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Ray Taft (USA) was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Masters Swimmer in 1996. His contributions to USMS and to swimming are many. He will be remembered as one of the pioneers and an excellent swimmer.
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Sandra Neilson (USA) was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in 1986. The following text was included in the program for the induction ceremony of that year:
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Gail Roper (USA) was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Masters Swimmer in 1997. The following text was included in the program for the induction ceremony of that year:
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Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen , 37, swimming for San Diego Swim Masters, set new world and national records during a short course meters meet hosted at the Allied Gardens Pool on Sunday, October 3....
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Having swum for only two years as a teenager, Jayne Bruner decided to take the plunge again at age 39. Her motivation: to lose weight in the post-holiday season. But since attending her first...
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A first time honoree as one of SWIM's top Masters, Tim Broderick dominated the freestyle, breaststroke and individual medley events with 15 first-place finishes, and broke world records in ten...
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David Costill, director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Ball State University, is perhaps best known for his exercise physiology contributions to swimming research, but he also made quite a...
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