On the first night of Senior Champs the relay team consisting of  Kelsey Moore, Claire Liu, Olivia Ontjes and Hannah Stahmer broke the NC Record for the 13-14 Girls 800 Free Relay with a time of 7:43.85, shattering the old record by 6 seconds, the previous record was set in 2005. 

       Full results available here

You think your pool is cold........

  I was looking around on the internet and came across this item, The World Winter Swimming Championships. They took place in Lake Bled, Slovenia on January 22-24, 2010. Normally, I wouldn't think twice about this article, this time it caught my eye. Maybe because of the cold weather we are having here, it seemed to fit. This is a normal championship meet by most accounts. The major difference is that many age groups are taken into account, considering that the youngest competitor was 10 and the oldest 84. A rather unusual rule for breaststroke relay categories; Combined age under 150yrs, Combined age 150-200yrs, Combined age over 200yrs. All this being said, you really need to check out the results, rules, and photos for yourself.

    By the way the water temperature is about 4 degrees celsius, or about 39.5 degrees fahrenheit.

2010 World Winter Swimming Championships

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