[PacMasterUpdate] The Update 20 July 2008

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

PACIFIC MASTERS MISSION STATEMENT:
As adopted by the Pacific Masters Committee the Mission of Pacific Masters is:

Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to gain and 
maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to foster 
this mission.

RESULTS
PACIFIC MASTERS LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
NATIONAL RECORDS BROKEN
I did not see that the USF team broke the national record in the 400M 
Womens Free Relay 72-99
1 USF-PC  'A'                         4:30.00    4:24.38N
      1) Huang, Chelsea W20            2) Kropp, Julia F W22
      3) Miller, Molly K W24           4) Huang, Jessica W24

2008 COACH OF THE YEAR
The criteria we examine when selecting a Coach of the Year include 
the technical excellence of the nominees; the level of achievement of 
their swimmers, whether it be setting records and winning national 
titles, or swimming in a very first meet;  the coaches' service to 
the Community, both in Masters Swimming and in their local 
communities--do they publish, host events, support their swimmers on 
the road?  Do they create a welcoming environment for swimmers from 
other teams when the drop in?  Are their teams focused, spirited and 
cheerful?  How well do they address the special needs of their 
swimmers?  Are they creative and passionate?

The seven nominees for 2008 have these qualities in abundance--so 
much so that we tend to take them for granted in all Pacific Masters 
coaches.  But it is the prevalence of these high standards in our 
local coaches that makes Pacific Masters what it is today--the 
largest and top to bottom most talented LMSC in the country.  It's 
not the weather.  It's not the economy.  It's the coaches that keep 
Pacific Masters on top.  
  This wasn't an easy choice, as a strong case could be made for every 
one of the nominated candidates.  And this year, we had a bunch of 
them.  

	The coaches nominated are
	Steve Linz of Sierra Nevada Masters,
	Rob Torgerson of Foutaingrove Athletic Club,
	Dick Jacobberger of Oakwood Masters,
	Christine Lockhart of Chico Masters,
	Mike Lynch of Peninsula Covenant Masters,
	Blythe Lucero of Berkeley Aquatic Masters and
	Laureen Welting of The Olympic Club.  

	Also nominated, but set aside for this award are three 
previous winners--Kerry O'Brien of Walnut Creek Masters, Brian Stack 
of Manatee Aquatic Masters, and Valeriy Boryeko of USF Masters.

	In our case, 2008 Pacific Masters Coach of the Year is that 
of Laureen Welting. She has been coaching at the Olypic Club for 
eight years. She works with swimmers all ability levels, from the 
seniors. She coaches elite masters swimmers, membership at large, 
young swimmers and old swimmers. She has been a coach on deck at 
Nationals working to help swimmers who did not come with a coach. 
Congratulation Laureen!!!

	We would hope that those who took the time to write letters 
in support of their coach would give their coach a copy of those 
letter. It is the support of the swimmers that encourage the coach to 
dig harder and work harder for their swimmers. Thanks to all who 
wrote in support of their coach.
     - - - Chris Campbell, Coaches Committee Chair

UPCOMING :
PACMASTERS MONTHLY MEETING
The Pacific Masters Swimming Monthly meeting will be on Wednesday 23 
July at the aquatic class room at the Clarke Swim Center, Heather 
Farms, Walnut Creek. All teams are encouraged to send a member and 
all members are invited to attend.

Lake Mendocino 2 Mile Pacific Masters Championships - note email address change
The Lake Mendocino 2-mile championship will be held on July 26th, 
2008, replacing the Russian River 1 mile swim scheduled for that 
date. Registrants will automatically be moved to this date unless I 
am otherwise notified.

Please contact  David Robinson with questions at rdwoodmasters at yahoo.com
Lake Mendocino is about 130 miles north of San Francisco.

SWIM ACROSS AMERICA
For the last few years Swim Across America has had a San Francisco 
Bay swim to raise money for breakthrough cancer programs at UCSF 
Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Oakland. Swim Across 
America's motto is "Making Waves to Fight Cancer". This year the Bay 
Swim will be on October 18th and you can find information on the swim 
at 
http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=317&srcid=211. 
We have changed the swim to accommodate more people.

In addition to the Bay swim we have a new pool event which runs for 
the entire month of September. We are asking that masters teams swim 
a total of 3000 miles, the distance from coast to coast. Each 
individual participant is asked to raise a minimum of $50. (There are 
incentives for individuals and teams that raise more than that.) This 
is the first time that we are having this event and the SF Bay Area 
is the first to try it. Please consider it for your team. Here is the 
link: 
http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=561&srcid=211 .

MEET RESULTS DATA BASE
USMS Has a new meet results data base, where swimmers can go on line 
to see how they have done in individual events. The database covers 
about four years worth of data and does not have all Pacific Masters 
swims in it, but it does have many of them. Go see how you have been 
doing:
	http://www.usms.org/comp/meets/resultstrack.php

UPCOMING :
Lake Mendocino 2 Mile Pacific Masters Championships - note email address change
The Lake Mendocino 2-mile championship will be held on July 26th, 
2008, replacing the Russian River 1 mile swim scheduled for that 
date. Registrants will automatically be moved to this date unless I 
am otherwise notified.

Please contact  David Robinson with questions at rdwoodmasters at yahoo.com
Lake Mendocino is about 130 miles north of San Francisco.

SANTA CRUZ OPEN WATER MEETS
There is a weekend of open water meets in Santa Cruz. The first is 
the  35th Annual Roughwater Swim one mile swim. $25.00 if postmarked 
by 21 July - That is this Monday. There is race day registration.
   http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08roughwater.pdf

The next is the Santa Cruz 2 mile ocean cruise - The Cruz Cruise. You 
can preenter this race if your entry is received by Saturday, July 
26th. There is also race day registration.
    http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08roughwater.pdf

DONNER LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM
The 28th Annual Sierra Nevada Masters Donner Open Water Swim is on 
Saturday 9 August, 2008. This is a 2.7 mile straight swim (direction 
- not sexual preference).
It is open to 350 swimmers. They expect the event to sell out. If 
they sell out and you have not entered - you will not be allowed to 
swim
You should preenter to be sure of getting a place to swim. To 
preenter your entry form must be postmarked by Friday 1 August. You 
can register on line until Monday 4 August or until the event is full.

    http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08snmow.pdf

MODESTO SHORT COURSE METERS MEET
The Second Annula Modesto Area Aquatic Club Short Course Meters meet 
will be held Saturday 23 August 2008 at the Modesto Junior College 
Aquatic Complex.
    http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08maacscm.pdf

ASCA World Clinic Coaches Grant Program
The American Swim Coaches Association is hosting its 2008 World 
Clinic at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from September 
3-7, 2008. To enhance participation, and to promote Masters Coaches 
attending the ASCA Clinic, USMS will pay $150 toward the ASCA member 
World Clinic fee. A limited number of Masters coaches will receive 
this grant. These grants will be issued on a first-come, first-served 
basis and to no more than three coaches in one LMSC. If you are 
interested please contact Coaches Chair Chris Campbell at coachchris 
at mvm.org . Please send him your name, address, city, state, zip, 
Telephone, fax, Email and team.  THIS MUST BE DONE BY 5 PM THURSDAY 
24 JULY


SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS
For those who have not gotten enough Long Course Swims in or want to 
tune up before nationals, the SPMA Championships will be held  1-3 
August in Thousand Oaks. You must enter by 22 July and the entry must 
be received by 25 July.

http://www.spma.net/html.php?bdy=meetforms/2008/2008_csa_lcm_info.htm

For those who need a place to stay, Ahelee Sue Osborn has reserved a 
block of rooms at Quality Inn ($91.25/ night)

http://www.qualityinn.com/ires/en-US/html/HotelInfo?hotel=CAA68&sid=

Contact Ahelee Sue at  aheleesue at earthlink dot net.

RETURNING SWIMMERS
I had a chance to look at the percentage of returning swimmers to a 
team. These would be swimmers who registered the previous year with 
the team and reregistered the next year. The following are teams with 
greater than 100 members in 2006  who had a retention rate of 75% or 
more in 2007:

SERC	87%
TAM	83
WCM	82
SNM	82
MAM	82
MELO	81
MVM	80
TVM	80
DC	79
STAN	79
SCAM	78
TOC	77
SAC	76
TCAM	76
AAM	75


BIDS FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Long Distance Committee is looking for bids for the 1-3 Mile Open 
Water National Championships. This normally means the distance would 
be about 1.5,2, or 3 miles.

Our normal swims that would be eligible to bid would be
    Del Valle 1.5 Mile
    Lake Berryessa 2 Mile
    Cruz Cruise 2 Mile
    Donner Lake 2.7 Mile
    Whisketown 2 Mile
    Lake Sonoma 2 Mile
Medals would be given to tenth place and the medals would be 
purchased from the Long Distance Committee. For further information 
on bidding for the Championships, please contact Marcia Benjamin at

msbenjamin   at  earthlink   dot net .

It would be great for the swimmers if an Open Water National 
Championships were held in Pacific.


A CHANCE FOR YOUR CLUB TO HAVE A SWIM CLINIC FEATURING DARA TORRES
"As part of their sponsorship of Swimming, Toyota is working with 
United States Masters Swimming to conduct a number of clinics 
featuring Dara Torres! As many of you know Dara will be competing for 
an unprecedented 5th Olympic team at the Olympic Trials in Omaha this 
July.  What you may not know is Toyota is a proud sponsor of USA 
Swimming and of Dara. Because of this partnership,  Toyota has 
offered to sponsor a number of Masters Clinics led by Dara.  Toyota 
will be selecting the host clubs based upon the number of requests on 
their web site.

I strongly encourage you to spread the word and get your teammates to 
go to the web site below and take advantage of this unique 
opportunity to spend time with one of the world's greatest female 
athletes.

  Click on the Toyota/Dara Torres link below and let Toyota hear from 
you and your club. The club that generates the most requests may be 
getting a visit from one of the most decorated Olympic swimmers in 
history! Don't miss this opportunity!

http://www.toyotaswimming.com/mastersswimming/

ASU TO KEEP MENS SWIMMING
It was reported that after receiving many pledges of support the 
administration of ASU decided to keep Men's Varsity Swimming

US MASTERS SWIMMING LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Due to the hundreds of swimmers who entered the meet and the number 
of splashes, the Championship Committee has decided to elimate the 
6th event.

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

5K and 10K Long Distance Postal National Championships
The 5 K and 10 K Postal  is swum between 15 May and 15 September. 
This is a great way to swim a national championships at a local pool. 
You must swim the event in a 50 meter pool. Further information is
		http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats08/5k10kentry.pdf

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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