2023 USMS SPRING NATIONALS
- April 27 – May 1, 2023
- William Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center, Irvine, CA
- SCY (25 yards)
- Meet Website
- Psych Sheets + Results
- Live results also available 0n MeetMobile – “2023 USMS Spring Nationals”
- More detailed results on SwimSwam here
Super Bowl quarterback Matthew Stafford‘s dad, John Stafford, won a US Master’s national title in the 1000 free this weekend, two years after suffering a heart attack.
John Stafford, 75, finished second in the men’s 500 free (6:20.77) and fourth in the 100 free (1:03.18) before winning the 1000 free in a 13:07.00, dropping almost two minutes off his seed time.
John Stafford suffered a heart attack while alone in his pool two years ago and then joined Jim Montgomery Masters Swimming Team (JMMS), which he still represents.
As seen below, John’s son, Matthew, counted laps for John’s 1000 free on Friday.
John Stafford has a history with swimming as he was the head men’s swimming coach at Florida State from 1977-1982. Under his tenure, the Seminoles had an overall record of 30-16 (.652). The best record was during John Stafford’s first year when the team went 9-2 (.818). Prior to arriving at Florida State as a head coach, John Stafford coached at The Bolles School from 1972-1976.
John Stafford resigned from coaching in July 1982 and he entered the business world where he sold insurance.
Notably, Matthew Stafford won the Super Bowl while playing football for the Los Angeles Rams during the 2021 season. As John has now won a master’s national title, there are two national champions in the family. The drive from the Rams stadium (SoFi) to the pool where US Masters is being held (William Woollett Jr. Aquatic Center) is a total of approximately 45 miles.
I just think it’s very cool that Matt, despite the hassles of being a celebrity out in public, is comfortable out there supporting his Dad and counting laps just like the rest of us!
We need some Jenny Thompson coverage
I don’t know where to share this, but you can get +10000 odds on Riley Gaines to replace Tucker Carlson on FOX.
Coach Stafford was a terrific coach at Bolles. He coached and developed Olympic gold medalist David Larson, Olympic bronze medalist David Zubero, and World Championship gold medalist Kyle Miller. He also was a great English Literature teacher. What a class act!
I wonder what convinced John Stafford to sell insurance instead of coach swimming.
And I like how Swimswam compares Staffords Super Bowl to his dads USMS national Championship. That’s probably the first time those phrases are used in the same sentence.
It’s funny because only swimmers would listen to this comparison. I don’t think anyone else would entertain this.
Time & Money, I’d reckon
the old man is a winner…..too bad matthew lost his biggest 10 games here in detroit……detroit….city of losers….
I don’t follow the NFL that closely but isn’t Matthew Stafford the guy who won a Super Bowl almost immediately after leaving Detroit?
Yup. It’s also the same guy that had the worst performance (ever) following a Super Bowl championship. I think the Rams won like 3 games this past season. They dealt with a lot of injuries, but the stat exists regardless.
Flags fly forever.
And he’ll always be a Super Bowl Champion. You may want to watch this:
https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1651459301469306881?s=20
You said it yourself. They dealt with a lot of injuries including those to Stafford and Cooper Kupp. Whitworth retired, OBJ tore his ACL in the Super Bowl and hasn’t played since. Von Miller moved on. etc etc
Lol, 45 minutes from LAX to Irvine 😀😎
Yeah, and enough masters swimmers from the inland empire where the population in state is growing. Maybe, masters needs to do less West Hollywood and more Eastvale for a changed.
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