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U.S. Masters Swimming in Western Washington Pacific Northwest Association of Masters Swimmers Volume 34, Issue 6 November-December 2014 In This Issue Leading Off ...................................................1 Swim Defiance and AquaRun for a Child Puget Sound Masters Impressive Results ....2 Results ..................................................10 Sink or Swim .................................................3 Last Gasp of Summer Results .....................11 PNA Delegates Travel to USAS Convention ...4 2014 Open Water Wrap Up ..........................12 Going Postal ..................................................6 Masters Calendar .......................................13 Postal Swims 101 ..........................................7 Make Waves with Puget Sound Masters .....14 Swimming to Canada ....................................9 PNA Board Meeting Highlights ...................15 Leading Off By PNA President Lisa Dahl A wonderful summer for me is traveling and competing however I did tour inside the city. They had a very cool in the sports I love. I am so grateful for the opportunity to tourist guidebook with city walks through the different be part of the sport of swimming and water polo. My friends often comment how lucky they think I am to daily walked between 12,000-18,000 steps, which travel around this country, and to different countries, just neighborhoods so you could get a taste of local flavor. We so I can compete. I usually respond, “You are right and I My favorite new thing this trip was the Affogato coffee gladly volunteer—someone needs to do it and it might as drinktrashed we my found legs. in I just“little loved Italy.” finding A scoop something of amazing new coffee to try. well be me.” I do have to work hard in my training, often ice cream with a shot of espresso in a small glass. OMG it 9-12 hours per week between cardio on was good! hills, dry-land, strength training and For me, there is I found the city to be very welcoming, swimming. I also eggbeater while I throw beautiful with fantastic neighborhood the water polo ball against the wall. I nothing like travel[ing] markets. We totally relied on the public watch meticulously what I eat and I have to a foreign country... transportation which was phenomenal! a strict bedtime. What I do on a daily so I can swim and play So how did I do? Our 50-year-plus basis can be exhausting, and limits what I water polo... women’s Fabulous Fighting Flamingos choose to do that most people consider took the gold in Water Polo! I raced as fun. But for me, there is nothing like th and 7th. getting on an airplane to travel to a foreign country and Did you know that world championships are open to experience different cultures, all so I can swim and play everyone with time50 freestandards and 50 that fly, aretaking a lot an less 8 strict than water polo against women from all over the world. USMS nationals? There are anywhere from 8,000-12,000 This past August the world championships were held participants, making it inclusive and available to those in Montreal, Canada. I compete in swimming and water who love to get on the blocks and race and see the world. polo, and since each sport was held opposite weeks my The next world championships are in Kazan, Russia— two week stay in Montreal was consumed with competing. I can’t wait! It did not leave much time to travel outside of the city, The WetSet 1 November-December 2014 Puget Sound Masters Impressive Results By Sarah Welch Becca Watson travelled the country in August for USMS Long Course Nationals. with her swimmers from the InevitablyIt can be difficult this means to put traveling together away a team from to thetravel Northwest across Lake Washington Masters during its most beautiful month. This year, Long Course workout group which made Nationals in Maryland competed for swimmers’ attention up the majority of the PSM due to the FINA world masters meet in Montreal. Despite nationals team. She stepped all these factors, and with a team of just 16 swimmers, up to organizing relays for Puget Sound Masters earned 2nd place at Long Course PSM which made all the Nationals in August with an amazing 551 points scored. difference in the point North Carolina (a swimming powerhouse and virtually a standing. Kudos to Becca for taking this on for PSM! Every PSM swimmer on the roster and every relay Some other swims and swim“local” completed team) earned played first a withkey role 576 for points. the PSM team swimmers of note: placement, but none so impressive as Rick Colella, Jordan Trever Gray, aged 38 swam King and Dan Phillips. performance. Kevin Esko from Mercer Island Redwoods Jordan King, age 24 logged first swamfor first the place 50, 100in the and 50 200 and breast 100 and for 200 6, 4 back. and 3 Great place place in the 200 back and fly, the 100 fly, 200 IM and 50 100fly. Wow. and 200Our breastroke“own” PSM and Olympian, the 200 Rick and Colella 400 IM rocked events, meter breastroke race?—looks like a distance addingthe house a second in Maryland place inwith the first 100 placefreestyle. medals Straight in the from 50, finishes respectively. (What could Kevin do on a 400 Montreal, Dan Phillips earned his 1st place National It was great to see Barb Gundred at a nationals Championship patch in the 1500 free. Dan also placed 1st competingbreaststroker!) for PSM. He also Barb bagged placed 7th4th at in 100 the back,100 fly. 6th at 200 in the 400 IM, 3rd nd and 8th in the 400 free results. Kate Sutherland, who loves in the 50 breaststroke. LCM nationals, placed 6th in the 800 free and 7th and 10th Some PSM athletes place reported in the 100 to flythe and starting 400 freeblocks and at 2 in her Breastroke events. Maryland straight from Montreal: Dan Paloma Dinkel took 4th in 50 free, 2nd in Phillips, Donald Graham, Kathy Casey Puget Sound Masters 100 free, 2nd in 100 Breaststroke and 1st in and Walt Reid. This meant nearly two earned 2nd place at full weeks for competition. Dan Colman before the meet, Paloma told me she Phillips mentioned to me that his full Long Course Nationals had50 and been 100 so fly. busy And, coaching, at their shetaper hadn’t practice had at taper didn’t kick in until Maryland— with an amazing 551 much training time. Hmmm. Her teammate, although he had a couple amazing points scored Chris Conroy, age 29 had an impressive set of swims in Montreal. Donald Graham results earning 2nd in the 50 and 100 free and 100 breastroke and 3rd at the 100 breast. Richard Adcock swam 50, 400 and 800 free with hisjust world “aged championshipup” this year, capturing swims the first previous week (1st in results of 15th, 17th and 6th respectively. He also competed place finishes in 50 back and 50nd fly in Maryland to add to in the 50 and 100 breast. John Baker turned out 4th in his Kathy Casey deserves the “go the distance” award. She 50 breaststroke, 7th in the 100 breast and 7th in the 200 swam50 and the 100 400 back IM and in both 100 meetsfly; 2 along in 200 with back all and three 50 fly). IM. Toni LeClercq swam 50 and 100 breast for 3rd and 4th backstroke events. She added the 800 free in Montreal places respectively and earned 1st place in the 200 IM and and the 1500 free at Maryland. And she logged lots of 2nd points in all these events. Whew! I couldn’t do that! Walt Topping off this impressive performance, Puget Sound Masters in the received 100 fly race. recognition as the USMS 2014 Regional for 2 weeks in Montreal, traveled to Maryland, again Club of the Year at the recent USMS Convention in Reid—in addition to performing his FINA official duties Jacksonville, FL. We rocked the swimming world with our in his chosen events: the 50 and 100 backstroke and 50 enthusiasm, our dedication, our fast swimming and, of andperforming 100 breaststroke, in an official placing capacity 5th, AND6th, 6 thswam and 7 andth places placed course, our shirts. respectively. Go, Walt. Way to go, everyone! The WetSet 2 September-October 2014 SINK OR SWIM Terms from the Lanes by Skagit Valley Masters Swim Club member Greta Perales Over the years I have discovered that we all have our 4. The Reluctant Partner: This is the swimmer that own unique way of swimming and lane sharing—or not agrees to share the lane but is bitter about it. She will sharing, as the case may be. In order to help others, eyes is not from the excitement of possibly making a new swimmers below. friend.agree quite This readilyis the lane to sharing; partner however,that makes the me gleam the mostin her I have decided to list and define some of the types of nervous. I never know if she is plotting my demise or 1. The Meanderer: This is the swimmer that starts out always grinds her teeth when she swims. on his side of the lane and by the halfway mark is fully in the middle of the lane. He may or may not wander back to 5. The Eager Beaver (this is how I met my training his side, but is just as likely to take over your side. When partner): This is the person who jumps in your lane when asked to touch his nose and recite the alphabet backwards, he is not amused. to me I was new to the pool. This gal—let us call her Joannathere are (which at least is her3 open name)—asked lanes.