Weekly Updates
2007 SCY Top Ten Lists are now posted, but not finalized.
If you feel that there is an error, let me know and I will try to run it down.
Laura Kownslar (26) 500 Free, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 IM
Taryn Walker (31) 200 Free
Elaine Fincham (51) 1000 Free, 1650 Free
Ronda Nisman (52) 400 IM
Jan Miller (56) 50 Back, 100 Back, 50 Fly
Jane Birkhead (66) 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 500 Free, 1650 Free, 50 Fly, 100 IM
Kay Boone (66) 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Back
Betty Kight (65) 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 100 IM
Georgia Goggin (77) 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 Breast
Chase Ingraham (24) 50 Breast, 100 Breast
Carl Owens (55) 50 Free
Dan Thompson (60) 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 IM
Jerry Marchbanks (71) 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
Graham Johnston (76) 50/100/200/500/1000/1650 Free, 200 Back, 200 Breast, 100 Fly, 100/200/400 IM
Relay Swimmers.
200 Free (W 65+) Boone, Kight, Whitlock, Birkhead
200 Medley (W 65+) Boone, Whitlock, Birkhead, Goggin
200 Free (Mx 55+) Birkhead, Miller, Thompson, Nisman
200 Free (Mx 65+) Marchbanks, Kight, Whitlock, Johnston
To see the complete (although tentative) list Click here: USMS Top Ten
World Top Ten lists for 2006 have been posted. Click on the links below to check out a few of our teammates in both individual races and relays. Listed are SCM and LCM. (SCY is only tracked at the National level.)
Click here: http://www.fina.org/masters/pdf/tabs_SC_06.pdf
Click here: http://www.fina.org/masters/pdf/tabs_LC_06.pdf
I attended the LCM Senior Circuit Championships the previous weekend at UT. Great racing! Two standout swims amongst the possible future Olympians that were in attendance. Men’s 50 Back, winner with a 24 second swim, beating the heat by about 1.5 seconds. He dolphined on his back, underwater the entire length of the pool. Oops! He also was DQ’d for it. Can’t do that………. Brendon Hanson swam the 100 Back (yeah that’s right the Back!) and swam 59.98. That makes him the first guy to go sub minute in all four strokes in a LCM pool! (More top swimming happens at Palo Alto College this Wed-Sat.)
Great job by all our 5 K and 10 K swimmers thus far. Swims can be conducted until Sept 15, but it will be very difficult to find LCM water after July 31. Let me know if you still wish to do this challenge swim. Off the team we have had 20 people swim the 5 K and 21 swim the 10 K.
National entries are now closed. Next week, I will be compiling names for rooms and car pools. Let me know if you need either one of those and I will hook you up with other swimmers. I am looking for 2 more canopy covers to provide shade. Let me know if you can bring one along. Everyone should plan on a deck chair of some kind. There is limited stadium type seating. I plan for everyone to be on at least 2 relays each. I will try to plan to get you on teams that will be swimming on days that you are competing, in case someone may have plans to head home early. Let me know if you would prefer not to be listed on a relay on any particular day.
Check out the psych sheets at Click here: 2007 USMS Long Course Nationals Pscyh Sheets Also note, that we are tied for the 2nd largest team entered at Nationals. Woodlands has 3 times as many swimmers, but of course, we have the best! Matt Hooper has brought with him, back to Texas from Florida, 44 swimmers! I’ve never heard of Southern Masters, perhaps a combined group of swimmers, are bringing 34. Wouldn’t it be great for everyone to step up their game and we could finish in the top three at Nationals!!!!!!!
I’m back from a quick break and will be in the water or on deck on Wednesday……….
Catch ya’ in the water,
Susan
Weekly Inspiration: There is nothing in all creation so like God as stillness.
Weekly Health Tip: Central obesity, meaning a paunch, gut, or pot belly, is a serious warning of unhealthy blood chemistry and cardiac trouble ahead.