TLC · AUS
Mark is a swimmer from Australia, a collegiate competitor and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 9 seasons, 2 countries and 43 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2007, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 100 individual medley in 1:22.98, raced in NT MTRO B/C Div 2 Inv. He started out alongside Metroplex Aquatics.
His signature event is the 100 breaststroke, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle. Breaststroke is the backbone of the whole record: 24 meets and 39 recorded swims.
His fastest 100 breaststroke stands at 1:23.67, set in long course (50 m) at Nt lac a Meet.
His record includes collegiate championships, between 2014 and 2015 (Northeast-10 Conference Championships and 2015 Northeast-10 Conference Championships). A representative mark at that level is 1:05.97 in the 100 breaststroke, recorded in short course yards (25 yd).
The record runs unbroken from 2007 to 2015: 9 consecutive seasons without a single missing year. 2010 is the busiest season on record, with 60 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 2 countries (the United States and UNK), most often in the United States (38 meets).
Those meets span 9 different venues (Lisd, Loos, Fairfield and New Haven…). He has raced for Pace University, Fairview Aquatics Swim Team, Metroplex Aquatics and TLC.
Latest competition: 2015 Metropolitan Championships, on February 21, 2015, with 1 swim: 4:57.03 in the 400 individual medley, all in short course yards (25 yd). He closes this record with 36 current event personal bests and 97 all-time PB improvements, across 170 verified official swims in competitions governed by Masters Australia and NCAA.