New England Masters Swimming

Due to time constraints, a new job that has me commuting to Boston, and a general lack of “weltanschauung” on my part, Elaine Kornbau will be assuming duties as editor of the NEM newsletter. Plus, as previously mentioned, she has actual editing experience and a program that helps differentiate our newsletter from those “Make [...]

The website is now live!
http://www.meetresults.com/nelmscscy/
Some notes for this year:
* The online entries system works great. Use it and save yourself the stamp!
* This year’s meet is on just one week-end, with the distance day on Thursday.
* Seed time challenge: First 10 swimmers in the meet who swim their exact entered seed time will receive [...]

Hello NEM Swimmers!
Our first SCY meet is coming up this weekend, the Adirondack’s AC “Hearty Breakfast” Meet on 1/27 in Franklin, MA. You can still pre-register.
The next meet is at Phillips Exeter on Sunday, Feb. 3rd. Meet entry form attached. 8 am warm up - 9 am start. Meet must be completed by noon. [...]

It’s here…the first Minuteman Masters swim meet in almost 7 years.  The meet that defies logic…the meet that begs the question “why, dear lord, why?”….The 1st Annual Heartbreaker Classic being held this February 17th at Atkinson Pool in Sudbury.
Tired of 50’s and 100’s?  They’re over before you even get started!  Why not come to the [...]

Due to popular demand, the USMS fitness event “Go the Distance” (GTD) is being offered again by the USMS Fitness Committee in 2008!
The objective of this event is for participants to track the distance they swim during the year. For 2008 we have added a few more distance milestones to challenge our participants. When participants [...]

Happy New Year NEM Swimmers!
2007 culminated with the SCM Championships at BU. There were 560 swimmers entered, the most ever, although attendance dropped sharply following the snowstorm Saturday night. Nevertheless the number of NEM records set equaled last year’s output, with another World Record by Greg Shaw in the 200 FL being the icing on [...]

Another great meet and some great competition.
Preliminary results are in for team standings.
Top Three USMS Club Teams
1 Maine Masters Swim Club-2056
2 Great Bay Masters Swiming-1400
3 Connecticut Masters-792
Top Three Large Workout Group NEM Teams
1 Cambridge Masters Swim Club-3808
2 Minuteman-2975
3 Andover YMCA-2246
Top Three Medium Workout Group NEM Teams
1 MIT-1276
2 Boston LANES-938
3 Boston Universtiy Masters-647
Top Three Small Workout [...]

2007 New England LMSC Short Course Meters Championship
and New England Masters Workout Group Challenge;
December 14-16, 2007 at Boston University Fitness and Recreation Center
http://www.greatbaymasters.org/07scmchamp.php
New England LMSC Short Course Meters Championship Pre-Meet Announcements
1 ) Psych Sheets / Timeline Posted; safety notes
2 ) 800 Free Notes
3 ) BU Waiver
4 ) Positive Check-In (very important, please read)
5 ) Dive [...]

If you are looking for a place to burn a few calories before you stuff yourself we have the place for you. Cambridge Masters Swim Club will be holding their annual Masters workout from 9.00-10.30AM at Blodgett Pool on Thursday November 22. THE THANKSGIVING DAY WORKOUT IS OPEN TO ALL USMS OR COLLEGE [...]

Minuteman Masters Swim Club is hosting its next clinic on November 24th at the Hanscom Pool. This clinic is an excellent opportunity to refine starts and turns prior to the December meet at BU. Once again all five Minuteman coaches will be present to offer the very best to each swimmer and video recordings [...]