Coho Masters Swimmers Score at Nationals

Swimming and the are not just for the young and neither is the winning tradition. 

Four members of the Coho Masters division for adult swimmers—Kathy Froelich, Lisa Schwartz, Dave Tuchler and Jane del Greco—were part of the Illinois team which finished third in the National Meet earlier this month in Omaha. Froelich, del Greco and Tuchler set records. 

Froelich, swimming in the 50-54 age group, set a pair of state records and earned six medals. She placed third in the 200-meter breaststroke and fifth in the 400 individual medley, both in record time. She also grabbed fourth in the 200 butterfly, fifth in the 200 individual medley and seventh in both the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke. 

Del Greco, taking part in the 55-59 pairings, set two records and took home three individual medals as well as a trio in relay events. 

State records were erased by del Greco in the 50 breaststroke where she took seventh and the 50 freestyle with a 17th place finish. Her other medals were in the 200 breaststroke (5th), 100 breaststroke (7th), the mixed free relay (1st), mixed medley relay (3rd) and women’s medley relay (6th). 

Tuchler, participating in the 50-54 division, broke the state record in the 200 breaststroke with a fourth place finish. He was also 4th in the 50 and 200 breaststroke. He helped propel the 200 freestyle relay team to fifth. 

Schwartz, competing in the 45-49 age bracket, earned a 10th place medal in the 100 backstroke. She was also 12th in the 50 and 100 breaststroke, 14th in the 50 backstroke and 18th in the 50 butterfly. 

The meet was held in the same pool to host the United States Olympic trials. “It was an honor just to swim in the Olympic trial pool knowing the fastest of the fast had just swum there a few days before.  It was an amazing pool and all kinds of national and world records fell during our meet," del Greco said.

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