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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>CHANGES IN OPEN WATER AND LONG DISTANCE
SCHEDULE - SEE BELOW</b></font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS SHORT COURSE YARDS
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font> -</div>
<div><font color="#FF0000"><b> ENTRIES CLOSE
WEDNESDAY</b></font></div>
<div>The 2009 Pacific Masters Short Course Yards Championships will be
held April 17-19 at the Dolores Bengston Aquatic Center in Pleasanton.
Swimmers can enter on line at:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://wcm.mastersswim.com</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Earlier this year New England Masters had 858 swimmers register
for their LMSC championships. Truly an awesome job for an LMSC for a
group that has less than 2,000 swimmers.</div>
<div><b>Entries close April 8.</b></div>
<div><br></div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>US MASTERS SWIMMING 2009 SHORT COURSE MASTERS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#FF0000"><b>ENTRIES CLOSE THURSDAY</b></font></div>
<div>The 2009 US Masters Swimming Short Course Masters National
Championships will be held at the Clovis North High School Pool,
Clovis, CA.<b> The online entry system will automatically close at
11:59 p.m. Pacific time on April 9, 2009.</b></div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats09/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>2009 USMS ONE-MILE NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>The meet sheet for the US Masters Swimming One-Mile National
Championships has been posted. You must pre-enter the meet. the meet
deadline is 5 May. You are encouraged to enter early as the meet is
limited to the first 1000 entries.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you enter by 15 April it will cost you $10.00 less to
enter.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09clovow.pdf</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>SHORT COURSE YARDS RECORDS</b></font></div>
<div>The 2009 USMS / Pacific Masters Short Course Yards Records have
been posted. You can download either the individual or the relay
records. (Records are in a PDF format). Now you can check to see what
you need to break a Pacific or National record.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Thanks to Nancy Ridout, our top ten and records chair for
producing the records.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>RESULTS FROM 2000</b></font></div>
<div>The results from the year 2000 have been unlinked, therefore, not
very accessible from a few years. They have now been relinked. So for
those who want to check to see how they did nine years ago, the
results are available.</div>
<div>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/resultsold.shtml</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>PARKSIDE MILE</b></font></div>
<div>The Parkside Mile has moved to 25 April, same place, but had to
change the date. The Parkside Mile meet sheet has been posted.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09smmmow.pdf</div>
<div><font size="+1"><br></font></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>SPRING LAKE MILE</b></font></div>
<div>The Spring Lake Mile has been moved to the<b> 16th Of May</b>. It
is a week earlier than what has been on the schedule.</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>APPLICATION TO OFFICIATE AT THE US MASTERS
SWIMMING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></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><font size="+1"><b>SWIMFEST 09</b></font></div>
<div>US MASTERS SWIMMING will be sponsoring SwimFest 09 for
coaches and swimmers at the CISD Natatorium in Shenandoah, TX (near
Houston). For coaches it will be a chance to work with some of the
greatest coaches in Masters Swimming: Kerry O'Brien, Kris Houchesn,
Mike Collins and Jim Montogmery. They will work with coaches on their
coaching technique and mentor The Masters coaches ill cover the
business of being a Masters Coach and other topics.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Swimmers will be able to improve their swimming and work on
all four strokes, starts and turns under the guidance of great
coaches.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>U.S. Masters Swimming will be awarding a limited number of coach
scholarships. If you are a Masters coach and need financial assistance
to attend, please contact Mel Goldstein, Director of Club & Coach
Services via email or by phone at 317-253-8289.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Coaches are free</div>
<div>Swimmers are $85.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>More info at http://www.usms.org/swimfest/</div>
<div><br></div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>WHERE PACIFIC IS - MEMBERSHIP AND
CLUBS</b></font></div>
<div>As of April 5th Pacific has 7394 members which is 770 members
more than we had at the same time last year (increase of 11.6 % over
the same time last year) Pacific is 2.2x larger than the next largest
LMSC)</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>There are currently 117 clubs registered with Pacific. The
Largest Clubs in Pacific (with more than 100 members) are:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Davis Aquatic Masters<x-tab> </x-tab>534<br>
Walnut Creek Masters<x-tab> </x-tab>407<br>
Tuolumne County Aqt Masters<x-tab> </x-tab>388<br>
Stanford Masters*<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>347<br>
Santa Clara Swim Club *<x-tab>
</x-tab>291<br>
USF Masters<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>283<br>
Menlo Masters<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>260<br>
Cruz Masters*<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>215<br>
Manatee Aquatic Masters<x-tab>
</x-tab>196<br>
Mountain View Masters<x-tab>
</x-tab>178<br>
Temescal Masters*<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>159<br>
Burlingame Aquatic Club*<x-tab>
</x-tab>148<br>
Rockland Aquatic Masters*<x-tab> </x-tab>143<br>
Strawberry Canyon Canyon Masters<x-tab>
</x-tab>143<br>
TriValley Masters<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>140</div>
<div>Modesto Aquatic *<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>135<br>
Tsunami Masters *<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>120<br>
Central Valley *<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>118<br>
Bay Masters<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>117<br>
Rinconada Masters*<x-tab>
</x-tab><x-tab>
</x-tab>116</div>
<div>Sierra Nevada Masters<x-tab> </x-tab>109</div>
<div>South End Rowing Club<x-tab> </x-tab>105</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Clubs with an * next to their name have had a year to year growth
rate of more than 10%.Santa Clara has had the increase in number of
swimmers - 99. Congratulations to all the coaches who are the backbone
of Pacific - you are the ones that are the cause of Pacific's
growth.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Club reps can get a list of members from Nancy Ridout.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>SWIMMING WORLD'S SWIMMERS OF THE
YEAR</b></font></div>
<div>Congratulations to Laura Val (TAM), Rich Burns (TAM) and Paul
Carter (TOC) for being nominated as one of the twelve best Masters
Swimmers of 2008. Honorable mention to Suzanne Heim-Bowen and Bob
Strand. The forums pages at USMS</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://forums.usms.org/showthread.php?t=13654</div>
<div>You can also subscribe to Swimming World</div>
<div> http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/</div>
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<div>michael</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>OFF THE WALL</b></font></div>
<div>I was at the North Clovis High School in Fresno about ten days
ago. Things are going along very well. It is a new high school and
there are no junior or seniors there which means that the student
parking lots will not have students parking there.</div>
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<div>The hotels that are listed are about a 20 minute drive from the
pool. The organizing committee has printed directions from the hotels
to the pool. USE THE DIRECTIONS and not Mapquest or google maps. Both
set of directions from them will lead you by schools, which will slow
you down in the morning and afternoon.</div>
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<div>I would suggest that you drive, if you are able. Northern Fresno
is spread out in typical suburban fashion if you are staying at a
hotel, your choice of places to eat is severely limited.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>There will be a lot of shaded seating available on the west side
of the main competition pool (it is the western pool - the two pools
are aligned north-south). There will be a lot of space for teams to
put up their own tents, the space will be in back of the bench
seating.</div>
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<div>The main competition pool is deep and looks pretty fast. The
second pool is deep where there will be competition.</div>
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<div>This is the first meet where the team competition will be broken
between the regional clubs and the "local" clubs. All
Pacific Masters clubs are local club and will be competing against
like clubs.</div>
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<div>The one mile long distance national championship will be held at
Millerton Lake which is a short distance away. The championship will
be held at the same place that the Millerton Lake meet was held last
year. The water temperature is expected to be between 68 to 70.
Electronic chips will be used to automatically record your time. (for
those who have a significant other or for those who think they have
not left enough money in California or would like to try to get their
trip money back, there is an Indian Gambling casino about a mile from
the starting point - remember those gaming places were not able to
build those palaces because they were losing money to the
players).</div>
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<div>michael w. moore</div>
<div>michael@pacificmasters.org</div>
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