Swimmers
competing at the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics
Championships last week in College Park, Md., shattered 152
world, national, and IGLA records. Karlyn
Pipes-Neilsen and former Olympian Glenn Mills took six
International Amateur Swimming Federation (FINA)
masters world records, according to a press release.
In the
men's 45-49 age group, Mills set short-course
world records in the 200-meter individual medley
(2:13.42), 100-meter breaststroke (1:05.74), and
200-meter breaststroke (2:22.68). In the women's
45-49 age group, Pipes-Neilsen set records in
the 800-meter freestyle (9:20.08), 100-meter
individual medley (1:06.80), and 100-meter backstroke
(1:05.55).
One of the most
inspiring moments of the competition came when
88-year-old Margaret Camp set a new IGLA record in the
50-meter freestyle with a time of 1:48:20.
(The Advocate)