Hurricane Man Swim

Great Job MOO at the Hurricane Man swim in St. Pete!!! John took 1st place for the Men in the 1K swim. Ryan took 1st place for the women in the 1K swim. Kristin took 1st place for the women in the 2.4 mile swim. Sean took Second place for the men in the 2.4 mile swim, moving up from 9th place last year, he also took 1st place in his age group. Kathleen took 2nd place in her age group!

Way to go swimmers!!!!!

Blazing hot wing competition

Hurricane Man Swim-Click here for results

Great Job MOO at the Hurricane Man swim in St. Pete!!!  John took 1st place for the Men in the 1K swim.  Ryan took 1st place for the women in the 1K swim.  Kristin took 1st place for the women in the 2.4 mile swim. Sean took Second place for the men in the 2.4 mile swim, moving up from 9th place last year, he also took 1st place in his age group.  Kathleen took 2nd place in her age group!

Way to go swimmers!!!!!

YMCA nationals updates- If you aren't swimming Friday, but will be there by 7pm, meet us at the pope room at Buca De Beppo for a team dinner. John and Tom will bring canopies, but don't forget your sunscreen and hats.  We have signed up for 11 relays and lots of individual events.  If anyone is still in need of a ride, please let us know and we will try to help you out.  See you at practice Monday and Tuesday and everyone have a safe drive down.  I will try to e-mail everyone a phone number list so we can all stay in touch.

Saturday Practice and Blazing wing competition

Thanks to Bruce for helping us all with our starts at the Aquatic Center. 8 team members came out for the fun. Then a "you had to be there" kind of moment when Steve admitted he would do almost anything for a free t-shirt. The challenge eat 12 blazing hot wings in 6 minutes or less. NO drinks of any kind or dipping sauces. We all placed our bets on time, etc..., then the waitress brought the wings to the table with a waiver to be signed and a stop watch. In the end he set what might have been a new time record of just over 2 minutes. The bets were won by Colin, Jackie, and Greg. Steve got his picture taken for the wall, is being mailed his t-shirt and probably has severe heart burn. Go MOO...

Saturday Practice 10:30am

We will be meeting this Saturday at the Aquatic Center on I-drive to practice starts, relay starts, and turns. Since we don't have blocks at our pool this will be a great opportunity to practice them before the meet. Anyone is welcome, even if you aren't swimming at nationals. We will try to do lunch after swimming. BYOT- Bring your own towel. The next week we have several people swimming the hurricane man, see Sean if you need info, then the following week is Nationals. See everyone at the pool on Thursday. If anyone still needs a t-shirt for nationals, please let Diane know.

Jack Jones swims

Our youngest member went for his first Swim Saturday, mostly backstroke. Stay tuned, next week he will swim fly.

Meet dinner reservations...

Friday night in Ft Lauderdale we have dinner reservations. I hope everyone can join us, we will be in the pope room at Buca di Bepo. If you have never been there it is a family style pasta joint about 7 1/2 miles from the pool. We will split the bill, and it should be lots of fun, one big round table.
I will not be at the meet Saturday night, but if everyone wants to dine together again just let me know if someone can set that up. See you at the pool!

Nationals hotel info

Sean, Ryan, Wayne, Colin and others are booked at the Best Western. Remember to ask for the Masters room rate when you call. It is about 1/2 mile from the pool. Please refer to the list at the right for who is coming, including Bruce. We had 17 at practice tonight and worked on our entries after practice. Please let me know who is still interested in Tshirts, and we'll see what we can do. I think John and Steve both said they have tents. We will also be swimming downtown at 11am on Saturday, casual bring your own workout...

60 degree swim

It was a chilly night on Tuesday, but that didn't stop 15 of us from jumping in the pool. We tried to keep our shoulders underwater when we were stopped. Bruce even had on his parka. The deadline for Nationals is TOMORROW!!! Please bring your sign up sheet to Bruce on Thursday. We can all get together to work on sharing rooms or rides. See you at the pool!!!

Sunday Showers

We had 9 swimmers on Sunday. The water was nice and warm, which made the cool rain feel much better. We had a nice swim, Jack Jones even came out to watch us swim. Don't forget to give your Nationals Meet entry to Bruce by Thursday with a check.

Sunday Swim

A few of us will be having a casual swim at the Downtown Y on Sunday at Noon, anyone is welcome to join us.

Here is more info on YMCA nationals:

*No Individual Entries will be accepted. Team entries are the rule for this year.
*Please submit your individual entry to Bruce by next Thursday, April 17th. Late entries will not be accepted.
*All checks must be made out to "Masters of Orlando" as the entry chairperson will only accept one check per team.
*Do not include any relay fees when totaling up your entry. MOO will pay for relays.
*Please include a photocopy of your Y membership card (both sides) with your individual entry.

Detailed meet information and entry forms can be found at http://www.ymcaswimminganddiving.org/2008Masters.htm

Great Swim!

We had a huge crowd of 20 on Tuesday, and a hard swim, well in my lane at least. We also were able to update lots of information on our team member list. Keep up the good work, see everyone on Thursday. Let's hope for more good weather.

Confirm your information

Monday night was a beautiful night for a swim, except for the leaves in the pool. We had 15 swimmers. This week we will have a team list on the deck. Please double check your contact information and help us fill in the blanks. See you at the pool tonight!