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U.S. PARALYMPICS: Three World Records Fall during Day One Preliminaries at U.S. Paralympics Open Swimming Championships
// Julie O'Neill // December 8, 2005
MINNEAPOLIS – Numerous records fell during the first session of the 2005 U.S. Paralympics Open Swimming Championships today, including three IPC Swimming World Records. Leading the way was U.S. Paralympics Elite Team member Jessica Long (Baltimore, Md. / Merritt Towson Manta Rays), who smashed the mark in the Women’s S8 100 meter Butterfly event by finishing in 1:18.09. Long broke the previous record, held by China’s Lu Weiyuan since 2003, by more than four seconds. Additionally, Long set new American and PanAmerican marks in the preliminaries of the Women’s SB7 100 meter Breastroke touching the wall in 1:36.85. Other World Records during the session included U.S. Paralympics National Team member Roy Perkins (Del Mar, Calif. / Peninsula Aquatics) in the Men’s S5 100 fly (1:30.60) and Lucas Ludwig of Germany in the Men’s S10 800 meter Freestyle (9:24.41). Local athlete, Anna Eames (Woodbury, Minn. / Twin Cities Swim Team) was a record-setter in multiple events during the morning session with new American and PanAmerican marks in both the S10 Women’s 100 meter Butterfly (1:15.71) and 800 meter Freestyle (10:32.76). Fifteen American, 15 IPC Swimming PanAmerican, two IPC Swimming European and two IPC Swimming FESPIC Region records were also set during the preliminaries. The competition continues through December 10th, with preliminaries beginning each morning at 10:00 a.m. and finals each evening at 7:00 p.m. Complete results are available online at http://www.usparalympics.org/.
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