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Kevin Cordes 100 Breaststroke American Record, 51.10, Video Interview

2 Gold Medal Mel Stewart | December 01st, 2012 | Categories: 2012 US Short Course Nationals, Featured, News, Video

Video coverage presented by A3 Performance

University of Arizona sophomore Kevin Cordes broke his own American record at 2012 AT&T Short Course Nationals in Austin Friday night. His time of 51.10 was more than two tenths lower than the previous mark of 51.32 from 2012 NCAAs.

On his way to breaking the American record, Cordes also broke Michael Alexandrov‘s meet record which was only .03 slower than the American. Alexandrov finished second in the event in a 51.62. The US Open record is still held by Cal’s , who went 50.86 in 2009.

More highlights from Friday night here.

Comments

  1. Philip Johnson says:
    December 1, 2012 at 11:14 am

    ok, this guy is 6’5, 180 lbs. isn’t he suppose to be swimming freestyle?

    Reply
  2. J mom says:
    December 1, 2012 at 12:15 pm

    Thank you Kevin for being so kind to our junior swimmers last night. You made their day.

    Reply

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Mel Stewart, aka Gold Medal Mel, won three Olympic medals at the 1992 Olympic Games. As a writer/producer and sports columnist, Mel has contributed to Yahoo Sports, Universal Sports, and USA Swimming. Mel has also worked as an Olympic analyst for ABC, NBC, EPSN, FOX SPORTS and TBS. At SwimSwam.com, Mel hosts Gold Medal Minute presented by SwimOutlet.com, a weekly report featuring the world’s fastest swimmers and Olympic medalists. Read More »