IRVINE,
California, August 8. AFTER a day of relay swimming, the FINA Masters World
Championships returned to the individual events in Montreal. Five world records
fell on Friday, including a history-making swim in the women’s 200 butterfly.
In a
race that was bound to gather much applause from the crowd in attendance, Nora
Ronai of Master Icara Geraldo swim team in Brazil swam an 8:52.22 in the 200
butterfly to set a world record in the 90-94 age group. The 90-year-old became
the oldest swimmer in Masters history to complete the event, and thereby set
the first world record in the 200 fly in the age group.
Ronai’s
splits per 50 meters:
1:55.04, 2:24.13, 2:31.25, 2:01.80
1:55.04, 2:24.13, 2:31.25, 2:01.80
Allen
Stark has been chasing Bob Strand in the pool for many years, and Stark finally
got to the top of the mountain by taking Strand’s world record of 2:58.13 in
the 65-69 age group with a 2:56.96. After sitting out a couple of years to
recover from injury, Stark entered a new age group and celebrated with a world
record while representing Oregon Masters.
Stark’s
splits:
38.66, 45.04, 45.53, 47.73
38.66, 45.04, 45.53, 47.73
In the
women’s 200 breast, Lo Knapp of Swim Utah swam a 3:09.89, beating Bonnie
Pronk’s world record of 3:14.49 in the 60-64 age group.
Pronk’s
splits:
43.83, 47.39, 49.08, 49.59
43.83, 47.39, 49.08, 49.59
Two
days after setting a world record in the 50 butterfly, Phoenix Swim Club’s
Noriko Inada swam a 1:02.69 in the 100 backstroke, beating her own 35-39 mark
of 1:03.04. Ellen Reynolds of Sawtooth Masters also picked up a second world
record this week, posting a 1:09.28 in the 50-54 age group to beat her own
record of 1:09.64.
We
neglected to mention in our roundup of the world records set during
Wednesday’s relay competition that Brian Jacobson swam a 23.43 leading off
Minnesota Masters’ 200 free relay. That time broke his own world record of
23.60 in the 40-44 age group. In the actual 50 free event on Monday, Jacobson
had just missed his own world record with a 23.61.
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