Masters events use age ranges to separate crews of older rowers.
She retired in 1942, but never stopped swimming, focusing on Masters events.
He commenced his senior club career in 1971 and as of 2011 was still competing in Masters events.
Such a victory only partially made up for Spencer's great disappointment at the 1981 Masters event.
He later withdrew from the next Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati due to fatigue.
But there are Masters events for runners 40 and older in five-year age groups.
He said he didn't feel any additional pressure because he had yet to win the Masters event here.
The total prizepool for the Irish Masters main event was €597,000.
He became the only player to reach the final of all 9 Masters events.
It was his 44th career title and 19th at a Masters event.