Mission Viejo took center stage in the aquatics world this week as the 2024 US Masters Swimming Summer National Championship brought nearly 1,300 swimmers into…
Mission Viejo took center stage in the aquatics world this week as the 2024 US Masters Swimming Summer National Championship brought nearly 1,300 swimmers into town.
The competition at the Marguerite Aquatics Complex through Sunday will host swimmers from eight countries, including the U.S. They include all different levels of ability and age, including dozens of swimmers who are 80 years old and older. National Women's Soccer League gets rid of draft and raises players' minimum salary to $82,500 with new agreement
Several Olympians are also competing. Some swimmers are fairly new to the annual competition, while others are a little more experienced.Kornfeld is 102 years old.Her wisdom only matched by her wit. “I tell her to do one thing and she does the other, which is perfect,” laughed her coach Chad Durieux.“I swim four or five times a week,” said Farrell, 87, who is a two-time Olympics gold medalist. “I was in the 1960 Olympics that were in Rome.”“I didn’t like getting second in the 50 backstroke,” he laughed. “I’ll get him in the freestyle."“The stories of some of the older swimmers are great,” he said.
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