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Pacific Masters Swimming's new website is up and running!
We are thrilled to support Pacificmasters.org. As with all new sites, it is a work in progress. Watch for developing content as we move forward. The Update will continue to deliver concise, up-to-date information to our Pacific Masters Swimming community.
In this issue, you will find information on upcoming swimming events and stories of interest. Club Registration for 2023 is in full swing. It is important that the club is registered before individual swimmers can register with that club.
The holidays are upon us. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. The next Update will appear on December 12, 2022. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
Stay fit,
The Pacific Masters Swimming Committee
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Special Notice
Pacific Masters Office will be closed Thanksgiving Week, November 20-26. If you have any urgent membership issues, please email USMS Membership Services.
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Renew before December 31 and save! |
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2023 USMS Club and Swimmer Registration -
Both Now Open
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DAM Brute Squad and Brute Squad Lite ePostal
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Santa Rosa Masters Resolution Meet
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Jon Steiner Memorial Mile/TAM Postal 1650
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2022 Pacific Masters Celebration and Meeting
Summary
The 2022 Pacific Masters Annual Celebration and Meeting is our opportunity to show appreciation for all our wonderful Pacific Masters members who show up, volunteer, advise, participate, and help run our events.
Our speakers helped us celebrate what we love about swimming. Jeff Commings and Suzanne Heim-Bowen were both inspiring, sharing their experiences and insights.
Pacific Masters sincerely thank and heartily congratulate our 2022 Service Award Winners:
Nancy Ridout Distinguished Service Award: Bill McCracken
Contributor of the Year: Linda Hepworth
In Appreciation: David Brancamp, Shari Cruse, Missy Hunter, Jenn Hwang, Kate Matwychuk, Vicki Shu, Chris Wagner
Personal Achievement: Cornelia Bleul-Gohlke, Kimberly Elsbach
Peggy Lucchesi: Sharlene Van Boer
The vital business end of our organization was professionally handled, leading us confidently into 2023, allowing our members to do what we do best: swim, compete, and have fun!
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14th Annual Ross Yancher Brute Squad and Brute Squad Lite ePostal Swims
November 1-30
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Sponsored by Davis Aquatic Masters, the Brute Squad returns for 2022. Feeling brutish? Prepare to show off your exceptional talents by competing in the virtual Brute Squad: 200 butterfly + 400 IM + 1650 free. Feeling a little less brutish? Choose the Brute Squad Lite: 100 butterfly + 200 IM + 500 free. All 3 events must be swum in the order listed above, in any 25-yard length pool.
Also offered is the Non-Competition Category in which all USMS members may participate. Use of equipment, and non-legal, one-arm, butterfly will be allowed.
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MEMO 400 Kick for Time
December 1 - 31
The 11th Annual MEMO 400 Kick for Time returns! MEMO wants everyone to improve their kicking and make an impression with the powerful beating sound of great legwork! "Kick" the event between December 1 and December 31, 2022. Enter your results by January 10, 2023.
Completed in an organized, supervised USMS practice, this is a great way to whip your legs into shape for the 2023 season. Information and Registration
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January 2023
Will Be Here Before We Know It!
Plan to begin the New Year with some splash! We already have three events lined up for 2023.
Work off some of those extra holiday pounds by competing in the Santa Rosa Masters Resolution Meet, January 21, at the Santa Rosa Junior College. Famous for the 100-yard medley relay event, this annual tradition is not to be missed. Details to follow.
End the month by going the distance with the TOC 1500, January 28. Sponsored by The Olympic Club, San Francisco. Click here for Information. This competition is limited to the first 128 participants and is already more than half full. Register ASAP!!
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2022 Age Group Standings
How We Keep Track
Pacific Masters swimmers have the opportunity to earn points with every accredited swim. Click Pacific’s Age Group Standings to find the rankings of all competitors within each age group.
Before computerization, our previous administrators, Nancy Ridout and Charlene O’Brien, manually computed these accrued points. Thousands of swimmers, numerous individual swims, all hand-counted on paper! Read more about the origins and modernization of the tally process.
Points remain to be issued for USMS LCM Top 10 and USMS SCM Top 10. While the Pacific competition calendar is complete for the year, it's not too late to earn a few more points:
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Editors Wanted
Your Update Newsletter Needs You!
Want to join an award-winning team? The Update editors are looking for more people to report on the latest events, stories and happenings around Pacific Masters.
Are you talented with writing, editing, graphic design and/or photography? This position involves assembling the stories and events that appear in Pacific's bi-weekly Update.
If you're interested, please contact Michael Moore, Chair, Communications Committee.
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2023 USMS Individual Registration
Renew Early and Save
USMS membership will help you take your swimming to the next level. You can read about all the great benefits on the USMS site, but here are some highlights:
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Technique and training advice in SWIMMER magazine, STREAMLINES newsletters, and at usms.org
- A vast Workout Library that features seven specialties and loads of workouts for every swimming level
- Ability to participate in USMS pool, open water, or virtual events
- Access to local club workouts
- Exclusive discounts from our partners
- Ability to link your account with Swim.com and analyze your workout or race information
- Discussion forums to communicate with coaches and members nationwide
- FUN and social interaction with like-minded adults
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Educational Opportunities for Coaches
December 3 and 4, 2022
If you are a coach interested in further developing your skills, check out these learning opportunities available in early December. But you need to act fast and register soon because these classes fill quickly.
Saturday, December 3
USMS Level 2 Coach Certification –8:00 AM - 12:15 PM – San Jose, CA – Registration
USMS Level 3 Coach Certification –12:30 PM - 4:15 PM – San Jose, CA – Registration
Sunday, December 4
USMS Stroke Development Clinic –8:00 AM - 12:30 PM – San Francisco, CA – Registration
Saturday and Sunday, December 3 & 4
Two-Day USMS Clinic Course for Coaches – San Jose, CA - Registration
- Saturday – Class Instruction – 4:30 PM -6:30 PM
- Sunday – On-deck Instruction – 8AM – 12:30 PM
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2023 USMS Club Registration
Update
We are almost complete, with 86% of our clubs signed up for 2023. Keep it up!
Remember, club contacts will need to have a MYUSMS login to complete the Club renewal process. Find the USMS Club Registration information page here.
Swimmers, please remind your coach or club contact to get your club registered. If your club is not registered with USMS, you will not be able to select that club.
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You Know You're a Swimmer If...
You know you're a swimmer if...
...you carry around the smell of chlorine as if it were perfume.
...your hair’s almost always wet, and your hairstyle of choice is a swimmer bun.
...showering seems like too much of an effort, especially when you’ll be in the water in seven hours.
...you run into class or work with a red face and goggle marks.
Your Update Editors have added their own:
If you're all dressed up and someone says to you, I can see your tan lines, you are probably a swimmer.
And, if you hear these words in the grocery store, I didn't recognize you with your clothes on, you are probably both swimmers!
Have fun with these and see what your teammates are able to add.
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