Courtesy: Mark Palace
2026 TAC Masters Fall SCM Record Breaker Meet
- October 17–18, 2026
- Triangle Aquatic Center, Cary, NC
- Short Course Meters (SCM)
- Results on Meet Mobile: “2026 TAC Masters Fall SCM Record Breaker Meet”
Cary, NC – The 2026 TAC Masters Fall SCM Record Breaker Meet lived up to its name as far as being a record-breaking meet when five world records fell this weekend.
Highlighting the meet was 2021 Olympian Ashley Twichell, 37, a local to the Triangle Aquatic Center. Twichell swam the women’s 800 freestyle and the 1500 freestyle, taking down world marks ac ross both events.
In the 800 free, she broke the 400 and 800 world records in the women’s 35-39 age group, splitting 2:07.46 at the 200, 4:18.30 at the 400, and finishing in 8:35.98. The previous 400 world record stood at 4:19.96, and the previous 800 world record was 8:52.76, both held by Great Britain’s Sophie Casson.
The following day in the 1500 free, Twichell broke the world record in a time of 16:11.55. Her time obliterated the former 1500 record of 16:52.94 set by Heidi George in 2015.
Twichell only raced in short course meters once during her pro career, winning silver in the 800 free (8:11.95) and placing 9th in the 400 free (4:05.27) at the 2016 SC World Championships in Windsor.
The only heat of the women’s 1500 also saw Kelly Palace (age 65) break the women’s 65–69 world record, clocking 19:43.14.
Her time crushed the former mark held by Suzanne Heim-Bowen. Palace paced her swim with splits of 2:31.37 at the 200, 5:08.41 at the 400, and 10:25.82 at the 800.
Legendary Masters swimmer, 72 year-old Penny Noyes opened the meet by breaking her own world record in the women’s 70–74 50 butterfly, stopping the clock at 33.75 to lower her previous world record of 33.92.
Note: These times were faster than the current world records, but still must be officially certified by World Aquatics.
