volunteer timers needed

There's a large meet at the Aquatic Center this weekend and volunteer timers are needed. Below is a schedule of when events start. If you're able to help out in any of these sessions, please be at the pool 30 minutes prior to the session starting.

Friday and Saturday: Prelims @8:30, Finals @ 5
Sunday: Prelims @ 8:30, Finals @ 4

Free breakfast, lunch and dinner for anyone that helps out. They are way short of timers on Friday and Sunday during the day.

any questions contact erin

YMCA nationals- Entries due

April 16-19 YMCA nationals.  If you are going to the meet and have not already done so please give your entry papers to Bruce by Tuesday March 3rd.  Just a reminder, you do not have to go all 4 days and we will work on carpools and room sharing for anyone who is interested. You do not need to be registered with Masters only a YMCA member to swim this one.  If you still need a swim cap please see Sean. This meet is a blast and we hope everyone can join us!!!

SUN Masters Annual Valentine's Meet

The first meet of 09 started off with great swims by our team members. Kathleen, Steve, Kirby, John Schrantz, John Jackson, Colin, Sean, Ryan, Teresa and Coach Bruce represented MOO in this past weekends swim meet. MOO placed 6th out of 37 teams at the SUN Masters Annual Valentine's Meet in Clearwater, FL. Most of our swimmers placed in the top 3 of their age groups. Ryan and Teresa took home 2nd and 3rd respectfully in the 25-30 girls. The boys in the same age group had a very tight competition, Sean took 2nd, Colin 3rd, closely followed by John Schrantz and John Jackson. Kirby took home 2nd in his 30-34 age group.

Great job MOO swimmers!

click here for complete meet results
click here for meet photos

The MOO suits were a big hit this weekend

Good Luck!

Go team MOO!  Hope you have great swims in Clearwater this weekend!!!

LMSC Newsletter

The new LMSC newsletter has a great little article about MOO!

Click here to read it.

Valentines' Day meet this Saturday and Sunday

Click here for more meet info. It is at the Long center in Clearwater

Saturday warm-up 7 AM for 1000 free, start at 8 AM; 

Warm-up at 10 AM for other events, start at 11 AM

Sunday- Warm-up at 8 AM, meet begins at 9 AM.

Relays will be deck entered and are only $5 per relay. Individual high point awards are up for grabs, you must be entered in 5 events to qualify!

If you aren't swimming, come by to clear the team on!!

MOO Spotlight Swimmers of the month-February

Congratulations to our spotlight swimmer, Kathleen Fitzgerald.  Click here to read more about her.  For those of you who haven't had a chance to talk to Kathleen, you will find her at nearly every team meet and event always greeting new members.  She is also a great friend and will always support you and do nearly anything for a laugh.  We are glad to have her on our team!  She is the kind of person who will meet you at the lake to help you meet your swimming goal even at 6:30 in the morning when the water is 65 degrees, she will also show up in the middle of the night to Kayak along side of you if you are afraid of the dark and/or the lake monster.

Team Notes

Y Nationals are taking place a month earlier than last year. That only leaves two months to get prepared. If you plan on swimming at Y Nationals, please make an effort to get enough training in so that a taper will be effective. If you do a taper after mediocre training, you'll swim poorly, and we don't want that to happen. So, come to practice and be prepared to work hard. We had 15 Thursday night in the rain and for those that were in attendance, they did an excellent job and swam a tough workout.

For those that are planning, or even thinking about, swimming at Y Nationals (April 16-19), please keep in mind that you don't have to swim in any prior Masters meets. You just have to be a Y member. Honestly, it's great to get in the water at one of the two meets coming up in Clearwater and/or St. Pete (March 27-29) to see what it's all about and get some times as a point of reference. Some meets are two days; some are three or more, but keep in mind that you don't have to attend each day. You can go for one day and pick and choose the events you want to swim. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask Bruce at practice.