[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update, Cinco d' mayo
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Thu May 5 00:42:37 EDT 2005
RESULTS PACIFIC MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Final Results have now been posted on the web
site. Thanks to John King, Bob Snodgrass, the
Walnut Creek Masters and the TriValley Masters
for putting on a great meet. Over 800 swimmers
entered the championships. It is the largest
local or zone Masters meet in the United States.
The meet went very quickly, the pool facilities
were very fast.
Walnut Creek Masters won the Over All Team title,
by beating USF by about 600 points. This was
USF's first time USF has not taken the over all
title in 13 years.
Thirteen national records were broken.
Walnut Creek 25+ 400 M FR 25+ 01:43.10
Allison Wagner 200 IM 25-29 02:19.72
Suzanne Heim Bowen 1000 Free 45-49 10:38.13
Karen Humphries 200 Back 50-54 02:19.72
Karen Humphries 100 Back 50-54 01:03.24
Jim Clemmons 500 Free 55-59 05:09.48
Jim Clemmons 1000 Free 55-59 10:33.13
Carol Taylor 50 Breast 75-79 00:46.51
Gail Roper 500 Free 75-79 07:43.81
Carol Taylor 200 Brt 75-79 03:45.03
Carol Taylor 100 Brt 75-79 01:43.12
Margery Meyer 100 IM 80-84 01:51.99
William Johnson 100 IM 85-89 01:34.91
Congratulations to the swimmers who broke
national records and congratulations to all
swimmers who competed.
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MEMORIAL FOR BRENDON WEN
A memorial service will be held Sat. May 7th at
8:45 am. The location will be at
Clarke Memorial Swim Center
Heather Farm Park
Walnut Creek
Simple existence can occur through inhaling and
exhaling. Actual "living" happens by constantly
breathing new life into those things we are
passionate about. A key to "living happily" is
not only finding
balance between the things that are important and
those that bring us joy, but by also knowing how
to
find one within the the other.
That is how I would describe the life of Walnut
Creek Masters member Brendon Wen. His passions
were family, swimming and his career as an
attorney. Brenden passed away suddenly, Sunday,
at the conclusion of the Pacific Masters
Championships. All who attended and knew Brendon
had the pleasure in
sharing in quite possibly the best swim meet of
his life, smashing personal best's in his two
best events-The 100 and 200 butterfly.
We were all blessed by his gentle spirit, kind
heart, and quiet demeanor all wrapped up in that
large strong
body with a smile to match. He was a true friend
to WCM members and the masters swimming community
as a whole. As we remember Brendon let us also
remember his family and pray for their healing.
In Brendon's passing, I am again reminded
through your love and outreach to one another,
that we are so much more than just a swim team.
-Kerry O'Brien
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PACIFIC MASTERS MEETING
The March monthly meeting of the Pacific Masters
Swimming Committee will be this Wednesday, May
11th at Heather Farms meeting room in Walnut
Creek.
ALL members are encourage to attend. It is much
cheaper (and productive) to attend the meeting to
address the problems and challenges of Pacific
Masters Swimming than to create t-shirts and put
them on cars.
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OPEN WATER SEASON
The 2005 Pacific Masters Open Water Season is
about to begin. The first open water swim is the
San Mater Master Marlins Parkside Aquatic Park
One Mile Swim on Saturday May 14th. The Parkside
Aquatic Park is in San Mateo near the Joinville
pool The race begins at 9:00am
Redwood Coast Masters is organizing the Spring
Lake One Mile Open Water Swim. The race is in
Spring Lake, in Santa Rosa and will start about
9:am. You can enter on-line at
www.lifeguardforlife.org
Lake Berryessa Annual one and Two Mile Swims will
be on Saturday June 4, 2005. You can register at
www.damfast.org
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XI FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS EMAIL LIST
The XI FINA Masters World Championships has an
email list list to inform people about the
Championships taking place at Stanford University
in 2006.
If you would like to be on the email list go to
http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/finamasters
to sign up.
The first email has gone out. All email will be
archived at
http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/finamasters/
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MAY JUNE NEWSLETTER
The Pacific Masters May June Newsletter is now on line at
http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/
The news letter includes information about the
upcoming meets. It is the beginning of the Open
Water Season and the Long Course season. Leianne
Crittenden has written an article about Masters
training at the Olympic High Altitude Training
Center.
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SCAM SWIMMING CLINIC WITH MIKE BOTTOM
Swim clinic with world-class coach Mike Bottom and his Olympic swimmers!
WHAT: 1.5 hour clinic including starts and turns,
video, demonstration by Olympians, as well as
stroke work for freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke.
WHEN: Sunday, May 8, 2005. 8 a.m.
WHERE: Spieker Pool, UC Berkeley (part of the
Recreational Sports Facility on Bancroft Way)
HOW MUCH: Bring a check for $30 to the clinic
made out to Bottomline Aquatics (this is a steep
discount over the usual fee!)
LEARN MORE: www.bottomlineaquatics.com
RSVP: Please email Molly Lohman (lohman at berkeley.edu) by May 1.
--
Mike Bottoms is one of the best coaches in the
world having coached the the last three mens 50
Olympic Champions.
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DAM SPRING STROKE CLINICS - FITNESS SWIMMERS
Davis Aquatic Masters has 20 openings for each of
the 4 spring stroke clinics in Davis. Dates and
strokes are: Sat. May 14 Free, Sun. May 15 Back,
Sun. June 5 Fly, Sat. June 11 Breast. Clinics
begin at 1pm and last approx. 90min. Each clinic
covers drills and turns for that stroke. DAM
coaches will give individual attention and
demonstrate drills. Cost is $10 per clinic.
Clinics are geared more towards fitness swimmers.
Civic pool in Davis is at the corner of B St. and
5th. Send checks made out to DAM to
Rick Powers
911 Pennsylvania Place #14
Davis,CA 95616.
Email Coach Rick at
<mailto:rpswimmer at hotmail.com>rpswimmer at hotmail.com for
more info and to reserve a spot.
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TEMESCAL AQUATIC MASTERS - NEEDS COACH
The Temescal Aquatic Masters are currently in the
market for a Mon-Wed-Fri 6-7am coach. All
workouts are held at the newly renovated Temescal
Pool in Oakland on 45th Street. The pool is 33 &
1/3 yards long, sharing it's uniqueness with it's
diverse and energetic team members. In turn, we
are looking for a coach willing to share his/her
uncommon talents in ability to communicate stroke
technique and provide challenging workouts.
Please contact head coach Karin Hurley if you are
interested or would like more information.
<mailto:karin.hurley at gmail.com>karin.hurley at gmail.com
(510)333-1415 (cell, anytime)
(510)595-1233 (home, between 9A-6P only, please)
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WATER POLO COACH NEEDED
Redwood High School in Larkspur (Marin) is
looking for a water polo coach for the girls
water polo team. For information contact Wendy
Doherty dosho94947 at yahoo.com
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DATE CORRECTION
The Donner Lake swim will be on Saturday August
6th, 2005 (this year) not on Sunday. Please mark
your calendars.
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COACH OF THE YEAR
Every year Pacific Masters honors one coach who
has demonstrated outstanding qualities.Pacific
Masters Swimming has many good coaches who has
demonstrated outstanding coaching qualities.
We try to honor an exceptional coach each year
with the "Coach of the Year" award. The criteria
for the award will be considered first, since
January 1 of the preceding year, and second, over
the coach's career with his or her club.
Outstanding contributions to his or her club and
its individuals are measured by the following
competitive and non-competitive factors:
Competitive factors shall include club and
individual performance at Pacific Masters and
USMS Championships,in any sanctioned course, as
well as relay and individual Pacific Masters,
USMS and World records that reflect the coach's
skill and inspiration.
Non-competitive factors shall include club vigor,
size and growth, club participation and
volunteering, and club having hosted well run
events. It shall include outstanding service to
Pacific Masters, USMS and to other public or
private community organizations; outstanding
professional contributions,such as participation
in clinics and published works. Nominations may
be made by any registered Pacific Masters club
officer in the form of a written statement
addressing both the criteria above and the
instructional and inspirational qualities of the
coach. The nominating letter and a maximum of
four supporting letters from registered Pacific
Masters swimmers shall be submitted to the
Chairman at or before May meeting of Pacific
Masters (May 11th, this year).
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MEETS FOR THE TRAVELING SWIMMER
Tualatin Hills Barracudas (Portland, Oregon). is
hosting a long course meet on June 4, and wanted
to get the word out beyond Oregon. We welcome any
USMS swimmers - and it is a good opportunity for
those who are planning to swim at either
Nationals or the World games. The link for the
entry form is:
http://www.swimoregon.org/forms/meets/05_THB_entry.pdf
ARIZONA TRIATHLON SERIES
Tempe Town Lake has 5 open water swim events
scheduled for this season, that are held in
conjunction with a small off-road triathlon
series called the "Fat Tire" triathlon seriesŠ
http://dcbadventures.com/new/
WORLD MASTERS GAMES
The World Masters Games is coming to Edmonton,
Canada July 21 - 28, 2005. This exciting event is
an opportunity to compete against the world in an
environment of fun, friendship and fitness. Any
masters swimmer over the age of 25 is eligible to
compete. This competition is sanctioned by Swim
Alberta
the sanctioning authority for masters
competitions in the province of Alberta as the
FINA affiliated member.
Currently there 1050 registered swimmers in the
pool event with a cap of 1500 and 274 swimmers
for the open water event out of 300 places.
The latest issue of In The Games, our Athletes'
Newsletter is now available. You'll find it on
their web site under News, and Newsletters, or
you can click this direct link:
http://www.2005worldmasters.com/athletesnews8.
Have a good week
michael
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michael w. moore
michael at mwmoore.org