Broken Records

Broken Records Please post any & all Broken Records here Masters, Age group, national, world, . . . Please share the who what when where how & why Swimmmer, Team, Coach, race, Meet, splits, links ... Please talk about em, share your thoughts and reactions Let's celebrate & marvel aquatic accomplishments Here's a few recent ones: Natalie COUGHLIN broke the 100 SCY FREE AMERICAN RECORD on Sun 12/4/2011 at the Georgia Fall Invitational 46.84 broke her own record from 2007 by 1/100th She swam impressive times in the 1 fl, bk, & br www.georgiadogs.com/.../ or Kate Ledecky, 14 of Curl-Burke, broke 2 13-14 NAG yards records at the 5th Annual National Age Group Team Challenge held at the Germantown Indoor Swim Center Nov 12-13. She broke a 33-year-old record in the 500 freestyle 4:35.14 held by Sippy Woodhead from 1978 4:39.94 Then she went 9:29.81 in the 1,000 free breaking Michelle Richardson's 9:33.39, from 1984 Katie has OT cuts in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 free & will definitely be one to watch at trials. 500 free 25.44, 52.96 (27.52), 1:21.03 (28.07), 1:49.09 (28.06), 2:17.19 (28.10), 2:45.13 (27.94), 3:12.92 (27.79), 3:40.81 (27.89), 4:08.58 (27.77), 4:35.14 (26.56) 1000 free 26.49, 55.29 (28.80), 1:24.69 (29.40), 1:53.61 (28.92), 2:22.80 (29.19), 2:51.94 (29.14), 3:20.89 (28.95), 3:49.62 (28.73), 4:18.23 (28.61), 4:46.88 (28.65), 5:15.33 (28.45), 5:43.95 (28.62), 6:12.61 (28.66), 6:41.09 (28.48), 7:09.39 (28.30), 7:37.89 (28.50), 8:06.26 (28.37), 8:34.74 (28.48), 9:02.80 (28.06), 9:29.81 (27.01) www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../28728.asp
  • The quartet of Thomas Smith (51.24), Tyler Lin (57.87), Justin Hanson (52.42) and Matthew Wong (47.92), each 14 years old Wow!
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    SANTA CLARA, California, December 22. AT the CA-NV Winter Sectional Championships this week, a foursome from the Aquazot Swim Club downed a U.S. National Age Group record. The quartet of Thomas Smith (51.24), Tyler Lin (57.87), Justin Hanson (52.42) and Matthew Wong (47.92), each 14 years old, downed the boys 13-14 U.S. National Age Group record in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:29.45. That swim smashed the previous record of 3:33.95 set by Rockville-Montgomery's Garrett Powell, Collin Stanhope, Jack Conger and Matthew Gibson back in 2009.
  • At Mutual of Omaha DUEL IN THE POOL on December 16 & 17, 2011 in Atlanta, GA Event 1 the women's 4x100m Medley Relay The WR was 3:47.97 & USA's Natalie COUGHLIN, Rebecca SONI, Dana VOLLMER, & Missy FRANKLIN went 3:45.56 shattering the WR Splits: 0.62 26.98 A 55.97 1.96 30.41 1:02.91 (1) 1:58.88 (pretty sure that RT is real wrong) 0.16 25.71 55.36 (1) 2:54.24 0.41 24.62 51.32 (1) 3:45.56 Later Missy Franklin nearly broke her 200 BK 2:00.03 WR with an impressive 2:00.14. 0.66 RT 28.89 30.41 59.30 30.71 1:30.01 30.13 2:00.14 The surprise of the meet was Caitlin LEVERENZ's 2:04.91 200 IM She came with in .31 of Julia Smit's 2:04.60 WR done DEC 19, 2009 Caitlin swam a blazing breastroke split of 34.50, the rest of the women went 37's & 8's 27.68 32.28 59.96 34.50 1:34.46 30.45 2:04.91
  • Leverenz' swim shouldn't have been too much of a surprise. She won both the 200 IM and 400 IM a couple weeks ago at Nationals.
  • A few more National Age Group Records this past week-end: 11-12 Boys SCY 50 Free Andrew, Michael C 12 UN-MV 21.85 50 *** Andrew, Michael C 12 UN-MV 28.24 50 Fly Andrew, Michael C 12 UN-MV 24.05 He is from South Africa my native homeland :applaud: Videos & Great interview theswimmerscircle.com/.../ www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../29083.asp
  • Michael Andrew Breaks Another NAG Record; Suffers Collapsed Lung Michael Andrew, 12 broke the 11-12 NAG in the 200 yard breaststroke at the Polar Beat Meet at the Henley Aquatic Centre in Independence, Missouri with a time of 2:13.33, breaking Tanner Kurz' 2:13.52 time set in 2006.
  • Saw this on the Michigan Masters site: Kevin Doak set two USMS National Records in the 30-34 age group. He broke the the 50 yard Back record of 22.97 by Derya Buyukumcu set back in 2009 with a time of 22.64. In the 100 yard Back, Kevin broke the record of 50.21 by Clay Britt set back in 1992 with a time of 48.93
  • Akihiro Yamaguchi broke his World Record with a 2:07.01 Yamaguchi 29.16 32.56 33.06 32.23 2:07.01
  • Akihiro Yamaguchi broke his World Record with a 2:07.01 Yamaguchi 29.16 32.56 33.06 32.23 2:07.01 There is a video of it on the Breaststroke Lane thread.He really took off the last 50.