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<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS MISSION
STATEMENT:</b></font></div>
<div>As adopted by the Pacific Masters Committee the Mission of
Pacific Masters is:</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>Pacific Masters Swimming welcomes anyone who would like to
gain and maintain fitness through swimming and encourages programs to
foster this mission.</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>RESULTS</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS LONG COURSE
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>NATIONAL RECORDS BROKEN</b></font></div>
<div>I did not see that the USF team broke the national record in the
400M Womens Free Relay 72-99</div>
<div>1 USF-PC
'A' <span
></span
> <span
></span> 4:30.00 4:24.38N</div>
<div> 1) Huang, Chelsea
W20
2) Kropp, Julia F W22 </div>
<div> 3) Miller, Molly K
W24 4)
Huang, Jessica W24</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>2008 COACH OF THE YEAR</b></font></div>
<div>The criteria we examine when selecting a Coach of the Year
include the technical excellence of the nominees; the level of
achievement of their swimmers, whether it be setting records and
winning national titles, or swimming in a very first meet; the
coaches' service to the Community, both in Masters Swimming and in
their local communities--do they publish, host events, support their
swimmers on the road? Do they create a welcoming environment for
swimmers from other teams when the drop in? Are their teams
focused, spirited and cheerful? How well do they address the
special needs of their swimmers? Are they creative and
passionate?<br>
<br>
The seven nominees for 2008 have these qualities in abundance--so much
so that we tend to take them for granted in all Pacific Masters
coaches. But it is the prevalence of these high standards in our
local coaches that makes Pacific Masters what it is today--the largest
and top to bottom most talented LMSC in the country. It's not
the weather. It's not the economy. It's the coaches that
keep Pacific Masters on top. <br>
This wasn't an easy choice, as a strong case could be made for
every one of the nominated candidates. And this year, we had a
bunch of them. <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>The coaches
nominated are<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Steve Linz of
Sierra Nevada Masters,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Rob Torgerson of Foutaingrove
Athletic Club,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Dick Jacobberger of Oakwood
Masters,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Christine Lockhart of Chico
Masters,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Mike Lynch of Peninsula Covenant
Masters,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Blythe Lucero of
Berkeley Aquatic Masters and<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Laureen Welting of The Olympic Club.
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab></div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>Also
nominated, but set aside for this award are three previous
winners--Kerry O'Brien of Walnut Creek Masters, Brian Stack of
Manatee Aquatic Masters, and Valeriy Boryeko of USF Masters. </div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>In our case,
2008 Pacific Masters Coach of the Year is that of Laureen Welting. She
has been coaching at the Olypic Club for eight years. She works with
swimmers all ability levels, from the seniors. She coaches elite
masters swimmers, membership at large, young swimmers and old
swimmers. She has been a coach on deck at Nationals working to help
swimmers who did not come with a coach. Congratulation Laureen!!!<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>We would
hope that those who took the time to write letters in support of their
coach would give their coach a copy of those letter. It is the support
of the swimmers that encourage the coach to dig harder and work harder
for their swimmers. Thanks to all who wrote in support of their
coach.</div>
<div> - - - Chris Campbell, Coaches Committee
Chair</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>UPCOMING :</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>PACMASTERS MONTHLY MEETING</b></font></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters Swimming Monthly meeting will be on Wednesday
23 July at the aquatic class room at the Clarke Swim Center, Heather
Farms, Walnut Creek. All teams are encouraged to send a member and all
members are invited to attend.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>Lake Mendocino 2 Mile Pacific Masters
Championships</b></font> -<b> note email address change</b></div>
<div>The Lake Mendocino 2-mile championship will be held on July 26th,
2008, replacing the Russian River 1 mile swim scheduled for that date.
Registrants will automatically be moved to this date unless I am
otherwise notified.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Please contact David Robinson with questions at
rdwoodmasters@yahoo.com</div>
<div>Lake Mendocino is about 130 miles north of San Francisco.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>SWIM ACROSS AMERICA</b></font></div>
<div>For the last few years Swim Across America has had a San
Francisco Bay swim to raise money for breakthrough cancer programs at
UCSF Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Oakland. Swim Across
America's motto is "Making Waves to Fight Cancer". This year
the Bay Swim will be on October 18th and you can find information on
the swim at
http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=317&s<span
></span>rcid=211. We have changed the swim to accommodate more
people.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>In addition to the Bay swim we have a new pool event which runs
for the entire month of September. We are asking that masters teams
swim a total of 3000 miles, the distance from coast to coast. Each
individual participant is asked to raise a minimum of $50. (There are
incentives for individuals and teams that raise more than that.) This
is the first time that we are having this event and the SF Bay Area is
the first to try it. Please consider it for your team. Here is the
link:
http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=561&s<span
></span>rcid=211 .</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>MEET RESULTS DATA BASE</b></font></div>
<div>USMS Has a new meet results data base, where swimmers can go on
line to see how they have done in individual events. The database
covers about four years worth of data and does not have all Pacific
Masters swims in it, but it does have many of them. Go see how you
have been doing:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/comp/meets/resultstrack.php</div>
<div> </div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>UPCOMING :</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>Lake Mendocino 2 Mile Pacific Masters
Championships</b></font> -<b> note email address change</b></div>
<div>The Lake Mendocino 2-mile championship will be held on July 26th,
2008, replacing the Russian River 1 mile swim scheduled for that date.
Registrants will automatically be moved to this date unless I am
otherwise notified.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Please contact David Robinson with questions at
rdwoodmasters@yahoo.com</div>
<div>Lake Mendocino is about 130 miles north of San Francisco.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>SANTA CRUZ OPEN WATER MEETS</b></font></div>
<div>There is a weekend of open water meets in Santa Cruz. The first
is the 35th Annual Roughwater Swim one mile swim. $25.00 if
postmarked by 21 July - That is this Monday. There is race day
registration.</div>
<div> http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08roughwater.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The next is the Santa Cruz 2 mile ocean cruise - The Cruz Cruise.
You can preenter this race if your entry is received by Saturday, July
26th. There is also race day registration.</div>
<div>
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08roughwater.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>DONNER LAKE OPEN WATER SWIM</b></font></div>
<div>The 28th Annual Sierra Nevada Masters Donner Open Water Swim is
on Saturday 9 August, 2008. This is a 2.7 mile straight swim
(direction - not sexual preference).</div>
<div><b>It is open to 350 swimmers. They expect the event to sell out.
If they sell out and you have not entered - you will not be allowed to
swim</b></div>
<div>You should preenter to be sure of getting a place to swim. To
preenter your entry form must be postmarked by Friday 1 August. You
can register on line until Monday 4 August or until the event is
full.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div> http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08snmow.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>MODESTO SHORT COURSE METERS
MEET</b></font></div>
<div>The Second Annula Modesto Area Aquatic Club Short Course Meters
meet will be held Saturday 23 August 2008 at the Modesto Junior
College Aquatic Complex.</div>
<div>
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/08maacscm.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>ASCA World Clinic Coaches Grant
Program</b></font></div>
<div>The American Swim Coaches Association is hosting its 2008 World
Clinic at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from September
3-7, 2008. To enhance participation, and to promote Masters Coaches
attending the ASCA Clinic, USMS will pay $150 toward the ASCA member
World Clinic fee. A limited number of Masters coaches will receive
this grant. These grants will be issued on a first-come, first-served
basis and to no more than three coaches in one LMSC. If you are
interested please contact Coaches Chair Chris Campbell at coachchris
at mvm.org . Please send him your name, address, city, state, zip,
Telephone, fax, Email and team. <b> THIS MUST BE DONE BY 5 PM
THURSDAY</b> 24 JULY</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></div>
<div>For those who have not gotten enough Long Course Swims in or want
to tune up before nationals, the SPMA Championships will be held
1-3 August in Thousand Oaks. You must enter by 22 July and the entry
must be received by 25 July.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div
>http://www.spma.net/html.php?bdy=meetforms/2008/2008_csa_lcm_info.htm</div
>
<div><br></div>
<div>For those who need a place to stay, Ahelee Sue Osborn has
reserved a block of rooms at Quality Inn ($91.25/ night)</div>
<div><br>
http://www.qualityinn.com/ires/en-US/html/HotelInfo?hotel=CAA68&s<span
></span>id=<br>
</div>
<div>Contact Ahelee Sue at aheleesue at earthlink dot net.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>RETURNING SWIMMERS</b></div>
<div>I had a chance to look at the percentage of returning swimmers to
a team. These would be swimmers who registered the previous year with
the team and reregistered the next year. The following are teams with
greater than 100 members in 2006 who had a retention rate of 75%
or more in 2007:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>SERC<x-tab> </x-tab>87%<br>
TAM<x-tab> </x-tab>83<br>
WCM<x-tab> </x-tab>82<br>
SNM<x-tab> </x-tab>82<br>
MAM<x-tab> </x-tab>82<br>
MELO<x-tab> </x-tab>81<br>
MVM<x-tab> </x-tab>80<br>
TVM<x-tab> </x-tab>80<br>
DC<x-tab> </x-tab>79<br>
STAN<x-tab> </x-tab>79<br>
SCAM<x-tab> </x-tab>78<br>
TOC<x-tab> </x-tab>77<br>
SAC<x-tab> </x-tab>76<br>
TCAM<x-tab> </x-tab>76<br>
AAM<x-tab> </x-tab>75</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>BIDS FOR NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>The Long Distance Committee is looking for bids for the 1-3 Mile
Open Water National Championships. This normally means the distance
would be about 1.5,2, or 3 miles.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Our normal swims that would be eligible to bid would be</div>
<div> Del Valle 1.5 Mile</div>
<div> Lake Berryessa 2 Mile</div>
<div> Cruz Cruise 2 Mile</div>
<div> Donner Lake 2.7 Mile</div>
<div> Whisketown 2 Mile</div>
<div> Lake Sonoma 2 Mile</div>
<div>Medals would be given to tenth place and the medals would be
purchased from the Long Distance Committee. For further information on
bidding for the Championships, please contact Marcia Benjamin at</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>msbenjamin at earthlink dot net
.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>It would be great for the swimmers if an Open Water National
Championships were held in Pacific.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>A CHANCE FOR YOUR CLUB TO HAVE A SWIM CLINIC
FEATURING DARA TORRES</b></font></div>
<div>"As part of their sponsorship of Swimming, Toyota is working
with United States Masters Swimming to conduct a number of clinics
featuring Dara Torres! As many of you know Dara will be competing for
an unprecedented 5th Olympic team at the Olympic Trials in Omaha this
July. What you may not know is Toyota is a proud sponsor of USA
Swimming and of Dara. Because of this partnership, Toyota has
offered to sponsor a number of Masters Clinics led by Dara.
Toyota will be selecting the host clubs based upon the number of
requests on their web site.<br>
<br>
I strongly encourage you to spread the word and get your teammates to
go to the web site below and take advantage of this unique opportunity
to spend time with one of the world's greatest female athletes.<br>
<br>
Click on the Toyota/Dara Torres link below and let Toyota hear
from you and your club. The club that generates the most requests may
be getting a visit from one of the most decorated Olympic swimmers in
history! Don't miss this opportunity!</div>
<div> </div>
<div>http://www.toyotaswimming.com/mastersswimming/</div>
<div><font face="Calibri" size="+3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>ASU TO KEEP MENS SWIMMING</b></font></div>
<div>It was reported that after receiving many pledges of support the
administration of ASU decided to keep Men's Varsity Swimming</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>US MASTERS SWIMMING LONG COURSE
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Due to the hundreds of swimmers who entered the meet and the
number of splashes, the Championship Committee has decided to elimate
the 6th event.</div>
<div><b><br>
<font size="+1">ONLINE REGISTRATION</font></b><br>
If you have not registered for Pacific Masters, you can register
on</div>
<div>line. It is quick and easy and you can do it in the privacy of
your<br>
home. To compete you must be a current member of United States</div>
<div>Masters Swimming, if you go to a meet to register and compete,
you<br>
will just stand in line longer. By registering now you will get
the<br>
USMS Swimmer and all the benefits of being a member, besides<br>
belonging to a group that has great people.</div>
<div>http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/onlineRegistration.shtml</div
>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>5K and 10K Long Distance Postal National
Championships</b></font></div>
<div>The 5 K and 10 K Postal is swum between 15 May and 15
September. This is a great way to swim a national championships at a
local pool. You must swim the event in a 50 meter pool. Further
information is</div>
<div><b><x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats08/5k10kentry.pdf<br>
<br>
PACIFIC MASTERS 2008 SCHEDULE</b></div>
<div>The 2008 Pacific Masters Schedule has been posted on the web
site.<br>
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/schd.html<br>
Currently 35 events are planned for the next year. Included in the<br>
schedule are short course yards, long course meters, short
course</div>
<div>meters and open water.</div>
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<div>michael w. moore<br>
michael@mwmoore.org</div>
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