COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 18. WHILE Swimming World is still awaiting official confirmation from pool officials regarding the length of the pool, trusted sources have stated that the pool at the Texas Senior Circuit meet held in College Station is short. There is talk that the pool measured at 49.97 meters yesterday.
This first came to light based on some online swimming community conversations, but really hit the limelight when Spindrift Beck of the Dallas Mustangs stopped the clock in 29.77 in the women's 50 breast preliminaries this morning.
That time would have obliterated Jade Edmiston's world record of 30.31 set in 2006, and crushed Jessica Hardy's American record of 30.63 set in 2007.
Below are the results which first caused the confusion:
Event 25 Women 50 LC Meter Breaststroke
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Name Age Team Seed Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===
1 Beck, Spindrift 17 Mustangs 1:11.06 29.77
2 Ellis, Carlye 18 Unattached 1:14.62 31.00
3 Coventry, Kirst 24 Longhorn 1:13.86 31.37
4 Smith, Skylar 15 Aquastar 1:17.04 32.74
5 Marrow, Lilly 16 DADS 1:16.25 32.80
6 Tinnon, Elizabe 22 Longhorn 1:09.94 33.42
7 Iserman, Renee 19 Aggie 1:14.35 34.05
8 Atkinson, Alia 19 Unattached 1:11.95 34.10