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Davis Aquatic Masters
Long Course Masters
Davis Aquatic Masters will be hosting their first long course meters event on 13 August 2011 at the Schall Aquatic Center. The meet will be primarily 50 and 100 events with a 400 Free, 200 IM and 200 Medley relays. You can register on line .
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Thoughts and Prayers
Bill Matson, FINA Vice President
Bill Matson, FINA vice president from New Zealand passed away on Monday in Shanghai, China, He was 72. Bill was in Shanghai working on the FINA World Championships.
Bill was the FINA Bureau liaison to Masters Swimming. He was a strong advocate for Masters swimming to the FINA Bureau. At the 2006 FINA World Masters Championships at Stanford, he represented the FINA Bureau at the Games. He wanted things to be done well for the athletes and he was very fair.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Joan and family.
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2011 USMS LCM Nationals
The 2011 US Masters Swimming Long Course Nationals were held in Auburn, Alabama. Two Pacific Master swimmers broke national and world records. Laura Val of Tamalpias Masters broke the woman's 60-64 world record in the 200 Free, the 100 Fly, the 50 Fly, the 200 Fly and the 50 Free. Ann Hirsch of Walnut Creek Masters broke the woman's 80-84 50 Breast national record, the 100 Breast world record, the 200 IM National record, and the 200 Breast National Record. Also the Tamalpais Aquatic Masters relay of Rich Burns, Laura Val, Barbara Wheeler and Tim Hold from the World 240-279 Freestyle relay. |
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Modesto Area Aquatic Club
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Donner Lake
Hot August Chill
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September - October
Newsletter
The Pacific Masters Swimming September- October newsletter has been posted on the web site. Thanks to Joanne Berven for organizing the newsletter. In the newsletter are the meet sheets for the September and October events. As well as the DVDs that are available from the Pacific Masters library.
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Join Pacific Masters Linked in
The Pacific Masters Swimming has a group in Linked in. All Pacific Masters Swimmers are invited to join the group, however, you must be a member of Pacific Masters to join the group. This is a place where our members can network - so far over 50 members have joined
US Masters Swimming also has a Linked in Page where member can network. Pacific Masters has social media events in Facebook, Twitter and now Linked in. |
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Whiskeytown Lake Open Water Swim
The annual Whiskeytown Lake Open Water Swim will be held on Sunday 11 September 2011. The meet hosted by the Redding Swim Club is a very popular end of summer meet. Where swimmers can compete in the one and two mile events.
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Alcatraz Challenge Triathlon
There is a discount for Pacific Masters Swimmers for the San Francisco Triathlon at Alcatraz on August 21st. It has a 1.2 mile swim from Alcatraz to Marina Green, a 25 mile bike ride to Golden Gate Park and back and a 7 mile to Baker Beach under the Golden Gate Bridge.
The promotional code to enter is PacMasters2011 when you enter.
Register of Tri at http://www.tricalifornia.com/index.cfm/Alcatraz2011-main.htm
You can get more information on these events at www.tricalifornia.com
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