--- Masters News Stories ---
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 5. JUST before the turn of the calendar to 2009, Italy's Alberto Montini swam faster than four FINA Masters world records at three separate short course meters competitions.
First, Montini, 40, obliterated the 50 b...
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Feature by Emily Sampl
FORT COLLINS, Colorado, December 23. THE Chesapeake Elite Pro-Am marked the last major swim meet of 2008, and a couple of U.S. Masters swimmers took full advantage of their final opportunity. Kona's Karlyn Pipe...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 15. ONE week after setting four new Masters world records at the Colonies Zone short course meters championships, Mike Ross swam under three more world marks at the New England regional championships.
Ross, 40, added ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 15. THIRTY-ONE individual and three relay FINA Masters world records were bettered at the Southern Pacific Masters Association's short course meters regional meet, held Dec. 5-7 in Long Beach, Calif.
Laura Val of ...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, December 12. MIKE Ross led the charge as more than a dozen FINA Masters world records were bettered last weekend at the 2008 Masters SCM Colonies Zone Championship.
Ross, 40 years old representing Maine Masters, started the me...
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CHICAGO, Illinois, December 11. DURING the final stop of the TYR Grand Prix held in Chicago, one more FINA Masters World Record was bettered in short course meter competition.
Bryan Bateman of Team Illinois cleared Robert Strand's 60-64 me...
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CORAL SPRINGS, Florida, December 9. AT a short course meter meet held in Coral Springs, Fla, Burwell "Bumpy" Jones surpassed another handful of men's 75-79 age group FINA Masters world records. He's been on a tear of late with v...
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Feature by Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, December 3. THERE'S no feeling in the world like breaking a world record. Tri-Valley Masters swimmer Bonnie Bilich finally found out what it felt like at the USMS Long Course National Champio...
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SAINT PETERSBURG, Florida, November 25. AT the Bridge the Bay Short Course Meters Masters meet held in St. Petersburg, Fla., Burwell "Bumpy" Jones bettered another FINA Masters world record.
Swimming for the Sarasota YMCA Sharks Mast...
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PHOENIX, Arizona, November 21. AT the second annual Ron Johnson Invitational short course meters meet in Tempe, Ariz., seven swimmers swam faster than 14 Masters world record times at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. Two relays also swam under exi...
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, November 18. AFTER bettering a pair of FINA Masters short course world record during the first stop of the TYR Masters Grand Prix, Yoshi Oya...
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SANTA CLARITA, California, November 14. LAST weekend, five FINA Masters world record were bettered during the SPMA SCM meet.
Rita Simonton, 90, bested a pair of her global standards in the 90-94 age division with times of 4:24.90 in the 200 fr...
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Feature by Emily Sampl
BOULDER, Colorado, October 31. OLYMPIC Trials is one of the fastest swim meets in the United States, and it's arguably the most nerve-wracking. Whether it's a seasoned vet or a newcomer to the national scen...
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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, October 27. YOSHI Oyakawa bested a pair of FINA Masters short course world records at the first stop of the TYR Grand Prix held in Indianapolis this weekend.
Oyakawa bettered the 75-79 50 back standard with a time of 35.7...
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WALNUT CREEK, California, October 15. RECENTLY, at the Pacific Masters Walnut Creek Short Course Championships, 16 Masters world records took a tumble.
Laura Val posted five global records in the 55-59 age division. She clocked top times in t...
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