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Looking at her, it is hard to imagine that this tall, athletic, graceful, confident woman once suffered from low self-esteem. At age fifty-five, Susan Livingston could easily pass for an attractive...
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Fifty-year-old Laura Val, SWIM magazine's unanimous choice for 2001 Masters Swimmer of the Year, doesn't want to lead her lane—ironically, this woman, who in 15 years of competing almost never takes second, truly despises going first in practice.
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Debbie (Meyer) Weber competed in the 2006 FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford finishing eighth in the 50-54 age group of the 400-meter freestyle. Debbie Meyer (USA) was inducted into the...
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Beth Knight, 35, celebrated moving into a new age group in 1994 by stroking to long course freestyle records at every distance from 100 to 1,500 meters. In the mile, she became the oldest woman to...
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Six was the magic number for 81-year-old Walt Pfeiffer in 1994. The Mission Viejo, Calif., resident tacked up six national records for short course yards, six world marks for long course meters,...
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Maxine Merlino has again proved herself one of the nation's most versatile swimmers, even at age 85! Maxine had an incredible Long Course Meters season bettering 6 world marks at the regional...
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I met Tom Lane, now one of the nation's oldest Masters swimmers, back in 1978, when he was a lad of eighty four. I remember how impressed I was by his positive outlook. "Every day I look in the...
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