More than 40 different Masters National records fell at the short course national championship in San Antonio this weekend, including a number to some former Olympians.
One of the meet’s highlights was a series of races between Olympic champion backstroker Matt Grevers and Olympic champion sprinter Anthony Ervin in the men’s 30-34 class.
Grevers seemed to mostly get the upper hand. He topped Ervin in the 100 IM 47.78 to 49.23 and broke the national record in the age group. More unexpected was the 50 free, where Grevers eked out a win over Ervin by .01, 19.71 to 19.72. Neither approached Ervin’s national record of 19.33.
Here’s a quick list of all the individual national records that we could find:
- Charlotte Petersen – W50-54 – 1650 free: 18:16.49
- Jeff Erwin – M50-54 – 1650 free: 16:28.77
- Jim Clemmons – M65-69 – 1650 free: 19:07.81
- Jill Hernandez – W50-54 – 1000 free: 10:58.56
- Celeste Miller – W65-69 – 1000 free: 12:55.01
- Michael Mann – M60-64 – 1000 free: 10:42.16
- Nicolas Granger – M45-49 – 400 IM: 4:01.32
- William Lauer – M80-84 – 400 IM: 6:45.44
- Glenn Counts – M35-39 – 100 fly: 49.12
- Richard Abrahams – M70-74 – 100 fly: 1:00.77
- Amanda Sims – W25-29 – 100 fly: 53.20
- Mary Ann Case – W75-79 – 100 fly: 1:35.55
- Josh Davis – M40-44 – 200 free: 1:38.23
- Rick Colella – M60-64 – 200 free: 1:51.08
- Matt Grevers – M30-34 – 50 breast: 24.35
- Richard Burns – M70-74 – 100 back: 1:05.42
- Josh Davis – M40-44 – 500 free: 4:33.36
- Colin Babcock – M18-24 – 100 IM: 49.52
- Matt Grevers – M30-34 – 100 IM: 47.78
- Jeff Commings – M40-44 – 100 IM: 51.07
- Jim Tuchler – M50-54 – 200 back: 1:59.04
- Colin Babcock – M18-24 – 100 breast: 54.07
- Marcus Titus – M25-29 – 100 breast: 51.57
- Jeff Commings – M40-44 – 100 breast: 55.37
- Katie Glenn – W35-39 – 100 breast: 1:01.88
- Chris Wenzel – W55-59 – 100 breast: 1:13.76
- Lo Knapp – W60-64 – 100 breast: 1:16.80
- David Sims – M50-54 – 200 fly: 1:59.10
- Henrik Lindau – M18-24 – 50 fly: 21.13
- Matt Grevers – M30-34 – 50 fly: 21.11
- Bruce Kone – M55-59 – 50 fly: 24.13
- Richard Abrahams – M70-74 – 50 fly: 26.92
- Noriko Inada – W35-39 – 50 fly: 25.05
- Mary Ann Case – W70-74 – 50 fly: 38.05
- Kenneth Frost – M70-74 – 200 breast: 2:43.16
- Katie Glenn – W35-39 – 200 breast: 2:17.51
- Lo Knapp – W60-64 – 200 breast: 2:44.73
- Michael Ross – M45-49 – 50 back: 23.58
- Richard Burns – M70-74 – 50 back: 29.72
- Laura Val – W60-64 – 50 back: 29.58
- Nicolas Granger – M45-49 – 100 free: 46.21
- Richard Abrahams – M70-74 – 100 free: 54.58
- Stella Preissler – W65-69 – 100 free: 1:05.01
- Colin Babcock – M18-24 – 200 IM: 1:49.30
- Nicolas Granger – M45-49 – 200 IM: 1:51.44
- William Lauer – M80-84 – 200 IM: 3:03.55
Masters Swimming is sooooo cooooool. The purest of the pure. What we all love about swimming! Congrats to all the swimmers!