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Pacific Update
Week of February 21, 2022
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Hello!
In this issue, you will find information on upcoming swimming events and stories that will interest the swimming community.
Registration for the Splash and Dash Sprint Pentathlon has closed, and time is running out to complete your Miracle Mile. If you're at least 50 years old, consider signing up for the Senior Games. Get ready for the return of the PacMasters SCY in April. To enhance our presence on-line, Pacific Masters is looking for volunteer Social Media Coordinators. Davis Aquatic Masters is seeking a new Head Coach.
The next issue of the Update will appear on March 7, 2022. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Stay fit,
The Pacific Masters Swimming Committee
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2022 Splash and Dash Sprint Pentathlon
Registration Closed
February 26, 2022
Unexpectedly, registrations for this year's Splash and Dash Sprint Pentathlon hosted by Albany Armada Aquatic Masters exceeded expectations, and the meet director was forced to close meet entries to allow for COVID distancing. We welcome those of you who have already entered and extend our apologies to those who were still hoping to register.
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Tamalpais Aquatic Masters Miracle Mile
Thru February 28, 2022
Swim a mile in your own pool and help find a cure for lung cancer. TAM's Miracle Mile is unique because what you pay to participate is completely up to you. 50% of your payment is tax-deductible and will go to the Go2Foundation for Lung Cancer. This event is up and running until February 28. Results must be posted by March 13, 2022. Join us and swim for a cure!
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2022 Bay Area Senior Games
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Daylight Savings Time: Clocks Spring Forward!
If you have reached the age of 50, consider participating in the 2022 Bay Area Senior Games swim meet, to be held at the Rinconada Pool in Palo Alto on Sunday, March 13. As a participant, you'll enjoy a day outside with your friends, earn some Senior Games medals and tune up your events for our SCY Championships three weeks later. Registration closes March 7. Information and Registration.
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PacMasters SCY Championships
April 1-3
We are excited for this year's Short Course Yards Championship! After a 2-year hiatus, we are finally going to make it to the Morgan Hill Dennis Kennedy Aquatics Center. This venue has a rich history of hosting large USA Swimming meets, and age group swimmers consider this one of the fastest pools in the Pacific region. Many hotels are conveniently located just across the street from the pool. Morgan Hill has created this webpage for us, including three recommended hotels. Information and Registration
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19th FINA World Masters Championships 2022: Rescheduled
Summer, 2023
The 19th FINA World Masters Championships in Fukuoka, originally scheduled for May 31-June 2022, has been rescheduled to late summer, 2023, due to on-going concerns over swimmer safety. The open water events will be held over three days divided by age group, and the pool events will take place in two different pools. Find more information as it becomes available about this event here.
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Social Media Coordinators Wanted
Volunteer Positions
Are you a social media guru? Would you love to showcase your talents while helping to extend Pacific Masters' influence? Pacific Masters is looking for volunteers to be responsible for coordinating our online presence.
Successful applicants should have experience interfacing with various social media platforms and be familiar with effective strategies for driving traffic to our pages. Duties include regularly updating content across multiple social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, IG, etc.) and responding to comments.
These duties would be best divided among a few people to work together collaboratively, each focusing on his or her specific interest and strengths. If you are interested in helping to build the Pacific Masters community through social media, please email [email protected].
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Head Coach Wanted
Davis Aquatic Masters
Davis Aquatic Masters (DAM) is committed to finding a coach who can carry on the great tradition and mission of our nearly 50 year-old club. DAM has been recognized in the past as USMS Club of the Year (2011), awarded the USMS Coach of the Year (1990, 2012), won the Pacific Masters Distinguished Service Award (2001), and earned a Long-Distance National Championship (2019). These honors confirm our long history of excellent coaches and dedicated swimmers. DAM boasts a membership of over 500 people and typically offers 48 one-hour, coached practices per week.
In addition to seeking a Head Coach, the club will begin a search for an Assistant Head Coach, as well as an Administrative/Office Manager, after the new Head Coach is in place. As a DAM coach, you’ll experience first-hand the earned generosity of team members, appreciation and loyalty to the coaches, and our fun, high-spirited nature as we celebrate annual events and holidays and make lasting memories together at numerous team-sponsored events.
The preferred start date is June 1, 2022. Applications received prior to March 1, 2022, will be given first consideration. Job listing. To apply, submit a letter of interest, a coaching philosophy statement, resume, and letters of reference from three professional colleagues, with contact information for each, before March 1, 2022.
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It's Never Too Late to Learn How to Swim
Masters Swimming attracts a diverse pool of swimmers. One lane can have nationally ranked swimmers, and a few lanes over there can be swimmers who have learned how to swim a year or two ago. Masters Swimming makes it clear that it's never too late to learn how to swim and enjoy the benefits of exercise in the water.
The editors of the Update are inspired by this story of Vijaya Srivastava, a Bay Area resident who decided to learn how to swim at 68 on the recommendation from her doctor that it would be good for her health. She invited a friend to join her, and together they conquered their fears: of drowning; of trying something new; of not being able to touch the bottom.
It's intimidating to try something new, but the rewards of overcoming this challenge are great. If you know someone who might need a nudge to get in the pool, or take on any sort of new challenge, this interview with Srivastava that appeared in the New York Times as part of their "It's Never Too Late" series might offer them the inspiration they need to get started.
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