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."
Hansen's start was really good. He must be taking lessons from his teammate Aaron Peirsol.
Yeah, there's absolutely no doubt Coughlin could be right there in the 200 IM. I think Fortress is right: she only swim the events she wants to swim these days. Slight correction, though, she will swim the 200 free, at least as part of the 4x200 relay.
I beleve she broke the breaststroke records at an early season meet,and then Caroline broke them after that.
She broke the 50 and 100 *** records at Y Nationals and Caroline got them back at USMS Nationals about a month later.
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
I think in the case of Serdinov he should have been credited with having the World Record, albeit briefly. If two swimmers in the same heat break the existing world record it only makes sense to give credit to the winner. He or she, after all, did touch the wall first, hence the other person can never lay claim to having the record for any length of time.
Heather: I don't think Natalie likes to swim anything over a 100 in a big meet anymore.
Hey Fort.....hope you've been well?!
Natalie I believe holds the AR in the 200 free....and her 4:10 in the 400m at that meet shows she's certainly in shape to make a run at the 200IM.....I read a quote from her saying the 200 back is the one race she never wants to swim again.
I read a quote from her saying the 200 back is the one race she never wants to swim again.
That was the one race she ever lost at NCAAs. Her senior year (2004) she fell apart in the last 50 and got beat by both Margaret Hoelzer and Kirsty Coventry. I can see why she'd never want to swim it again!
Your welcome.
He went a 51.73. Not too shabby.
I went 51.63 at nationals. I won! And without all that silly dolphin kicking And I hit all my turns.
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I’m not sure why she didn’t get the 400 IM. I’m sure she will rectify this in LCM.
She already did get the LCM 400 IM WR earlier this year - I watched her do it at a meet here in the UK. This was the meet:
www.southeastswimming.org/.../results.php
If you break the record that is the current posted record USMS will give you credit and send you a certificate even if someone else went faster.The posted record lasts a year. Faster swims are shown in italics at the records site.
