11 Masters World Records for the nero

In Tempe, Arizona, at the second annual Ron Johnson Invitational short course meters meet, seven swimmers
swam faster than 14 Masters world record times at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. Two relays also swam under existing world marks. 11 of these world records were broken by swimmer's wearing the nero comp swimskin.

blueseventy's very own Roque Santos, a 1992 Olympian in the 200 breast representing Walnut Creek Masters, walked away from the meet with four new swims under world record time in the 40-44 age group: 100 breast (1:03.54), 100 IM (58.94), 200 IM (2:07.94) and 400 IM (4:32.05). His times in the 100 breast, 100 IM and 200 IM dipped under the records by less than three tenths each.

On the other side of the coin, Santos, 40, was just two-hundredths of a second slower than Wolfgang Jarmer's world record of 29.49 in the 50 breast with a 29.51. He also missed Alberto Montini's 200 breast record of 2:18.16 when he swam a 2:18.59.

World records smashed in the nero comp!

South Africa's Cameron Van der Burgh above, reacts after setting a World Record 26,08 in the Men's 50m Breaststroke heat at the FINA swimming World Cup series in Moscow, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008.

But he didn't stop there! A day after taking down the 50 breast record in his blueseventy nero, Van der Burgh etched his name in the 100 breast world record column. van der Burgh posted a swift time of 56.88 in the 100 breast to crush the 57.47 set by Ed Moses during the Stockholm stop of the 2002 World Cup.

Nero comp swimskin wins medals by the dozen

Last week in Melbourne at the 2008 Australian Open Short Course Championships, blueseventy had many successes in the pool as medal after medal was scored by those wearing the nero comp.

Congratulations to the athletes who chose to wear blueseventy!

Gold medallists: Christian Sprenger (2 Gold), Jade Edmistone, Luane Rowe.
Silver medallists: Amy Smith (2 Gold), Ryan Neopleon (2 Gold), Bridget Rose Taylor (2 Gold), Jayden Hadler.
Bronze medallists: Jade Edmistone, Caitlin Fletcher, Jared Goldthorpe, Bridget Rose Taylor

nero comp takes Paralympic gold honors

While wearing a blueseventy nero comp swimskin, Kevin Paul of South Afirca slashed more than four seconds from his personal best time on Wednesday on his way to winning a gold medal for the 100m breaststroke SB9 in the Beijing Paralympics.

The 17-year-old broke his own world record -- set in the morning heats -- when he won the final in 1:08.58 and his face mirrored his disbelief as he saw the scoreboard showing the time.

“I started this morning with a 1:12 personal best,” he said after the race, “and I couldn't believe it when I saw the time for the heat. I was hoping for a 1:10,” he said.

But he had taken more that two seconds off the old mark of 1:10.85, and then he shaved a further 12 hundredths off the new mark in the final as he beat local hero Lin Furong into second by exactly a second, with former world record-holder Dimitry Polin of Russia 3.16 seconds behind in fifth.

the nero has landed!

blueseventy's brand new pool-specific suit - the nero comp - is available now. Purchase online at www.blueseventy.com or call Roque on 925.521.0722