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In our latest news story, mywaterworld.life looks at the Tasmanian masters swimmers who have broken national records over the years.
Top of the listing is Sue Mayne having set 69 national marks.
You can read all about the record breakers in our latest News story
Wendy Winzenberg from the Devonport Masters Swimming Club is Tasmania’s top record breaker for 2020.
In a season’s training disrupted by by the pandemic, Wendy set a total of 15 new marks, five of which were long course and 10 short course.
Showing her versatility, Wendy broke 10 freestyle records over distance from 50m to 1500m, 3 butterfly and 2 backstroke sprint records at distance of 25 and 50m.
There is a full roundup of MST’s 2020 records in mywaterworld.life‘s first story of 2021 in the news section.
A small but enthusiastic group of masters swimmers challenged themselves at the 25th Masters Swimming Tasmania (MST), Short Course, Long Distance championships staged in Launceston on Saturday 12 December.
The mywaterworld.life full story on these championships is in the news section.
The top FINA point scoring swim of the meet was by Damian Bennett in the 1500m Freestyle. Damian is from the Launceston club and his time of 18:28.08 was a new Tasmanian Masters record in the 50-54 year age group.
As for the racing – there were many Tasmanian personal bests and records established – sixteen records all together- thirteen by the men and 3 by the women.
Records* were shared between four clubs. The Hobart Aquatic Centre topped the records table with seven.
The top record breaker at the meet was Costan Magnussen from the Van Diemans virtual club. Costan set his records in the 400, 800 and 1,500m Backstroke events and the 800 Individual Medley.
Wendy Winzenberg (Devonport) and Maciej Slugocki (Hobart Aquatic) broke three records each. Wendy set her marks in the 400, 800 and 1500m Freestyle events while Maciej’s were in the 200, 400 and 800 Backstroke. The other record breakers were Brent Walker Tony Forman and Damian Bennett with two each.
mywaterworld.life earlier published a story about the national records broken by Tracy Clarkson and you can catch up with that news here.
*The status of all records established at this meet, as of 14 December 2020, is pending.
mywaterworld.life congratulates Tracy Clarkson, from the Brisbane Northside Masters Swimming Club, on her two new Masters Swimming Australia records*.
Competing at a meet in Tasmania, Tracy set new Australian records in the 70-74 year age group for the 1500m freestyle in a time of 24:07.42 while also capturing the 800 record** on the way in a time of 12:49.34. Both the times were also new Queensland records.
Tracy also broke the Queensland 400 Individual Medley record in her second race within the space of two hours swimming a time of 7:29.28
To top the meet off, Tracy recorded the top two FINA points swim of the meet – Congratulations Tracy.
Masters Swimming Tasmania held their 25th Short Course Long Distance Championships on Saturday 12 December 2020 at the Launceston Aquatic Center.
* At the time of writing, the records were provisional. Since then they been confirmed.
** The time for the 800 record has been updated as it was incorrectly reported in the original post.
After the song was sung (swim was swum) and after a few attempts the fastest time was 20.41 was the best he could manage.
This was great promotion for our sport by Speedo. The 8 minute clip is worth watching for both the visuals, slo-mo included, and Caeleb’s comments on the technical adjustments he needed to make.
It seems that , this time at least, the suit didn’t make the swimmer.
PREVIOUSLY
Friday 11 December 4:00 am ( Australian Eastern Daylight Saving Time Caeleb Dressel, the USA swimming sensation, will swim 50m in a Speedo Fastskin 2008 LZR.
HOW FAST WILL HE GO IN THIS THROWBACK SUIT?
Caeleb is the current World Short Course 50meter record holder, having set a time of 20.16 seconds on 21 November at the International Swimming League 2020 season finals at the Duna Arena in Budapest.
You can watch Caeleb’s attempt on the Speedo International YouTube channel. His attack on the 50m time is scheduled for 09:00 am Thursday 10 December Pacific Standard Time (USA). Of course the time won’t count even if he goes under 20 secs. He will be making the attempt in a type of suit that, under FINA introduced rules, is not legal to compete in.
Speedo International YouTube Chanel
Australia – Friday, 11 December at 04:00 am Eastern Daylight Standard Time.
Barcelona, Paris, Prague, Berlin, Warsaw, Rome – Thursday, 10 December at 18:00 pm
London – Thursday, 10 December at 17:00
With the rollout of vaccines having now commenced, some of us are starting to think and dream about international travel in 2021 and events that we may be able to compete at (not as if there are many available at the moment).
Lonely Planet (LP ) published an article on 5 December 2020 titled ” Will I have to get a COVID vaccine before I travel in 2021?” This article discusses possible scenarios for international travel and offers some advice on the types of documentation you may need before you travel.
John Walton, the LP writer observes that “as you prepare to get vaccinated — and, barring any medical reason you should probably discuss with your doctor, you should — it’s important to realise that some airlines and governments are likely to require proof. And, especially if you’re early on the priority list before systems are put in place, that may mean you need to take the initiative and be prepared for some thoroughly unglamorous paperwork.”
If you are planning any international travel there is no time better than now to read John’s article from here.
Huge congratulations to Gosia Serbin, a Polish masters swimmer, who took it upon herself to organise an unofficial 2020 Masters Swimming Championship for Poland following their cancellation.
Great to see such an initiative by Gosia. It would be fantastic to see meets like this being staged in other parts of the world (not saying that there aren’t).
Now is the time for national, regional and local masters organisations to do the same. Masters swimmers are crying out for incentives to train and the staging of virtual competitions provides just that incentive.
Well done to all of those Polish masters who took part in those virtual championships and they now have something quite unique to remember this meet by. Podium finishers were all eligible to claim a unique medal and certificate. A commemorative participation medal for all other competitors was also made available by Gosia Serbin.
FB event page. Medals by Wall of Fame,
If readers of mywaterworld.life know of any similar events they can send us details by email – don’t forget to include some visuals.
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