[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update, July 28, 2005

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DONNER LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM
The Donner Lake 2.7 mile Open Water swim will be Saturday, August 
6th.  Donner Lake is a beautiful lake just off of I 80, just west of 
Truckee. There is race day registration.

MANATEE 2X1 OPEN WATER RELAY
The Manatee 2x1 Open Water Relay will be on Sunday, August 21st  at 
Quarry Lakes in Fremont. The pre-entry postmark deadline is Saturday, 
August 6th. The 2x1 is a great race to swim with your significant 
other,  son, daughter, father mother, aunt , uncle or friend. You 
swim the best you can then have fun. Bring a friend to swim there.

PINECREST LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM
The Pinecrest Lake open water swim is on Saturday, August 27th. 
Shiela Monaghan wrote that she swam in Pinecrest lake for 2 hours and 
it was absolutely lovely. The temperature was perfect for long swims. 
There is an error in the pre-entry deadline. The real deadline is 
August 13th.

WHISKEYTOWN ONE AND TWO MILE SWIM
Sunday September 11th is the one and two mile Whiskeytown lake open 
water swim. Whiskeytown lake is about 15 miles from Redding. The 
pre-entry deadline is August 31.

CHANGE IN SCHEDULE
There was a problem with the Heather Farms pool schedule. The 2005 
Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships have been moved to 
November 4th, 5th and 6th. This meet is the first meet where the 
distance events will be held on the last day.

FINA SUPPORT FOR  WORLD SWIM FOR MALARIA 3 DECEMBER 2005
One million people swimming on December 3, 2005 to fight malaria in 
the world. This is the main idea of the "World Swim of Malaria" 
project, which was presented  in Montreal (CAN) with the occasion of 
the 11th FINA World Championships.

Counting with the active support of FINA and Speedo, Official FINA 
Partner, this initiative will raise funds to help in the eradication 
of malaria worldwide, a disease that kills more that three million 
children every year. Up to now, this organization has gathered 
250,000 swimmers, but is now actively engaged in getting new one-day 
competitors next December 3. "Fundamentally, we want people to swim. 
If, with this effort, they can collect some funds to prevent more 
children's deaths, it's fantastic. Have fun in the pool, collect 
money, save lives: this is our slogan," explained Rob Mather, founder 
of "World Swim for Malaria".

Information about the World Swim for Malaria may be found at
        http://www.worldswimformalaria.com/

RECEIVED USMS SWIMMER  YET?
If you have NOT received the July/August of USMS Swimmer yet, would email me at
	mailto:usmsswimmer at pacificmasters.org


Have a good week

michael

OFF THE WALL - Swimming Tahoe the long way

I am writing to you as a friend of Ken Harmon, a 45-year old 
Danville, Ca. man who is planning to swim the 22-mile length of Lake 
Tahoe from Camp Richardson to the Hyatt Beach in Incline Village, NV 
without a wetsuit on Monday August 22, 2005 starting at 6am. He is 
doing this as a fundraiser for a new Danville Aquatic Center.  He is 
hoping to raise $100,000  in pledges.

This feat has only been accomplished 4 times in history and the last 
man to accomplish this was a 30-year old Fred Rogers, from Marin, in 
1955, who swam from Kings Beach to Bijou in 19 hours and 6 minutes. 
Erline Christopherson of Lodi,  was the fastest woman to accomplish 
this the feat in 1962 when she swam from Baldwin Beach to Dollar 
Point in 13 hours 17 minutes.

Ken Harmon will attempt to accomplish this as the oldest and fastest 
person to ever swim the length of Lake Tahoe.  Ken has been 
successful in many other marathon swims including the Trans Tahoe 
Swim which he has done without a wetsuit, individually, in 1999, 
2000, 2003, in 4 hours 57 minutes, 4 hours 32 minutes, and 4 hours 21 
minutes respectively.  His longest swim was in 1996 when he swam the 
20-mile length of Lake Washington in 10 hours and 10 minutes for 
charity.

Ken will be in the Truckee area on Aug. 6, 2005 as he is swimming the 
length of Donner Lake at 8:30 am and finishing on the West shore 
around 9:35 am in the Sierra Nevada Masters Swim.  On Sunday 
morning Aug. 7, 2005, Ken and training partner, Craig Klass, two time 
water polo Olympian 88 and 92,  will be doing  two lengths of Donner 
for training.  Ken could be available for interviews during this 
weekend.

His website at <http://www.swimfar.org/>www.swimfar.org. Ken can be 
contacted by phone at 925-552-1177 or 925-683-4610. His e-mail is 
<mailto:kharmon at rpm-mortgage.com>kharmon at rpm-mortgage.com.  If you 
have any questions I can be contacted in Incline Village, NV at 
775-832-0544 or 775-232-1468 or by e-mail.
-- 
michael
Michael W. Moore, chairman
XI FINA World Masters Championships
    Stanford University
    Stanford, California

michael at 2006FINAMasters.org
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