Records

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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Eight Records Fall on Day Two of USMS Masters Nationals – Day 2 Recap

Federal Way was treated to eight record breaking performances from seven swimmers. Former U.S. Olympian Rick Colella claimed two of his own on day two.

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Ben Armbruster Breaks Pro Swim Series Record in 50 Fly with 23.00 at U.S. Summer Championships

Armbruster shaved .09 off of the Series record en route to claiming the championship title in the event on night three.

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15-Yr-Old Lincoln Wearing Rips 7:50.88 SCM 800 Free Aussie Age Record

15-year-old Lincoln Wearing put up a powerful performance in the 800m freestyle to kick off his Queensland SC Championships campaign.

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Richard Baughman, 72, Shatters 1500 Masters Record on Day 1 of USMS Nationals- Day 1 Recap

Baughman opened up the record breaking performances on Day 1, toppling the oldest national Masters record in the books for the 70-74 age group.

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What Does Summer McIntosh Need To Split To Break The 200 Fly WR?

Summer McIntosh was 0.18 seconds away from breaking Liu Zige’s World Record after being two-tenths up with 50 to go. What does she need to do to break it?

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