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| Locals swim in U.S. Masters event |
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By Gary Lindberg
There's cooling off and then there's long-distance swimming in 68-degree water.
Madras residents Toni Brown and Leslie Weigand had a cool weekend, swimming in the 68-degree water of Elk Lake at the U.S. Master's Open Water Classic. Both are members of the MacMasters swim team of Madras and Central Oregon Masters Aquatics Club.
The duo swam in three races, 500- and 1,500-meters on Saturday. They also competed in a 1,000-meter race on Sunday, all in the 50-54 age division. In each race, orange buoys were used as markers to swim around.
In the 500 swim, Brown finished fourth in her age division in 9 minutes, 18.4 seconds. Weigand was fifth at 11:12. Brown finished third in the 1,500 swim in 30:08 with Weigand in 37:05.
In the 1,000 race, Brown was second in 16:07 and Weigand fourth in 19:04. Neither swam with a wet suit. This was Brown's second year of competing in the annual Elk Lake races which were also sanctioned as nationals this year. |
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