Masters

Fike Swim, Sometimes You Have to Change Everything

Never give up on your dreams. SWIM DIFFERENT!

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Less Is More: Re-Qualifying for U.S. Nationals at 41

It took 18 years of failing to find the right path, but it was worth it.

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42-Year-Old Roland Schoeman Rips 19.2 50 Free, 20.4 50 Fly At KMSC Pro-Am

The three-time Olympic medalist posted some blistering times at the age of 42 at the King Marlin Swim Club Pro-Am Classic in Lewisville, Texas.

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Laura Val Gets 6 More Masters World Records; Olympian Gabrielle Rose Too!

Laura Val has broken almost 450 Masters World Records in her hall-of-fame career. She added six more to that total last weekend in Long Beach.

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U.S. Masters Swimming To Host 2024 USMS Spring Nats In Conjunction With Olympic Trials

The 2024 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship will fall during the final weekend of the U.S. Olympic Trials.

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FINA Releases Qualifying Standards For 2022 Masters World Championships

The 2022 Masters World Championships will take place August 2-11, 2023 in Kyushu, Japan, having been postponed due to the pandemic.

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Diann Uustal Breaks Six Masters World Records At Rowdy Gaines Masters Classic

The Sarasota Sharks 280-319 women’s relay broke 4 Masters world and national records. From left to right: Nancy Kryka, Sue Watts, June Carson, Diann Uustal.

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FINA Releases Schedule For 2022 World Masters Championships In Japan

The event was postponed from 2022 after the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka were rescheduled to May 2023.

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US Masters’ Swimming Votes to Replace “Postal Meets” with “Virtual Meets”

Out with the old, in with the new: US Masters Swimming rules books will now refer to “postal meets” as “virtual meets.” A requiem for a tradition.

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Holocaust Survivor Nora Tausz Ronai Persists in Her Masters Swim Career at 98

Holocaust survivor Nora Tausz Ronai proved that she is a woman of strength with her 400 IM race at the Pan American Masters Championships at 98 years old.

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U.S. Masters Swimming Annual Meeting Wrap Up

U.S. Masters Swimming has announced the election or re-election of eight at-large directors for their zone at its annual meeting.

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Less Is More: All New Strength Training

What I do in the weight room has to change from moving a lot of weight slowly to moving a good amount of weight quickly.

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Latvia’s Andrejs Duda Breaks Masters World Records in 50 Fly and 50 Free

Latvian Olympian Andrejs Duda broke Masters World Records in the 50 fly and 50 free at the 2022 LEN European Masters Aquatics Championships.

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Less Is More: Genetic Testing for Faster Swimming

James Fike series, LESS IS MORE: At the best of times, swimming can feel like a “riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.”

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Nearly Two Dozen LC Records Taken Down at 2022 Southwest Zone Summer Champs

David Heron (pictured above) broke the world age-group and USMS record in the 800 freestyle (8:24.46) and 1500 free (15:49.04) for the men’s 25-29 age group.

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