[PacMasterUpdate] The Update 2 May 2009

[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.


US MASTERS SWIMMING 2009 SHORT COURSE MASTERS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

SWINE FLU
In response to concerns regarding the swine flu, the national office 
would like to confirm  that we are in full operation mode to host the 
2009 U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course National Championship next 
weekend.  They are monitoring federal and state authorities 
guidelines, warnings and protocol. In the event the authorities 
mandate or strongly recommend the cancellation of outdoor sporting 
events, we will follow suit and cancel the championship event.  If 
authorities do not mandate the cancellation of outdoor sporting 
events, we will host the championship event as planned.

Should the event be canceled because of federal or state mandate, we 
will advise accordingly.

HEAT SHEETS
The entries have closed, there will be 1,582 swimmers competing at 
the national Championships. You can still enter the one mile open 
water swim. Heat and Psych sheets are at:
       http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats09/heats/
LONG DISTANCE EVENTS
All swimmers in the 500 Fr, 1000Fr and the 1650 Fr are reminded that 
you must check in to be seeded. The rules regarding check in are in 
the meet sheet. Usually you can start checking in on Tuesday.

SPECIAL TESTS FOR COMPETITORS
The organizers of the US Masters Swimming Short Course Nationals are 
have opportunity for swimmers to take two special tests at Nationals.

The first is the Lactate Clearance Test. This will help answer the 
questions How Fast an athlete recovers; Is the athlete overreached; 
Does athlete need rest; Can athlete increase workload 
volumes/intensities; How long is individual recovery

The Swim Power test that will measure real time velocity at every 
point of the swimming cycle synchronized with underwater video. It is 
best to sign up ahead of time.

SHADE
Dowain Wright, the meet manager of Nationals,is asking all Pacific 
Masters teams that will be driving to Fresno to bring pop up tents 
and any other shade you may have. There will be some shade available, 
but it would be great if we can let our fellow competitor guests use 
it and Pacific will have plenty of space to put up the popups.


2009 USMS ONE-MILE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The meet sheet for the US Masters Swimming One-Mile National 
Championships has been posted. You must pre-enter the meet. You are 
encouraged to enter early as the meet is limited to the first 1000 
entries. There has been an extension of the deadline and you may 
enter the one mile open water championship at the Fresno meet
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09clovow.pdf
REGINA BRITTINGHAM
On April 7th Regina Brittingham was diagnosed with a tumor in her 
chest. This Friday, May 1st,sheI will have a Biopsy at Stanford 
Hospital to determine it's nature and the course of treatment. She 
would like to hear from you at: mailto:rbswimrun at sbcglobal.net.
Regina is a member of Walnut Creek Masters and has been a member of 
Masters clubs in the Chico area.

OPEN WATER 101
Want to learn about open water swimming, but not sure how to start? 
Concerned about cold water, crowded starts, open water culture, 
Pacific Masters is sponsoring Open Water 101 a clinic for new and 
developing open water swimmers. It will cover Breathing and sighting, 
coping with panic, pack swimming, water entry and exit and mental 
Preparation.

There will be dry land talks by Suzanne Heim-Bowen and Suzie Dods as 
well as other local, national and international open water swimmers. 
The location is just south of the San Francisco Airport in Coyote 
Park. There is a limit of 50 swimmers so register early:
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09pmsow101.pdf
Tell your triathlete friends they can take the course, but you must 
be a member of US Masters Swimming to attend the class.

ONE HOUR POSTAL
The final results of the one hour postal have been posted on the US 
Masters Swimming web site. Congratulations to all the Pacific Masters 
Swimmers who took part in this event. New records were set by Linda 
Shoenberger in the 60-64 age groups and The Tamalpais Masters in the 
Women 55+, Davis Aquatic Masters had 299 swimmers and logged over 1 
million yards (1,040,860 yards). Congratulations to Laura Val, Linda 
Shoenberger, Susan Munn, Donna Monroe, Margery Meyer, Robert Placak, 
Sandy Mac Donald and Roy Hoch who won their age groups. And in the 
relays Tamalpais  55+ and Tamalpais 65+ Women and Tamalpais Mixed 55+ 
who took first

SPRING LAKE MILE
The Spring Lake Mile has been moved to the 16th Of May. It is a week 
earlier than what has been on the schedule.
http://www.lifeguardsforlife.org/events/openwaterswimpage07

Lake Del Valle
The Lake Del Valle1.5 mile will be a national championship meet next 
year. This year's meet will be a great time to practice for next year.
	http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09triow.pdf

PACIFIC MASTERS MAY JUNE NEWSLETTER IS POSTED
The May June edition of the Pacific Masters newsletter is now posted 
on the web site. Thanks to Joanne Berven and all the people who 
contribute to the newsletter to get it published.

	http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/09/09mayjun.pdf

WHAT I LEARNED AT SWIM CAMP - Linda Schoenberger
Our new fitness chair, Linda Schoenberger, wrote about her three days 
at the Walnut Creek Intensive Training Camp. She tells of what she 
experienced and the great time she had. It is on the US Masters 
Swimming web site.
	http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=194

WHY AND HOW I STARTED MY OWN MASTERS PROGRAM
Mark Canterbury of Water Exercise Technologies writes about how he 
started his own Masters Program. For those who are unattached you may 
want to start your own club. It really is not difficult
	http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=193

ENHANCE YOUR TRAINING THROUGH SWIM TECHNOLOGY
FINIS, the world wide developer of swimming technology based in 
Livermore, has an article about enhancing your training through 
swimming technology on the US Masters Swimming web site. They cover 
drills and sets.
	http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=192

PREPARING FOR OPEN WATER TRAINING
Marica Cleveland wrote an article on the US Masters Swimming . Marcia 
has swam in many long distance events and shares her knowledge on 
open water training.
http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=187

SEND US MASTERS SWIMMING A STORY FOR THE USMS ARCHIVES
The USMS History and Archives Committee would like each LMSC to 
identify a few of its key people, who have been a part of USMS for a 
long time. Then someone in the LMSC can interview these valuable 
members about their swimming. Their "Creating a Story" has  several 
questions they 've put together to get you started.
	http://www.usms.org/hist/content/yourstory


BIDDING FOR NATIONAL POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
You can create an exciting opportunity for your club by bidding to 
host either the 2011 United States Masters Swimming National Short or 
Long Course Championships. The USMS Championship Committee to 
strongly encourage you to work with facilities within your LMSC to 
consider bidding for either of these showcase events. All entries are 
now processed by USMS, which takes away much tedious work from the 
host. The short course meet (25 yards or meters) typically takes 
place mid-May, however, it may be held anytime between April 15th and 
May 31st in accordance with USMS rules. The long course meet 
typically takes place mid-August although its allowable range is 
August 1 - September 15th.

SWIMMING IN OPEN WATER
Kim Elsbach of Davis Aquatic Masters were mentioned in an article 
about the challenges of open water swimming versus pool swimming. The 
story mentions Elsbach, Davis Aquatic Masters and Lake Natoma. The 
article was published in Reading, PA
	http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=136467

FITNESS NOT FATNESS PREDICTS A LONGER LIFE
Steven Blair of the University of South Carolina did a study of body, 
fitness and longevity in 26,03 men. What he found was that it was 
fitness not fatness that lead to a longer life and swimming was the 
best way of staying fit. The findings were published in the 5 
December 1980 of the Journal of the American Medical Association and 
was summarized by Steven Reinberg at
	http://myhealth.ucsd.edu/healthyliving/fitness/nov08fitness.htm


BIDDING FOR NATIONAL OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Long Distance Open Water Committee is soliciting bids for postal 
events for 2011 and the Open Water events for 2011. The Postal events 
are the One Hour Postal, the 3,000-6,000 yard postal and the 5,000 
and 10,000 M postal Clubs are encourage to bid for those events.

For the open water events, in 2011 it is the West region's turn to 
host and organize the one mile Open water swim, the 1 Mile cable and 
the 3-6 Mile swim. The national championships would be a great way to 
get swimmers from all over the US to come to your swim.

Next year Lake Del Valle wil be the venue of the 1-3 Mile national 
championship. This year Millerton Lake is the scene of the one mile 
national championship.

UPDATING THE PACIFIC MASTERS MAIL LIST
The Pacific Masters email list has almost 20,000 subscribers on it. 
We are limited to 20,000 subscribers on the list, so it is time to do 
a little pruning. I went back to the 2007, 2008 and the current 
rosters and pulled all the email addresses from those lists. All 
members on those lists will be re-subscribed to the updated list. If 
have not registered with Pacific Masters, but wish to continue 
getting the Update, you can subscribe by going to the Pacific Masters 
web page after 11 May.

COACH OF THE YEAR
The coach of the nominations are due at the May Pacific Masters 
meeting (20 May 2008). This is the time to publicly show your coach 
how much you mean to him. Coaches are underpaid and overworked. They 
do the job for the love of the sport and Pacific Masters honors one 
coach a year as the Coach of the Year.

If you want to nominate your coach I would suggest that you write a 
one page letter telling the committee why s/he should be the coach of 
the year. Read the nomination procedures (at bottom of page), let the 
committee know what the coach has meant to you and your team mates.

After you write your letter and if you have letters from your team 
mates send it to chairman at pacificmasters.org. Unfortunately, there is 
only one person who can be coach of the year. Many times the coach of 
the year has been nominated before. Those who have been nominated 
will be listed at the long course championships  (where the coach of 
the year  presentation is made). Also since Pacific has such a 
plethora of great coaches, we have not yet awarded the Coach of  the 
Year to the same person twice.

BY THE NUMBERS
Number of People registered with Pacific Masters:  8,279

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Coach of the Year
1.The purpose of this award is to recognize the Pacific Masters 
Swimming coach who has demonstrated outstanding coaching qualities. 
2.The award criteria are as follows:
   a.The coach and Club held current PMS registration during the year 
under consideration.
   b.The criteria for the award will be considered first, since 
January 1 of the preceding year, and second, over the coach's career 
with his or her club.  Outstanding contributions to his or her club 
and its individuals are measured by the following competitive and 
non-competitive factors:
      i.Competitive factors shall include club and individual 
performance at PMS and USMS Championships in any sanctioned course, 
as well as relay and individual PMS, USMS and World records that 
reflect the coach's skill and inspiration.
       ii.Non-competitive factors shall include club vigor, size and 
growth, club participation and volunteering, and club having hosted 
well-run events.
       iii.Outstanding service to PMS, USMS and to other public or 
private community organizations.
       iv.Outstanding professional contributions, such as 
participation in clinics and published works.
3. Nominations and Selection
   a.There shall normally be one award given.
   b.  A nomination announcement shall be published in the appropriate 
PMS Newsletter.  Nominations may be made by any registered PMS club 
officer in the form of a written statement addressing both the 
criteria above and the instructional and inspirational qualities of 
the coach.  The nominating letter and a maximum of four supporting 
letters from registered PMS swimmers shall be submitted to the 
Chairman at or before the May meeting of PMS.
-- 
michael w. moore
michael at pacificmasters.org