Colleen Nelson added to her overall medals haul in masters swimming when she won a gold at the World Masters Swimming Championships in Montreal.

Nelson won the gold in the 50 metres breaststroke when her time of 43.82sec enabled her to beat out 39 others swimmers, although first place was gained by the narrowest of margins, with Annerose Trobisch, of Germany, only 0.16sec slower.

Sandra Dallas was the only competitor from the Bermuda Masters in the pool yesterday, finishing second in her heat and eighth overall in the 200 metres breaststroke in a time of 5min 16.64sec which was well under the qualifying time. It was Dallas’s first attempt at that distance, a challenging event that requires stamina and technique to compete well.

Dallas will compete in the 50 metres backstroke today, while team-mates Nick Rowse and Paul DeGiulio will be in the 400 metres freestyle.

Victor Ruberry finished in tenth place and won a medal in the 50 metres breaststroke after recording a time of 34.96. There were 84 swimmers in his 55-59 age group.

On Thursday, the relays were swam, the men’s 4?x?50 metres freestyle, women’s 4?x?50 metres freestyle, mixed (two men and two women) freestyle and medley relays. Bermuda’s teams finished in the middle of the pack, with some age group categories having more than 80 relay teams.

On Wednesday, four Bermuda masters swimmers competed in the 50 breaststroke, with Dallas finishing a creditable eleventh in the 75-79 age group in a time of 1min 7.96sec. The achievement is all the more remarkable because Dallas has been swimming for only 5½ years, taking up the sport at the age of 69 for health reasons.

Lori Sommer returned to the pool only in January after training and competing as an age-group swimmer. Her time of 44.08 in the 50 metres breaststroke earned her 37th place out of 87 in the 50-54 age group.