Swimming World Announces
Top 12 World Masters Swimmers of the Year --
April 11, 2012
Women--
Jane Asher, GBR, 80-84;
Janet Evans, USA, 40-44;
Ingeborg Fritze, GER, 90-94;
Lynn Marshall, CAN, 50-54;
Diann Uustal, USA, 65-69;
Laura Val, USA, 60-64.
Men--
Tom Barton, USA, 55-59;
Giulio Divano, ITA, 80-84;
Marcus Mattioli, BRA, 50-54;
Jim McConica, USA, 60-64;
Hans Reichelt, GER, 75-79;
Steve Wood, USA, 50-54.
The runners-up:
Women--
Carolyn Boak, USA, 65-69;
Dawn Heckman, USA, 30-34;
Leslie Livingston, USA, 50-54;
Mieko Nagaoka, JPN, 95-99;
Christel Schulz, GER, 70-74;
Agnes Van Obberghen, BEL, 80-84.
Men--
Richard Abrahams, USA, 65-69;
Roberto Alberiche, ESP, 80-84;
Serkan Atasay, TUR, 40-44;
David Guthrie, USA, 50-54;
Ed Moses, USA, 30-34;
Rico Rolli, ITA, 45-49
Congratulations to all for your outstanding swims!
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Congratulations to the top 12. However, as Allen stated, it was disappointing to see Swimming World abandon their profiles of the accomplishments of the top Masters swimmers as they have in previous years. The one issue of the year that celebrates elite Master’s success is now just a description of how the judging takes place. Seeing what the top 12 did to earn their spots was always interesting. I especially would have like to have seen them mention my teammate Laura Val’s accomplishments. In what must be an unusually prolific year for record setting, Laura had 29 World Records that were on the books at the end of the year. If you counted all of the records broken during the year her total is 42. That must be some sort of record for records.
Congratulations to the top 12. However, as Allen stated, it was disappointing to see Swimming World abandon their profiles of the accomplishments of the top Masters swimmers as they have in previous years. The one issue of the year that celebrates elite Master’s success is now just a description of how the judging takes place. Seeing what the top 12 did to earn their spots was always interesting. I especially would have like to have seen them mention my teammate Laura Val’s accomplishments. In what must be an unusually prolific year for record setting, Laura had 29 World Records that were on the books at the end of the year. If you counted all of the records broken during the year her total is 42. That must be some sort of record for records.
