Dear Utah Masters Swimmers:  As Chairman for the upcoming swimming season, I have taken time to reflect on the current and past status of the Utah Masters Swimming (UMS) program. Prior leadership of the program helped take UMS from its infancy to the viable program we now all enjoy. Past Chairs include Annette Dunson, Michael Makarczyk, Tom Eiche, Priscilla Kawakami, and Will Reeves. These past Chairs, along with many other dedicated individuals, have devoted much time, energy, and thought so that we all are now able to participate in a viable UMS program.  Looking forward, I hope to perpetuate the momentum developed by my predecessors. In addition, I hope to increase participation in the UMS program. Our current Board has taken and will take further actions to broaden our base geographically, by age, and ability. To realize this goal, we have scheduled meets in locations such as Provo and Park City, and have added Board members to reflect a diverse group of swimmers. We will also increase the communications to swimmers by sending regular newsletters and developing a UMS Web site.  The upcoming season will provide Utah swimmers of all abilities many opportunities to compete for fun. Please call or email me if you have any comments or suggestions. I hope to see you all at the meets.  Sincerely,  Mori Paulsen  801-583-8922  morip@sisna.com    BY THE WAY....If you swim at Steiner, did you know that Masters information is posted in the glass window on the West wall? Check it out sometime...    NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY  Karen and Mark Oliver will be hosting a New Year's Eve party! Plan on attending to bring in the Millennium. More details to follow later...

MEET SCHEDULE  Date Meet Description Location 11/20/99 Pentathlon Cottonwood High Warm-up at 9:00am 12/4/99 Seniors Meet U of Utah 12/31/99 New Year's Swim TBA 1/5/00 Masters Meet Provo 2/12/00 SCY Park City 3/24-3/25/00 State meet U of Utah 4/27-4/30/00 Master's Nat'ls Indianapolis   NEW BOARD Welcome to the new board for the 1999-2000 swimming year! If you are interested in helping with any of the duties, please let that board member know. And if anyone is interested in serving as a board member for next year, please let Mori know. Chairperson: Mori Paulsen 583-8922 Vice chair: Cathy Philpot Treasurer: Annette Dunson Top Ten: Richard Kittle Newsletter: Lo Knapp 467-9611 Karen Oliver 274-8004 Registrar: Will Reeves 363-4020 Secretary/Coach Liaison: Priscilla Kawakami 363-5244 Equipment: Jerry Outreach Coordinator: Carol Morgan 278-3795 Meet Coordinator: Doug Smith 521-8075 If you have any information you would like to submit to the newsletter, e-mail Lo at: Laura.Knapp@hsc.utah.edu

OCTOBER 16TH MEET Short course meters and biathlon at Steiner  Start times: Biathlon - 5:00 Meet - 5:30 warm up, 6:30 start Biathlon: 5K run, 800 m swim. It's OK to do the biathlon as a team (with 2 folks). Order of events: 50 Fly 200 Choice 100 Back 50 Breast 100 Fly 400 Free/IM 50 Back 100 IM 200 Choice 50 Free 100 Breast 100 Free If you would like to swim in the meet or participate in the biathlon on 10/16, and are not a registered masters swimmer, attached please find a "one event" registration form. You may wish to register for the year 2000 at either the November or December meet.   UTAH MASTERS WEB SITE MAKES A SPLASH! by Gary Shaw www.utahmasters.org Check out our new web site for information, history, contacts, meet results, records, events, photos, and swimming links for Utah Masters swimmers. The site is just getting started and is under construction. Check out the site monthly, as new content will be posted over the next several months. Dive in!

SWIM CLINIC  by Lo Knapp Twenty-two swimmers participated in a swim clinic 9/24-9/26 at the Steiner Pool. Peak Performance put on the clinic which focused mostly on stroke technique, but also included instructions on a dry-land stretching program, starts, turns and drills. Ever swim one-arm freestyle with the pull buoy in your armpit and that arm at your side? We did, and it forced us to roll. We got pretty water logged as 2-3 hours was spent on each stroke, but everyone maintained good interest--after all, we paid money to be there! I bet we Utah Masters sure impressed the coaches: when we were asked if we knew the significance of the "T" at the end of the lane, Doug Smith pipes up, "Enough time for 2 quick ones?" On thing we learned was the importance of kicking. It is one way to increase the intensity of the workout and, of course, a strong kick will make one that much faster. On the last day, we warmed up with a 400, just keeping a steady kick and breathing to our weak side. Wow, did that get the heart rate up! We vowed to be better about doing drills in practice (hear that, coaches?) and to be receptive to stroke instruction. Everyone was videotaped at the end of the clinic, both on top and below water and we received a critique of our stroke. Even if you have seen yourself swim before, it is still pretty amazing to find out you only have a 4 beat kick, or that you breathe way too late, or that your hand is enters the water in a totally wrong, weird way! We all hope to see faster times this year!