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Updates
March 3, 2006
by Tim Sheeper
In this edition:

Menlo Park/Burgess Pool Contract

We will be moving! 

Menlo Masters will be transitioning to another home base.  This time the home base will be the brand new, not yet completed, 7 million dollar, 3 pool, aquatic facility at Burgess Park, in Menlo Park.  We have a five year agreement.

The three pools are:
1. 25 yard x 25 meter, 11 lane, 7 foot deep competition pool that will be kept at 80 degrees.
2. 6 lane, 25 yard, 3.5-6 foot deep, instructional pool that will be kept at 85 degrees or warmer for lessons, rehabilitation and laps.
3. Baby pool with splashing water fountains and water falls, which will be kept at 85 degrees.

Our agreement with Menlo Park is that we operate the entire facility.  We will be offering aquatic experiences for everyone in the entire community. The programs will include but are not limited to:
Lap swimming
Open Recreational Swimming
Year Round Youth Teams
Summer Swim Teams
Family Swim Sessions
Masters Swimming
Adult Triathlon Teams
Youth Triathlon Teams
Fitness/Boot Camps
Lessons
Water Polo
Scuba

This is undoubtedly going to be a tremendously large undertaking for our staff.  I am committed to continue to offer the most valuable masters swimming experiences in the region and beyond.

I would like to thank all the team members who came to aid and support the proposal to the City Council.  We won the somewhat controversial and much debated agreement by a 3-2 margin.

My best guess for the grand opening of the facility is May 1, 2006.  Of course I will keep all posted on the developments as they occur.

We will be moving all of our teams and operations to Menlo Park.  That means Herkner Pool will go vacant and we will relinquish our morning swim at Woodside High School.

I have high hopes that this transition will be manageable for all involved on our team.  Every swimmer is valuable, so I hope to continue building the strength and resolve of  Menlo Masters at our new home in Menlo Park.


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February Challenge/Cans

We made it through another month of February.  The increased volume and frequency of swimming will pay off in sustainable speed over a specified distance if one keeps the maintenance schedule consistent.

Congratulations to our top three swimmers to go over 100,000 yards and our only three to go over 100,000 yards:

1.  John Sulzbach 111,400
2.  Peter Shepherd 101,500
3.  Scott Marshall 100,800

Congratulations to the 46 swimmers(maybe more, but these are the ones who wrote their totals on the boards at Herkner) who achieved the 50,000 yard barrier:
1.  Stephanie Alsberg         50,000
2.  Juliette Applewhite         73,000
3.  Miki Armstrong 74,700
4.  Dario  Benavides 51,350
5.  Shelby Blackburn 87,750
6.  Marianne Brems 61,150
7.  Edith Collin 51,950
8.  John Collin 51,600
9.  Mike Dorsey         50,200
10.  Mike Fero 62,200
11.  Stacy Frederickson         53,000
12.  Tracy Fujieda 50,100
13.  Doug Fuji 51,000
14.  John Goldman 52,500
15.  Paul Gorman 50,250
16.  Derrick Hansen 50,750
17.  Edie Heideman 52,100
18.  Julie House 50,850
19.  Al Humphrey 50,000
20.  Mike Ingardia 50,000
21.  Jan Jindra 50,050
22.  Greg Johnson 51,150
23.  Michell Kastelein 57,900
24.  Kirsten Kempe 53,600
25.  Ginger Kiernan 61,900
26.  Bill Kirsch 59,450
27.  Ann Long 62,500
28.  Tina Lount-Pretre 50,200
29.  Jana Matena 64,300
30.  Sue McGlennon 64,600
31.  Martin Michael 58,100
32.  Elana Miller 51,900
33.  Sig Paulazzo 50,500
34.  Rick Peterson 50,400
35.  Sally Phillips 50,000
36.  Leslie Platshon 52,600
37.  Pierre Pujol 50,800
38.  Frances Reneau 78,800
39.  Katrina Ryan 50,050
40.  Lorie Sinnott 60,900
41.  Sam Sinnott 82,500
42.  Keith Wilson 51,000
43.  Mimi Winsberg 50,000
44.  Alan Eagleton 81,150
45.  Mike Osmond 51,300
46.  Tim Sheeper 50,000

There are at least two reasons to spend the extra time swimming in February.

1. To build a solid aerobic foundation for the remainder of the year.
2. To donate 1 can of food to the working poor in our community for every 2000 yards swum.  Please drop off your cans at Herkner or put them by my truck at Woodside High School.  I will be delivering the cans to the St. Francis Center next Friday March 10, 2006.


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Meeting for Swim Meet Volunteers

Our Swim Meet on Saturday April 22, 2006 at Sacred Heart has two lovely meet directors, Rebecca Pinto and Judy Strauss.

Rebecca and Judy are getting together with the volunteers and the chairpersons this Sunday morning after workout at Franklin Street Café in the Sequoia Station next to Safeway on Jefferson Ave. 

The meeting is to state chair objectives, assign timelines, and to generally touch base.

Remember we now have a Sunday morning workout at 7:00AM.


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