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Pacific Update
Week of June 13, 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.
It's June which means it's the start of our summer calendar events. We kick off with a couple of open water events. For our long course fans, there is the Quicksilver Masters Long Course Meet, Silver State Long Course Meet and finally PacMasters Long Course Championships.
In August, the annual Donner Lake Open Water swim returns for its 41st year. Registration for this swim has closed.
Check out these events and more below.
The next issue of the Update will appear on June 27, 2022. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
Stay fit,
The Pacific Masters Swimming Committee
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Upcoming 2022 Summer Events
Start Making Your Plans!
Check out our schedule page for more updates about upcoming swims.
JUNE
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June 25--Quicksilver Masters Long Course Meet, QSS, Gunderson HS, San Jose, CA
JULY
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July 10--Silver State Masters LCM Meet, CCM and SNM, Carson City Aquatic Center, Carson City, NV
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July 29-31--PacMasters Long Course Championships, MAQ, Indian Valley College, Novato, CA
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July 30-31--Santa Cruz Open Water Weekend, CRUZ, Cowell Beach, Santa Cruz, CA
AUGUST
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August 1-31--400 Fastest Pull for Sebastopol, SMAC (any pool)
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August 3-7--USMS Summer Nationals, USMS, Richmond, VA
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August 13 [CLOSED]--Donner Lake, SNM, Donner Lake, Truckee, CA
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August 27-28 [POSTPONED]--Del Valle Open Water Festival, TVM, Lake Del Valle, Livermore, CA
SEPTEMBER
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September 1--Whiskeytown Open Water Swims, RAD, Whiskeytown National Park, Redding, CA
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September 17--Keller Cove Swim for Kids' Sake. RPM, Miller/Knox Regional Park, Richmond, CA
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Del Valle Open Water Festival
Postponed to August 27-28
The De Valle Open Water swim has been postponed to August 27-August 28. Don't be too bummed, though, at least this means you get more time to train for an open water race!
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Quicksilver Masters Long Course Meet
Saturday, June 25
The Quicksliver Masters Long Course Meet is scheduled for June 25. The meet will take place at Gunderson High School Pool in San Jose and will follow COVID guidelines set up by the San Jose United School District.
The first race begins at 10 AM, with warmups starting at 8:30 AM. The events include 50’s and 100’s of all four strokes plus the 200m and 400m Free and a 200m Free relay. This meet is a great opportunity to get some Top Ten times recorded.
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Silver State Masters Long Course Meters Meet
Sunday, July 10
The Silver State Masters Long Course Meters meet is July 10. It will be the Carson Aquatic Center, an indoor 50 meter pool located at Mills Park in the center of Nevada’s capital.
As this is a Sunday meet, come a day early. The Carson City, South Lake Tahoe, Reno area are great places for a weekend getaway. There are plenty of activities to do on Saturday including enjoying the beauty of Lake Tahoe, visiting Artown in Reno, or traveling on the Virginia City Truckee Railroad. The Reno Aces, a minor league baseball team, will be playing the Tacoma Rainiers that weekend.
If you are competing in the Silver State LCM Meet and the Trans Tahoe Relay, and wish to work out with the Sierra Nevada Masters team in the week of July 11-15 for high altitude workouts, contact John at [email protected]. Space for the workouts is limited, so email soon.
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Pacific Masters Long Course Meters Championships
Friday thru Sunday, July 29-31
This year's PacMasters Long Course Championships is scheduled for the last weekend of July at College of Marin's Indian Valley Campus Miwok Aquatics Center in Novato. This is a new facility that opened earlier this year and includes three outdoor pools: An Olympic sized pool, a smaller lap pool, and a diving pool.
We are currently working on the event schedule and registration. More details to follow.
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Santa Cruz Open Water Weekend
Saturday thru Sunday, July 30-31
If open water is more of your style, then don't miss the annual Santa Cruz Open Water Weekend/Roughwater swim! Enjoy this open water swim starting from the Santa Cruz Wharf to Cowell Beach.
A "Roughwater" 1-mile swim around the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf on Saturday, followed on Sunday with the Cruz Cruise 2.5-Mile Swim, which is the 2022 USMS Middle-Distance Open Water National Championship.
More details to follow.
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Donner Lake Open Water Swim
Saturday, August 13
The 41st annual Donner Lake open water swim is back. This year, expect water temperatures of 65-68 degrees Fahrenheit. Entries have now closed. Good luck to the particpants!
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Help Pacific Masters Grow
Win a Pacific Masters Towel!
Congratulations to Kara of VJO, Rick G of Stanford Masters and Linda of RHMS, our first winners of the new Pacific Masters logo microfiber towel. Bring a friend, spouse or significant other to Masters swimming, have them join, and you, too, could win a new PacMasters logo microfiber towel.
If you bring a friend to join your club and Pacific Masters, you too, can enter a monthly drawing for a Sports 20 in. X 36 in. microfiber towel. The towel has the Pacific Masters logo on it and will tell other swimmers that you helped grow Masters Swimming.
Just get a new member, or bring back a swimmer who has not been a PacMasters swimmer in the past four years (2018-2021), and have them join Pacific Masters. Then enter their name, your name, and the club name at New Member Towel Drawing.
There will be a drawing for towels on the last day of the month, from April through October. If you bring in a new swimmer from March 1st, 2022 to the end of October, 2022, you are eligible for the drawing.
Good luck and thank you for spreading the word about the benefits of swimming while helping to grow Pacific Masters!
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Pacific Masters Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, June 15, Doors Open at 6:45, Meeting at 7 PM
Join us Wednesday, June 15, 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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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
Nominations are due July 1
USMS will be recognizing an individual or club that has demonstrated public commitment to diversity, equity, equality, and inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity and ability with Masters Swimming. Do you know of that special someone/club? Nominate them for the inaugural award! Details, including nomination forms, can be found here.
The Pacific Masters D&I Committee is always looking for more committee members. We are currently a group of five really passionate, thoughtful and kind individuals from four different teams. We meet the second Thursday of each month at 7 PM. Interested? We can't wait to meet you!
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USMS Awards
Nominations are due July 1
Along with the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award, there are several awards from USMS. There are awards such as Club of the Year, Fitness Awards or perhaps the Kerry O'Brien Coaches' Award, named after our own Kerry O'Brien, retired head coach of Walnut Creek Masters.
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2022 USMS Convention
September 16-18, Denver, CO and virtual
If you are interested in being a virtual Pacific Masters delegate for the 2022 USMS Annual Meeting from Friday afternoon, September 16 to Sunday morning, September 18, 2022 NOW is the time to ask questions or express interest. Contact Chris Ottati, Administrator.
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Observe Dave Durden, CAL Men's Swim Team Head Coach, in Action
Monday, June 20
Coach Durden, Head Coach, Cal Men's swim team is inviting any and all masters coaches to observe him on deck at a Cal Men's practice on Monday afternoon, June 20, 2:15-3:30 pm. Cost per coach is $25. Following the on-deck observation, Durden will be available to meet with our coaches and have a discussion and questions and answers session. Interested? Reserve your spot now by emailing [email protected].
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Masters Women in Coaching Clinic
Saturday, October 15
Save the date! This will be our first-ever Women in Coaching clinic for Masters swimming in our LMSC. It will be led by Dana Kirk, Head Coach, Fremont Hills Masters. Mark the date on your calendars! More details to come.
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Making a Splash, Making a Difference
Olympians Making a Splash at Richmond Plunge
Pacific Masters Swimming, as a part of US Masters Swimming, understands that water safety is important. Adult Learn-to-Swim month was in April, but that doesn't mean that we look at just the adults learning to swim. It's also important to ensure that young people also know how to swim and basic water safety. US Masters Swimming and USA Swimming Foundation have joined forces making sure people of all ages have the opportunity to learn to swim.
Olympians led the charge during their appearance in person at the Point Richmond pool, May 25. Their visit was reported by Kathy Chouteau of the Richmond Standard, as seen below.
"Olympians Nathan Adrian, Elizabeth Beisel, and Cullen Jones took the Richmond Plunge to help coach local youth swimmers and to raise awareness around the importance of learning to swim.
Adrian, an eight-time Olympic medalist with five gold, one silver and two bronze medals; Beisel, a two-time Olympic medalist with silver and bronze medals; and Jones, a four-time Olympic medalist with two gold and two silver medals, helped instructors with the Richmond Sailfish swim program teach lessons to 12 local kids and to also coach the Sailfish participants, according to John Schonder, head coach of Richmond Swims."
Read more about the experience here and a video from County Supervisor, John Giola.
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