Wisconsin Masters Swimming April 2016 / May 2016 On Deck ... Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wisconsin- WI LMSC Officers Masters-Swim-Committee/186883398012961 Chair: Jeanne Seidler Wisconsin Masters website: http://www.swim-wimasters.org/ [email protected] 262-643-7922 Now that the Short Course Yards pool events are almost finished, what’s next for swimming? Vice Chair: James Biles Jeanne Seidler [email protected] As Yogi Berra said ... it’s not over until it’s over ... There are still the following events being Coaches: Dave Clark swum in the near future. th [email protected] April 9 … Baraboo Middle School SCY, on-line registration will close at 11pm on Thurs- th Editor: Mary Schneider day, April 7 . This event draws swimmers from the middle of the state. It is small and very friendly. It’s a great meet if you haven’t tried out competition yet, but are [email protected] looking to give it a try this season. Fitness: Melodee Nugent April 14-17 … YMCA Masters Nationals in Sarasota, FL. The registration for this meet [email protected] closed March 17th. About 35 swimmers from all over Wisconsin who workout at Officials: Susan Wagner YMCAs are planning to attend this meet. The pool is outdoors and the weather is [email protected] always great. And, the beach is always calling the swimmers after each day’s com- petition ends. This meet draws about 500 swimmers. Long Distance and Open April 28-May 1 … USMS Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina. The registration for Water: James Biles this meet closed March 28th. Thirty-four (34) WMAC swimmers will be attending this WILongDistance event. A USMS Nationals is a great experience and is well attended by swimmers @usms.org from all over the USA and some international swimmers. This meet will have 1,792 Registrar: John Bauman swimmers in attendance. June 18th … Long Course Meters Meet at Schroeder. If you enjoyed the meet this week- [email protected] end at the Schroeder pool, be sure to check out the LCM meet information else- 11917 W. Rainbow Ave. where in this newsletter. On-line entries start on April 6th. West Allis, WI 53214-2166 June 12th … SCY Meet at Wausau, Wisconsin. This is the Badger State Games meet, but it Ph: 414-453-7336 is short course only and run as part of a USA event. Several years ago, the Badger Safety: Jerry Lourigan State Games trademark was purchased by the Wausau Convention and Visitors Bu- reau. The swim meet was relocated to Wausau. [email protected] August 20th … the MOWS open water swim on the Ironman Wisconsin course in Lake Sanctions: Jeanne Seidler Monona. The registration for this meet begins about May 1st. The registration fills [email protected] up to the maximum of 500 swimmers within a week of opening. If you want to Secretary: Dan Meek swim, please view the website and be added to the mailing list. Don’t delay in regis- [email protected] tering for this very popular event because it fills up that quickly. September 10th … Senior Olympics SCY at Shorewood, WI for the age 50+ swimmers. Top Ten: Jeanne Seidler [email protected] April has been designated as “Adult Learn to Swim Month”. A proclamation has been issued Treasurer: Mike Murray by the State of Wisconsin with this designation. All LMSCs are collaborating with USMS to [email protected] have states issue the proclamations. Locally, some LMSCs are offering free adult learn to Auditor: Elyce Dilworth swim classes but there are none in Wisconsin that I know of. Please see the USMS website for Adult Learn to Swim information (http://www.usms.org/learntoswim ). [email protected] Webmaster: Mindy Seidler USMS is bringing the Adult-Learn-To-Swim instructor certification class to Milwaukee on June [email protected] 11th and will be sending out an e-mail notification to Wisconsin Masters this week. The idea behind the Adult-Learn-To-Swim certification is to teach USMS members how to teach (continued on page 7) 1 Wisconsin SCY State Meet—April 2-3 The WI Masters SCY State Meet was held at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center on April 2-3, with 171 registered swimmers from WI, IL, MN, IA, and NJ. The water was cool, and the swimming was fast. Six Individual State Records were broken. Two women each broke one record, and 3 men broke four records, with Dean Fochios breaking 2 records. The new records are listed on page 10. A big Thank You to Jeanne Seidler and James Biles for organizing the meet. The supporting cast included Jeanne’s daughters and husband, who tirelessly give of their time to help out every year. The meet ran very smoothly, thanks to the officials. There was plenty of warmup and warm down space, too, which is always appreciated by the swimmers. It was a great SCY State meet, and remember the LCM state meet is Saturday, June 18. Left: Swimmers and spec- tators in the stands. Right: Neal Seidler, al- ways proficient at the awards table. He’s per- fected his methods of efficiently handing out awards. Left: Trina Schaetz and Sue Bonis, excited to be swimming Right: Getting ready to go. Right: Fast swimming for the men. Wisconsin Water Warriors The awards for Wisconsin Water Warriors were handed out by Melodee Nugent, at the SCY State Meet on April 3. All first place winners received a custom made trophy, a swimmers towel in a handy bag, a keychain with a wave on it, TriSwim samples, DermaSport samples, Foggies for goggles, and for energy, a bag of M&Ms. Thanks to SBR for the samples. A big Thank You to Melodee and her father, who once again, created and hand- made a unique trophy for all first place winners. See the WI Masters Feb- Mar newsletter for the winners names. All the non-first place swimmers received everything except the keychain and trophy. The Water Warriors is coordinated by Melodee, and is always held in November and Decem- ber of each year. 2 Final Goodbye to Morgan and Mary Byers Mary Joyce "Tootie" Byers (Nee Zenger ) Passed away at the age of 86 due to complications of Alzheimer's Disease on October 15, 2015. Mary is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, W. Morgan Byers, their children, as well as grandchildren. Mary was a graduate of Purdue University. Tootie was an member of Wisconsin Masters Aquatic Club from 1990 to 2008. "Whenever you're feeling down or sorry for yourself, make yourself a cup of tea and go outside and see how beautiful the world is, and how important you are to all of it." W Morgan Byers Passed away January 28, 2016 at the age of 88 years. He was predeceased three months by his beloved wife of 64 years, Mary "Tootie" Byers. Morgan excelled at swimming, although he "came to it late". He became an All-American swimmer at Purdue Univ. in 1945, served as a Swim Coach at Whitefish Bay High School for over 30 years as well as competed for decades in the Senior Olympics. Morgan was an active member of Wisconsin Masters Aquatic Club from 1990 to 2010. He was a familiar face at masters swim meets. Morgan also swam in the early years of Masters swimming through 1974. He was the Masters chair, 1973 to 1974, for the AAU swim committee. For several years he ran an annual Maters Meet on the Memorial Day weekend at Whitefish Bay High School. Morgan received a BS from Purdue University and a Masters Degree from Notre Dame University. He taught mathematics at Whitefish Bay HS for 32 years. Morgan generously gave his time to his WFB-HS students and swimmers, establishing a "Breakfast Club" for his math students, and helped guide the WFB-HS swim team to many triumphs. Morgan encouraged those he mentored to "Always do your best and you'll have nothing to regret." "Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat." -T. Roosevelt A Memorial Service was held on Saturday, February 13th, 2:00 PM at United Methodist Church of Whitefish Bay. What a great friend he was to all of us. I would always con- gratulate him after his swims as he was such an unassuming competitor and loved our sport! Art Luetke 3 USMS Top 10 Times for 2015 Wisconsin swimmers had an excellent showing among the USMS Top 10 times for 2015, in SCY, SCM, and LCM. There were 42 SCM, 54 LCM, and 93 SCY top 10 times. The link to the results is http://www.usms.org/comp/tt/toptenlmscsummary.php? LMSCID=20. Here are some of the highlights of the listings. Individual SCM: Although we did not have any All-American finishes, we did have 2 third place finishes, 5 fourth places, 6 fifth places, 9 sixth places, 8 seventh places, 6 eighth places, 3 ninth places, and 3 tenth places. The 18-24 Women had 6 top 10 finishes. The women with the most top 10 finishes was Nancy Kranpitz, with 4 top ten times. On the Men’s side, the 35-38 age group had 5 top ten times. Three men each had 3 top ten finishes, Mark Larkin (40-44), Geoff Mykleby (60-64), and Fred Salzmann (80-84). LCM: There were 5 All-American first place times, achieved by 3 different swimmers.