Asher sets eight new world records

Wednesday 13th April 2011, 2:29PM BST.

Spanish 71-year-old Joaquin Canales de Mendoza won all 10 events in which he competed in his age group. (Picture by Tom Tardif, 1121196)

JANE ASHER dominated the weekend with eight new world records at the 20th OCS Open International Guernsey Masters Meet.

A regular visitor to the island having been to the first meet in 1992, the 80-year-old from Kings Cormorants Club in London entered 10 events at Beau Sejour and began in terrific style, lowering the 400m freestyle world record for the 80-84 age group by almost a minute, clocking 6min. 34.92sec.

Her record-breaking run continued throughout the weekend as she added seven more world standards in her new age category to go with the 11 she still holds in the 75-79 group and two in the 70-74 bracket.

Of the local swimmers, Ian Powell was in sparkling form, setting three new all-comers’ pool records.