Sun City swimmer captures 5 victories at USA Masters Games

Joanne Stewart of the Sun City Hilton Head Swim Club broke two South Carolina state age-group records on the way to five victories and five runner-up finishes at the inaugural USA Masters Games last weekend in Greensboro, N.C.

Stewart, competing in the women’s 70-79 division, set one state record in the 50-meter breaststroke with a winning time of 1 minute, 10.49 seconds. In addition, her time of 1:05.11 to finish second in the 50 backstroke rewrote another state mark.

Stewart also captured victories in the 25-meter breaststroke, 100 and 200 backstroke and 200 breaststroke. In all, nine of her 10 swims produced personal bests.

This story was originally published July 26, 2016 at 4:33 PM with the headline "Sun City swimmer captures 5 victories at USA Masters Games."