LONG BEACH, California, December 4. WHILE the best of USA Swimming did battle in Atlanta, Ga., are the USA Short Course Championships, the best of United States Masters Swimming assembled in Long Beach, Calif., this weekend at the Southern Pacific Masters Association (SPMA) SCM Championships.
Irvine Novaquatics won the overall team trophy with 2172.5 points, while San Diego Swim Masters took second with 2019 points. The hosts, Long Beach Grunions, placed third with 1347 points.
More than 30 world records tumbled throughout the meet held at the Belmont Olympic Plaza from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. Here is a list of all the global standards reported to be set at the meet with previous records in parenthesis ():
Men's 45-49
100 free: Paul Smith, 48, 52.54 (Marco Colombo, 53.04)
200 free: Paul Smith, 48, 1:56.00 (Marcus Mattioli, 1:56.74)
100 breast: David Guthrie, 47, 1:06.44 (Glen Christiansen, 1:06.48)
200 breast: David Guthrie, 47, 2:26.17 (Gregory Oxley, 2:31.41)
50 fly: Paul Smith, 48, 25.82 (Paul Carter, 25.84)
Men's 50-54
50 fly: Paul Carter, 50, 26.12 (Greg Shaw, 26.79)
100 fly: Paul Carter, 50, 57.29 (John McCall, 1:00.08)
200 IM: Paul Carter, 50, 2:17.48 (Simon Veale, 2:18.68)
Men's 60-64
50 breast: Robert Strand, 61, 33.11 (Robert Strand, 33.54)
100 breast: Robert Strand, 61, 1:14.02 (Robert Strand, 1:14.47)
Men's 70-74
50 free: Jeff Farrell, 70, 28.21 (Ronald Johnson, 28.55)
100 free: Jeff Farrell, 70, 1:03.33 (Cav Cavanaugh, 1:04.58)
50 breast: Jeff Farrell, 70, 37.26 (Nick Templeman, 37.47)
Women's 40-44
50 breast: Susan von der Lippe, 42, 32.93 (Susan von der Lippe, 32.99)
100 breast: Susan von der Lippe, 42, 1:10.55 (Susan von der Lippe, 1:11.52)
100 fly: Susan von der Lippe, 42, 1:02.34 (Susan von der Lippe, 1:02.37)
100 IM: Susan von der Lippe, 42, 1:05.07 (Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 1:05.56)
200 IM: Susan von der Lippe, 42, 2:19.21 (Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 2:20.55)
Women's 45-49
100 free: Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 45, 58.61 (Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 59.44)
100 fly: Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 45, 1:04.40 (Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 1:06.42)
200 back: Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 45, 2:22.53 (Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 2:24.01)
200 IM: Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 45, 2:23.49 (Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen, 2:27.57)
Women's 55-59
50 free: Laura Val, 56, 28.67 (Laura Val, 28.99)
100 free: Laura Val, 56, 1:01.54 (Laura Val, 1:02.55)
50 back: Laura Val, 56, 32.96 (Laura Val, 33.24)
100 back: Laura Val, 56, 1:13.56 (Laura Val, 1:14.80)
50 fly: Laura Val, 56, 31.88 (Judy Wilson, 31.92)
100 fly: Laura Val, 56, 1:10.55 (Laura Val, 1:10.93)
100 IM: Laura Val, 56, 1:14.09 (Laura Val, 1:14.34)
Men's 360-399
200 medley relay: Coast Masters, Woody Bowerstock, Robert Christians, Wayne McFarland, Walter Pfeiffer, 5:43.79 (No WR reported)
Mixed 280-319
200 freestyle relay: San Diego Swim Masters, Frank Piemme, Vinus Van Baalen, Jackie Marr, Gynt Clifford, 2:15.63 (Island Takatsuki, 2:16.15)