[PacMasterUpdate] The Update 4 December 2008

Update on Pacific Masters Swimming sent to members and friends. Fri Dec 5 00:02:21 EST 2008


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.

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DON MCKENZIE, RIP 1947-2008
Don Mckenzie, a two time Olympic gold medalist, passed away yesterday
after a long battle with cancer. Don won the gold medal in the 100 M
Breaststroke and the 4x100 Medley relay. In 1989, he was inducted
into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Bob Strand who competed against Don said "I have swam against every
great breastroker in that era and he was the toughest of them all.
You had to beat him he would never beat himself. Tremendous mental
concentration. I can't tell you how many times he would look over, a
few minutes before a race, and say "is this fun or what??"" Don and
Bob were once featured on the cover of Swim Magazine, as two of the
great breaststrokers in their era.

Don was an active participant with Sierra Nevada Masters and helped
with their first Long Course Swim meet in 1999.

Our condolences to his wife and children.

WINNERS SHORT COURSE YARDS MEET THIS SATURDAY
The 15th Annual Reno Winners Meet will be at the Northwest Pool in
Reno, Nevada on Saturday December 6th. The meet will be at the
Northwest Pool opening at 11am and meet starts at noon. Deck entries
are accepted.

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

NORCAL COACHS CLINIC
The NorCal Swim Shop Swim clinic will be .held 8 January through 11
January in Napa, California. Pacific Masters has helped coaches
attend by paying up to 50% of the registration fee. Information about
the clinic can be found at
http://www.swimshop.com/norcal/assets/images/PCC/CLINIC%20REG%20ONLINE%2009.pdf
If you are interested in attending and would like Pacific Masters to
help with the registration fee, please contact Chris Campbell at
mailto:coachchris at mvm.org .

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THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
Betty Meyer, wife of Bud Meyer (who worked as a Pacific Meet official
for many years) and the mother of Debbie (Meyer) Webber of Walnut
Creek Masters underwent a quadruple by-pass. She is now back home
resting as well as exercising to get herself back in shape.

CLOVIS VIDEO
The USMS Executive Director's Office prepared a video about the 2008
United States Short Course Yards Championships

http://www.pacificmasters.org/general/clovisvideo.html

SUZANNE HEIM-BOWEN IMSHOF INDUCTION VIDEO
Suzanne Heim Bowen's induction was preceded by a video describing her
accomplishments that led to her induction. It is available on YouTube
and you can view it at:
http://www.pacificmasters.org/general/heimbowen.html

SWIM PROGRAMS IN NOVATO
A series of swim stroke clinics is taking place at Meridian Sports
Club Rolling Hills (Novato). Each month the Club is offering a
different stroke clinic. Their first launch was a freestyle stroke
clinic on November 15th. Up next is a backstroke clinic on Saturday,
December 13th. January will be breaststroke, February will be
butterfly, and March will be Starts & Turns (dates TBA on those
three). All the clinics will be repeated throughout the year. The
clinics are taught by masters swimmers Cokie Lepinski and Susie
Powell of the Rolling Hills Mud Sharks. You don't not have to be a
club member to participate in these clinics.

Each clinic is three hours in length, with a format of part land,
part water. About 90 minutes is spent in the water and swimmers learn
or improve their stroke through a series of drills. Swimmers
eliminate bad habits, develop a more efficient and smooth stroke,
improve their breathing, and see and feel their stroke change in just
a short time. Participants are given a packet of resources complete
with all drills written out as well as a laminated card with the
drills to take to the pool and practice after the clinic. If you'd
like information on this clinic contact either Cokie or Susie. Cokie
can be reached at swimnut at mac.com or 415-827-5672. Susie can be
reached by email at swimsp at comcast.net.

Another program offered by veteran Mud Shark masters swimmer, Maggie
Tevis, is the "Swim A Mile in Six Weeks". Here participants practice
three times a week (hour long format) for six weeks building up from
just a few laps to the accomplishment of swimming a mile without
stopping at the end of the six week program. Maggie has currently
graduated over 75 people from this program and the transformation of
the swimmers, many of whom are novice level, is phenomenal. A few
have even gone on to join our masters team and many of them stay in
the water after succeeding in this program. Information on this
program can be obtained by emailing Maggie Tevis -
margaret1948_94945 at yahoo.com or Winnie Comfort (Aquatics Director at
Rolling Hills) - winnie at rollinghillsclub.com. As with the stroke
clinics, this program is open to non-members.


RCP MILE RECAP ON TELEVISION
The RCP Mile recap will be on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area

Tue 12/9/08 6:30 PM .5 (MISC) The 9th Annual RCP Tiburon Mile Open
Water Swim (R)
Sun 12/14/08 5:00 PM .5 (MISC) The 9th Annual RCP Tiburon Mile Open
Water Swim (R)

INDIVIDUAL RENEWAL
You can now renew your membership for 2009. You can register on line,
it is very easy, just go to:
https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=38
and start filling out the forms. If you are a member of the clubs
listed below you can register with your club.

If your club is not one of the clubs listed above, you will have to
register as "unattached." And then when your club registers you can
change membership.

For those who do no want to register on-line, Pacific Masters still
has a paper registration form to send to Nancy.

http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/09memberapp.pdf

Thanks to the over 600 swimmers who have already re-registered for 2009.

If your club has not rer-egistered for 2009 you can fill out the
paper registration form Nancy will hold the registration for until
your club reregisters or until 31 December (if your club has not
re-registered by then, you will be registered as unattached).

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