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<div>DONNER LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM</div>
<div>The Donner Lake 2.7 mile Open Water swim will be Saturday, August
6th. Donner Lake is a beautiful lake just off of I 80, just west
of Truckee. There is race day registration.</div>
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MANATEE 2X1 OPEN WATER RELAY</div>
<div>The Manatee 2x1 Open Water Relay will be on Sunday, August 21st
at Quarry Lakes in Fremont. The pre-entry postmark deadline is
Saturday, August 6th. The 2x1 is a great race to swim with your
significant other, son, daughter, father mother, aunt , uncle or
friend. You swim the best you can then have fun. Bring a friend to
swim there.</div>
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<div>PINECREST LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM</div>
<div>The Pinecrest Lake open water swim is on Saturday, August 27th.
Shiela Monaghan wrote that she swam in Pinecrest lake for 2 hours and
it was absolutely lovely. The temperature was perfect for long swims.
There is an error in the pre-entry deadline. The real deadline is
August 13th.</div>
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<div>WHISKEYTOWN ONE AND TWO MILE SWIM</div>
<div>Sunday September 11th is the one and two mile Whiskeytown lake
open water swim. Whiskeytown lake is about 15 miles from Redding. The
pre-entry deadline is August 31.</div>
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<div>CHANGE IN SCHEDULE</div>
<div>There was a problem with the Heather Farms pool schedule. The
2005 Pacific Masters Short Course Meters Championships have been moved
to November 4th, 5th and 6th. This meet is the first meet where the
distance events will be held on the last day.</div>
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<div>FINA SUPPORT FOR WORLD SWIM FOR MALARIA 3 DECEMBER 2005<br>
One million people swimming on December 3, 2005 to fight malaria in
the world. This is the main idea of the "World Swim of Malaria"
project, which was presented in Montreal (CAN) with the occasion
of the 11th FINA World Championships.<br>
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Counting with the active support of FINA and Speedo, Official FINA
Partner, this initiative will raise funds to help in the eradication
of malaria worldwide, a disease that kills more that three million
children every year. Up to now, this organization has gathered 250,000
swimmers, but is now actively engaged in getting new one-day
competitors next December 3. "Fundamentally, we want people to
swim. If, with this effort, they can collect some funds to prevent
more children's deaths, it's fantastic. Have fun in the pool,
collect money, save lives: this is our slogan," explained Rob
Mather, founder of "World Swim for Malaria".<br>
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Information about the World Swim for Malaria may be found at</div>
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> http://www.worldswimformal<span
></span>aria.com/</div>
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<div>RECEIVED USMS SWIMMER YET?</div>
<div>If you have NOT received the July/August of USMS Swimmer yet,
would email me at</div>
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</x-tab>mailto:usmsswimmer@pacificmasters.org</div>
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Have a good week<br>
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<div>michael</div>
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<div>OFF THE WALL - Swimming Tahoe the long way</div>
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<div>I am writing to you as a friend of Ken Harmon, a 45-year old
Danville, Ca. man who is planning to swim the 22-mile length of Lake
Tahoe from Camp Richardson to the Hyatt Beach in Incline Village, NV
without a wetsuit on Monday August 22, 2005 starting at 6am. He is
doing this as a fundraiser for a new Danville Aquatic Center. He
is hoping to raise $100,000 in pledges. </div>
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<div>This feat has only been accomplished 4 times in history and the
last man to accomplish this was a 30-year old Fred Rogers, from Marin,
in 1955, who swam from Kings Beach to Bijou in 19 hours and 6
minutes. Erline Christopherson of Lodi, was the fastest
woman to accomplish this the feat in 1962 when she swam from Baldwin
Beach to Dollar Point in 13 hours 17 minutes.</div>
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<div>Ken Harmon will attempt to accomplish this as the oldest and
fastest person to ever swim the length of Lake Tahoe. Ken has
been successful in many other marathon swims including the Trans Tahoe
Swim which he has done without a wetsuit, individually, in 1999, 2000,
2003, in 4 hours 57 minutes, 4 hours 32 minutes, and 4 hours 21
minutes respectively. His longest swim was in 1996 when he swam
the 20-mile length of Lake Washington in 10 hours and 10 minutes for
charity.</div>
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<div>Ken will be in the Truckee area on Aug. 6, 2005 as he is swimming
the length of Donner Lake at 8:30 am and finishing on the West shore
around 9:35 am in the Sierra Nevada Masters Swim. On Sunday
morning Aug. 7, 2005, Ken and training partner, Craig Klass, two
time water polo Olympian 88 and 92, will be doing two
lengths of Donner for training. Ken could be available for
interviews during this weekend.</div>
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<div>His website at <a
href="http://www.swimfar.org/">www.swimfar.org</a>. Ken can be
contacted by phone at 925-552-1177 or 925-683-4610. His e-mail is <a
href="mailto:kharmon@rpm-mortgage.com">kharmon@rpm-mortgage.com</a>.
If you have any questions I can be contacted in Incline Village,
NV at 775-832-0544 or 775-232-1468 or by e-mail.</div>
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<div>michael<br>
Michael W. Moore, chairman<br>
XI FINA World Masters Championships<br>
Stanford University<br>
Stanford, California<br>
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michael@2006FINAMasters.org</div>
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