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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>RESULTS</b></font></div>
<div>Results for The Olympic Club Mile and the Fog City Quadrathon
have been posted on the Pacific Masters web site. Laura Val broke her
own world record in the 1500M Freestyle by 27 seconds, finishing at
18:53.74. McCall Dorr (18:03.73) and Lee Wanie (17:29.23) had
the fastest female and male times.</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>UPCOMING
EVENTS</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>USF VALENTINES DAY
AFFAIR</b></font></div>
<div>The 2008 USF Valentines Day affair will be on 9 February 2008 at
the Koret Recreation Center on the USF Campus. This is always a very
popular meet and the competition will be great.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08usfscy.pdf</div>
<div>You are encourage to enter on line (It helps a lot if you
register before the meet).</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Monterey Clambake 23 February
2008</b></font></div>
<div>The Monterey Clambake will be on 23 February 2008 at the Patullo
Swim Center in Seaside California. . The on-line deadline is 17
February 2008. Race day entries will be taken</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>RINCONADA
MEET</b></font></div>
<div>The Riconada Spring meet will be on Saturday 8 March 2008.
Besides the regular events Rinconada has the 1650 Butterfly at the end
of the meet. The 1650 Fly has limited number of slots open so register
early.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08rincscy.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>WALNUT CREEK INTENSIVE 21ST
TRAINING CAMP</b></font></div>
<div>This Training Camp is 2 1/2 days dedicated to enhancing your
competitive swimming performance through strenuous conditioning,
stroke and distance specificity, and stroke technique instruction, all
in an atmosphere conducive to serious swim training.</div>
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<div>The 2008 Coaching Staff will consist of Kerry O'Brien, Debbie
Santo, Mike Heaney, Steve Stahl, Scott Williams and Brian Stack. Bob
Bruce of Oregon Masters will be there.</div>
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<div>More information can be found at the Walnut Creek web site</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.swim4wc.org</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Jon Steiner Memorial
Mile</b></font></div>
<div>You can start competing in the Jon Steiner Memorial Mile now.
Competition started on 22 December and will go through 29 February.
You can swim the Memorial Mile will swimming the One Hour Swim
(killing two birds with one stone).</div>
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http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08tamow.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>GO THE
DISTANCE</b></font></div>
<div>It looks like USMS will again have the GO THE DISTANCE Challenge.
I would urge swimmers to track their swimms for the a while until the
2008 forms are posted on the USMS Web site. To participate just log
your workout yardage.</div>
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<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/fitness/content/gothedistance</div>
<div>For those who are participating in the Go The Distance, the
January millage should be sent it by tomorrow.</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>BAY AREA SENIOR
GAMES</b></font></div>
<div>The Third Bay Area Senior Games will be 15-16 March 2008 at
Stanford University. The swimming will be Sunday 16 March at the
Avery Aquatic Center. To swim at the Nationals, one must qualify at a
State Games. The state games this year will be in Pasadena, CA. You
can also qualify at the Nevada State Games in Las Vegas (more
information later).</div>
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<div>You can get a registration brochure at:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://2009seniorgames.org/2007_web/pdf/registration08.pdf</div
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>SUCCESS THROUGH
OPTIMISM</b></font></div>
<div>Meghan Lynn wrote an article about Masters Swimming in the
Americas "Success through optimism.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div
>http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi<span
></span>ew&id=728&Itemid=330</div>
<div>The article is on the FINA web site.</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS 2008
SCHEDULE</b></font><br>
The 2008 Pacific Masters Schedule has been posted on the web site.<br>
</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html<br>
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.</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>APPLICATION TO OFFICIATE AT
USMS NATIONALS</b></font></div>
<div>For Officials who would like to officiate at the 2008 USMS SCY
National Championships, you can apply on line at the USMS web
site:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org</div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>USMS LONG DISTANCE
CHAMPIONSHIP</b></font></div>
<div>The USMS 25 KM long distance championships will be at Morse
Resevoi, Noblesville, IN, July 19, 2008</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats08/25kentry.pdf</div>
<div>This is the inaugural event of for the 25 KM event.</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS OFFICE CLOSED
8 FEBRUARY</b></font></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters Office will be closed on Friday 8 February.
Nancy Ridout, USMS past president and Michael Moore, Board of
Directors member, will be traveling to Dallas, Texas to attend the
mid-year meeting of the USMS Board of Directors.</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TRAINING
CAMPS</b></font><br>
A training camp program is offered to Masters Swimmers and coaches who
will be attending the XII FINA World Championships in Perth. Pool time
will be dedicated to conditioning and technique improvement. This
program is designed for dedicated Masters Swimmers who are committed
to advancing their performances and skills.</div>
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Swimmers will train in 50m pools and attend one to two workouts a day
training and getting to know fellow swimmers and coaches.<br>
<br>
Further information can be found at</div>
<div>http://forums.usms.org/showthread.php?p=114501<br>
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<div>michael</div>
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