Masters of South Texas

Henry’s photos of the Long Course Nationals meet are in the photo pool of our Flickr group.

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Congratulations to MOST for capturing

3rd Place at USMS LCM Nationals!

A fantastic overall finish for our team which competed with 132 teams that traveled to Houston for last weekend’s National Championships.  Lots of great races, personal bests, and team records.

National Champions

Graham: 400 Fr, 100 Fr, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fr, 1500 Fr

Chase: 50 Br, 100 Br, 200 Fr

Chuck: 50 Br

Laura: 50 Br, 50 Ba, 100 Br, 50 Fl, 100 Ba

Georgia: 100 Fr, 50 Fr

Jan: 200 Ba, 100 Ba

Elaine: 100 Fl, 50 Fl

Graham set the World Record in the 400 IM and is now tied for setting the most Masters Worlds Records. 

Relay National Champions

Chris W., Chris M., Alonzo, Chase – Free and Medley

Sara, De Ette, Nancy, Diane – Free

Everyone on the team finished within the top ten on at least one relay.

Some notable relay teams were:

Bald and Beautiful – (7th Free) – Brent, Les, Craig, Graham

Sexy Sixties – (5th Medley) – John, Pete, Dan, Nate

BB & J’s – (12th Medley) – Brent, Brian, Jerry, Jim

Oldies but Goodies – (5th Free) – Paula, Betty, Shelly, Jan

Maidens of MOST – (1st Medley) – Sara, Nancy, DeEtte, Diane

Gator Gals – (2nd Free) – Elaine, Deb, Ronda, Susan

Babes in the Woods – (1st Medley) – Chris, Chris, Alonzo, Chase

We swam hard every day and partied every night with plenty to celebrate.  Throughout the week, we had anniversary’s for Susan and Linda, spouse birthdays for Guy Seivert and Diane Baldwin, team birthdays for Patricia, Diane, Dan and awards for last year’s National Top Ten Swimmers.