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Spartans of La Canada Nab Five 100-119 USMS National Records in Mission Viejo

Although not offical AQUA Masters Records, the Spartans swam two times that were faster than the current 100-119 times in the womens and mixed 200 free relays

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Filip Nowacki Lowers Own British Age Record In 100 Breast With 59.24 In World Junior Semis

Nowacki blasted a time of 59.24 in the semis of the 100 breaststroke, lowering his own British Record for 17-year-old boys of 59.59 set last month.

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Neutral Athletes ‘B’ (Russia) Set New World Junior Record In Boys’ 4×100 Freestyle Relay

Neutral Athletes ‘B’ (Russia) clocked 3:15.38 to break Team USA’s World Junior Record in the boys’ 4×100 freestyle relay.

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3 for 1: Agostina Hein Shatters Championship, Argentine & South American Records in 400 IM

Hein won the 400 IM in 4:34.34, demolishing the Championship Record, South American Continental Record and Argentine National Record in one fell sweep.

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Grigorii Vekovishchev Wins 400 Free in 3:46.64 to Break Russian Junior Record

Vekovishchev knocked .72 off of the Russian Junior record to bring the standard under 3:47 for the first time.

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Mary T. Meagher Sets Masters World Record In 60-64 200 Butterfly

Mary T. Meagher, now racing as Mary Plant, has shattered the masters world record in the women’s 60-64 200 LCM butterfly.

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Swimming’s Greatest Record Years: The 2009 Super-Suit Era To The 2024 Short Course Worlds

2024 was the first year since 2009 in which at least 50 world records were set, largely due to the record-breaking frenzy at Short Course Worlds.

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Catherine Breed Sets New Distance Record in Swim of Lake Tahoe

A 32-year-old marathon swimmer, Breed already holds multiple open water distance records and has her sights set on swimming the entire California coast.

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Ten-Year-Old Sarah Chiang Topples Three PNS Records at 12 & Under Champs

Record-breaking swims lit up the PN 12 & Under Championships as Sarah Chiang and Noah Arthiababah rewrote the LSC record books.

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Depth Over Records: Why Singapore 2025 Might Be the Fastest World Championship Ever

Despite a relatively low number of world records falling, the depth at the 2025 World Championships made it arguably the fastest ever.

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Six More Masters Records Crumble to Wrap Up USMS Nationals – Day 5 Recap

Day five in Federal Way was hedlined by Charlotte Davis securing her 9th and 10th records on the week among five other record breaking performances..

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Ollie Moclair Overtakes Cameron McEvoy 50 Free Aussie Age Record

Olympic and World Championships gold medalist Cameron McEvoy of Australia saw one of his short course national age records bit the dust.

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Cohen Tarrant Takes Down Zac Stubblety-Cook Age Record In Queensland

Additional age records went down on the final day of action at the 2025 Queensland Short Course Championships, featuring Cohen Tarrant in breaststroke.

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Stotz, Krause Punch Age Marks At Queensland Short Course Championships

Koa Stotz made some noise in the 14-year-old boys’ 100m freestyle final on day three of the 2025 Queensland Short Course Championships.

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Caden LaPlante Breaks 32-Year-Old LSC 50 Free Record at Maine Swimming Championships

The 14-year-old shaved .14 off of the record, which previously stood at 25.32 set by Jon Stanka of Coastal Maine Aquatics back in 1993.

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