A friend of mine just sent me the email below. He copy pasted the header of the results for the boys 15-18 100 yard backstroke at this weekend’s Northwest Age Group Regional Championships. To clarify my surprise, backstroke was definitely not my strength.
Event 12 Â Boys 15-18 100 Yard Backstroke
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NWAGR: ! 53.58 Â 3/23/2001 Ben Collins, SSEA-PN
58.59 Â NWAG 2011 NW Section AG
Name       Age Team         Seed   Prelims
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=== Preliminaries ===1 Thorderson, Lar  17 Kalispell Aquati   56.59    55.02 qNWAG
26.22 Â Â Â Â 55.02 (28.80)———–
I wonder if I have any other records that I don’t know about.
UPDATE:
I DO I DO!! I got another email today with a record that makes more sense:
Event 114 Boys 13-18 500 Yard Freestyle
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13 NWAGR: 4:49.18 3/19/2004 Clinton W Stipek, TACOMA
14 NWAGR: 4:41.28 3/1/1998 BEN COLLINS, SSEA-PN
15-18 NWAGR: 4:39.19 3/21/2003 Ben E Bruce, KING – PN
5:27.59 13 NWAG 2011 NW Section AG
5:14.09 14 NWAG 2011 NW Section AG
5:05.29 15-18 NWAG 2011 NW Section AG
From 1998? That’s half my life ago!