Masters of South Texas

This from San Antonio Sports for Life:

 SWIM STROKE CLINIC!  Come out and work on your swim strokes in perparation for the Senior Games of San Antonio, or just to improve your efficiency in the water.  Proper breathing technique, arm strokes and kicking will be stressed.  FREE clinic conducted by Olympic Gold Medalist, Josh Davis.  Monday, October 27, 11am to 12:00 noon and Wednesday, October 29, 7pm to 8pm, at the Barshop Jewish Community Center – 12500 NW Military HWY.  SPACE IS LIMITED!!!  Call (210) 302-6957 to reserve a spot today!!

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]

SCY Zones will be March 28-30 at our own Davis Natatorium. Although this is a big meet, there will be lots of swimmers from our team, so it will be not be too scary and lots of fun competing. For those that have not attended a meet before, women swim followed by the men. Swimmers are placed in groups (heats) according to their ability. Within your heat there may be swimmers 19 or 79, but all of you go down and back in approx. the same amount of time. Don’t worry about being last, there is always someone slower than you out there. Relays are the best part of the meet. Please review the entry form. Please turn in all entries to me, with checks made out to the meet director. I will then submit the team entry via software to make it easier for the meet director to handle all our entries. Last year, we traveled off to Houston and were crowned Champions. We certainly want to defend our title in our own home town!

The Alcatraz Invitational will be held on Sept 20, 2008. The event will take up to 600 swimmers, and has 350 slots already filled. If you wish to join us, please start putting together plans to do so. Thus far, we have 10 people that are registered. This is a 1 1/2 mile swim that can be done in a wetsuit. Last year, we boasted that we had the largest team, the oldest participant, and the overall first place finisher. We all had a great weekend with our spouses and family in San Francisco. It really is a fantastic event!

Warm up for the Alcatraz Swim. Details here.

This is a long-course meet at the SMU outdoor pool in Dallas. Info and entry form here.

Download the the info and entry form here.

Practice up for LCM Nationals. The Plano Wetcats will host an LCM meet in June. Download an entry form here.

Entries are due by June 2.

The USMS Long Course National Championships are being held in the Woodlands on August 10-13. You can download more info and an entry form here.

You can register on-line from May 1 through July 13. Mailed entries must be postmarked by July 6.

MOST hosts the 10K swim this year, which means that participation is mandatory, or at least strongly encouraged. Pick up an entry form here.