Swimming Records Set

American Jeff Rouse and Australia’s Angela Kennedy set short-course world swimming records in the heats of a World Cup meet.

Rouse, also the world record-holder for 100 meters in the regular 50-meter pool, clocked 24.37 seconds for the 50-meter backstroke, swum over two, 25-meter lengths. That shaved .23 seconds off the mark of 24.60 set by Frenchman Franck Schott at Paris last March.

Kennedy’s record came in the women’s 50-meter butterfly. Her time of 26.56 bettered the 26.73 set by American Amy Van Dyken at Espoo, Finland, 11 days ago.

Neither Rouse nor Kennedy improved on their records in the finals later Sunday. Rouse won at 24.64, Kennedy at 27.07.