Maui attorney James Krueger got back into competitive pool swimming in 1990 under the tutelage of Rowdy Gaines when Rowdy was still in Honolulu. Krueger was Gaines' "older project" at the Oahu Club since he had been away from pool competition since captaining the 1960 UCLA swim team. Despite being a three time Ironman and Boston Marathon finisher, Krueger has remained, as in college, a freestyle and butterfly sprinter and has produced times nearly comparable to his Westwood days.

No stranger to international swimming, Krueger, a USMS All-American and National champion, finished 2^nd in the men's 55-59 50 free at the 1996 VI FINA World Masters Championships held in Sheffield, England.  At the 1998 VII FINA World Masters Championships held in Casablanca, Morocco, Krueger placed 2^nd in the men's 60-64 50 freestyle, 3^rd in the 100 freestyle, and 3^rd in the 50 butterfly.  He anchored The San Francisco Olympic Club's winning mixed 240-279 age group 200 freestyle relay and swam the fly leg of the gold medal mixed 240-279  200 medley relay.

Krueger celebrated his 60^th birthday in 1998 by achieving All American status in the Men 60-64 age group and a #1 ranking on the 1998 USMS SCM Top Ten list in the 50 breast swum at the Long Beach Holiday SCM Meet in December. In 1999 and 2000, Krueger had the fastest sprint times within the Pacific LMSC area in his age group in the 50 free and 50 fly.

Competing in Munich, Germany, in the 2000 VIII FINA World Masters Championships, Krueger finished 2^nd in the 50 free, 3^rd in the 100 free and 6^th in the 50 fly.

At the 2001 U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course National Championships in Santa Clara, CA, Krueger was national champion in the men's 60-64 50 yard breast winning the event in :34.04.  He also placed second in the 100 yard breast and garnered a third in the 50 yard free.

Krueger swam in the 2002 IX FINA World Masters Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand.  The following year, after aging up to the 65-69 year old age group, he made the 2003 USMS Short Course Meters Top Ten list, ranking 2^nd in the 50 breast (:40.14) and 5^th in the 50 free (:30.68).

Competing at the 2004 X FINA World Masters Championships in Riccione, Italy, Krueger swam times which placed him 4^th on the 2004 USMS Long Course Meters Top Ten list in each of three events: the 50 free (:30.20), the 100 free (1:10.34), and the 200 free (2:46.04).

In 2006, the XI FINA World Masters Championships had been held at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.  This marked the second time that the international event has been held in the United States and was fourteen years after the 1992 meet which was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, a meet which Krueger also attended.  At Stanford, Krueger swam times which placed him on the 2006 USMS Long Course Meters Top Ten list.  He was ranked 6^th in the 50 free (:31.25), 7^th in the 100 free (1:12.54), 9^th in the 50 butterfly (:36.67), and 10^th in the 50 breast (:42.20).  Still competing for The Olympic Club, Krueger swam on two men's relays which also were ranked in the 2006 USMS Top Ten Relay list with a 6^th place rank in the men's 240-279  200 free relay and an 8^th place rank in the men's 240-279  200 medley relay.

Krueger has been a USMS Relay All-American in 1995, 1996, 1998, and 1999.  In 1996, he was a member of the The Olympic Club men's 200-239 world and national record setting 200 SCM medley relay and was a member of national record setting Olympic Club relays in 1995, 1996, and 1998.  In 2002, at Christchurch, Krueger, 63, swam on the Olympic Club’s world championship winning mixed 4x50 free relay which competed in the 200-239 age group. Photos are available of his teams at the 1997 Pan Pacific Championships in Maui , 1998 USMS Short Course Championships in Indianapolis, and 1998 FINA World Championships in Morocco. Jim joined The Olympic Club in 1995 and lives in Maui, Hawaii.

Source U.S. Masters Swimming web site