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STROKES
May, 2001
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Meet Schedule
| Date |
What |
Where |
| 6/21-23/01 |
Utah Summer Games - SUU |
Cedar City, UT |
| 8/4/01 |
Long Course Swim Meet |
Oquirrh Park Swim Center |
| 8/16-19/01 |
Long Course Nationals |
Federal Way, WA |
| 5/16-19/02 |
Master's Short Course Natls. |
University of Hawaii |
For more meet information log onto: http://www.swimpna.org/calendar.htm
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Dear Utah Masters Swimmers,
Starting May 7 the new Steiner Masters schedule will begin. The only
difference in the schedule is evening workout. Evening workout will
begin at 6:00 pm and go until 7:30 pm instead of 6:30 to 7:30. Here is
the schedule.
Masters
| Monday - Friday |
noon - 1 pm |
| Tuesday, Thursday |
7.- 8 am |
| Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
6 - 7:30 pm |
| Saturday |
8 - 9:30 am |
| Sunday |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Pre-Masters
| Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
1 - 1:30 pm |
See you at the pool!
Dennis Tesch
801-583-9025
dtesch@uswest.net
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Masters Short Course Nationals--Santa Clara
May 17-20, 2001
The 18 Utah swimmers swam fast, had fun and learned a few lessons during the national meet this year. The combined score placed Utah 4th of 144 teams.
Coach David ("Kelp") McGlynn did a fine job of recording splits, walking up and down the bleacher steps every hour to get the heat sheets, organizing evening dinners and taking advantage of the free lunches for coaches. David learned that if you don't check in by the deadline, they won't let you swim, even if you are seated first in the 1000 free by more than a minute. After discussion, he was allowed to swim the 1650 instead, but only for time and not for team points. David's 1000 split would have won first place for his age group--just wait for those top 10 times to come out this Fall!
Lo Knapp, authored this original article without any mention of herself - so I will! Lo is one of Utah's most consistent, winningest USMS national competitors ever and this year was no exception! Five first place finishes! They were: 50, 100, and 200 breastrokes, and the 200 and 400 Individual Medleys. Way to go Lo!
Tom Thorum and Jon Frolich learned to not assume that the women always swim first. While eating breakfast, their heats swam without them. Why were our swimmers missing their best events?!?! On the brighter side, for the first time in many nationals, Utah had no false starts/ DQs in the relays. This was attributed primarily to the absence of Eric Hansen and Robynn Masters.
Many swimmers had to work hard to get to and get through this
meet. Betsy Watkins swam Thursday and Friday morning, flew to
Portland for a meeting, then returned to swim Sunday's events.
Doug Smith and Gary Shaw also participated in partial days due
to commitments. They also switched places this year, with Gary
swimming distance events and Doug sprinting only. Erik ("Vivarin")
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Crankshaw came all the way from North Carolina to swim for Utah and cranked
out great swims. Lisa Kuwahara experimented with the "Paris Taper"
and found it helpful as she did her Master's best in the 100 and 200
breaststroke. Now we all have to go to Europe two weeks before nationals! We
also had swimmers with injuries: Richard Kittle, Scott Shields and Chris
Brady all had nagging injuries that almost prevented each of them from
swimming. However, their bodies cooperated at the last moment and they each
had spectacular swims.
David finally got his chance at redemption on the last day, winning the 500 free and finally earning his National Champion patch. Now, if only he can swim a 50 free with less than 14 breaths!
Any article about the 2001 short course nationals that fails
to mention the sterling, or should I say gold, performance of
Horace "Bud" Knowlton is clearly incomplete.
Bud, who is one of the founders of Utah Masters
Swimming, always swims well at the big meets and this year's
nationals was no exception. He won all three
backstroke distances against some very stiff competition and was
second to past Olympian Graham Johnston in the
individual medley events. Bud should be an inspiration to
us all and I know that he is my hero.
The 200 fly was dedicated to Matt Walters and a heartfelt announcement was made before that event. We all thought of and remembered Matt throughout the meet. We knew he was with us. Julie Bills and Mindy Wheeler swam the 200 fly and made Matt proud. Lo Knapp swam the 400 IM for Matt and did her
LTB. "I can never swim it again, because it will never feel that easy."
Consider going to a national event if you have never been. You'll experience camaraderie, a chance to swim in an optimal competitive venue and you'll be truly inspired by the level of fitness the athleticism and the healthy lifestyle of the swimmers of every age.
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Hey, Doug-
We Miss You!
After ten years of coaching Master's Swimming at Steiner, Doug Fadel has, for the
time being, discontinued his coaching duties. Doug has given up his Saturday mornings for those ten long years to greet master's swimmers with a smile as they staggered in with squinty eyes and bed heads. (Unless they were of the Kawakami-Oliver-Masters philosophy: those swimmers come in raring to go, having been up since 5:30 am and having drunk at least 3 cups of coffee!). Imagine the quantity of whining and complaining Doug has had to put up with during these past years!
Most of Doug's Saturday morning practices had themes and the swimmers would try to guess the next set, rather like taking an IQ test and trying to figure out the next object in a series. Practices were intricate enough that the guesses were frequently wrong.
Doug has given so much to Utah Master's Swimming besides coaching on Saturday mornings. He created QUAC, coaches for QUAC and has served on the Utah Master's Swimming board. He has coached weeknights at Steiner and has been instrumental in encouraging swimmers to attend meets.
Sometimes we swimmers forget to appreciate all the effort that our coaches put in for us. To all of the coaches: Thank you! To Doug: Please hurry back!
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State Records at
the
Regional Meet
The
following were State Records set at the Regional Meet held
April13-14, 2001:
Women
50-54 500 Yard Free
Priscilla Kawakami 6:11.14
Women
35-39 200 Yard Breast
Melinda Wheeler
2:39.36
Women
50-54 200
Yard Breast
Priscilla Kawakami
3:01.02
Men
70-74 200
Yard Breast
Biff Lowry
3:37.82
Women
30-34 100 Yard Fly
Julie Bills
1:02.74
Men
50-54 100 Yard Fly
Tom Eiche
1:02.28
Women
50-54 100 Yard IM
Priscilla Kawakami 1:13.53
Women
65-69 100 Yard IM
Carol Morgan 2:17.74
Men
75-59 100 Yard IM
Willis Wynn
1:55.60
Men
35-39 1650
Yard Free
Dennis Tesch
17:39.06
Men
50-54 1650
Yard Free
William Cerny
21:10.75
Women
30-34 200 Yard Fly
Julie Bills
2:27.44
Women
50-54 100 Yard Free
Priscilla Kawakami 1:03.58
Women
50-54 50 Yard Free
Priscilla Kawakami
:28.96
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Hey, Here's Information on the Utah Summer Games
in Cedar City
June 21-23, Thursday-Saturday
SUU Natatorium
350 West Center, Cedar City, UT
Registration Information
Fee: $20 (if postmarked or e-filed before May 15)
$25 (if postmarked or e-filed by May 31)
$30 (if postmarked or e-filed after May 31)
Deadline:
Final registration 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 12. Use Individual Registration Form.
Check in:
Allow time to pick up your welcome packet at the SUU PE Building
Lobby, 400 West Center, Cedar City.
Age Division:
Determined by age as of December 31, 2001.
Masters:
18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60- 64, 65-69, 70+
Register Online
SportsNuts.com is handling online registrations.
Register by Mail
Mail in Registration forms are downloadable.
Forms are also available at First Security Bank branches, various Parks and Recreation Centers or request a FAX copy of the form by calling (435) 865-8421.
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Thursday
Masters Division Warm Up 5:00 p.m.
Start Time 6:00 p.m. 200m Back 100m Breast 50m Fly 400m Free 200m IM
Friday
Masters Division :Warm Up 5:00 p.m.
Start Time 6:00 p.m. 50m Back 200m Breast 100m Fly 100m Free 200m Free
Saturday
Masters Division Warm Up 5:00 p.m.
Start Time 6:00 p.m. 100m Back 50m Breast 200m Fly 50m Free 400m IM
Friends and Family
I wanted to update you on our new address and
telephone number. Our new telephone number is (801) 278-0813.
Our new address is:
3790
S. Viking Rd. (3060 E)
Salt Lake City, UT 84109
The move went well this weekend, we had lots of help
from Rob's friends and
the
scouts. Bailey and Jasmine (our cat) seem to be adjusting just
fine. We are
excited to be in our new house and hope you will come and visit
sometime.
Julie
& Rob Bills
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