[PacMasterUpdate] Pacific Masters Update 2 July 2007

[Update on Pacific Masters Swimming sent to members and friends.]

PACIFIC MASTERS LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS RELAYS
Coaches be sure to check the Newsletter and the current meet sheet 
for the relays. The meet sheet posted before did not have the correct 
listing of the relays.

JULY AUGUST NEWSLETTER
The May-June Newsletter is now available on line.The newsletter has 
information about upcoming open water events and the Long Course 
Championships to be held in Santa Cruz July,6-9. Thanks to Joanne 
Berven for all the work she does in creating the newsletter.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/index.shtml
For those who are thinking of going to Perth for the World 
Championships, this is a great place to get your times.

USMS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The USMS  2007 Long Course National Championships will be held in the 
Woodlands (Houston) in August. Full information is at:
	http://www.usms.org/comp/lcnats07/meetinfo.php
Entry Deadline / Surcharges
$40  entered online by July 6. $80 if postmarked by July 6 or entered 
online by July 13. (enter early and save money).

PACMASTERS BY THE NUMBERS
There are 8698 Member of Pacific (2007), 18779 people on the email 
list. The largest clubs are:
DAM	572
TCAM	425
WCM	412
STAN	369
USF	296
MELO	268
MAM	236
MVM	234
SCSC	209
CRUZ	208

TRANS TAHOE RELAY
The Olympic Club Trans Tahoe Relay is on 21 July. If you are 
interested in fielding a team, look at the
entry form at:

	http://olyclub.org/html_general/tahoe_entry_form07.pdf

140 teams have already entered.

2ND PANAMERICAN ASUA MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS SWIMMING
The 2nd PanAmerican ASUA Masters Championships will be taking place 
in late summer at the new San Juan Natatorium. Swimming is from 31 
August to 4 September.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/07asua.pdf
You must be a member of a club to compete (you cannot swim unattached).

For those who look at records, the meet records are:
	http://www.asua-aquatics.org/html/English/EventsPanMaster.htm

Shannon Sullivan checked the prices from SFO to San Juan. On Tuesday, 
she got me a round trip ticket to San Juan for $315 Plus admin fee. 
Great price since the week before it was $500. She is also working on 
hotels for swimmers. Contact Shannon if you are interested 
mailto:54colleen at cox.net

GO THE DISTANCE
A new fitness event was created this year by the USMS Fitness 
Committee.  The name of this new challenge is "Go the Distance"! 
This is a great way to track how much distance you cover during the 
year (or the next six months).

The objective of this event is for participants to track the distance 
they swim during the year 2007.   When participants achieve specific 
distance milestones of 50 miles, 100 miles, 250 miles, 500 miles, 750 
miles and 1000 miles - they will be recognized on the USMS website 
and awards will be available for purchase (for a minimal fee).

There is no cost to enter this event.  Participants are requested to 
email (or use snail mail) to submit the total distance they swim each 
month.  A list of miles per month and cumulative mileage will be 
tabulated for each swimmer.  Once a distance milestone is achieved 
awards will be available for purchase.  They will include swim caps, 
certificates, patches and t-shirts with the event logo and the 
distance of the milestone achieved.

	http://www.usms.org/fitness/content/gothedistance


LINKS TO CLUB'S HOME PAGE
The PacMasters home page now has a link to the PacMasters clubs, well 
at least many of the clubs. If you club has a home page and does not 
have a link to your home page, please let me know 
mailto:chairman at pacificmasters.org (There are a couple of clubs that 
have given me links that do not work).

IF YOU HAVE MOVED
If you have moved and want to still receive  your copy of Swimmer 
Magazine, please  go to the Pacific Masters On-Line Change of Address 
page. Fill it out and your address will be changed and you will 
continue to receive USMS Swimmer Magazine.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/members/memberupdate.shtml

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