Nova Masters Swimming (Orange County, CA)

 The World Masters Championships were held in Sydney Australia, September 2009. Here are the results of the Nova swimmers: I think these are the complete results for the NOVA's.  We had seven individual finishes in the top three, and three relays in the top three (although none of the relays was pure NOVA), one individual gold and one relay gold.  This was LCM.GvH200 IM Men 50-541 Djan Madruga 51 BRA 2:26.3130.91 1:08.55 1:53.67 2:26.312 Timur Podmarev 52 RUS 2:27.3631.58 1:11.41 1:51.35 2:27.363 Sergey Molodin 50 RUS 2:27.6132.22 1:11.75 1:54.15 2:27.614 Gerard von Hoffmann 53 USA 2:28.951:11.89 2:28.95100 Breast Men 45-49

1 Richard Lockhart 46 NZL 1:11.14

33.18 1:11.14

2 Andrey Davydov 49 RUS 1:12.36

33.37 1:12.36

3 Mark Smedley 49 AUS 1:13.12

34.71 1:13.12

4 Gary Thomas 48 GBR 1:15.89

34.01 1:15.89

5 Peter Holmsteen 46 DEN 1:16.08

35.51 1:16.08

6 Cristian Rentsch 46 SWZ 1:16.29

35.87 1:16.29

7 Greg Chaplin 48 AUS 1:17.14

36.17 1:17.14

8 Ian Robinson 46 AUS 1:18.69

34.82 1:18.69

9 Scott Bidewell 49 AUS 1:19.30

37.11 1:19.30

10 Steven Hyde 49 AUS 1:19.38

37.60 1:19.38

11 John Kain 47 AUS 1:19.70

36.86 1:19.70

12 Daniel Vargas 49 USA 1:21.82

37.92 1:21.82

13 Jürgen Gruner 48 GER 1:21.95

37.86 1:21.95

14 Thomas Ebell 47 GER 1:22.13

37.79 1:22.13

15 Terry Tongate 49 USA 1:23.79

100 Breast Men 50-541 Timur Podmarev 52 RUS 1:12.6534.59 1:12.652 Gerard von Hoffmann 53 USA 1:12.6934.12 1:12.69100 Back Men 45-491 Hawton, Jon 45 AUS 1:05.1531.86 1:05.152 Wasko, Frank 49 USA 1:08.4633.93 1:08.46100 Back Men 50-541 Musial, Wes 52 CAN 1:06.8332.59 1:06.832 Godfrey, Alan 52 AUS 1:09.2734.20 1:09.273 Horn, Cameron 50 AUS 1:10.3134.34 1:10.314 Weltzin, Garry 50 CAN 1:11.0233.80 1:11.02

5 Szirmai-Altena, Alexander 52 CAN

1:11.46

35.20 1:11.46

6 de Vries, John 51 AUS 1:11.81

7 Beeby, Craig 51 NZL 1:12.53

34.40 1:12.538 Benner, Tord 50 USA 1:14.0434.62 1:14.0450 Fly Men 50-54

1 Bartlett, Doug 51 AUS 28.14

2 von Hoffmann, Gerard 53 USA 28.33

Mixed 200-239 Medley Relay

1 RUS A 2:10.04

Galavtin, Mikhail M55Tarasova, Vera W40Matveeva, Nataliya W44Bashmakov, Alex M63

33.95 1:12.05 1:14.28 2:10.04

2 USA A 2:11.61

Palmer Henderson, Stacy WTongate, Terry M49Wasko, Frank M49Ridge, Laurie W54

39.56 1:14.18 1:00.81 2:11.61

50 Back Men 45-49

1 Jon Hawton 45 AUS 30.14

2 Marcelo Torcida 45 PAR 30.59

3 Frank Wasko 49 USA 31.06

50 Back Men 50-54

1 Wes Musial 52 CAN 31.39

2 Tord Benner 50 USA 31.85

50 Breast Men 50-54

1 von Hoffmann, Gerard 53 USA 32.80

2 Podmarev, Timur 52 RUS 32.83

200 Medley Relay Men 200-239

1 USA A 1:57.21

Benner, Tord M50Von Hoffmann, Gerard M53Wasko, Frank M49Supple, Bobby M5532.17 1:04.29 1:31.81 1:57.21

2 RUS A 1:57.26

Galavtin, Mikhail M55Bragin, Vladislav M38Makarichev, Sergey M44Bashmakov, Alex M6333.93 1:01.60 1:29.53 1:57.26200 Breast Men 50-54

1 Podmarev, Timur 52 RUS 2:36.51

35.98 1:15.52 1:55.87 2:36.51

2 von Hoffmann, Gerard 53 USA 2:43.77

37.90 1:18.85 2:00.78 2:43.77200 Free Relay Men 200-239

1 RUS A 1:44.73

Galavtin, Mikhail M55Bashmakov, Alex M63Makarichev, Sergey M44Bragin, Vladislav M3827.58 54.79 1:20.32 1:44.73

2 AUS A 1:45.66

Kain, John M47Wynberg, John M60Godfrey, Alan M52Homma, Hiroto M4625.84 53.12 1:18.59 1:45.66

3 USA A 1:46.44

Von Hoffmann, Gerard M53Benner, Tord M50Wasko, Frank M49Supple, Bobby M5526.89 54.62 1:20.96 1:46.44