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2012 marks the ninth straight year that Swim ming World has honored the Top 12 World Masters Swimmers of the Year. Following are last year’s winners and runnersup (swimmers listed alphabetically): Top 12: Women—Monica Coro, ITA, 50-54; Hitom i Matsuda, JPN, 35-39; Judie Oliver, CAN, 80-84; Karlyn Pipes, USA/FRA, 50-54; Satoko Takeuji, JPN, 70-7 4; Laura Val, USA, 60-64. Men—Roberto Alberiche, ESP, 80-84; Rick Colella, USA, 60-64; Nicolas Granger, FRA, 45-4 9; Jim McConica, USA, 60-64; Petar Stoychev, BUL, 35-3 9; Robert Strand, USA, 65-69. Runners-up: Women—Jane Asher, GBR, 80-84; Linley Frame, AUS, 40-44; Dawn Heckman, USA, 30-3 4; Betty Lorenzi, USA, 85-89; Jean Troy, USA, 85-89; Dian ne Uustal, 12
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USA, 65-69. Men—Tony Goodwin, AUS, 75-79; David Guthrie, USA, 50-54; Stefan Herbst, GER, 30-3 4; Graham Johnston, USA, 80-84; Hugh Wilder, USA, 65-6 9; Jan Wolfgarten, GER 30-34. The World Masters Swimmers of the Year ballo ting process is based on the Nov. 1, 2012 release of the FINA Masters world records set during the competitio n season of Nov. 1, 2011 through Oct. 31, 2012. Global standards were set in 159 events. For voting purposes, only the swimmer endin g the competition season was credited with breaking the record. Also, the final ballot only listed those swimmers who broke multiple world records (long cours e or short course), which totaled 16 women and 17 men.
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