04.88 from the record book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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