[PacMasterUpdate] The Update 6 April 2008

Update on Pacific Masters Swimming sent to members and friends. Mon Apr 7 01:10:33 EDT 2008


LAURA VAL MASTERS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR
Swimming World Magazine has judged Laura Val of Tamalpias Masters,
the 2007 Masters Swimmer of the year. Laura set 8 LCM World Records
and 14 SCM records. Runners up included Margery Meyer (TOC) and Rober
Strand (TOC).
http://www.swimmingworld.com

PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Pacific Masters Swimming Short Course Championships will be held
11-13 April 2008 at the Dolores Bengston Aquatic Center, Pleasanton,
California. The Championships are being organized by the Tri Valley
Masters and the Walnut Creek Masters.

At the Championships we will honor the age group swimmer of the year,
the Male and Female Swimmer of the year, The Distinguished Service
Award, the Personal Achievement Award, and the Contributor of the
year.


USMS Executive Director Search
United States Masters Swimming (USMS) seeks a qualified candidate for
the position of Executive Director. Reporting to the Board of
Directors, this person will supervise USMS staff and contractors and
be responsible for the overall operations of USMS, including managing
finances, soliciting and stewarding sponsors, raising awareness of
Masters swimming, creating and providing additional services to the
membership, and growing our organization. USMS seeks a leader who
cares deeply about the organization's mission and values and who
brings experience in operational supervisory management. A complete
job description and a list of qualifications may be found by
contacting Anderson & Associates. Applications must be received no
later than April 15, 2008, and may be sent to Anderson & Associates
at dka at andersonexecsearch.com.

PAUL CARTER SEEKS TO MAKE OLYMPIC TRIALS
Pacific Masters swimmer Paul Carter of WACM is hoping to make the
Olympic Trials cut to swim the 100m Butterfly. He has a career best
time of 100m and seeks to make the qual time of 56.40. Full Story is
at SwimInfo
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17536.asp

LIMITED SERVICE PACIFIC MASTERS OFFICE
Our registrar, Nancy Ridout, will be out of the office from April 9th
until April 25th at the FINA World Championships in Perth, and again
from April 30th through May 5th at the USMS National Championships in
Austin. The office will be manned most days, registrations
processed, cards sent out, videos processed, and phone calls returned.

Also at Perth will be PacMasters chairman, Michael Moore and Vice
President of Operations, Barry Fasbender.

STROKE CLINICS - DAVIS
Davis Aquatic Masters will hold it's Spring Stroke Clinics at the
Civic pool, corner of 5th and B.St. in Davis from 1-2:45 pm on the
following dates:
Sat. May 3 Freestyle, Sat. May 10 Backstroke, Sat. May 17 Butterfly,
Sun. May 18 Breaststroke. Clinics are oriented for the novice masters
swimmer and include video presentation, stroke explanations and in
water drills. DAM coaching staff and swimmers will help individuals
in the water. Cost is $10, prepaid, for non-DAM swimmers, $15 at the
door . Contact Coach Rick Powers for details at rpswimmer at hotmail.com

CANCER SURVIVORS
Susan Helmrich, and Judy Struass masters swimmer, and cancer
survivors are organizing a Forum at Nationals in Austin for Cancer
survivors. Janel Jorgensen, 1988 Olympian and Executive Director of
Swim Across America has graciously agreed to be the speaker. They
are working on a specific time and location for her talk but it will
be after the competition on Friday evening, May 2. They would like a
good turnout Contact Judy Straus judystrauss at sbcglobal dot net
for more information.

SERVICE TO OUR MEMBERS
The Pacific Masters executive committee met in December to review
where Pacific Masters is going and what can be done to improve our
service to our members. There was much discussion, and we want to
share our ideas with the membership. The committee will be discussing
the Mission Statement and the goals at the April meeting, and would
welcome you input. You can make comments directly to me by email, or
may attend the Meetings

ONLINE REGISTRATION
If you have not registered for Pacific Masters, you can register on
line. It is quick and easy and you can do it in the privacy of your
home. To compete you must be a current member of United States
Masters Swimming, if you go to a meet to register and compete, you
will just stand in line longer. By registering now you will get the
USMS Swimmer and all the benefits of being a member, besides
belonging to a group that has great people.
http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/onlineRegistration.shtml

PACIFIC MASTERS BY THE NUMBERS
Members 3/31/08 6,643
Clubs: 116
Update: 15,090

BUCK DAWSON (1920-2008)
Buck Dawson passed away from Heart failure on April 4th. Buck was a
founding member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was a
writer on the history of swimming. There is an article about Buck on
ISHOF web site.

http://www.ishof.org/news/buck_dawson.htm

PACIFIC MASTERS 2008 SCHEDULE
The 2008 Pacific Masters Schedule has been posted on the web site.
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html
Currently 35 events are planned for the next year. Included in the
schedule are short course yards, long course meters, short course
meters and open water.


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