--- Masters News Stories ---
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25. OVER the weekend, six world Masters SCM records fell at the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics Championships held in Washington, D.C.
Glenn Mills shot down a trio of global standards in the 45-49 age division. H...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, June 25. AFTER coming down with an illness just prior to the USMS Short Course National Championships in May, Clay Britt had no idea what to expect at the meet. It's probably safe to say that he surprised h...
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MIDDLEBURY, Vermont, June 24. THE New England Masters LCM Championships, held in Middlebury, Vt., produced several Masters world records this weekend. Fred Schlicher, 60, grabbed four of the records, while Len Gushe, 45, shot down the other in th...
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HOLDEN BEACH, North Carolina, June 18. ACCORDING to an obituary in the Williams Herald, Mary Lee Watson passed away at the age of 86. Watson was an accomplished Masters swimmer who received the Ransom J. Arthur Award from United States Ma...
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SARASOTA, Florida, June 18. BURWELL "Bumpy" Jones, 75, really enjoyed aging up at the meet named in his honor, the Bumpy Jones Classic, this past weekend as Jones knocked down several Masters world records in the 75-79 age division.
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LOS ANGELES, California, June 12. WHILE the Texas Senior Circuit meet sported some Masters world records due to dual sanctioning from USA Swimming and United States Masters Swimming (USMS), the Janet Evans Invitational had a few USMS standards fa...
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AUSTIN, Texas, June 11. WHILE the Texas Pros were lighting up the pool at the Texas Senior Circuit this past weekend, a few Masters swimmers were taking dead aim at some world records in the men's 45-49 age group.
Ande Rasmussen, 45, first...
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LONDONDERRY, New Hampshire, June 10. UNITED States Masters Swimming (USMS) announced recently that it hired Rob Butcher as its Executive Director. USMS, founded in 1970, is a swimming national governing body that caters to adults aged 18 and over...
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MISSION VIEJO, California, June 3. AT the Mission Viejo Nadadores meet held this weekend, Rita Simonton, 90, and Walter Pfeiffer, 95, put on a show in their age divisions.
Pfeiffer posted world records for the 95-99 age division in the 50 fly (...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, June 2. ARIZONA Masters swimmer Paul Smith might not follow the most conventional training regimen, but that certainly hasn't prevented him from posting some quick times this season in the pool.
"I ...
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QUEBEC, Canada, May 22. FOUR Masters world records fell during the Canadian Masters National Championships held in Quebec over the weekend during the short course competition.
Len Gushe clocked a time of 4:48.17 in the men's 45-49 400 IM, w...
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By Graham Senders, Swimming World Australian Masters correspondent
PERTH, Australia, May 21. MASTERS swimming returned to Challenge Stadium, the scene of the FINA World Masters Championships, for a state 1500-meter swim meet.
Success...
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SANTA CLARITA, California, May 21. SEVERAL Masters world records took a tumble at the Santa Clarita Masters meet held over long course during this past weekend.
Jurgen Schmidt, swimming in his first meet in the 85-89 age division, whacked more...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, May 21. A common belief in Masters swimming is that as a swimmer becomes older, they naturally slow down. Forty-year-old Maine Masters swimmer Mike Ross gave the swimming community reason to question this theor...
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 4. THE final day of the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships came to an end with another session of record-breaking performances.
Here is a list of those top swims:
Men's 500 free
85-89
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 3. JOSH Davis had a banner effort in the 35-39 age division during the third day of competition at the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships held in Austin.
Additionally, Swimming World's ow...
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 2. THE second night of swimming at the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships held in yards witnessed Susan Von Der Lippe posting several record swims.
The following USMS records fell throughout the sec...
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 1. THE first day of the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) National Championships opened with the 1000 and 1650 yard freestyle events.
Jurgen Schmidt, 85, provided the sole record-setting performance of the day with a tim...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, April 28. THE recently completed 2008 FINA Masters World Championships displayed some of the top Masters swimmers in the world, as dozens of world records fell by the wayside over the course of the nine-day mee...
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Updated April 25, 2008
PERTH, Australia, April 24. THROUGH the final day of competition at the 2008 FINA World Masters Championships held in Perth, nearly 50 world records have fallen.
While results from the 400 freestyle events are s...
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PERTH, Australia, April 23. ANOTHER batch of records have been made available at the 2008 FINA World Masters Championships held in Perth.
The following are the world records that have been broken or tied since our last ...
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PERTH, Australia, April 21. AFTER a few days of some technical difficulties, results have now been made available from the 2008 FINA World Masters Championships held in Perth.
Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, an American, is representing a French club and...
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PERTH, Australia, April 18. THE beauty of nearly 80 heats of the 800 freestyle opened the 2008 FINA World Masters Championships held in Perth. During the marathon day of long-distance swimming, three world records fell.
The following world rec...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, April 18. BACK in 1982, Charlotte Davis was casually swimming laps at the local pool when coach Robin O'Leary invited her to join the Masters team in the area. Lured by the thought of swimming with others a...
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FAIRFAX, Virginia, April 17. THE Colonies Masters Zone Championships featured six USMS records this past weekend. In the team chase, the Virginia Masters Swim Team (VMST) won with 2,730 points, while defending champion Curl-Burke placed second wi...
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MISSION VIEJO, California, April 14. SEVEN USMS national records fell during the SPMA Regional Championship held April 11-13 in Mission Viejo.
Jurgen Schmidt, 85, set four records in the 85-89 division. He shot down the 1650 free (28:36.66), 4...
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By Graham Senders, Australian Masters Correspondent
PERTH, Australia, April 8. ROD Baker is the first West Australian to break a national Masters record for the year in the 200 backstroke. Baker, 80, from the Mandurah club swam 3:50.01 at the i...
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By Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, April 7. THERE aren't many things that can keep 75-year-old Burwell "Bumpy" Jones away from the pool, including radiation treatment for prostate cancer.
Jones, who was diagnosed a few months a...
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