the
12th FINA World Masters Swimming Championships begin
Friday April 18th and run through Thursday April 24th
RESULTS & Heat sheets
www.2008finamasters.org.au/infoswim.htm
The World Championships are being held at
Challenge Stadium in
Perth, Australia.
Challenge Stadium has one 50 meter indoor pool, an indoor diving and water polo pool, two outdoor 50 meter pools, and an outdoor water polo pool.
Follow the results at
www.2008finamasters.org
Time Line
www.2008finamasters.org.au/.../PoolUsage.pdf
Psyche Sheets
www.2008finamasters.org.au/infoswimpsych.htm
Events
Friday 18 April
1. Women 800 Freestyle
2. Men 800 Freestyle
Saturday 19 April
3. Women 200 Backstroke
4. Men 200 Backstroke
5. Women 100 Freestyle
6. Men 100 Freestyle
7. Women 100 Breaststroke
8. Men 100 Breaststroke
Sunday 20 April
9. Women 400 Individual Medley
10. Men 400 Individual Medley
11. Women 200 Freestyle
12. Men 200 Freestyle
13. Women 50 Butterfly
14. Men 50 Butterfly
Monday 21 April
15. Women 50 Freestyle
16. Men 50 Freestyle
17. Women 200 Individual Medley
18. Men 200 Individual Medley
19. Women 100 Butterfly
20. Men 100 Butterfly
22. Women 50 Breastroke
22. Men 50 Breastroke
Tuesday 22 April
23. 200 Mixed Medley Relay
24. 200 Mixed Freestyle Relay
25. Women 200 Freestyle Relay
26. Men 200 Freestyle Relay
27. Women 200 Medlay Relay
28. Men 200 Medlay Relay
Wednesday 23 April
29. Women 200 Breaststroke
30. Men 200 Breaststroke
31. Women 100 Backstroke
32. Men 100 Backstroke
33. Women 200 Butterfly
34. Men 200 Butterfly
Thursday 24 April
35. Women 50 Backstroke
36. Men 50 Backstroke
37. Women 400 Freestyle
38. Men 400 Freestyle
how about brent Barnes & Gialdi, Massimiliano 50 fr
www.2008finamasters.org.au/.../r16.PDF
Event 16 Men 50-54 50 LC Metre Freestyle
World: 24.60 W 23/08/98 RICHARD ABRAHAMS USA
Meet: 24.89 M 2004 JACK GROSELLE USA
Meet Qualifying 50-54: 36.50
1 Barnes, Brent 50 Aquatic Performance Swim Club- 24.47 W
Event 16 Men 40-44 50 LC Metre Freestyle
World: 24.14 W 13/07/03 DAVID BOATWRIGHT USA
Meet: 24.40 M 2006 CHUCK PONTHIER USA
Meet Qualifying 40-44: 34.00
1 Gialdi, Massimiliano 40 A S D Bergamo Nuoto-ITA 23.86 W
I have known and swam against Tim Shead for 16 years and that 100 *** time is just amazing based on his prior swims. He is a fantastic swimmer, don't get me wrong, but the leap from 1.14.67 to 1.11.1 at 56 is just over the top (faster then he has ever swam in masters). I hold the 200 meter wrold record at 2.46 (never thought it was a great swim but still its the record) I would expect Tim to go under 2.40 after the 100 time. If he was wearing the LZR suit and its makes that much difference then there is going to be a stampede to buy them. He sure deserves kudos for these great swims,regardless, maybe he will show up in Austin and break all the records wearing a drag suit!!!!! Looks like my 100 to 200 yd national records are toast!!!!!!! At least he is 6 years younger to me.
For the guys in his age-group Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is the fastest 100 meter *** Tim Shead has ever swam after 20 years of competition. I am not suggesting anything except its hard to believe a guy at 56 suddenly swims that much faster then when he was in his forties. Broke the 200 IM record by four seconds almost 2 seconds faster then the 50 to 54 guys. He is scehduled to swim in Austin and should go minute flat in the 100 *** hell he broke the 50 *** record going to his 100 in Perth. He is a great swimmer but the time drops are astounding. His own old world record in the 100 meters (set last year) was 1 14.67.
Results are posted! :cheerleader: :canada: :drink:
The 800 Free results still aren't there, but all results from Saturday and Sunday are posted here:
www.2008finamasters.org.au/infoswim.htm
these are pretty smokin fast
Event 30 Men 40-44 200 LC Metre Breaststroke
World: 2:28.54 W 20/08/00 DAVID GUTHRIE USA
Meet: 2:29.99 M 1998 T.PODMAREV RUS
1 Montini, Alberto 40 Tuatha De-ITA 2:23.33 W
32.73 1:09.25 1:45.65 2:23.33
Event 30 Men 55-59 200 LC Metre Breaststroke
World: 2:45.87 W 28/06/07 LORENZO MARUGO ITA
Meet: 2:48.50 M 2002 ROBERT STRAND USA
1 Shead, Timothy 56 Cape Town Masters-RSA 2:41.54 W
35.70 1:16.55 1:58.70 2:41.54
Heartbreak of the meet. in the 100 back Kristen Gary (Red Tide NY) has a great swim leads at the 50 by about 1/2 second, breaks the 100 Backstroke world record then finishes second - by 0.01 second (one of the coaches said at the end of that race was the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat).
Suzanne Heim-Bowen won the 400 freestyle at 4:42.37, breaking Laura Val's World record by five seconds. Suzanne won four gold medals and one bronze and the open water is tomorrow.
Laura Val, I am fairly sure won five old medals. The 400 has not been posted yet but she swam a 4:50.56 breaking her own 400 record.
Bobbi Callison of Rinconada Masters won four golds and a silver. In the silver, Jane Asher beat her, but had to set a world record to do it.
Ken Frost won a bunch of hardware. He took all the breaststroke medals, a couple of relay golds and a couple of other top ten finishes.
It has been fun meet so far - Open water tomorrow.
michael
Hi Michael, Jenny Whiteley is Australian, and swims for the club that Shane originally swam for in the 70's. She swims many meets, not just the special ones, and recently broke several WR's, having just moved into the new age group.
Tim was wearing the LZR. I came second to him in the 100 and promised to be closer in the 50. I managed to borrow an LZR and came second again with a time 0.05 short of the old 50 record. If I had got the crutch up a bit higher I may have even broken the WR as well.
Dang,now I have to hope I can get an LZR by LCM Nats.:help:
Tim was wearing the LZR. I came second to him in the 100 and promised to be closer in the 50. I managed to borrow an LZR and came second again with a time 0.05 short of the old 50 record. If I had got the crutch up a bit higher I may have even broken the WR as well. Anyway Tim beat me by 1.01 secs and it was my best swim by 0.49 under my last electronic timed swim. I guess I need to increase my training from 2 hrs a week to 3 or 4 and try some of Tim's health food supplements.
I did however swim PB's of almost 4 seconds in the 200 IM and 200 *** swimming in my TYR suit, so the event brought out the best in me.
Since starting training only last year, I have swum my 100 5 seconds faster than when I was 18 and taken almost 3 seconds off my 50 in the last year.
Robert, sorry we didn't see you in Perth this year. It was my first Worlds and I enjoyed the whole event.
