New England Masters Swimming

NEMSC Swimmers,

Congratulations to the small but fast NEM contingent who made it to the SCY Nationals and, in particular to our 4 National champions: Billie Ann Burrill, Jim Edwards, Barbara Hummel (3x!!) and Jared Walkenhorst. The ladies took 8th place in the team competition! See the website for the team picture: http://www.swimnem.org/wordpress/

The deadline for the LCM Championships at Middlebury, VT is fast approaching. Jessica Holmes writes: “Entries are being processed and will be posted in the next week or so. So far we have had entries from all over the Metropolitan/New England area, as well as Canada, Florida and California. It should be a fun meet! Register for the Saturday Social too–a great BBQ dinner outdoors on a covered deck with gorgeous views of the mountains and live music by “The Horse Traders”. Folks can bring a t-shirt or cap to swap at the social…”

Go to http://middleburymuffintops.org/LCMChamps/Default.aspx for entry forms/hotels/etc. To be fair to all competitors and to save time, be sure to enter LCM times. Go to http://www.greatbaymasters.org/convert.html to convert your Harvard times. You can also get a good approximation if you add 15% (9 seconds per minute) to your SCY times.

Many open water swims coming up, starting in early-June. Go to http://www.swimnem.org/wordpress/open-water-swimming/ for a full listing.

If you’re traveling and looking for a pool for a workout go to http://www.swimmersguide.com/query/Main1.cfm. It’s a great site that I’ve used a lot and found to be very complete and quite accurate – listing pools around the world. It also lists master teams, with contact info, that you could work out with – an added benefit of belonging to USMS.

We are still looking for the “Meet Bag” – contact me if you have it!

Laszlo Eger
President - NEMSC