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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>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>USF VALENTINES MEET</b></font></div>
<div>The USF Valentines Day meet will be February 7th. This is one of
the Pac Masters Swimming most popular meets attracting about 350
swimmers. All swimmers are encouraged to enter the meet on-line.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09usfscy.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>FIRST BEAR DONT HIBERNATE MEET</b></div>
<div>The first Bear dont Hibernate Meet will be held Contra
Costa College Swimming Pool in San Pablo. There are 33 events to pick
and choose from. Pre-entry Deadline is 13 February.</div>
<div> <x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09bear.scy.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>WALNUT CREEK INTENSIVE TRAINING
CAMP</b></font></div>
<div>The 22nd Walnut Creek Intensive Training Camp will be March
6,7,and 8 at Heather Farm's Clark Swim Center. Besides the great
'Creek coaches Brian Stack of the Manatees, Mike Collins and Jim
Miller, MD of Virginia Masters will help swimmers swim their best.
This event always sells out so register now if you want to
attend.</div>
<div>
http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09wcmtrain.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>RINCONADA MASTERS SPRING SHORT COURSE
MEET</b></font></div>
<div>The Rinconada Masters Spring Short Course meet will be held
Saturday March 14th at the Rinconada Pool in Palo Also. the first
event is the 1000 free, which you must pre enter. The preentery
deadline is 4 March 2009. The class of the events is the 1650
butterfly - entry free for this one. - one heat only.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09rincscy.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>SCAM Spring Break Meet</b></font></div>
<div>The Strawberry Canyon Aquatic Masters Spring Break meet will be
on 21 March 2009 at the Spieker Aquatic Complex, UC Berkeley. The
first event - the 500 free- is pre-seeded. you can enter on line
at</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab><font
face="Helvetica" size="+1"
color="#0000FF">http://scam.mastersswim.com</font></div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>SHEILA TAROMINA TO SPEAK</b></font></div>
<div>Sheila Taromina who has competed in four different Olympiads in
three different sports will speak on Saturday 2/21 at 3-6 pm.
She be talking about her experiences, her training methodologies
(especially for the not-so-young multisport athlete) and some of her
ways of coping with the obstacles that life throws in the way. Coach
Chris Campbell owes me a specific title that I can put in the
announcements. Admission is free. The venue will be
announced in the next update (along with the title).</div>
<div><font size="+1"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>SAN FRANCISCO - THE CITY WITH THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF MASTERS SWIMMERS</b></font></div>
<div>In a city with one 50 meter pool (kinda), nine clubs, two open
water pools (one is just for the summer), two clubs that are
exclusively in the Bay, San Francisco is the city with the most number
of registered US Masters Swimming swimmers. Almost 1200 Masters
swimmers live in the city by the bay, beating New York City by over
500 athletes; Los Angles is the city with the third highest number of
swimmers at 449.<font size="+1"><b> Congratulation to all the coaches
and athletes.</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>Pacific Teams are the largest in
USMS</b></font></div>
<div>The final final numbers are not quite in but a quick review of
the teams show that Pacific Teams are the largest local teams in USMS.
Below is a list of local teams that have more than 200 members.</div>
<div><b>DAM<x-tab> </x-tab>665<br>
WCM<x-tab> </x-tab>500<br>
TCAM<x-tab> </x-tab>482<br>
STAN<x-tab> </x-tab>468</b></div>
<div>NOVA<x-tab> </x-tab>435<br>
CUBU<x-tab> </x-tab>419<br>
ISF<x-tab> </x-tab>417<br>
VMST<x-tab> </x-tab>372</div>
<div><b>USF<x-tab> </x-tab>344</b></div>
<div><b>MELO<x-tab> </x-tab>336</b><br>
TNYA<x-tab> </x-tab>332</div>
<div><b>SCSC<x-tab> </x-tab>326</b><br>
FLAQ<x-tab> </x-tab>305<br>
WMST<x-tab> </x-tab>289</div>
<div><b>CRUZ<x-tab> </x-tab>275</b><br>
SPM<x-tab> </x-tab>263<br>
UCLA<x-tab> </x-tab>241<br>
MVN<x-tab> </x-tab>230</div>
<div><b>MAM<x-tab> </x-tab>228</b></div>
<div><b>MVM<x-tab> </x-tab>220</b><br>
SYSM<x-tab> </x-tab>217<br>
WH2O<x-tab> </x-tab>216<br>
ANCM<x-tab> </x-tab>203</div>
<div><b>MAAC<x-tab> </x-tab>201</b></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>JON STEINER MEMORIAL MILE - TAM'S1650
POSTAL</b></font></div>
<div>The Jon Steiner Memorial Mile is Tam's 1650 Postal event. You can
swim the event from now until the end of February. You just need to
have a person to be your timer. You can enter the event on line by
going to http://tammasters.org/PoolMileEntry (a four dollar discount
from the paper entry).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>GO THE DISTANCE</b></div>
<div>US Masters Swimming continues its fitness program of tracking
your swimming millage in the "Go The Distance" program. The
program is just to track your daily yardage on an Excel spreadsheet.
Once a month send the total to the Go the Distance chief - Mary
Sweat.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>There are two forms that one can use. The first is the easy form
of just tracking yardage, for those who realy want to track how that
yardage was achieved - swimming, kicking, by stroke there is the
advanced version of the swim sheet. (I am lucky I can just remember
what the total yardage was for the day - let alone break it
out).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Linda Schoenberger wrote about the program in her "Come Join
in the Fun" article on the US Masters Swimming web site
(http://www.usms.org/fitness/articleofthemonth.php?a=170).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I encourage all swimmers to track their yardage over the year and
to have fun. (bet with your lane mates who will swim the most miles -
loser buys dinner). It would help of Coaches posted the total yardage
for the workout at the bottom of any workout board that they
use.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>Workouts Available to Members
Online</b></font><br>
<br>
How would you like to have workouts delivered directly to your e-mail
box?<br>
U.S. Masters Swimming has four coaches who post weekly workouts on our
Discussion Forums. As a U.S. Masters Swimming member, you can
subscribe to these workout threads and have them delivered to you by
e-mail.<br>
The 2009 online coaches are Mo Chambers, Nate McBride, Jacki Hirsty
and Patrick Cantrell</div>
<div>To use this feature you will have to first create a Discussion
Forums account. To create your account, just fill out the forms here
and follow the link that will be sent to you via e-mail in order to
fully activate your account.</div>
<div><b><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/features.php?id=103</b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>APPLICATION TO OFFICIATE AT THE US MASTERS SWIMMING NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></div>
<div>An application to officiate at the US Masters Championships
is at</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://TinyURL.com/9jfjph</div>
<div>An application is needed if you wish to work an assigned
position (deck ref, starter, chief judge). Officials can apply for
their N2, N3 certification.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>ITS ALL IN THE WATER</b></font></div>
<div>Dr Jim Miller wrote an article on keeping hydrated during
exercise which appears on the USMS web site. Keeping hydrated is a
critical key to performance.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=174</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>US MASTERS SWIMMING HAS A NEW E-NEWSLETTER -
BEHIND THE BLOCKS</b></font></div>
<div>US Masters Swimming has a new e-newsletter which has already gone
out. If you did not receive it - you may not be alone more than one
member of the US Masters Swimming Board of Directors did not receive
it either. Ashley has done a great job in production of the colorful
newsletter.</div>
<div>Go to</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab
>http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?p=oi&m=1102294150505</div
>
<div>to sign up for the USMS News letter. (You can also go to the USMS
web site to sign up for it).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>US MASTERS SWIMMING RULES OF
COMPETITION</b></font></div>
<div>The 2009 edition of the US Masters Swimming Rules of Competition
are on the web at</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/rules/</div>
<div>Besides the first four pages of the swimming rules (which every
swimmer should read) it also has all of the National Records.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>PAN AMERICAN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS OCTOBER
09</b></font></div>
<div>The III Pan American Masters Championships will be held in
Veracruz, Mexico during the week of October 25, 2009. The swimming
event will be short course meters. The exact dates should be announced
in the very near future. The Championships will include swimming; open
water and one additional discipline and will likely be a 5 day
format.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>INDIVIDUAL RENEWAL</b></font></div>
<div>You can now renew your membership for 2009. You can register on
line, it is very easy, just go to:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/USMS.cfm?l=38</div>
<div>and start filling out the forms. If you are a member of the clubs
listed below you can register with your club.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If your club is not one of the clubs listed above, you will have
to register as "unattached." And then when your club
registers you can change membership.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>For those who do no want to register on-line, Pacific Masters
still has a paper registration form to send to Nancy.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div> http://www.pacificmasters.org/admin/09memberapp.pdf</div>
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<div>michael</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED FROM
WIKIPEDIA</b></font></div>
<div>"On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake,
Iowa, United States killed three American rock and roll musicians:
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper"
Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson. The day was later
called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean in his 1971 song
"American Pie"."</div>
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<div>michael w. moore</div>
<div>michael@pacificmasters.org</div>
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