Masters of South Texas

Misty in the early morning, glass on the lake, and a complete rainbow anchored on the far shore, all added up to an incredible start for the 2008 Gatormania 3000.  With over 50 participants, we kicked off the annual event in style.  We had plenty of swimmers in all four contested events which included the 3000, 1500, 800 and 400 meter distances.  Our overall winners were Louis DeLeon and Ronda Nisman.  There were lots of close races all the way down to our youngest swimmers, Jonathan Reichman (11), Ian Howe (10) and Ben Caudill (9), who battled it out in the 400 swim.  Thank you to all our swimmers who raised close to $800 to be donated towards Cervical Cancer awareness.

Photos of the event are in our Flickr group pool. For complete age group winner listings…. (more…)

Gatormania 3000 is history … Sunrise swims … Davis reopens … Members get engaged, take gold become grandma, need our prayers (more…)

MOST Cleans Up at LC Nationals … Need Shirts? … Backstroke Clinic … 5K and 10K times needed …

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Gatormania 3000 - Be There or Be Square … Good News from LC Nationals … Technique Workouts Coming Up.

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LCM Zones are history … LC Nationals coming up … Gator Gals score … Gatormania 3000 at Boerne Lake … Olympics on the big screen … Learn to streeeeeeech … Footwear for Alcatraz … Passings (more…)

A Boerne Lake open water swim is now officially set for Saturday, August 23.  The 2 mile swim will begin at 8:00 a.m. followed by the 1 mile, 800 mtr and 400 mtr swims. [Entry Form and Info]

 Toss your kiddies in the water!

JCC Year Round Swim Club

This just in from Doug Church:

 Welcome Amber Anthony, age 42, to the Butternuts!!  On July 15th, she swam 500 meters in 12:49.3!  I don’t know if Amber is going to LCNats but if so, she can join those who are planning to demonstrate just how Nutty we can be!!  Way to go Amber!!!!  Now, it’s back to the pool to find a Nasti who is just deranged enough to be talked into a little 500 M swim using that most beautiful of all strokes!!!  Keep ‘flyin’!!! Doug

After what seemed an endless supply of incredible Nut’s from MOST, finally the NASTI’s have struck back!!  Welcome Nasti member, Brian Reeves to the Butternuts!  Brian, aged 45, joined us with an inaugural swim of 1500 meters at the Forest Park Aquatic Center on June 27th, 2008!  His time:  Sloooooow!!  Congratulations Brian!!

And, by the way, thanks to a great suggestion from Butternut Linda Calloway of MOST, if any of you are planning to attend Long Course Nationals this month in Oregon, let me know.  There is a social planned on Saturday night, and we’ll see if we can arrange for the Butternuts in attendance to get together for a few minutes to share stories and get a picture taken.  Let me know if you are going!!  AND, keep ‘Flyin’!! Doug

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So far, it looks like Kat Boyer, Julie Eakle, Chris Mayhew, Doug Jelen and Linda Callaway have all indicated that they are attending LC Nat’s!!  Sadly, I won’t be this year!  BUT it looks like Doug will be the Thorn amidst the Roses for this social gathering.  I owe Kat a shirt which is on its way and I’m hoping that one of you will take some pictures to forward back so that we can add them to our website!!  If I can figure out how to get a BUTTERNUT BANNER to you in time, we’ll plan to hang it at Nationals from now on just to let them know we are as advertised…TRULY NUTS!!!!  Good luck to those of you who are swimming at LC Nats!!  We’ll all be rooting for you!!  Best, Doug

Woodlands Masters Swim Team : Event