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The Masters world records in swimming are ratified by FINA, ... Alameda Aquatics Masters 10 July 2011 Pacific Championships Santa Cruz, California [69] 360-399
1994-2000 Pacific Swim. Coach of the Year Richard Thornton (circa 1959 – January 4, 2024) was an American competition swimmer for the University of California Berkeley from 1977-1980, a 1980 Olympic Team member and a nationally recognized, long serving coach for the San Ramon Valley Aquatics Swim Club from 1984 to 2024.
In 1986, he set a Masters world record in the short course 100-meter butterfly for the 45–49 age group. Most recently, he placed in the top ten in the 200-meter backstroke (short course) in 2011, and in the top ten of several events during the 2010 USMS Spring National Championships in May and in the Summer Championships in August.
The championships are usually held biennially, with competition in all five World Aquatics disciplines: swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and artistic swimming. [1] Starting in 2015, the competition was held jointly with the FINA World Aquatics Championships .
Masters swimming is a special class of competitive swimming for swimmers 25 years and older. Premasters is normally included as well, from 18 years old (Canada, United States, United Kingdom and Australia) or 20 years old ( Europe ).
Masters Swimming Canada; W. World Aquatics Masters Championships This page was last edited on 7 May 2023, at 13:32 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
An active masters swimmer, da Rosa broke 99 national records and 44 world records in masters swimming. He currently [as of?] still holds the world records in the 85-89 age group in the 200 meter IM and 200 meter breast stroke. He was inducted into the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame in 2004. [7] [8]
U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS), founded in 1970, is a national membership nonprofit [1] supporting masters swimming in the United States.The program began when the first National Masters Swimming Championships were held on May 2, 1970 at the Amarillo Aquatic Club pool with a few dozen swimmers.