[PacMasterUpdate] March 24, 2002 Update

Mon Mar 25 15:07:00 EST 2002

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RESULTS
The Strawberry Canyon Aquatic Masters Invitational meet results are posted .
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/results.shtml
Laura Val swam three events and broke three national short course records
	200 Free 2:00.22  (2:08.15)
	100 Back 1:04.93 (1:10.30)
	100 IM    1:05.95 (1:07.74)
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - NEW ZEALAND
Many Pacific Masters Swimmers are in New Zealand at the FINA Masters 
World Championships. The first day of racing has been completed. 
Among the medal winners:

	2 Heim-Bowen, Suzanne	 44	WCM	9:33.07	(current 
record holder - top of age group)
	5 Meyer, Marguerite	 43	TOC	10:06.99
	4 Quinn, Phyllis	 47	TOC	11:45.37
	1 Ogier, Danielle	 50	UNUSA	10:39.61 (Has swum 
for many PMS teams)
	4 Dillon, Sally Ann	 56	PNA	12:33.56 (now lives 
in WA. Swam and coached Sierra Nevada Masters - current USMS 
secretary)
	5 Collins, Michael	 36	IVA	9:21.61	(former coach DAM)
	1 Spieker, Todd		 54	TOC	9:38.46	(top of age 
group and comes in first)
	4 Kutsenko, Vadim	 57	SMMM	10:50.94
	1 Clark, Jerry		 65	WCM	11:27.41 ("Local boy" 
-from North Carolina - now swimming for the creek.)
	10 Fasbender, Barry	 65	STAN	13:17.09 (vice chair 
meet operations of Pac Masters).
	5 Jones, Glynn		 77	TOC	17:51.30
Full results are at http://www.swiminfo.com/results/published/2077.asp
Daily updates are at http://www.swiminfo.com

GOLD IN THE WATER WINS AWARD
FROM SWIMINFO: P.H. Mullen's new swimming book, Gold in the Water: 
Ordinary Men and their Extraordinary Dream of Olympic Glory, has been 
nominated as the year's "Best Book for Young Adults" by the Booklist 
Magazine. PH Mullen swims for Santa Clara
	http://www.swiminfo.com/lane9/news/3603.asp

COACH MIDNIGHT
Coach Midnight was watching the Oscars so he was not able to write a 
column for the Update. He noted that Natalie Coughlin of Cal was 
destroying the NCAA womans records and USA Swimming yard records at 
the NCAA Nationals.  She swam a
	100 backstroke  	49.97 (no other woman had gone under 52.40)
	50 Backstroke	23.41 (set in the leadoff for the 200 relay - 
Beth Botsford set the previous standard at 25.19)
	100 Fly		50.01 (Jenny Thompson had the previous record 51.07)
More infor can be found on Swim infor
	http://www.swiminfo.com/lane9/news/3619.asp

UPCOMING EVENTS
PACIFIC MASTERS MONTHLY MEETING
The Pacific Masters Swimming February monthly meet will be MARCH 27 
at the Oak Hill Park Community Center in Danville. All members are 
welcome to attend.

There is a link to a map with directions on the Pacific Masters home page.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/

PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE YARDS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2002 Pacific Masters Short Course Yards Championships will be 
held in Santa Cruz, April 12-14, 2002. You must pre-enter the meet. 
The meet post mark deadline is March 30, 2002, to be received no 
later than April 3rd.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/02cruzscy.html

USMS SCY NATIONALS
The 2002 United States Masters Swimming Short Course Yards Nationals 
are being held at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI in May. 
Entries must be submitted by April 2nd.
	http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats02/meetinfo.shtml
You can online enter at:
	http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats02/onlineentry.shtml

OFFICIATE AT NATIONALS
If you would like to officiate at the Hawaii Short Course   Nationals 
and receive USA-Swimming National championship certification, please 
go to
            http://www.usa-swimming.org/programs/template.pl?opt=news&pubid=520
and fill out the form.

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Click on the link to Lands' End from the Pacific Masters web site 
Lands' End will rebate some of the money of your purchase to Pacific 
Masters.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org

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