Great job MOO at the Rowdy Gaines meet

Great job at the meet this past weekend. Click here for results from the meet. We took 4th place out of 40 teams!!! Tomorrow we will swim combined with all the area master's teams against Rollins College. Go MOO!!!

8 am warmup

Hope to see everyone at the Aquatic Center for the meet this weekend. If you aren't signed up come on over to cheer on MOO!!! Here are the moo swimmers who are signed up so far- Erin, Sean, Sean, Jill, John, Chandler, Mark B, Ana, Steve, Tom, Shannon, Maria, Dawn, Kathy, Glenn, Natalie, Kathleen, Starlene. Warmup both days is at 8:00am and the meet starts at 9:00am!

This is a rare opportunity for us to have a meet in town! See you at the pool!

Here is a fun photo of our group team win at the Aquatic Center meet 2 Summer's ago!

ROWDY IS SWIMMING!!! & Entry Deadline is EXTENDED to 10/16

Swimmer of the Month- October 09

Congratulations to our Swimmer of the Month for October- Steve Laugen. Steve has been making us laugh since he first joined the team, dancing on tables and being a ham in general. He is also a great swimmer! After the first Saturday practice he joined us for; he told us he would do about anything for a free t-shirt! This is when he entered a hot wing eating contest requiring the signing of several wavers. I remember laughing so hard I cried. Click here to find out more about Steve.

October Events...

As it turns out, October is turning into one busy month. Below is a listing of meets and social opportunities:

• October 3 - Daiquiri Deck Tropical Splash Open Water Swim in Sarasota (1K, 2K and 3K). If you're interested in going, please contact Bruce. We're planning on carpooling to save on finances.
• October 17-18 - Rowdy Gaines meet at the YMCA Aquatic Center. Deadline for entries is Monday, Oct. 12th at noon. The 100 IM has been added to the list of events on Saturday. It's not often we get meets in our own backyard. Take advantage of this one.
• October 17 - AquaBall at 6:30pm (fundraiser for the Aquatic Center). This is actually a really good deal. It's only $40 if you're a Y member, and it includes: a ticket to SeaWorld for Saturday 10/17 (go after the meet), full gourmet dinner and all open bar. Yes, open bar including all the beer and wine you care to drink. The dinner is casual (theme park casual) and will be in a private location within the park. Let's have a good size group from MOO support this! If you're not going to the Miami/UCF game, this could be a great pregame tailgate party! Tickets can be ordered by calling 407.363.1911 and please let Bruce know if you're planning on going!
• October 24th - 1:00pm - Dual meet against Rollins College at Rollins College. Please contact Sean McCormack if you'd like to attend.
• October 31 - afternoon/evening at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival. Theme Park tickets are required. Please contact Teresa Szakos for more information. The above photo is from Food and wine fest from last year.

NOTE: Except for swimming in the Rollins College dual meet, any other swims will require a USMS registration card. Please let Bruce know if you want to swim, but don't have a card.

IMPORTANT:

Starting on Monday, September 28th, we'll be training at Cady Way pool in Winter Park. This is only temporary, as the indoor pool gets refurbished. The Caty Way pool is outdoors and the best thing is practice times and practice days will be the same. Only the location will change. Please use MapQuest to find the best directions from your home. The address is 2335 Cady Way, Winter Park, FL 32789.

The pool is temperature controlled. We will be the only ones using it since the pool normally closes at 7:00pm. I'll find out if the locker rooms will still be open, but I really think they will be. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask Bruce.

Please welcome three new swimmers to MOO: Mark Fedorchak, Joe Price and Robert Lee!

Good luck to those swimming in Ocala this weekend! It looks like some of the MOO Moms will be accompanied by Steve "Dancing on the table in the Greek restaurant in his MOO suite" Laugen! Good luck and beware!

Lake Swim this Saturday

You all probably saw the news, but just in case ...
Lucky is having a memorial swim on Saturday (7:45) for his Mom. The Aquatic Center is going to give out special caps to all who swim.

AT downtown Y until the end of the month

Team,

I just wanted to bring you up to speed on some upcoming meets and the schedule for the closure of the indoor pool at the Downtown Y.

Swimming Opportunities

• September 26 / Short Course Yards (like our pool): Central Florida Marlins Fall Splash. Ocala FL. The entries need to be postmarked by Saturday 9/19, or with a late fee on 9/23. Meet information can be found at the following URL: http://www.dixiezone.org/Meets/0909ocala.pdf You need to be a USMS registered swimmer to participate in this meet. I will not be able to attend this meet, but that shouldn't stop anyone from going.
• October 3 / Open water swim: Daiquiri Deck Tropical Splash (1K, 3K, 5K). Sarasota FL. The entry deadline for this swim along the beach in Sarasota needs to be postmarked by Friday, 9/18. Late entries (up to race day) are accepted with an additional fee. Information about this Open Water swim can be found at the following URL: http://www.dixiezone.org/Meets/0910tropicalsplash.pdf You need to be a USMS or USA Swimming registered swimmer to participate in this Open Water swim. I am planning to swim at this event, so those of you that are fearful of shark attacks need not worry. I'm a big enough morsel to quench the appetite of quite a few sharks!
• October 17-18 / Short Course Meters (like our pool, but a little bit longer): Rowdy Gaines Masters Classic. Orlando FL. Entries need to be received by noon on Monday, 10/12. Postmarks don't count. Meet information can be found at the following URL: http://www.dixiezone.org/Meets/0910orlando.pdf You need to be a USMS registered swimmer to participate in this meet. I'm not a fan of Short Course Meters, but there are some swims - mostly relays, where we can go after some records. You can swim one day or both, but if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. I will be in attendance at this meet.

Meet Registration

• If you would like to swim in any of the above events and are not registered with USMS, please do so online at this link: http://www.floridalmsc.org/Registration/MOO.htm By doing the registration online, and since it's late in the season, the fee that will be charged to your credit card is only $28 and not $33. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Downtown Y Pool Closure

• There is a delay in the work that's going to be done to the indoor pool at the Y. We are still okay to swim through the month of September since construction is slated for 9/28. At that time, we'll continue to swim, but at a different location. We're working to keep our practice times and days the same. The only thing that would change is our location. Hopefully, we'll be able to swim at Caty Way pool in Winter Park. This is an outdoor 50 meter facility, but we'll be swimming 25 yards going across the pool by the diving well end. The total time that the indoor pool will be closed is looking like 6 weeks. As more information comes, I'll be sharing it with you.
See you at the pool!

Bruce

Masters of Orlando, Coach

Downtown YMCA pool info

The indoor pool will be closed in September for at least 6 weeks. We are working out the details to swim at the Katy Way pool. Our hope is to have no changes in practice times or days; only the location. If you have any questions, please direct them to Bruce. More information will be coming shortly.

Swimmer of the Month- September 09

Congratulations to the Swimmer of the month for September- Teresa Szakos! You will often see her in the pool swimming backstroke, and always having a great time at the MOO social activities. Teresa has been with MOO since the Summer of 2007, although she hates the coldest months. She is always showing her MOO team spirit! Click here for more info about Teresa.

Up coming meets

SEPTEMBER

On Saturday, September 26th, there's a one-day short course yards (SCY) meet in Ocala. Information regarding this meet can be found at: http://www.dixiezone.org/Meets/0909ocala.pdf In order to participate in this meet, you will need to be a registered Masters swimmer with MOO

OCTOBER

October 17-18 at the Aquatic Center on I-Drive is a short course meters meet. Short course meters pools are a little bit longer than the pools at the Downtown Y. I'm not a big fan of this type of pool - maybe because I coach a team for 10 years that had one! But, these SCM meets are popular in Florida. For many of you I'd like to focus on swimming relays for the sole purpose of breaking some records. Since these meets are not that popular in the rest of the country, records are fairly easy to break. There's just not a lot of people trying! Relays for SCM and LCM (Long Course Meters) meets are made up differently. They are not based on age groups like men or women ages 25-29, but on a cumulative approach like the age group 120-159, which is the total age of all four swimmers. Here are the age groups:
72-99 / 100-119 / 120-159 / 160-199 / 200-239 / 240-279 / 280-319 / 320-359 /360-399

Information on the Aquatic Center meet is found at the following link: http://www.dixiezone.org/Meets/0910orlando.pdf

To swim in this meet, you will need to be registered with MOO through the Florida LMSC. An online registration can be found at: http://www.floridalmsc.org/Registration/MOO.htm If you register online, please remember to pay the MOO registration fee of $7.

Another October meet takes place the following Saturday, October 24th at 1:00pm in the afternoon. This is a dual meet against the Rollins College men's and women's swim teams. Swimmers from other Masters teams, like Team Orlando and Orlando Masters, will also be competing against the Rollins team. You don't have to be a registered Masters swimmer with MOO to participate in this meet. If you are interested in swimming, or have any questions, please contact Sean McCormack. To help Sean organize this entry, please let him know of your intent to swim, and provide him with the strokes, times and distances (50's and 100's) by September 30th. If you don't want to swim, please come and cheer on your teammates! More information regarding this meet will be coming.

Again, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Bruce
Masters of Orlando, Coach

Good Job MOO at St Pete Meet

This past weekend a group of MOO swimmers swam the St. Pete Masters Long Course Championships. The 'moo moms' started out with great swims on Saturday and were joined by more swimmers for Sunday swims. Two new swimmers joined us in this meet, welcome to the group Dawn & Ana Emma. Check out the meet pictures on the moo group on Facebook.

for meet results click here

Swimmer of the Month- July 09

Congratulations to our swimmer of the month for July, Ryan Hall! Ryan has been swimming with MOO since 2007 and can also be spotted running and biking around downtown. Ryan has placed in many local open water swims as well as in meets with MOO! Click here to find out more about Ryan.

Tonight Nightime lake swim at lucky's

Tonight a group is meeting up at Lucky's at 10 PM to watch Jaws then jump in the lake for a swim. There is a special night swim patch to be earned. See you there!!!

Click here for more info about Lucky's and directions.