2024 US Masters Swimming National Summer Championships
The 2024 U.S. Masters Swimming Summer National Championship is currently underway at the Marguerite Aquatics Complex in Mission Viejo, California. Nearly 1,300 swimmers will compete in the five-day competition, which runs through Sunday, August 25. This is the sixth year that Mission Viejo has hosted the competition.
Among the participants are 11 Olympic athletes, most notably Gabrielle Rose. Rose, a two-time Olympian for Brazil in 1996 and the United States in 2000, made waves at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Qualifiers earlier this summer when she became the oldest competitor ever at age 46. But Rose didn’t just attend; she reached the semifinals in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke, swimming two personal bests in the 100-meter breaststroke, improving her PB to 1:08.32.
Rose was the oldest competitor in the Olympic qualifiers, but she is far from claiming that title in Mission Viejo. Instead, the crown belongs to Rose Bowl Maurine Kornfeldwho is 102 years old; there are also three other swimmers over 90 and 35 who celebrated their 80th birthday.
Other Olympic participants are Jeff Farrell (US)Markus Rogan (Austria)Erik Hochstein (West Germany), Kim Vandenberg (USA), Vesna Shelnutt (North Macedonia), Collette Crabbe (Belgium), Ami Tauber (Israel), David Sims (USA), Erika Stebbins (USA) and Juan Valdivieso (Peru). Farrell, Rogan, Hochstein and Vandenberg are all Olympic medalists.
The meet will be live streamed by US Masters Swimming on their YouTube page. Sessions begin at 8:00 a.m. PST daily. The live stream will also be available via the meet homepage (see link above).
Meeting schedule
Day 1
- 1500 m freestyle, women
- 1500 m freestyle, men
Day 2
- 100 m breaststroke, women
- 100 m breaststroke, men
- 50 m backstroke, women
- 50 m backstroke, men
- 200 m individual medley, women
- 200 m individual medley, men
- Women’s 200 m medley relay
- Men’s 200 m medley relay
- 200 m freestyle, women
- 800 m freestyle, men
Day 3
- 50 m breaststroke, women
- 50 m breaststroke, men
- 200 m backstroke, women
- 200 m backstroke, men
- Women 50 Butterfly
- Men 50 Butterfly
- Mixed 200 m freestyle relay
- Mixed 200 m medley relay
- 400 m individual medley, women
- 400 m individual medley, men
Day 4
- 50 m freestyle, women
- 50 m freestyle, men
- 200 m breaststroke, women
- 200 m breaststroke, men
- Women’s 100 Butterfly
- 100 m butterfly, men
- Women’s 200 m freestyle relay
- Men’s 200 m freestyle relay
- 800 m freestyle, women
- 200 m freestyle, men
Day 5
- 100 m freestyle, women
- 100 m freestyle, men
- 200 m butterfly, women
- 200 m butterfly, men
- 100 m backstroke, women
- 100 m backstroke, men
- 400 m freestyle, women
- 400 m freestyle, men
