Nadadores Capture Two Senior Titles at U.S. Swim Championships in Florida

The Mission Viejo Nadadores won the combined and men’s titles in the senior division of the the United States Swim Championships at Justus Aquatic Center in Orlando, Fla.

The Nadadores men’s team edged San Jose Aquatics, 348-347, to take the team title.

The championship was decided in the 400-meter medley relay, the last race of the meet. Mission Viejo had a three-point lead entering the race. San Jose finished third in the relay and earned 30 points, but the two teams entered by Mission Viejo totaled 28 points, enough for the victory.

Aurter Wojvat led the Nadadores by finishing second in the 200 and 1,000 freestyle. He was fourth in the 500 and 1,650 free.

Wojvat, who came from Poland last November to train at Mission Viejo, was the Nadadores’ high individual scorer with 120 points.

The Nadadores also took the combined title--men and women’s score together--with 603 points. Curl Swim Club of Virginia finished second with 525, and Fox Catchers of Pennsylvania was third with 408.

The Nadadores women’s team placed fourth with 479 points. Curl Swim Club won the title with 479 points, Fox Catchers was second with 275, and the Golden Bears Club was third with 261.5.

Debbie Babashoff won the 500 free and was second in the 1,000 free.

The Nadadores have won 46 senior national titles since 1974, according to Coach Terry Stoddard.