THE WOODLANDS, Texas, August 12. 888 – That's the number for the first three days of competition as eight Masters world records have fallen each day at the United States Masters Swimming (USMS) Long Course National Championships held in The Woodlands, Texas. After watching 16 world records posted the first two days, competitors recorded eight more today – one being a tie. Meanwhile, the USMS tally is up to 13 with four more standards set.
Susan Walsh kept busy with two more world records in the women's 45-49 division. She set the 50 fly in 29.84 and the 100 back in 1:09.66. That gives her six throughout the course of the meet.
The oldest world record falling actually came by way of a tie. Clarke Mitchell, who already lowered his 50 back USMS record earlier in the meet, matched Keijiro Nakamura's global standard of 1:26.00 set in the men's 75-79 division on July 20, 1998.
A complete list of records broken on the third day follows with the old record listed in parenthesis:
World Records:
400 IM:
Men's 75-79: Graham Johnston, 76, 7:13.14 (Graham Johnston, 7:17.61, 7/2/2006)
50 fly:
Women's 45-49: Susan Walsh, 45, 29.84 (Angela Zingler, 30.30, 7/6/2001)
Women's 55-59: Laura Val, 56, 31.83 (Laura Val, 32.10, 4/22/2006)
200 free:
Men's 50-54: Dan Stephenson, 50, 2:00.34 (Jim McConica, 2:02.50, 8/20/2000)
Women's 85-89: Margery Meyer, 85, 3:56.11 (Rita Simonton, 3:59.68, 5/25/2003)
100 back:
Men's 60-64: Hugh Wilder, 60, 1:10.72 (Richard Burns, 1:11.89, 8/9/2006)
Men's 75-79: Clarke Mitchell, 75, 1:26.00 (tied Keijiro Nakamura, 1:26.00, 7/20/1998)
Women's 45-49: Susan Walsh, 45, 1:09.66 (Vera Capkova, 1:11.18, 3/11/2006)
National Records:
100 back:
Men's 18-24: Leif Lyons, 21, 58.92 (David Lawson, 1:00.37, 8/27/1995)
200 breast:
Men's 65-69: Richard Todd, 65, 3:03.47 (Mike Freshley, 3:07.92, 7/16/2006)
Relays:
Mixed 72-99 200 medley: Dawn Jason, Gia Wright, Leif Lyons, Hyun Seung Lee, 1:59.72
(Gary Yang, Janet Hauer, Greg Mackem, Cynthia Hinshaw, 2:02.31, 8/23/1992)
Men's 72-99 200 free: Perry Bullock, Hyun Seung Lee, Leif Lyons, Carroll Bullock, 1:40.10
(Gary Antonick, Eric Tarbell, Stephen Goth, Jim Murray, 1:41.14, 8/22/1993)