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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>
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<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>US MASTERS SWIMMING 2009 SHORT COURSE MASTERS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
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<div><b>SWINE FLU</b></div>
<div>In response to concerns regarding the swine flu, the national
office would like to confirm that we are in full operation mode
to host the 2009 U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course National
Championship next weekend. They are monitoring federal and state
authorities guidelines, warnings and protocol. In the event the
authorities mandate or strongly recommend the cancellation of outdoor
sporting events, we will follow suit and cancel the championship
event. If authorities do not mandate the cancellation of outdoor
sporting events, we will host the championship event as planned.</div>
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<div>Should the event be canceled because of federal or state mandate,
we will advise accordingly.</div>
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<div><b>HEAT SHEETS</b></div>
<div>The entries have closed, there will be 1,582 swimmers competing
at the national Championships. You can still enter the one mile open
water swim. Heat and Psych sheets are at:</div>
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http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats09/heats/</div>
<div><b>LONG DISTANCE EVENTS</b></div>
<div>All swimmers in the 500 Fr, 1000Fr and the 1650 Fr are reminded
that you must check in to be seeded. The rules regarding check in are
in the meet sheet. Usually you can start checking in on Tuesday.</div>
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<div><b>SPECIAL TESTS FOR COMPETITORS</b></div>
<div>The organizers of the US Masters Swimming Short Course Nationals
are have opportunity for swimmers to take two special tests at
Nationals.</div>
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<div>The first is the<b> Lactate Clearance Test.</b> This will help
answer the questions How Fast an athlete recovers; Is the athlete
overreached; Does athlete need rest; Can athlete increase workload
volumes/intensities; How long is individual recovery<br>
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<div>The<b> Swim Power</b> test that will measure real time velocity
at every point of the swimming cycle synchronized with underwater
video. It is best to sign up ahead of time.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>SHADE</b></font></div>
<div>Dowain Wright, the meet manager of Nationals,is asking all
Pacific Masters teams that will be driving to Fresno to bring pop up
tents and any other shade you may have. There will be some shade
available, but it would be great if we can let our fellow competitor
guests use it and Pacific will have plenty of space to put up the
popups.</div>
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<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. You are
encouraged to enter early as the meet is limited to the first 1000
entries.<b> There has been an extension of the deadline and you may
enter the one mile open water championship at the Fresno
meet</b></div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09clovow.pdf</div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>REGINA BRITTINGHAM</b></font></div>
<div>On April 7th Regina Brittingham was diagnosed with a tumor in her
chest. This Friday, May 1st,sheI will have a Biopsy at Stanford
Hospital to determine it's nature and the course of treatment. She
would like to hear from you at: mailto:rbswimrun@sbcglobal.net.</div>
<div>Regina is a member of Walnut Creek Masters and has been a member
of Masters clubs in the Chico area.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>OPEN WATER 101</b></font></div>
<div>Want to learn about open water swimming, but not sure how to
start? Concerned about cold water, crowded starts, open water culture,
Pacific Masters is sponsoring Open Water 101 a clinic for new and
developing open water swimmers. It will cover Breathing and sighting,
coping with panic, pack swimming, water entry and exit and mental
Preparation.</div>
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<div>There will be dry land talks by Suzanne Heim-Bowen and Suzie Dods
as well as other local, national and international open water
swimmers. The location is just south of the San Francisco Airport in
Coyote Park. There is a limit of 50 swimmers so register early:</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09pmsow101.pdf</div>
<div>Tell your triathlete friends they can take the course, but you
must be a member of US Masters Swimming to attend the class.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>ONE HOUR POSTAL</b></font></div>
<div>The final results of the one hour postal have been posted on the
US Masters Swimming web site. Congratulations to all the Pacific
Masters Swimmers who took part in this event. New records were set by
Linda Shoenberger in the 60-64 age groups and The Tamalpais Masters in
the Women 55+, Davis Aquatic Masters had 299 swimmers and logged over
1 million yards (1,040,860 yards). Congratulations to Laura Val, Linda
Shoenberger, Susan Munn, Donna Monroe, Margery Meyer, Robert Placak,
Sandy Mac Donald and Roy Hoch who won their age groups. And in the
relays Tamalpais 55+ and Tamalpais 65+ Women and Tamalpais Mixed
55+ who took first</div>
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<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>http://www.lifeguardsforlife.org/events/openwaterswimpage07</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>Lake Del Valle</b></font></div>
<div>The Lake Del Valle1.5 mile will be a national championship meet
next year. This year's meet will be a great time to practice for next
year.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/comp/09triow.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>PACIFIC MASTERS MAY JUNE NEWSLETTER IS
POSTED</b></font></div>
<div>The May June edition of the Pacific Masters newsletter is now
posted on the web site. Thanks to Joanne Berven and all the people who
contribute to the newsletter to get it published.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab></div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.pacificmasters.org/newsltr/09/09mayjun.pdf</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>WHAT I LEARNED AT SWIM CAMP</b></font> - Linda
Schoenberger</div>
<div>Our new fitness chair, Linda Schoenberger, wrote about her three
days at the Walnut Creek Intensive Training Camp. She tells of what
she experienced and the great time she had. It is on the US Masters
Swimming web site.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=194</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>WHY AND HOW I STARTED MY OWN MASTERS
PROGRAM</b></font></div>
<div>Mark Canterbury of Water Exercise Technologies writes about how
he started his own Masters Program. For those who are unattached you
may want to start your own club. It really is not difficult</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=193</div>
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<div><b>ENHANCE YOUR TRAINING THROUGH SWIM TECHNOLOGY</b></div>
<div>FINIS, the world wide developer of swimming technology based in
Livermore, has an article about enhancing your training through
swimming technology on the US Masters Swimming web site. They cover
drills and sets.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=192</div>
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<div><b>PREPARING FOR OPEN WATER TRAINING</b></div>
<div>Marica Cleveland wrote an article on the US Masters Swimming .
Marcia has swam in many long distance events and shares her knowledge
on open water training.</div>
<div>http://www.usms.org/articles/articledisplay.php?a=187</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>SEND US MASTERS SWIMMING A STORY FOR THE USMS
ARCHIVES</b></font></div>
<div>The USMS History and Archives Committee would like each LMSC to
identify a few of its key people, who have been a part of USMS for a
long time. Then someone in the LMSC can interview these valuable
members about their swimming. Their "Creating a Story" has
several questions they 've put together to get you started.</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.usms.org/hist/content/yourstory</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BIDDING FOR NATIONAL POOL
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>You can create an exciting opportunity for your club by bidding
to host either the 2011 United States Masters Swimming National Short
or Long Course Championships. The USMS Championship Committee to
strongly encourage you to work with facilities within your LMSC to
consider bidding for either of these showcase events. All entries are
now processed by USMS, which takes away much tedious work from the
host. The short course meet (25 yards or meters) typically takes place
mid-May, however, it may be held anytime between April 15th and May
31st in accordance with USMS rules. The long course meet typically
takes place mid-August although its allowable range is August 1 -
September 15th.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>SWIMMING IN OPEN WATER</b></font></div>
<div>Kim Elsbach of Davis Aquatic Masters were mentioned in an article
about the challenges of open water swimming versus pool swimming. The
story mentions Elsbach, Davis Aquatic Masters and Lake Natoma. The
article was published in Reading, PA</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=136467</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>FITNESS NOT FATNESS PREDICTS A LONGER
LIFE</b></font></div>
<div>Steven Blair of the University of South Carolina did a study of
body, fitness and longevity in 26,03 men. What he found was that it
was fitness not fatness that lead to a longer life and swimming was
the best way of staying fit. The findings were published in the 5
December 1980 of the Journal of the American Medical Association and
was summarized by Steven Reinberg at</div>
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</x-tab
>http://myhealth.ucsd.edu/healthyliving/fitness/nov08fitness.htm</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BIDDING FOR NATIONAL OPEN WATER
CHAMPIONSHIPS</b></font></div>
<div>The Long Distance Open Water Committee is soliciting bids for
postal events for 2011 and the Open Water events for 2011. The Postal
events are the One Hour Postal, the 3,000-6,000 yard postal and the
5,000 and 10,000 M postal Clubs are encourage to bid for those
events.</div>
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<div>For the open water events, in 2011 it is the West region's turn
to host and organize the one mile Open water swim, the 1 Mile cable
and the 3-6 Mile swim. The national championships would be a great way
to get swimmers from all over the US to come to your swim.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Next year Lake Del Valle wil be the venue of the 1-3 Mile
national championship. This year Millerton Lake is the scene of the
one mile national championship.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>UPDATING THE PACIFIC MASTERS MAIL
LIST</b></font></div>
<div>The Pacific Masters email list has almost 20,000 subscribers on
it. We are limited to 20,000 subscribers on the list, so it is time to
do a little pruning. I went back to the 2007, 2008 and the current
rosters and pulled all the email addresses from those lists. All
members on those lists will be re-subscribed to the updated list. If
have not registered with Pacific Masters, but wish to continue getting
the Update, you can subscribe by going to the Pacific Masters web page
after 11 May.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>COACH OF THE YEAR</b></font></div>
<div>The coach of the nominations are due at the May Pacific Masters
meeting (20 May 2008). This is the time to publicly show your coach
how much you mean to him. Coaches are underpaid and overworked. They
do the job for the love of the sport and Pacific Masters honors one
coach a year as the Coach of the Year.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you want to nominate your coach I would suggest that you write
a one page letter telling the committee why s/he should be the coach
of the year. Read the nomination procedures (at bottom of page), let
the committee know what the coach has meant to you and your team
mates.</div>
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<div>After you write your letter and if you have letters from your
team mates send it to chairman@pacificmasters.org. Unfortunately,
there is only one person who can be coach of the year. Many times the
coach of the year has been nominated before. Those who have been
nominated will be listed at the long course championships (where
the coach of the year presentation is made). Also since Pacific
has such a plethora of great coaches, we have not yet awarded the
Coach of the Year to the same person twice.</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>BY THE NUMBERS</b></font></div>
<div>Number of People registered with Pacific Masters:
8,279</div>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>TO REPLY OR COMMENT Or
Remove</b></font></div>
<div><b>To reply or comment</b> about anything in this email, please
write to</div>
<div>mailto:update06@pacificmasters.org</div>
<div><font size="+1"><b>DO NOT use the above address to remove your
address</b></font></div>
<div><br>
If you hit the reply key on your computer, your email may or may
not</div>
<div>be seen in a timely manner. Use only the update06 address
please.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#FF0000"><b>If you are wishing to get off
the list,</b></font> mail to</div>
<div>mailto:pacmasterupdate@ six.pairlist.net, then put</div>
<div><b>Remove</b></div>
<div>i<b>n the subject line. </b> i try to keep track of everyone
who wants to get off the email list -they go on a separate list, so
that when we add to next year, we try to keep people who want to be
off the list off the list. Sending emails to other than
pacmasterupdate will not keep our want to keep of the list list
current.</div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div><b>TO REPLY OR COMMENT Or Remove</b></div>
<div>To reply or comment about anything in this email, please write
to<br>
mailto:update06 at pacificmasters.org</div>
<div>DO NOT use the above address to remove your address<br>
<br>
If you hit the reply key on your computer, your email may or may
not</div>
<div>be seen in a timely manner. Use only the update06 address
please.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>If you are wishing to get off the list, mail to<br>
mailto:pacmasterupdate at six.pairlist.net, then put<br>
Remove</div>
<div>in the subject line.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>michael</div>
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<div><font size="+1"><b>Coach of the Year</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">1.The purpose of
this award is to recognize the Pacific Masters Swimming coach who has
demonstrated outstanding coaching qualities. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">2.The award criteria
are as follows:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"> a.The coach
and Club held current PMS registration during the year under
consideration.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"> b.The
criteria for the award will be considered first, since January 1 of
the preceding year, and second, over the coach's career with his or
her club. Outstanding contributions to his or her club and its
individuals are measured by the following competitive and
non-competitive factors:</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">
i.Competitive factors shall include club and individual performance at
PMS and USMS Championships in any sanctioned course, as well as relay
and individual PMS, USMS and World records that reflect the coach's
skill and inspiration.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"
color="#000000"> ii.Non-competitive
factors shall include club vigor, size and growth, club participation
and volunteering, and club having hosted well-run events.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"
color="#000000"> iii.Outstanding service
to PMS, USMS and to other public or private community
organizations.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1"
color="#000000"> iv.Outstanding
professional contributions, such as participation in clinics and
published works.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000">3. Nominations and
Selection</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"> a.There shall
normally be one award given.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="+1" color="#000000"> b. A
nomination announcement shall be published in the appropriate PMS
Newsletter. Nominations may be made by any registered PMS club
officer in the form of a written statement addressing both the
criteria above and the instructional and inspirational qualities of
the coach. The nominating letter and a maximum of four
supporting letters from registered PMS swimmers shall be submitted to
the Chairman at or before the May meeting of PMS.</font></div>
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<div>michael w. moore</div>
<div>michael@pacificmasters.org</div>
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