Former Trojan Greats Break Masters WRs
December 09, 2009 | Men's Swimming & Diving
Competing among 650 swimmers - in what is being called the biggest Masters championship meet in history - Fowler led all record breakers with six marks in the men's 50-54 age group. Fowler was a six-time All-American at USC who won the 1980 NCAA title in the 200y back.
Meanwhile, Kerekjarto turned in a pair of records as well. Kerekjarto was a seven-time All-American as a Trojan and was part of an NCAA championship in the 800y free relay in 2002.
Also joining the WR party were Trojans Eric Tolmachoff (Class of 2003) and two-time All-American Erik Hochstein (Class of 1992). They were part of three relay world marks.
Listed below are all of the records broken by the former Trojans and the previous world marks in parentheses.
Men 30-34
200 IM: Tamas Kerekjarto, 1:57.68 (1:58.13)
400 IM: Kerekjarto, 4:19.69 (4:26.74)
Men 50-54
50 back: Jamie Fowler, 28.37 (28.95)
100 back: Fowler, 1:00.38 (1:01.48)
200 back: Fowler, 2:11.84 (2:13.05)
100 IM: Fowler, 1:01.29 (1:02.27)
200 IM: Fowler, 2:13.40 (2:14.53)
400 IM: Fowler, 4:51.57 (4:55.50)
Men 120-159
400 free relay: Southern California Aquatics - Wegner, Hochstein, Tolmachoff, McGinnis, 3:23.69 (3:40.32)
800 free relay: SCAQ - Schlesinger, Wegner, Tolmachoff, Hochstein, 7:44.51 (9:07.91)
400 medley relay: SCAQ - Hochstein, Schlesinger, Tolmachoff, Cornue, 3:57.49 (3:59.40)
