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Results from the 14th FINA World Masters Championships

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lewba

, June 20th, 2012 at 03:48 PM (1415 Views)

100 LCM Fly, 1:05.92 (Club record), 3rd Place (out of 50)
800 LCM Free, 9:41.82 (Canadian, Provincial, and Club record), 4th Place (out of 87)
400 LCM Free, 4:39.51 (Canadian, Provincial, and Club record), 5th Place (out of 94)
200 LCM Free, 2:09.85 (Canadian, Provincial, and Club record), 6th Place (out of 151)
100 LCM Free, 58.87 (Club record), 13th Place (out of 211)

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That Guy - June 20th, 2012 04:03 PM
Great job!
pwb - June 20th, 2012 05:01 PM
Looks awesome. How were the results relative to your expectations? How was the experience? What's next -- Montreal 2014?

By the way, there's a chance I'll be in Edmonton for a day or two later in the summer ... if so ... and if you're training with a Masters team there then, I'll try to drop in for a swim.
Bobinator - June 20th, 2012 05:06 PM
Congratulations on a great meet!!!
rxleakem - June 20th, 2012 08:30 PM
jaadams1 - June 20th, 2012 10:17 PM
Nice swimming Barry!
chowmi - June 21st, 2012 10:23 AM
Congratulations on some great swims! You do your country, province, and club proud!!!
knelson - June 21st, 2012 10:32 AM
Nice job Barry. I saw some of your results during the meet and was very impressed! How was the trip other than the swimming?
Water Rat - June 21st, 2012 10:34 AM
Cheers to you!
lewba - June 21st, 2012 01:14 PM
Originally Posted by pwb

Looks awesome. How were the results relative to your expectations?

Thanks, Patrick!

My primary goal was to get the Canadian records in the middle distance events. Goal achieved!

However, I was a bit off-goal when it came to my times. Here's my all-time masters LCM PB (all from when I was in the 40-44 age group), all-time masters SCM PB (converted to LCM; some were done in 2009 using a Blueseventy ), my realistic (but tough) goal, my "out-of-this world" goal, and my actual times:

100 Free: 57.37, 56.87, 57.37, 56.30, 58.87
200 Free: 2:06.55, 2:06.58, 2:07.39, 2:06.00, 2:09.85
400 Free: 4:36.25, 4:30.43, 4:37.17, 4:36.00, 4:39.51
800 Free: 9:39.75, 9:27.66, 9:39.00, 9:37.03, 9:41.82
100 Fly: 1:04.27, 1:04.56, 1:03.90, 1:03.25, 1:05.92

Originally Posted by pwb

How was the experience??

It was a great experience! The facility was fantastic. The meet was extremely well run. The town was a great location for an event like this, because everything (hotels, restaurants, the beach, etc.) was close to the pools. Everyone walked everywhere and the outdoor restaurants and pedestrian malls were filled with swimmers in the evenings. The only negative was that there were too many swimmers who obviously didn't make the Q times, entered anyhow and filled up many extra heats, resulting in some very long days. Wasn't too bad for me, though, since I only had one event per day and was able to gauge when to show up.

Originally Posted by pwb

What's next -- Montreal 2014?

Or maybe World Masters Games in Torino, Italy (2013)? I was considering Omaha, but have decided against.

Originally Posted by pwb

By the way, there's a chance I'll be in Edmonton for a day or two later in the summer ... if so ... and if you're training with a Masters team there then, I'll try to drop in for a swim.

Certainly! Looking forward to it!
lewba - June 21st, 2012 01:31 PM
Originally Posted by That Guy

Great job!

Originally Posted by Bobinator

Congratulations on a great meet!!!

Originally Posted by rxleakem

Originally Posted by jaadams1

Nice swimming Barry!

Originally Posted by chowmi

Congratulations on some great swims! You do your country, province, and club proud!!!

Originally Posted by Water Rat

Cheers to you!

Originally Posted by knelson

Nice job Barry. I saw some of your results during the meet and was very impressed!

Thanks, everyone! That means a lot to me.