ORLANDO, Florida, October 15. OLYMPIANS, USA national team members and first-time Masters swimmers mingled at the Orlando YMCA Aquatic Family Center last weekend at the fourth-annual Rowdy Gaines Masters Classic, where 14 Masters world short course meters records were broken. 

Three people were each responsible for three of the individual world records.

Erika Erndl, a former member of the USA Swimming national team and a 2012 Olympic Trials semifinalist, set three world marks in the 30-34 age group. The T2 Aquatics sprinter posted a 1:02.52 to barely get under Hitomi Matsuda's world record of 1:02.55. Then, she swam a 54.75 in the 100 freestyle, getting under Alena Popchanka's standard of 55.11. And leading of T2's mixed 800 freestyle relay, Erndl swam a speedy 2:00.58, erasing Matsuda's world record of 2:02.60. Erndl just missed a fourth world record when she swam a 1:00.34 in the 100 butterfly, two tenths slower than Denmark Olympian Mette Jacobsen's 1:00.11.

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