Thunder, Lightning, and swimming

Well, I have to remember even if I call the front desk and they say the pool is closed, you just never know.  Despite the terrible weather, at about 7:00pm Thursday the pool re-opened and approx. 10 MOO swimmers got in a good workout.  3 MOO swimmers were seen at Lucky's Lake this morning, Kirby, Kathleen, and Diane.

Just a reminder, Masters vs. Rollins college is next Saturday.

If you are on Facebook- please join our MOO group!  I think we have 24 members.  We also have 2 bits of flair with the team logo.  It's lots of fun and there are more photos too.

The Ocala Meet results are finally posted on line!!!  Click here to see your results

The new swimsuit

Well, the yesses have it.  13-3 people are willing to look crazy like cows to show our team spirit.  We will have to get more details about ordering, if we get a discount, etc.  It looks like if we make an order of 12 suits or more we can get a 10% discount, which will be given to anyone who orders under MOO in the future.

Just a reminder,  The Rollins swim meet is getting closer on Saturday, October 18th. 

Warm-up is at 12:00 and the meet starts at 1:00 p.m. Here are the order of events:

200 medley relay
200 free
50 free
200 IM
100 fly
10 min break
100 free
100 back
500 free
100 breast
200 free relay

Even if you aren't planning to swim come on over to cheer on the Masters vs Rollins, and we will go grab some grub when it is over!  Remember to wear your MOO shirts and other cow stuff.

October MOO spotlight swimmer

Wayne Baker is our spotlight swimmer of the month for October. He has been a member of MOO since 2001.  Click here to find out more about your teammate Wayne.  Congratulations!

Thursday Night Team Dinner

Come join us at Johnny's Fillin' Station in Orlando on Ferncreek and Michigan Avenue after practice on Thursday for some food and drinks.

Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008
Time: 8:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Johnny's Fillin' Station
Street: 2631 Ferncreek Avenue, Orlando, FL

Rated #1 Burger in Orlando

Happy Birthday

Everyone wish him a happy Birthday- Tom turned the big 5-0 on Saturday!  Also celebrating September birthdays were John Schrantz and Joseph Dearmas. Just a reminder the Rollins college meet is coming up on Saturday October 18, please see Sean McCormack for more details.

Swim Caps

So I got an envelope from Ocala Masters, and I thought it was strange.  Maybe ribbons from the meet?  Nope, it was an Ocala Masters swim cap wrapped in a piece of paper.  Not sure if everyone got one or if it was a high point award.  Did anyone else get one?  It was a nice surprise either way. The meet results should be posted on line soon.

Ocala photos are on line

We had a great swim last night.  Lots of long free stuff, and we were outside, in my favorite pool, with lots of fresh air.  We have added the photos Teresa took at the Ocala meet on the photos page.  Please check them out.  We are also looking at a date to go to food and wine at Epcot if anyone is interested.  Don't forget to vote for the new MOO suit, come in both mens and womens, fully lined in black, any style. click here for the Meet photos

Dixie Zone top 10 awards

Dixie zone top 10 awards for Long course 2008 are out!  Placing in the top 10 for the Dixie zone are: Erin, Diane, Kathleen, John, Colin, Mark B, Sean McClean, Gill, and Steve. Great job swimmers!  We also had 3 relays place 2nd for their age group.  Relay swimmers included: John, Colin, Gill, Sean, Steve, Erin, and Diane.  Click here for the details

Ocala swim meet

Moo had a great turnout in Ocala on Saturday.  We all had great swims.  There was a short rain shower, but other than that had beautiful weather.  Diane and Teresa both took photos.  Click here  to view the pictures, we will add the ones from Teresa's camera later this week so check back to see more.  After the meet we headed to Chilis for lunch and the 20 somethings went camping.  All of us over 30 had just swam the 500 and headed home to sleep it off!  Our next big meet is Rollins College.  Talk to Sean McCormack if you are interested.

Ocala meet tomorrow

Well we had a busy week.  On Sunday Yuko finished swimming 83K straight, yup you read it right.  You can ask her about the hallucinations it brings on.  4 team members were also spotted swimming along side her and participating in the 100K relays.  Sean, Kathleen, Ryan, and Diane. Click here for photos Earlier Saturday Sean, Ryan and Kirby participated in the OUC triathalon downtown.  Sean and Ryan even made it into the sentinel on Sunday.  Monday night we had huge numbers at the pool but got chased out by lightning pretty soon into practice.  Tuesday we also had a big crowd but were in for the whole time.  Good luck MOO in Ocala tomorrow!!!  John, Colin, Sean, Mark B, Kathleen, Ryan, Teresa, Erin, Diane and coach Bruce.  Hope I didn't miss anyone.... Warmup starts at 10 am if you want to come cheer us on

World Record swim update

As I left the lake at 4:00am this morning Yuko was on 57K.  We estimate she will finish her 83K around 1:00 or 1:45pm Sunday afternoon.  We hope you can come out to cheer her on.  

The men's and mixed relays are running about 1-2 hours behind as of this time, you may want to adjust your arrival time accordingly.

The relay is on...

Come over to Lake Cane any time day or night now until 3pm tomorrow and cheer on Yuko and the relay.  Yuko will try to break her record of 82K in the lake.  Join her for a few laps anytime.  She must be getting bored by now. For directions visit:

Luckyslakeswim.com

100K This weekend

We have an exciting weekend coming up. This weekend is the 50x2K relay men vs women at lake Cane starting at 6:00am Saturday. At the same time Yuko will begin swimming and try to break her world record from last year of 82K. Come out at any time during the weekend to cheer your team on.
The men's relay is full, but the womens relay still has openings, if you are interested in joining please contact Yuko this morning or afternoon.

Come cheer on our Moo swimmers, or join them for 2 laps. Donations are being accepted for the YMCA learn to swim program. IF you wish to donate please make checks to the "YMCA learn to swim program"

Kathleen 3:35am Sunday Morning- come join her, we have open spots for Women here.
Sean 11:27am Sunday
Diane 2:00 pm Sunday
Yuko 6:00am Saturday- Sunday noon or so...

for directions:
luckyslakeswim.com

Just a reminder, Ocala meet entries for next Saturday need to be postmarked by tomorrow.