Brendan Hansen went 59.98 in the 100 back at the Texas Senior Circuit meet. He's the first man to go under 1:00 in all four strokes. Wow.
Brendan was able to do something I couldn't do at that age: break the 1:00 barrier in the 100 back -- as well as break 1:00 in the 100 fly and 100 ***! I was always so close to the backstroke barrier, but never could get under, and I never got the opportunity to swim it shaved until masters, when I finally broke through.
I have no idea what his backstroke looks like or if he actually likes doing it, but I don't care. Let's welcome Brendan to the exclusive club of breaststrokers who do backstroke.
I wish I had been able to race Brendan. I went that exact same time (shaved, of course) at a meet six weeks ago.
Here's the report from timedfinals: "The Texas Senior Circuit Championships closed tonight in Austin with Longhorn Aquatics’ Neil Walker, Garret Weber-Gale, Tanica Jamison, and Nick Thoman providing great swimming. Twas a swim from a consolation final, however, that allowed World Record Holder Brendan Hansen to come away as the man of the night.
Hansen came into the B Final of the 100 back with the hopes of an entire aquatics complex nestled heavily on his back. One could cut the tension at the pool with a knife as Brendan uncomfortably jumped into the water and put his back to the pool. Not someone to shy away from dramatics, Hansen finished in an amazingly close 59.98 to the delight of the fans. The first man in history to go under 1:00 in all four strokes. Quite an impressive feat indeed. Congratulations Brendan."
Allen, Heather:
You bring up an interesting question here? What is considered breaking a record? I have heard different interpretations of this in the last couple of years. 1. Is it the fastest time in the USMS Rule Book? 2. Is it the fastest time that is currently on record? 3. Or is it the fastest time to the date of the last record swim? I tend to believe its the fastest time to the date of the last swim. I think that is the way FINA and USA Swimming do it.
So in this case I would say yes to the 200 *** and no to the 50 and 100 ***. The reason I am saying this is because Caroline Kratti broke both the 50 and 100 *** on 4-1-07 with times of :30.29 and 1:06.24. Those times were faster than Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen did on 4-15-07 of :31.27 and 1:09.87. But if you go by scenarios 1 and 2, then yes those are USMS Records.
The two cases that I can think about when two people broke a World Record in the same event and one did not get credit for it was when Michael Phelps and Eric Vendt broke the World Record in the 400 Meter IM at the 2002 USA Nationals in Fort Lauderdale. Phelps went a 4:11.09 and Vendt went a 4:11.27 and both swimmers broke the record by Tom Dolan at 4:11.76, however you don't see Vendt's name in any lists for getting credit for breaking the World Record.
Another example is when Phelps broke his first World Record in the 100 Meter Fly at the 2003 World Championships at :51.47 and in the heat before he swam, Andriy Serdinov swam a :51.76 to break the World Record by Michael Klim of :51.81 and you don't see his name in any lists for getting the World Record. However, you see Phelps listed as the World Record holder for that day and the next day he went faster at :51.10 but was beaten by Ian Crocker at :50.98 and he is not given credit for breaking the World Record. From these two examples, it looks like FINA for Swimming goes by the day of the record. That could be different for Masters Swimming for both USMS and FINA.
See the examples of this and click to the 45-49 age group to view the Womens SCY USMS Records www.usms.org/.../records.php
Allen, Heather:
You bring up an interesting question here? What is considered breaking a record? I have heard different interpretations of this in the last couple of years. 1. Is it the fastest time in the USMS Rule Book? 2. Is it the fastest time that is currently on record? 3. Or is it the fastest time to the date of the last record swim? I tend to believe its the fastest time to the date of the last swim. I think that is the way FINA and USA Swimming do it.
So in this case I would say yes to the 200 *** and no to the 50 and 100 ***. The reason I am saying this is because Caroline Kratti broke both the 50 and 100 *** on 4-1-07 with times of :30.29 and 1:06.24. Those times were faster than Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen did on 4-15-07 of :31.27 and 1:09.87. But if you go by scenarios 1 and 2, then yes those are USMS Records.
The two cases that I can think about when two people broke a World Record in the same event and one did not get credit for it was when Michael Phelps and Eric Vendt broke the World Record in the 400 Meter IM at the 2002 USA Nationals in Fort Lauderdale. Phelps went a 4:11.09 and Vendt went a 4:11.27 and both swimmers broke the record by Tom Dolan at 4:11.76, however you don't see Vendt's name in any lists for getting credit for breaking the World Record.
Another example is when Phelps broke his first World Record in the 100 Meter Fly at the 2003 World Championships at :51.47 and in the heat before he swam, Andriy Serdinov swam a :51.76 to break the World Record by Michael Klim of :51.81 and you don't see his name in any lists for getting the World Record. However, you see Phelps listed as the World Record holder for that day and the next day he went faster at :51.10 but was beaten by Ian Crocker at :50.98 and he is not given credit for breaking the World Record. From these two examples, it looks like FINA for Swimming goes by the day of the record. That could be different for Masters Swimming for both USMS and FINA.
See the examples of this and click to the 45-49 age group to view the Womens SCY USMS Records www.usms.org/.../records.php
