Who is your favorite male breaststroker?

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I probably have left out some of people's favorites. If so, please check other and indicate in your reply. And excuse my spellings where incorrect. :) Thanks.
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  • Bruce: I knew that both David Wilkie and John Hencken could not have swam in 1977 at the Nationals because they would have been 23 and to young to swim. I remember they were both born in 1954. To be eligible to swim you had to be 25. I did notice that David Wilkie swam at the 1980 USMS SC Nationals and was a featured story in the USMS swim publication. He pretty much dominated the 4 out of 5 events he swam. He swam the 50 Fly as a warm up and did :28.19 and got 34 out of 37. He won the 100 and 200 *** and also the 100 IM. He was swimming for a club called McEwan's Export Masters which was out of Scotland. He did not swim 50 *** because in those days there were no 50's of stroke except 50 Fly because there was no 200 Fly at National meets. He went :58.51 and 2:08.41 for the *** events. His 100 IM time was :53.89. All these swims were listed as Open Records because he was not registered as a USMS swimmer and could not hold USMS records. His 100 *** time was the fastest time in the 25-29 age group until Rick Hofstetter went :58.48 in 1985. His 200 time was the fastest until Bruce Howell did a time of 2:08.13 in 1987. I remember Bruce because he swam age group and HS in Michigan and his brother Andy is one of the USA officials here in Michigan.
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  • Bruce: I knew that both David Wilkie and John Hencken could not have swam in 1977 at the Nationals because they would have been 23 and to young to swim. I remember they were both born in 1954. To be eligible to swim you had to be 25. I did notice that David Wilkie swam at the 1980 USMS SC Nationals and was a featured story in the USMS swim publication. He pretty much dominated the 4 out of 5 events he swam. He swam the 50 Fly as a warm up and did :28.19 and got 34 out of 37. He won the 100 and 200 *** and also the 100 IM. He was swimming for a club called McEwan's Export Masters which was out of Scotland. He did not swim 50 *** because in those days there were no 50's of stroke except 50 Fly because there was no 200 Fly at National meets. He went :58.51 and 2:08.41 for the *** events. His 100 IM time was :53.89. All these swims were listed as Open Records because he was not registered as a USMS swimmer and could not hold USMS records. His 100 *** time was the fastest time in the 25-29 age group until Rick Hofstetter went :58.48 in 1985. His 200 time was the fastest until Bruce Howell did a time of 2:08.13 in 1987. I remember Bruce because he swam age group and HS in Michigan and his brother Andy is one of the USA officials here in Michigan.
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