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News and items of interest:
The Latest Pennock Island Challenge took place on 10 August 2008 in Ketchikan, AK. Read a great story here. Results can be found at the Pennock Island Challenge website at www.alaskateamada.com.
Registration for the 2009 Pennock Challenge is available now via www.active.com. The race will be held on August 16th. Registration will be limited to 53 swimmers; 6 four-person relays, 4 two-person relays and 21 solo swimmers. USMS sanction is pending. Ketchikan Masters will be hosting Bob's 1k on August 15th at Settlers Cove State Park (Ketchikan, AK).
Ketchikan Masters will be putting on a 1K swim on August 11 that will also be sanctioned; the entry fee will be $20.00 per swimmer and includes at-shirt and cap.
The 2008 AKMS Scholarship recipient Ariel Hyams was announced at the Annual meeting. The Scholarship Committee Report can be found here. Please spread the word and congratulate Ariel if you know her or pass congratulations along through her mom, Dana Hyams, an AKMSwimmer.
Support Swimming and Pools
You can help us promote masters swimming by making sure our new poster (compliments to Rick Abbott) is displayed at every pool in the state. We are particularly interested in displaying the poster at high school meets this fall and USA Swimming meets throughout the year. You can print a small version of the poster on an ordinary printer (8.5 by 11 inch), or I can send you a larger poster by mail if you send me your mailing address. You can help out swimming and aquatic sports in general by printing and displaying a People for Pools sign in your car.
The USMS applications are available here or you can now register on-line!
Andrew Billings, a morning co-coach at SWAM, wrote a very interesting letter about what he thinks Masters Swimming really should be. It's worth the read. I've posted it here.
Andrew also put together some guidelines regarding safety and etiquette for lap/lane swimming. You'll find some good thoughts here.
For those of you unable to regularly participate in a coached workout with a local club/team, you can receive free workouts in your email box every Sunday. Cliff Murray, head coach at the Northern Lights Swim Club, has a SLOG (Swim Blog) with workouts he is using posted here.
We would like to see some new On-Your-Mark photo offering. Check what we have at the On-Your-Mark page!.
Our logo was designed by Kimberly Olmsted. She also designed the 2005 SCY Meet Logo and the SWAM logo. She does very nice work! If you are in need of a team logo or other art, talk to her or visit her web site! She may be able to come up with something for you.
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