USMS Summer Championships: 35 Records Fall in Mission Viejo
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The US Masters Swimming Summer National Championships concluded from Mission Viejo California on Sunday.
Ther were 35 USMS records set and 19 World Aquatics age group world records set at the meet.
Gabrielle Rose led a group of 11 Olympians who competed in the meet, a group that also included Jeff Farrell (two golds representing the U.S. in 1960) and Markus Rogan (two silvers representing Austria in 2000-04-08-12).
Rose Bowl Masters’s Maurine Kornfeld, 102, was the oldest swimmer at the meet, but there were three other swimmers who are at least 90 and 35 other swimmers who are at least 80.
Here are the USMS and World Aquatics world records that fell this week:
Wednesday, Aug. 21
- Chad La Tourette, The Olympic Club: men’s 35-39 1500 freestyle — 16:07.52 (US MS record)
- Chad La Tourette, The Olympic Club: men’s 35-39 800 freestyle — 8:33.96 (US MS record)
Thursday, Aug. 22
- Colette Crabbe, Oregon Masters: women’s 65-69 100 breaststroke — 1:32.13 (USMS record)
- Carlo Travaini, Mission Viejo Masters: men’s 60-64 100 breaststroke — 1:10.02 (USMS record)
- Tom Wolf, Lone Star Masters: men’s 70-74 50 backstroke — 32.27 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Daniela Barnea, Menlo Masters: women’s 80-84 200 IM — 3:47.11 (World Aquatics Masters world record and US MS record)
- Rich Burns, Tamalpais Aquatics Masters: men’s 80-84 200 IM — 3:14.38 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Team Redbird: women’s 240+ 200 medley relay — 2:17.00 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Jenna Campbell, Colorado Masters Swimming: women’s 25-29 200 freestyle — 2:02.06 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Ellen Reynolds, Team Redbird: women’s 60-64 200 freestyle — 2:16.57 (World Aquatics Masters world record and US MS record)
- Laura Val, Tamalpais Aquatic Masters: women’s 70-74 200 freestyle — 2:29.56 (World Aquatics Masters world record and US MS record)
Friday, Aug. 23
- Karen Mareb, New England Masters Swim Club: women’s 65-69 50 breaststroke — 41.07 (USMS record)
- Benjamin Cono, The Olympic Club: men’s 25-29 50 breaststroke — 27.55 (USMS record)
- Jeff Commings, Dolphins of the Desert Masters: men’s 50-54 50 breaststroke — 29.23 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Carlo Travaini, Mission Viejo Masters: men’s 60-64 50 breaststroke — 31.10 (USMS record)
- Kelly Harrigan, Mesa Aquatics Club: women’s 40-44 200 backstroke — 2:20.72 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Tom Wolf, Lone Star Masters: men’s 70-74 200 backstroke — 2:36.65 (World Aquatics Masters world record)
- Rich Burns, Tamalpais Aquatic Masters: men’s 80-84 200 backstroke — 3:04.49 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Nancy Steadman Martin, Garden State Masters: women’s 70-74 400 IM — 6:38.63 (World Aquatics Masters world record and US MS record)
- The Olympic Club: mixed 100-119 200 freestyle relay — 1:41.27 (US MS record)
- The Olympic Club: mixed 120-159 200 freestyle relay — 1:41.61 (US MS record)
- The Olympic Club: mixed 100-119 200 medley relay — 1:52.66 (US MS record)
Saturday, Aug. 24
- Karen Mareb, New England Masters Swim Club: women’s 65-69 200 breaststroke — 3:18.57 (USMS record)
- Carlo Travaini, Mission Viejo Masters: men’s 60-64 200 breaststroke — 2:38.41 (US MS record)
- Ellen Reynolds, Team Redbird: women’s 60-64 100 butterfly — 1:08.24 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Club Tribe: women’s 72-99 200 freestyle relay — 1:50.99 (USMS record)
- The Olympic Club: women’s 100-119 200 freestyle relay — 1:48.16 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Missy Cundiff, Club Tribe: women’s 25-29 50 freestyle — 25.37 (World Aquatics Masters world record)
Sunday, Aug. 25
- Ellen Reynolds, Team Redbird: women’s 60-64 100 freestyle — 1:03.70 (World Aquatics Masters world record and USMS record)
- Michael Mann, Colorado Masters: men’s 70-74 100 freestyle — 1:03.01 (World Aquatics Masters world record and US MS record)
- Daniela Barnea, Menlo Masters: women’s 80-84 200 butterfly — 4:17.77 (US MS record)
- Tom Wolf, Lone Star Masters: men’s 70-74 100 backstroke — 1:10.91 (World Aquatics Masters world record)
- Jenna Campbell, Colorado Masters Swimming: women’s 25-29 400 freestyle — 4:16.61 (World Aquatics Masters world record)
- Ellen Reynolds, Team Redbird: women’s 60-64 400 freestyle — 4:48.61 (World Aquatics Masters world record and US MS record)
- Chad La Tourette, The Olympic Club: men’s 35-39 400 freestyle — 4:05.99 (USMS record)
All records subject to change pending verification.