About Jeff Farrell
Felix Jeffrey Farrell is a Hall of Fame American former competition swimmer, and a 1960 two-time Olympic gold medalist, where he became a world record-holder in two relay events. After the Olympics, he worked as a swim coach abroad, and in the 1980s returned to America, living in Santa Barbara, where he worked in real estate. While training with Santa Barbara Masters, he would break numerous world and national age group records as a Masters competitor between 1981 and 2011. At the end of February, 1953, Farrell set a new record for the 100-yard freestyle of 56.4, at a State Tournament though Wichita East lost the meet to frequent winner Coffeyville High School. By February 1953, Farrell had already swum a:56.1 for the 100-yard freestyle in High School competition, bettering the state record of 57.3, though the swim was in a regular dual meet, not in a state tournament. Excelling in events longer than the 100 as he gained endurance in 1954, Jeff tied the National age group record for the 220-yard freestyle with a time of 2:11.8. Farrell was a Freshman at University of Oklahoma in 1955, and was swimming for the school in 1956 when he set a 100-yard record of 51.4 during a meet with Kansas.
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