Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter #135                 Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

 

To:  Carleton Coaches (11 addresses)

 

Bcc: Those Registered for Fall 2005 / Winter 2006 and Alumni: High Intensity (17 addresses), 7:30am Earlybirds (33 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (19 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "A" (49 addresses),  6pm Whitecaps "B" (37 addresses), Nightcaps (32 addresses), Masters "Alumni" (41 members).

 

 

 

Volunteers Needed

Carleton is hosting two Varsity swim meets: Sat Jan 21^st 5:00-8:30pm and Sat Jan 28^th 5:00-8:30pm.  We are looking for timers (no experience required).  If you are able to help, please sign up on the bright green sign up sheets on the Varsity bulletin board near the entrance to the men’s change room.  Volunteers receive refreshments during the competition, plus pizza and other food after the meet.  Just ask if you have any questions.

 

 

Buy Great Toys and Support the Varsity Swim Team

Veronica (Whitecaps “A”) sells Discovery toys through demonstration parties and on-line.  From now until February 5^th, 15% of any toys that you purchase will go towards the Varsity swim team.  The web site is: http://www.discoverytoyslink.com/esuite/home/giggey/.  These toys are educational and good for babies up to teenagers.  If you would like to arrange to meet with Veronica, or if you have any questions, you can contact her at: veronica_gigegy@rogers.com. 

 

 

Athletics Parking Lot 5 Update / Clarification

For those of you with parking passes for the Athletics parking lot (#5), there has been a lot of confusing information out there.  I called Parking Services and this is what I was told…  The front part of this lot (the part next to the Fieldhouse) will become a visitor parking (pay & display lot) sometime in the spring.  Until the spring, the whole parking lot is available for permit holders.  When things change, there will be signs posted.

 

 

Jim Lee in Hospital

Jim Lee (7:30am Earlybirds) suffered a stroke on Sat Jan 14^th.  As his wife Deb (x-7:30am Earlybirds) is a nurse, she got him to hospital in time to receive TPA which worked well in his case, so the prognosis is good.  He is at the General Hospital and though he tires easily, visitors are allowed (3-8pm).  I visited him on Tuesday afternoon and he is looking well.  Our thoughts are with the Lee family at this difficult time.

 

 

Swimmer Notes   

 

Trailhead’s Team Extreme:  Congratulations to Susanne Russell (HI3/6:30am) for being chosen as part of Trialhead’s Team Extreme.  Check it out by clicking on the Team Extreme icon in the upper right corner of Trailhead’s web site: https://www.trainhead.ca. 

 

Indoor Rowing, Anyone?:  George (Whitecaps “B”) is planning to attend the Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships in Toronto on Feb 5^th.  If anyone is interested, let me or George know.  More details at: http://www.cdnindoorrowing.org.  The Carleton Cardio room has two of the machines that will be used for the championships.

 

Vicki Keith Visits Ottawa:  Vicki Keith, owner of many marathon swimming World Records (she’s the one who swam most of the Great Lakes doing butterfly!), is visiting Ottawa on Feb 12^th.  She will be speaking at the Trinity Presbyterian Church, 110 McCurdy Drive in Kanata at 9 and 11 am, and will be available for a meet and greet following each service.

 

New Pace Clock:  We now have a new pace clock in the deep end.  Another one will be coming for the side wall near the Masters bulletin board.

 

Tue/Thu Evening ROCS Workout:  On Tuesday and Thursday evenings, ROCS uses 3 lanes of the shallow end from 7:10-8pm.  The cooperation of the Whitecaps is clearing out those lanes on time is appreciated.  Any problems or concerns, please talk to Lynn.

 

Carleton Swim Suits:  Price is $70 for the women's suits ($55 for girl's) and $35 for the men's (cash or cheque payable to "Carleton University").  The men's suits range from size 28 to 38.  The women's suits range from girl's size 22 to women's size 40.  If you would like a suit, please e-mail me at least a day in advance to arrange a time (preferably when I am coaching) so that I can have the suits ready for you. 

Nose Clips for Sale:  Cost $5.  Contact Lynn if you are interested.

 

 

Winter Session Information

This is where the winter attendance stats are listed, starting next time, along with information on upcoming special workouts (e.g. time trials).  The regular workout themes are posted on the web site. 

 

7:30am Earlybirds (Jan 4-18^th; 7 workouts; range 10-17; avg: 15.0)

Perfect Attendance: Barb P, Francois A, Leona, Mary-Lou

 

8:30am Earlybirds (Jan 4-18^th; 7 workouts; range 8-16; avg: 12.6)

Perfect Attendance: Alan H, Larry D

 

6pm Whitecaps “A” (Jan 3-17th; 7 workouts; range 27-33; avg: 28.9)

Perfect Attendance: Don W, Francois P, Gi, Joanne D, Lauren, Lina, Nicole D, Pete L

 

6pm Whitecaps “B” (Jan 3-17th; 7 workouts; range 20-36; avg. 22.1)

Perfect Attendance: Bill S, Christiane W, George, Jennifer S, Marg E, Mariette

 

8pm Nightcaps (Jan 3-17th; 5 workouts; range 11-21; avg. 16.4)

Perfect Attendance: Elizabeth P, Jasmine, Rob T, Victoria

 

High Intensity (Jan 4-18th; 7 workouts (4 HI2); range 2-12; avg: 6.3 [excluding Varsity])

Perfect Attendance: Francois A (HI2)

Masters Swimming Competitions

You must register annually with Masters Swimming Ontario (MSO) if you want to compete in Masters Swimming competitions.  Cost is $26 for a registration good until Dec 31/06.  Contact Lynn for details.  Note that you must register with MSO at least 3 weeks before your first competition. 

 

Some preliminary information on upcoming local and championship meets for the season is given below.  Full details on all Ontario Masters competitions can be found at: http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/competition/schedule01.htm.  For Quebec competitions see http://www.fnq.qc.ca/calendrier.html (Masters meets are shaded yellow). 

 

 

Sat Jan 28th am  Technosport Distance Meet (U of Ottawa)  7:45am warm up, 8:30am start, 11am finish, followed by free breakfast.  Events: 400IM, 800fs, 1500fs.  Cost: $25 (400IM and 800 or 1500fs; can pay on the day).  Deadline: Wed Jan 18th. Register on-line at: http://ca.geocities.com/technosport@rogers.com/forms/seriesmf.htm (or follow links from: http://www.technosport.ca) and e-mail: coachduanejones@technosport.ca to confirm that your entry was received.

 

Sat Feb 11th pm  Nepean Winterlude Meet (Sportsplex; LC)  noon check in, 12:30pm warm up, 1:15pm start, 6:30pm estimated finish.  Events: 200 open, 100fl, 100bk, 50br, 50fs, 200 relay, break, 50fl, 50bk, 100fs, 100br, 400fs, 400 relay.  Cost: $25 (max 4 individual events and 2 relays).  Deadline: Wed Feb 1st for both registration and fees.  Full details and on-line registration (coming soon) at: http://www.nmsc.org/meets/wlude06i.htm. 

 

Sat Feb 18th  Rideau Speedeaus Meet (Ottawa U)  8:30am warm up, 9:15am start, 4pm estimated finish.  Events: 1500fs, 800fs, 50bk, 200IM, 100fs, 50fl, 100br, 400IM, 4x50FR, lunch break, pink flamingo relay, 200fs, 100bk, 100IM, 200br, 50fs, 200bk, 100fl, 50br, 400fs, 4x50MR.  Cost: $30 ($35 after Feb 13th) (max 6 events, plus relays).  Deadline: Sat Feb 4th (late entries may be accepted, space permitting).  Full details at: http://www.rideauspeedeaus.com. 

 

Sat Mar 11th am Technosport Sprint Meet (Ottawa U)

 

Fri Mar 31 - Sun Apr 2nd  Provincial Championships (St Catharines)

 

Sat Apr 8th am  Technosport Sprint Meet (Ottawa U)

 

Sat May 13th am  Technosport Sprint Meet (Ottawa U; LC)

 

Sat Jun 3rd am  Technosport Distance Meet (Ottawa U; LC)

 

Aug 4-11th, 2006  XI FINA World Masters Championships, Stanford, California, USA.  Details at: http://www.2006finamasters.org

 

 

Race Results: (Please send in your results!!)

  

Sat Jan 7^th / Sun Jan 8^th Walt Disney World Half-Marathon and Marathon

Renee and Colette (8:30am Earlybirds) participated in these events.  They ran the half marathon together finishing in 2:34:47 placing 5077 and 5078^th overall and 2447 and 2448^th for the women.  Renee was 148^th in women’s 50-54 and Colette 222^nd in women’s 45-49.  Colette ran the full marathon the next day, for which she received a “Goofy” medal (well named!).  She completed the marathon in 3:57:47 placing 1345^th overall, 294^th woman and 12^th in her age category.  Congratulations to you both!

 

Sat Jan 7th Technosport Sprint Meet

Nine Carleton swimmers participated: George (WCB), Andrew (WCB), Bozena (WCB), Rob (7:30am), Lynn (Coach), Francois P (WCA), Katie (WCB), Vanessa (WCB -- her first Masters meet!), and Gi (WCA).  There were lots of good swims, including club records by Andrew, Rob and Lynn.  More details when the full results are available.  Official results will eventually be available at: http://ca.geocities.com/technosport@rogers.com/results/results.htm.  Here’s George’s report…

 

George’s Report on the Technosport Meet of Jan 7^th, 2006

   Carleton Masters were well represented with nine swimmers, four ladies (Bozena, Katie S, Lynn, Vanessa) and five men (Andrew P, Francois P, George, Gi and Rob T).

   Vanessa, in her first meet, showed considerable poise, beating most of her entry times, except in one occasion where her entry time was mixed up with her age, requiring that she does the 100m free in 28 seconds, which would have been an Olympic, World and a phenomenal feat; as it turned out she did it in a very impressive 1:33 (George’s unofficial timing).

   Bozena once more showed her stamina and good form by swimming almost all events in good times.

   In the 100IM Katie and Rob staged an exciting race as they swam in adjacent lanes, with the lead going back and forth between them: first Rob ahead in the fly, then Katie catching up in the back and breast strokes, at which point the race appeared to be over, but Rob, with a great effort, caught up with Katie in the free and the two touched the wall simultaneously.

   The highlight of the day was Lynn’s spectacular performance in the 200m backstroke, in which a new World Record was established by about 3 seconds (2:31.5 vs 2:34.5).  [Editor’s Note: Moving to a new age group helped here!]

   Later at breakfast at “Father and Sons” as we discussed the days events, we were all so excited from witnessing Lynn’s swim, that Gi thought it necessary to pour water all over the table, not once, not twice, but three times, presumably in an attempt to cool us down.  Lynn was the least excited in all this, since she has done this before.  Still for the rest of us it was a privilege to be there when it happened.

 

 

Sun Jan 15th 1000 Island Y Masters Almost Serious Meet (Brockville)  

Five Carleton swimmers participated (George, Andrew, Rob T, Gi and Lynn).  All swimmers posted good times and enjoyed the meet (and the food!).  Official times were already available before we left Brockville, and each swimmer received a certificate with their events and times.  I didn’t make note of everyone’s placings, so that will come later, but George, Andrew and Lynn all  set club records.

George (80-84): 200fs (4:20.94)

Andrew (55-59): 50br (43.73), 100br (1:34.59), 50fl (40.40), 100IM (1:32.16)

Lynn (45-49): 100fs (1:04.01), 50bk (35.90), 50fl (32.48), 200fl (2:30.45), 100IM (1:15.28)

 

 

Ask the Coach

 

Dear Coach:  Can you remind me of the back to breast stroke turn rule?  An IM-er

 

Dear A. IM-er:  The backstroke to breaststroke turn in an IM is considered a backstroke finish, followed by breaststroke.  Thus, the rule for the backstroke finish applies, i.e. you must touch the wall on your back (a flip turn is not allowed).  You may touch the wall with any part of your body, but it’s quickest (and safest!) to use your hand, rather than your head.  Once your hand touches the wall, you can then turn onto your stomach and push off on your front.  The quickest way to turn is to spin on your back and lift your feet out of the water – ask your coach for a demo.

 

 

Private and Semi-Private Masters Swim Lessons

Winter Availability:

Mon 9:45-10:45am: Jan-Apr

Mon 3-4pm: Jan-Apr

Mon 4-5pm: Apr 17

Wed 8-9pm: Mar-Apr

Fri 9:45-10:45am: Jan-Apr

 

2005-2006 Prices:
Private:
Non-Members: $55 for 1 hour, $100 for 2, $140 for 3, and $180 for 4 hours, all plus GST.
Semi-Private (2-3 swimmers; per swimmer):
Non-Members: $35 for 1 hour, $65 for 2, $90 for 3, and $115 for 4 hours, all plus GST.
(Carleton Members get a 25% discount on the above prices.)
Contact Lynn for bookings.

 

 

Reminders 

 

Winter Term Registration: If you have not yet done so, please register for the Winter term as soon as possible, to ensure that the coaches have up-to-date class lists.  You can register on-line 24 hrs/day at http://www.carleton.ca/athletics, or by phone (520-4480) or in person (main floor) from 8:30am-4:30pm M-F.  Note that those registered in the current High Intensity groups are paid up until February.  All other groups require re-registration for January.  You can also register now for the 6:30am Earlybirds (starting in March).  The workout themes for Winter 2006 are posted on the web site: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com.

 

Web Site Links and Newsletter Archive: Some swimmers reported that they had problems viewing some of the recent photos.  It's sometimes easier to access the web site pages, by going to the main page (http://carletonmasters.tripod.com) and then clicking on the link of interest (e.g. recent photos). 

Also, if your copy of the newsletter does not arrive or is accidentally deleted, you can view all the old newsletters on the web site.

 

Newsletter: An e-newsletter (like this one) is sent out about every two weeks.  If you have new lane-mates, please mention to them that they should give their e-mail address to their coach if they'd like to receive it.

 

Suggestions for Workouts or Interested in Making up a Workout or a Set?: If you have suggestions for the workouts (something you like that we never do, or something you dislike that we do too much!), or if you'd like to try making up a workout or a set in a workout, just talk to your coach. 

Interested in Copies of the Workouts?: Are you interested in getting copies of Lynn's workouts ahead of time?  Let me know.  I usually e-mail out two week’s worth of workouts on alternate Sundays.  (Note that these are only the workouts that Lynn coaches.  If Lynn is not your coach, the workouts will be different from the workouts your coach gives you!)

Weekly Social Events: All swimmers are invited to join us for:

Thursday Dinner (after Whitecaps workout): Meet by the Control Desk around 7:45pm

Thursday Drinks (after Nightcaps workout): Meet by the Control Desk around 9:30pm

Saturday Brunch (after 9-10am workout): Meet by the Control Desk around 10:30am

Triathletes: Check out Rudy Hollywood’s website: http://www.trirudy.com and subscribe to the daily tri-news e-mail.

General Information: Program information, photos, old newsletters and the Carleton Masters records, among other things, can be viewed at: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com.

Your input to this newsletter is most welcome, especially for the Swimmer Notes, Race Results and Ask the Coach sections!  To be added to or removed from the receiver list, just let me know (lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca).

Happy lengths!

Lynn

lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca (or for quicker response: lynnmar@sce.carleton.ca)

Club website: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com