Breaking 1:00 in the 100 free SCY for the 1st time

Since the theme is breaking 1:00 in the 100 ... Charlotte Davis was the first woman over 60 to do it, at last year's SCY nationals. Here's the heat. Her splits were 29.35 + 30.06 = 59.41 ... A really beautiful swim! Since the theme is "Breaking 1:00 in the 100 free SCY for the 1st time ..." I guess I had too much time on my hands this week, so I wrote a script to query the USMS top 10 database and collect the #1 times in the 100 free for each year 1971-2010. Then I sorted through the lists and found who was the first woman or man in that age group to break 1:00 in the 100 SCY free, and added anyone else who also broke 1:00 that year. Some age groups don't appear in the tables, either because 1st has always been under a minute, or has never been under a minute. Charlotte Davis has done it twice, being the first woman over 55 AND the first woman over 60 to break a minute. David Radcliff is tearing it up in M75-79. Is this a great sport, or what? First over to break 1:00 in the 100 SCY free Women W60-64 2010 Charlotte M Davis 60 PNA Pacific Northwest 59.41 W55-59 2005 Charlotte M Davis 55 PNA Pacific Northwest 59.08 W50-54 1993 Ardeth Mueller 51 SLAM Ozark 59.05 W45-49 1987 Ardeth Mueller 45 SLAM Ozark 57.91 ........... Nancy Ridout 45 TAM Pacific 59.21 W40-44 1982 Ardeth Mueller 40 SLAM Ozark 58.47 ........... Nancy Ridout 40 TAM Pacific 58.71 W35-39 1976 Joyce Burrell 35 MICH Michigan 59.53 W30-34 1975 Diana Todd 31 DCM Potomac Valley 57.50 ........... Joyce Burrell 33 MICH Michigan 58.79 ........... Nancy Ridout 33 MAC Pacific 59.97 W25-29 1972 Terri Mejia 26 SMMM Pacific 59.30 Men M75-79 2009 David A Radcliff 75 OREG Oregon 58.68 M70-74 2002 Donald P Hill 70 TOC Pacific 58.35 ........... Graham M. Johnston 71 MOST South Texas 58.86 M65-69 1987 Peter Powlison 65 HUMU Hawaii 56.24 M60-64 1978 Jim Welch 60 HMSC Hawaii 58.85 M55-59 1973 Jim Welch 55 WASC Hawaii 58.80

Since the theme is breaking 1:00 in the 100 ... Charlotte Davis was the first woman over 60 to do it, at last year's SCY nationals. Here's the heat. Her splits were 29.35 + 30.06 = 59.41 ... A really beautiful swim! Since the theme is "Breaking 1:00 in the 100 free SCY for the 1st time ..." I guess I had too much time on my hands this week, so I wrote a script to query the USMS top 10 database and collect the #1 times in the 100 free for each year 1971-2010. Then I sorted through the lists and found who was the first woman or man in that age group to break 1:00 in the 100 SCY free, and added anyone else who also broke 1:00 that year. Some age groups don't appear in the tables, either because 1st has always been under a minute, or has never been under a minute. Charlotte Davis has done it twice, being the first woman over 55 AND the first woman over 60 to break a minute. David Radcliff is tearing it up in M75-79. Is this a great sport, or what? First over to break 1:00 in the 100 SCY free Women W60-64 2010 Charlotte M Davis 60 PNA Pacific Northwest 59.41 W55-59 2005 Charlotte M Davis 55 PNA Pacific Northwest 59.08 W50-54 1993 Ardeth Mueller 51 SLAM Ozark 59.05 W45-49 1987 Ardeth Mueller 45 SLAM Ozark 57.91 ........... Nancy Ridout 45 TAM Pacific 59.21 W40-44 1982 Ardeth Mueller 40 SLAM Ozark 58.47 ........... Nancy Ridout 40 TAM Pacific 58.71 W35-39 1976 Joyce Burrell 35 MICH Michigan 59.53 W30-34 1975 Diana Todd 31 DCM Potomac Valley 57.50 ........... Joyce Burrell 33 MICH Michigan 58.79 ........... Nancy Ridout 33 MAC Pacific 59.97 W25-29 1972 Terri Mejia 26 SMMM Pacific 59.30 Men M75-79 2009 David A Radcliff 75 OREG Oregon 58.68 M70-74 2002 Donald P Hill 70 TOC Pacific 58.35 ........... Graham M. Johnston 71 MOST South Texas 58.86 M65-69 1987 Peter Powlison 65 HUMU Hawaii 56.24 M60-64 1978 Jim Welch 60 HMSC Hawaii 58.85 M55-59 1973 Jim Welch 55 WASC Hawaii 58.80