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Update
April 22, 2010
by Tim Sheeper
In this edition:

Catfish Crawl Open Water Swim - Pleasanton


Menlo Masters is hosting this USA Productions event - sign up to swim this race (1 mile, 2 mile, 500 yd youth swim) at
http://www.usaproductions.org/events/swim-series/catfish-crawl-eastbay.
It'll be a great event - you can do online registration through Friday midnight, or register there on race day.

We also need volunteers to help with a variety of tasks - creating goodie bags, handing out race packets, working the registration table, and more.  Check out the list below and sign up for anything you are available and willing to do - the more of us, the merrier!

Volunteer opportunities:

Filling Goodie Bags, Wednesday
Date:    Thursday, April 22 at Burgess Pool
Time:    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Duties:    Stuff giveaway materials into bags for participants
Need:    4-6 volunteers
Contact: Tim Sheeper
 

Expo / Race Packet Pick up, Saturday

Date:    Saturday, April 24 Pleasanton, CA 94588

Time:    11:30 am - 5:00 pm

Duties:    Registration Table (USMS check-in, Late Registration, Packet Pick-up, T-shirt/goodie bags)
Need:    4-6 volunteers
Contact:  Michelle Goal Haustein at michelle@usaproductions.org or
208-704-3960

 

Race Day, Sunday
Date:      Race Day - April 25 at Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area
Time:  5:30 am - 9:45 am (shift 1), 6:30 am - 11:00 am (shift 2)
Duties:   Registration Table (which include different stations), Dry Clothes Tent, Swim Chute / Crowd Control, or Race Day Crew (goes where ever there is a need.)
Need:     10 Volunteers
Contact:  Michelle Goal Haustein at michelle@usaproductions.org or
208-704-3960

Volunteers that fill a full shift (4 hours plus) on Saturday or Sunday will receive 50% off a future USA Productions Race, a volunteer shirt, food and drink, and will have a great time!

Also, a portion of the proceeds from the event will go to our Building Futures Now foundation.  The more successful the event the better for our program.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the Catfish Crawl this weekend!


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Results of Pacific Masters SCY Champs

Menlo Masters performed brilliantly at the Short Course Yards Championships. This year's Pac Masters SCY Champs was the largest local meet ever held on the west coast with over 975 swimmers and nearly 60 teams.  Menlo Masters placed 8th overall - right in the middle of the pack of teams with similar numbers of participants.  There were some stunning achievements put forth by our team members which are summarized below.  Overall, our teammates seemed to have met their swimming goals for the meet, and had a great time getting to know each other, supporting each others' swims and watching some inspiring performances by many Pacific Masters swimmers, in all events and across all age groups (from 18 to 93!).

A quick thank you and congratulations to our new-to-Menlo and/or new-to-Masters-meet participants, and to a few friends we haven't seen at meets for a few years:  Steve Foster, Jean Gillon, Scott Jones, Karen Levy, Karen Lines, Sarah Lundell, Emily Pope and Mike Pyle were our new folks; and our returning teammates are Tom Anderson, Lucey Bowen and Rebecca Pinto.  All swam well, and it was great to have them there!

Menlo Masters highlights:

27 swimmers, 17 women, 10 men, 101 individual swims and 10 relays

Achievement of the meet:  Pacific Masters record set by our 55+ Women's 400 Medley relay at 5:31.27, crushing the prior record by 19 seconds!  Congratulations to Miki Armstrong, Judith Schwartz, Rebecca Pinto and Judy Strauss!

Ann Kay won high point honors for her age group, and 4 others made top 5 in their age groups (Dave Gildea, Miki Armstrong, Jana Matena and Tasha Capen)

15 people set new team records - 21 individual and 3 relay

Karen Levy (40-44):  50 Breast 36.81

Jana Matena (45-49):   100 Breast 1:13.47, 200 Fly 2:44.06

Louise Feeley (50-54):  50 Breast 40.13

Miki Armstrong (55-59):  50 Free 29.25, 50 Back 34.44, 100 IM 1:16.74, 50 Fly 32.89 (beat her own 2009 record by 4+ seconds!)

Rebecca Pinto (55-59):  200 Fly 3:09.28, 200 IM 3:10.74

Judith Schwartz (55-59):  1000 Free 13:48.98, 1650 Free 22:47.97, 400 IM 6:45.96 (dropped nearly 30 seconds since Rinconada!)

Sandy Dutro (60-64):  200 Breast 3:20.81, 100 fly 1:38.97

Ann Kay (75-79):  100 Free 1:22.88

Mike Pyle (30-34):  100 Free 49.37

Paul Laustsen (35-39):  200 Back 2:10.61

Dave Gildea (65-69):  200 Back 2:41.94, 100 Breast 1:09.71, 200 Breast 2:40.62

Womens 45+ 800 Free Relay:   L. Sheeper, S. Couch, L. Feeley, J. Matena - 9:26.24

Womens 55+ 200 Free Relay:  J. Gillon, R. Pinto, J. Schwartz, M. Armstrong - 2:11.14

Womens 55+ 400 Medley Relay:  M. Armstrong, J. Schwartz, R. Pinto, J. Strauss - 5:31.27, Pacific Masters Record

11 people had first place finishes:  13 individual, 2 relay

Ann Kay:  50 and 100 free; 50, 100 and 200 Back, 100 IM

Lucey Bowen:  200 Fly

Sandy Dutro:  200 Breast and 100 Fly

Miki Armstrong:  100 Free and 50 Back

Jana Matena:  200 Free

Tasha Capen:  50 Free

Womens 55+ 200 Free Relay:  J. Gillon, R. Pinto, J. Schwartz, M. Armstrong

Womens 55+ 400 Medley Relay:  M. Armstrong, J. Schwartz, R. Pinto, J. Strauss

8 new Speed Club members for 100 Free

Bronze:  Emily Pope, Jean Gillon, Rebecca Pinto, Steve Foster

Silver:  Tasha Capen, Louise Feeley

Gold:  Miki Armstrong, Mike Pyle (was Silver and dropped 2 seconds to get Gold)

Random factoid - Ann Kay has beat her age group's gold standard for 100 free swimming backstroke and IM too!

Thanks to all who swam this weekend - from those who swam 1 event to those who swam many, and especially those that were able to swim relays:  Charlie Amman, Tom Anderson, Miki Armstrong, Lucey Bowen, Tasha Capen, Richard Cottrell, Stephanie Couch, Sandy Dutro, Louise Feeley, Ken Fine, Steve Foster, Dave Gildea, Jean Gillon, Scott Jones, Ann Kay, Paul Laustsen, Karen Levy, Karen Lines, Sarah Lundell, Jana Matena, Rebecca Pinto, Emily Pope, Mike Pyle, Judith Schwartz, Lisa Sheeper, Tim Sheeper, Judy Strauss.


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