Maurine (Mighty Mo) is 101 years old, and she still swims almost every day of the week. She set her first Masters World Record in swimming when she was 90 years old, and she has competed in world championships everywhere from Montreal to Budapest to Italy, racking up gold medal wins and record times along the way.
I wanted to swim on Saturday morning because I worked all week. They said you can't. And I said, “What do you mean you can’t?" And they said, “There's a swim team—master team.” Well, that meant nothing to me. And after an argument with whoever was on the phone, she gave me a name and number. I called the number, and this grouchy guy answered the phone and asked strange questions like, “How long have you competed?” I had no idea what he was talking about. So I said, “Not long.”
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