TRISCHA ZORN Masters Swimmer and Seven-Time Paralympian
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The World’s Foremost Authority on Adult Swimming MAGAZINE TheSWIM Official Magazine of $3.95 U.S. SWIMMasters Swimming SEPT/OCT 2004 VOLUME XX NUMBER 5 FabFab “Tri”“Tri” TrioTrio PILATES:PILATES: SharpenSharpen YourYour SwimmingSwimming SensesSenses TRISCHA ZORN Masters Swimmer and Seven-time Paralympian TTraveling?raveling? Don’tDon’t ForgetForget toto SwimSwim 09> 7125274 81719 Visitwww.SwimInfo.com SWIM’s Website Tribal Etching. New for 2005 AMANDA BEARD Olympic Gold Medalist Speedo® and are registered trademarks of and used under license from Speedo International Limited. September/October Contents2004 A Lap around the World Articles By Karen Chase. Life can be so much more exciting when you have the opportunity to swim away from home. It’s a great way to get a unique view of 6 1414 a place and its culture when you look at it through your goggles! Editor’s Note 8 Just Add Water 9 Swim for Fitness 11 Sports Medicine 21 USMS World Championships Photo by Karen Chase Cover Story 31 Triathlon Tips Blinded by the Light for Beginners By Bill Volckening. Seven-time U.S. Paralympian Trischa Zorn, a visually-impaired Masters swimmer from Indy SwimFit, credits 38 1818 Technique Tip swimming for many of the skills that are now part of her life, such as dedication, determination, discipline and time management. 41 USMS News Got Water, Get Fluid 42 By Hermine Terhorst. Relax, be soft, go with the flow and get fluid. Calendar 2424 Let your bones do the work instead of working too hard with your muscles. Improve your swimming with Pilates. 43 On the Market Triathletes Among Us 46 By Kari Lydersen. The three female triathletes who represented the Splashes 2828 United States at the Olympic Games in Athens—Susan Williams, Barb Lindquist and Sheila Taormina—were all elite swimmers in the “first phase” of their competitive careers. The Gift Is That We Can By Tito Morales. The big picture of Masters swimming is that we 3434 swim not only because we derive a tremendous amount of plea- sure from swimming, but because—just like amputees Dom Aiello and Paul Cook—we can. SWIM Magazine (ISSN 1082-8486/USPS 741-250) is published bi-monthly by Sports Publications, Inc., 228 Nevada St., El Segundo, CA 90245. Periodicals postage paid at El Segundo, Calif., and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to SWIM Magazine, 228 Nevada St., El Segundo, CA 90245. Copyright 2004 Sports Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction without written permission is strictly prohibited, including Masters newsletters. Base subscription rate $16.00. Manuscripts and photographic submissions must be accompanied by self-addressed, stamped envelope. Send manuscripts, letters and photographs to Phillip Whitten, Editor-in-Chief, P.O. Box 20337, Sedona, AZ 86341. SWIM Magazine reserves the right to edit any submission accepted for publication. 4 SWIM—SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2004 GET YOUR FEET WET AT WWW.SWIMINFO.COM DON’T GIVE INTO THE PRESSURE. GET RID OF IT. Barracuda’s patented Positive Pressure frames adapt to the shape of your face, delivering leak-proof protection without the eye-popping pressure and raccoon rings of conventional goggles. Stop cinching down the straps and try on a pair of Positive Pressure goggles today. Feeling is believing. THE ULTIMATE™ THE STANDARD™ BARRACUDA USA WWW.BARRACUDAUSA.COM 1 800 547 8664 EDITOR’S NOTE We Are Family On the Cover, Trischa Zorn by Phillip Whitten Photo by Peter H. Bick In July, I had the pleasure of attend- Anyway, when I hear the word, EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION P.O. Box 20337, Sedona, AZ 86341 ing the U.S. Olympic Trials in Long “community,” most often I find myself (928) 284-4005 • (928) 284-2477 fax Beach, Calif. More than 100,000 spec- cringing as in, “He’s a leader of the e-mail: [email protected] tators were thrilled by the virtuoso dis- black community,” or “The AIDS Website: http://www.SwimInfo.com play of speed swimming put on by community demands....” Publisher 1,000 or so of America’s elite—the These are not communities! The first Richard Deal fastest of the fast—who each were consists of a group of people, arbitrar- e-mail: [email protected] competing for one of just 43 spots on ily defined by skin color, who are as Chief Executive Officer the 2004 U.S. Olympic team. diverse in their backgrounds, educa- Brent Rutemiller e-mail: [email protected] As a Masters swimmer, I was de- tion, aspirations, political orientation lighted with the Olympic team-making and what-not as any other group of ar- Editor-in-Chief Phillip Whitten swims of Masters swimmers Gary Hall bitrarily-defined folks. The second (602) 522-0778 • e-mail: [email protected] Jr. and Rachel Komisarz, as well as the consists of a group of people who ei- Senior Editor efforts that weren’t quite quick enough ther share a disease or are the loved Bob Ingram by 1988 Olympian Trina Radke, ones of a person having the disease. e-mail: [email protected] Peggy Gross, Sabir Muhammad, In contrast, swimmers constitute a USMS Editor Aaron Ciarla and Jessica Foschi. genuine community—an international Bill Volckening I also enjoyed watching the perfor- community that encompasses people e-mail: [email protected] mances by Masters-age athletes, in- of all ages, from learn-to-swim tod- Fitness Editor cluding 30-somethings Jenny Thomp- dlers, through age-groupers, collegians, Scott Rabalais son, Chad Carvin, Josh Davis, Jeff Olympians and on to Masters. Technical Advisor Rouse and others. In every case, I in- It was amazing to see how many Glenn Mills vited these great swimmers to join us Masters swimmers there were in Long Contributing Editors in Masters when they finally retire Beach. And it was fun to watch 40- David Costill, Ph.D. • Michael J. Stott from the ranks of the elite. and 50-year-old physicians, executives Art Director The Trials, however, were more and engineers build up the courage to Karen Deal than just the USA’s quadrennial, gut- talk to a Brendan Hansen or an Aman- e-mail: [email protected] wrenching ordeal at which the full da Beard and come away saying, Production Assistant Judy Jacob range of raw human emotion—literal- “Wow, what a nice person he/she is.” e-mail: [email protected] ly, from agony to ecstasy—is on dis- And why not? We’re all family. Advertising Production Coordinator play. The Trials also served as an in- Yes, we vary in age, race, national- Betsy Houlihan gathering of the clan that forms the ity, sex, religion, educational status, e-mail: [email protected] swimming community. occupation, political viewpoint and MARKETING, Now, “community” is a word I look so on. But we all share a love of ADVERTISING, SUBSCRIPTIONS AND upon with great suspicion, much as I swimming—a love that contributes ADMINISTRATION do such words as “professional.” to shaping who we are as human be- 228 Nevada St., El Segundo, CA 90245 (602) 522-0778 • (602) 522-0744 fax These are words whose meaning has ings. And we all share the values that been stretched so far that they have swimming invariably inculcates in Subscriptions Pennye Monk • ext. 104 lost any real meaning, or—as in the our very souls. e-mail: [email protected] case of “professional”—come to signi- That’s why race, religion, politics, Sponsorship Coordinator fy something entirely different than language—all the social categories that Sarah Tolar their original meaning. Ah, but that’s a divide people—do not divide us. That e-mail: [email protected] rant for another day. is why we are a community. Assistant Merchandise Manager Read Boon e-mail: [email protected] United States Masters Swimming, Inc., is now, as it always has been, concerned for the safety and health of Advertising and Marketing its members. It will continue to disseminate such information concerning swimming safety and health as Toni Blake • (310) 379-2278 comes to its attention. 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Presenters als in Long Beach in July—competing, • Rachel Komisarz, included Jeff Farrell, giving out awards to the first- and sec- 27, who won the 100 Rowdy Gaines, Brian ond-place winners, broadcasting on fly in a lifetime best Goodell, Dr. Gary Hall, TV, working in the press room and 58.77. Rachel will Don McKenzie, Glenn (mostly) cheering in the stands. also swim on the Mills and Mark Spitz. One group that had bought a box USA’s 400 medley behind lane 4 wore “USA Masters relay team. Jeff Farrell Stories Swimming” T-shirts (from the World At 31, Jenny peaking of Jeff Far- Photo by Bill Collins Championships in Hamburg), hoping Thompson is the old- Rachel Komisarz Srell, he had a family to get noticed by the NBC television est member of the connection to perhaps the cameras.