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Pacific Update
Week of March 7, 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.
In competition news: The registration for the Senior Games closes today at 5:00 PM! Also happening today, registration opens for the Lake Berryessa Open Water Swims in June. Although the deadline to swim the Miracle Mile has passed, you still have a few days to submit your time. Finally, get ready for the return of the PacMasters SCY Championships in the first week of April. There are two deadlines for registration: March 23 for individual events; March 27 for relay only entrants.
In other news: There are two coaching positions advertised in this issue; Davis Aquatic Masters is seeking a new Head Coach and Tri Valley Masters is looking to grow its team with a new coach.
The next issue of the Update will appear on March 21, 2022. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
Stay fit,
The Pacific Masters Swimming Committee
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2022 Bay Area Senior Games
Sunday, March 13
Registration closes TODAY at 5 PM!
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 TODAY, March 7 at 5 PM.
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Tamalpais Aquatic Masters Miracle Mile
Submit your results by March 13
The deadline to swim your Miracle Mile has passed. However you can still record your time. Results must be posted by March 13.
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PacMasters SCY Championships
April 1-3
Registration closes March 23 (individual events); March 27 (relay only entrants)
Join us at this spring’s Short Course Yards Championships at the Morgan Hill Dennis Kennedy Aquatics Center. If you haven’t been to a meet in two years this, is the perfect time to see your friends as the facility is expansive. In preparation for hosting Far Westerns the following weekend, the starting blocks will be equipped with a string of lights, flashing at the start as you look down. Surely that will generate a surge of adrenaline and take a couple seconds off your time. If you aren’t yet in competition shape, no worries - your enthusiasm will return the moment you step on the pool deck with your friends. Morgan Hill has created this webpage for us, including three discounted hotels. Other hotels are located just across the street from the pool.
There are two deadlines for registration. For individual events, the deadline is March 23 at 11:59 PM. For relay only entrants the deadline is March 27 at 11:59 PM. Information and Registration
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USMS Spring Nationals (SCY)
April 28-May 1
Registration closes April 4
Join us as we return to the Northside ISD Swim Center in San Antonio, Texas for the 2022 USMS Spring Nationals. This year's competition is from April 28 to May 1. Swimmers can enter up to 3 events without having the national qualifying times, or up to 6 events with national qualifying times (NQTs). Times from the past three years qualify towards NQTs.
Registration will close on April 4 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time, unless capacity is reached before the deadline. Don't Delay! For more information, including entry times, check out the following links: Information and Registration
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Lake Berryessa Open Water Swims
Saturday, June 4
Registration for the 2022 Lake Berryessa Open Water Swims open today, March 7. Lake Berryessa is one of the best-attended and iconic swims on our schedule. The event includes 1 and 2-mile looped swims in Lake Berryessa, Napa County, CA.
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Pacific Masters Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, March 16, Doors Open at 6:45, Meeting at 7 PM
Join us Wednesday, March 16, for our monthly meeting via the Zoom platform. If this is your first time Zooming, we suggest you sign on a little early to ask questions and address technical issues. Even if you are familiar with Zoom, sign on early to say "hi" to your fellow swimmers.
Our monthly meeting reminder email will provide the Zoom link. If you are not on that list and would like to attend, please send an email to [email protected] for details. All members are encouraged to participate.
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2022 Splash and Dash Sprint Pentathlon Event Recap:
20 Meet Records Broken!
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Albany Splash and Dash made a fast and furious return: 20 (out of 28) meet records were broken.
Swimmers raced 50s of all three strokes and the 100 IM. One of them, speedy swimmer and Update Editor, Jenn Hwang, had this to say about the meet: “I’m sure a lot of people were happy to be back and racing again. For some people, the Splash and Dash also helped show areas that need improvement in preparation for our upcoming SCY Championships. This fast-paced meet was exciting!”
Check out the results here and meet records broken here! For more pictures from the meet, and fun news about Pacific Masters in general, check out our Instagram page.
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Coach Wanted
Tri Valley Masters
Tri Valley Masters (TVM) in Pleasanton is looking for a new coach to help grow the team. The club's objective is for this to grow into a head coach position to lead TVM back to USMS prominence. The candidate will begin coaching five out of eleven weekly TVM practices: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday mornings and Friday lunch.
Beginning pay for this role is $1250 per month with increases as the team grows. Starting date is immediate. Anyone interested may contact Bill McCracken, [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. Early applicants will be given first consideration. Check out the job listing for more information. 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.
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Watching from Afar
At age 13, swimmer Lera Nasedkina, moved to California from her home country of Ukraine and hometown of Kyiv. Almost ten years later, the now Drexel University senior went from winning three gold, two silver, and one bronze medal at the Colonial Athletic Association championships to learning a few days later that the city she grew up in was being attacked by the Russian military. In an article with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Nasedkina, who still has deep roots in Ukraine, including friends and family still in Kyiv as of last Tuesday, talks about being a Ukrainian watching from afar. Check out this link for more of her story.
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Local Cold Water Swimmers in the News Again
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