2009 USMS Long Course National Championships – IUPUI Indianapolis   August 6 – 10
 

This year is the first time in 5 years that a Masters National       Championship has been close to the State of Michigan. Indianapolis is going to be the host of these Championships at the world class IUPUI Natatorium, which have hosted NCAA Championships,  USA Nationals, Olympic Trials and the Pan American Games. Masters events include YMCA Nationals, USMS Nationals, and FINA Masters World Championships. Michigan Masters have enjoyed winning team awards at past USMS Short Course National Championships in 1998, 2000, and 2004. This is the first time since 1983, that IUPUI has hosted the USMS Long Course National Championships.

1n 1996, at the University of Michigan and 2002 at Cleveland State University were the last Long Course Nationals where Michigan Masters as a team were a force. In 1996, being the host team, 228 Michigan Masters swimmers swam to 3 USMS National Championships in the Men, Women, and Combined Divisions. In 2002, at Cleveland State University, Michigan Masters was the highest scoring visiting team in the meet getting 2^nd place to the host team OHIO Masters in all 3 divisions of Men, Women, and Combined. This year there is the potential to do as well as 1996 and better than 2002.

This 2009 year, Michigan Masters swimmers have set more individual and relay State Records than in many years. National and/World Records have been set by individual swimmers and National Records have been set by relay swimmers making this the best year since 1996. With swims that were just completed at the State Meet, YMCA Nationals, USMS Nationals, and Canadian Nationals there is no reason to think that Michigan Masters swimmers can’t be one of the top teams in the country for 2009 Long Course Nationals.

One of the new concepts at the 2009 Nationals is the Relay day, where every Relay will be contested and that includes all of the 400 Free, 400 Medley and 800 Free for Women, Men and Mixed relays. Relay day will be Saturday, August 8, 2009 and this is the middle day of the 5 day meet. There has only been one meet that I know of that had a Relay day and that was at the 2006 FINA World Masters Swimming Championships and from all accounts it was one of the best days of that meet.

In 2008, Michigan Masters had 4 Relays that were first in the USMS National Top Ten and were named All Americans. Two of those Relays were first in the world in the FINA World Masters Top Ten and thus were declared FINA World Champions. In this past year (2009), two Relays at the State Meet broke National Records that were over 8 years old. With these past results, the potential is there for Michigan Masters to put together some great relays at the meet.

Every swimmer that enters the 2009 Long Course National meet will get a free team t-shirt with the State logo on a red background that was used for the Michigan Masters team swimming caps. Also if anyone wants to swim a relay, we will have e-mail sign ups effective now until the meet deadline. Information about the Long Course Nationals is available on the Meet Schedule and linked to the 2009 Nationals web page. Remember, when swimming out of State or at USMS National Championships, everyone swims as Michigan Masters.  With a great turnout, Michigan Masters swimmers can have fun and be a team force.

Link to USMS Long Course Nationals page

If you are interested in swimming relays for Michigan Masters at the upcoming Long Course Nationals on Saturday, August 8, 2009 please contact – Skip Thompson at

frankskipthompso@aol.com  with the following information:

Name – as it appears on your USMS card.

Age – as determined on 12-31-09.  Provide date of birth.

Strokes - estimated times for 50 and 100 of strokes you would be interested in swimming.   Estimate of 200 Free for the 800 Free Relay if interested.

Contact – leave phone number or e-mail

Each competitor will be allowed to swim up to four relay events on relay day. Each swimmer may only participate in one age group only per relay event.  Mark an X on the Relays that you would be interested in swimming.

RELAY EVENTS - SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2009

 21. Men 800 Freestyle Relay

 22. Women 800 Freestyle Relay

 23. Men 400 Medley Relay

 24. Women 400 Medley Relay

 25. Men 200 Freestyle Relay

 26. Women 200 Freestyle Relay

 27. Mixed 800 Freestyle Relay

 29. Mixed 200 Medley Relay

 31. Men 400 Freestyle Relay

 32. Women 400 Freestyle Relay

 33. Mixed 200 Freestyle Relay

 35. Mixed 400 Freestyle Relay

 37. Men 200 Medley Relay

 38. Women 200 Medley Relay

 39. Mixed 400 Medley Relay

Congratulations to the 2008 Individual and 2008 Relay USMS All-Americans!

2009 Canadian Masters National Swimming Championships

May 15 - 18, 2009

                   Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Five Michigan Masters Swimmers swam at the 2009 Canadian Masters National Swimming Championships in Etobicoke, Ontario.  The meet was contested in Short Course Meters.

Lois Kivi Nochman broke two of her own World Records that she set earlier this year at the Brighton meet.  Records were in the 100 fly and 200 IM.  These were the seventh and eighth World Records that have been set this year by Lois.  She also set Open Canadian National Records in the the 50 fly, 200 fly, and 400 IM. 

Ray Martin set Open Canadian National Records in the 50, 100, and 200 back, and these swims were also State Records.  He also got another State Record, in the 200 breast, in the 70 - 74 age group.  He won four events and was second in two additional events.  His 100 meter back time of 1:21.76 was the sixth best of all-time in the FINA World Rankings in his age group.

Shirley Dacey won six events and was second in one additional event.  Laura Gogola won five events, and was second in another two.  Both of these swimmers compete in the 70-74 age group.

Erik Lokensgard won two events and was second in three other events.  He also won a third place.  He was close to personal best times in the 100 and 200 backstroke events. 

Michigan Masters was 29th out of 111 teams, with 492 points.

Twenty-three Canadian National Championships were won by Michigan Masters swimmers as follows:

Shirley Dacey - 6

Laura Gogola - 5

Lois Kivi Nochman - 6

Erik Lokensgard  - 2

Ray Martin - 4

Go to Results in Publication Order

2009 USMS Short Course Yards Nationals

May 7 - 10, 2009

Clovis, California

1582 swimmers from 169 clubs swam at the 2009 USMS Short Course Nationals, held at the Clovis North Aquatic Complex.  There were 112 individual USMS National Records and 21 USMS Relay National Records set during the course of the meet. 

Four Michigan Masters swimmers swam in the meet.  Denise Brown set two State Records, in the 200 free and the 200 fly, and was the women's high point winner with 42 points.  She placed second in two events and won a third and fourth place in two other events.  Denise also won the 1 mile Open Water National Championship that took place on Monday the 11th!  Derek Weaver won his first USMS National Championship in the 18-24 age group in the 1000 free.  He had personal best times in all the events he swam.  Marie Molnik placed second in the 1650 free in her very first Nationals, in the 25-29 age group.  Frank Cody placed in all six of his events, and this was the second straight Nationals in which he placed in all of his events.

Go to Real Time results for the entire meet results

Go to Results in Publication Order

Go to Record Breakers for the entire meet

Michigan Masters results with splits and scores

Michigan Masters results with placings and records

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

651 swimmers from 48 YMCA teams swam at the 2009 YMCA Masters National Meet, held at the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) Complex.  There were 180 individual YMCA National Records, 39 YMCA Relay National Records, and 38 individual USMS National Records set during the course of the meet.

 Michigan Masters had 27 swimmers entered in the meet.  The Michigan Masters High Point Winner for the women was Marilyn Early, with 59 points.  For the men, High Point Winner from Michigan was Kevin Hafner, with 51 points.

 Michigan Masters swimmers were responsible for six YMCA National Records and 19 LMSC State Records (17 individual, 2 relay).  Dan Israel set a YMCA Record in the 1000 free in the 40-44 age group, breaking the old record of 10:17.01 set by Jim Barber in 2002, with a time of 10:13.01. 

Scott Tyler broke two YMCA records, in the 200 and 500 free in the 45 - 49 age group.  In the 200 free he broke the record set by Jack Groselle in 2002 of 1:45.96, with a time of 1:44.64.  That time is currently the fastest in the Nation in the 45-49 age group.  It's also the third fastest time in 45-49 age group in USMS history.  In the 500 free Scott broke the record set by Bill Specht in 2004 (4:55.58) with a time of 4:47.76.  That time is currently the fifth fastest time in the 45-49 age group in USMS history.

Mike Schmitz broke three YMCA National Records.  He broke the record in the 50 fly in the 50-54 age group set by John McCall in 2003 (25.01) with a time of 24.52.  In the 100 IM Mike broke the record set by Tim Shead, back in 2004 (56.85) with a time of 56.15.....and just missed Shead's USMS National Record of 56.04.  Mike is currently first in the Nation in this event.  He also broke the YMCA National Record in the 200 IM of 2:05.88 with a time of 2:05.32.....placing second to Jack Groselle in this event.  All three of these swims broke State Records set by Larry Day back in 2001.

Marilyn Early set eight LMSC Records.  She set State Records in every event she she swam.   She swam a blistering 58.41 in the 100 free, but missed the 100 free YMCA National Record by only 0.25 seconds (58.16) in the 50-54 age group.

Seventeen YMCA National Championships were won by Michigan Masters swimmers as follows:

Christine Hafner - 2

Marilyn Early - 3

Karen Spaun - 2

Kevin Hafner - 3

Dan Israel - 1

Scott Tyler - 3

Mike Schmitz - 2

John Cowing - 1

Go to Real Time results for the entire meet results

Go to Results in Publication Order

Go to Record Breakers for the entire meet

Go to Results of National Records, State Records, and Championship titles

Go to results of Michigan Masters swimmers, by event

New - State Championship Meet Records

Men

Women

Relays

Results!! for the 2009 State Championships!

State Meet Summary

Records and Awards Summary

Individual Point totals, Team Scores, and Record Breakers

New Records for the 2009 year....so far...

2009 marked the occasion of the 37^th Annual Michigan Masters State Championships. 318 swimmers turned up at the Lake Orion HS Aquatic Natatorium from March 27 to March 29 to participate in the traditional event.

The highlight of the meet was the swimmers that swam the Men’s 18+ 200 Free and 200 Medley Relays that set USMS National Records. This was the first time in 13 years that a USMS National Relay Record was set at the State Meet. In 1996, at Saginaw Valley State University, the Women’s 100-119 age group set a USMS National and FINA World in the 200 Meter Free Relay. That record still stands today and is the oldest SCM World Record for FINA Masters World Records. It also the only USMS National and FINA World Record recorded by a Michigan Masters team until these two records

The 200 Free Relay of Adam Schmitt, Patrick Saucedo, Alec Mull, and Kevin Doak broke the 18+ National Record of 1:23.04, set back in 2001, with a time of 1:22.47. In the 200 Medley Relay, this same foursome of Kevin Doak back, Adam Schmitt breast, Alec Mull fly, and Patrick Saucedo free broke the National Record of 1:33.18, set back in 1995, with a time of 1:31.43 and this time was also faster than the 25+ National Record of 1:31.54, set back in 1991. Both of these relays are the fastest Men’s relays times ever in USMS in all age groups.

Kevin Doak led off the relay with a :22.78 50 back split, which broke the 25-29 50 back USMS National Record of :22.89 set by William Liscinsky at the 2008 USMS Short Course Nationals in Austin. In the 100 yard back, Kevin missed setting his 12^th USMS National Record by .01 with a time of :49.84 and both of these times are currently the top times in USMS for the season.

Adam Schmitt missed USMS National Records in the 18-24 age group by the smallest of margins in the 50 Free by .21, 50 Breast by .35, and the 100 Breast by .99 seconds. His times this season in the 50 Free of :20.44, 100 Free of :45.77, 50 Breast of :25.67, and 100 Breast of :55.67 would have been first in the 2008 USMS Top Ten and currently are the fastest times in 2009 in the 18-24 age group.

Patrick Saucedo time in the 100 Fly of :49.14 is the fourth fastest time ever in USMS in the 25 -29 age group and he currently has the fastest time for 2009 in the 25-29 age group. Alec Mull, the last member of the relays set four Championship Meet Records in the four events he entered and was just a bit off of his four State Records.

A big thank you goes out to the Lake Orion Liquid Lighting for running and excellent meet. Also George Newman and Ken Shively for the excellent officiating and the many years that they have been involved with the State Championship meet.

2009 paper registration forms are now available!

or you can go to the USMS WEBSITE (11/01/08 for 2009)

http://www.usms.org/reg/

or you can send in a paper USMS Membership application

You will need this registration to swim sanctioned meets, including the State Championship meet....SO DON'T PROCRASTINATE!!!

To renew your USMS membership....or to join USMS for the first time.  You will need a USMS membership card to swim in most Masters swim meets...You can renew your registration each year for the next year, beginning in November

The 2009 USMS Membership Application is valid from 11/1/08 to 12/31/09.   If you want to swim in the sanctioned meets in 2009, you MUST HAVE A 2009 USMS membership.....

USMS now has an online system for your annual registration - to access the new online system go to http://www.usms.org/reg/

Also, Please consider donating to the Michigan Masters Scholarship Fund....

See also, information about the scholarship

DUTIES - Elected OFFICERS

1. President - President shall be responsible for the day to day management of MM. He/She shall    call meetings when necessary and preside at them. He shall, with approval of the other officers,appoint Board members and/or committees as appropriate.

2. President-Elect - President-Elect serves as a replacement for the President when necessary. He assists the President whenever and however required. He/She is the  Awards Chair, and solicits nominations for the various annual awards given by MM..

3. Secretary - The Secretary is responsible for recording minutes of meetings, preparing official correspondence, and making to MM and USMS.

4. Treasurer - The Treasurer shall receive all monies,  andpay all bills approved by the MM. He/She shall maintain all financial records, prepare and annual budget,  and make timely reports to the members of the Board and MM.

 5. Sanctions Chair - The Sanctions Chair shall assist meet managers in acquiring meet sanctions and following MM/USMS rules and procedures for meets.

6. Registrar - The Registrar shall be responsible for the registration of members of MM and the maintenance of  a current list of all registrants.

Minutes from the 2008 State Meet LMSC meeting are now available...thank you to our secretary - Corrin Popps

Please look at the "Places to swim" page and let me know of any corrections that need to be made!!

If you are interested in competing at the National or International level please see our  "links" page for web addresses of USMS and FINA....as well as websites for equipment (suits, goggles, etc...) distributor sites. 

Michigan Masters Swimming is a LMSC (Local Masters Swim Committee) of USMS (United States Masters Swimming).  Geographically it governs both peninsulas of the "Great Lakes State" of Michigan.

USMS is divided into zones.  Each zone contains a number of LMSCs.  Michigan Masters is a member of the Great Lakes Zone.  A Local Swim Group (LSG) is an organized group of swimmers in a geographical area.  They usually have group practices.  The Michigan Masters LMSC is composed of a number of LSG's located throughout the state.

Michigan Masters is charged with the responsibility of arranging meets in the area, sanctioning those meets, collecting USMS fees, governing Masters swimming in the state, keeping Michigan Masters swim records, keeping local team info, and distributing meet entry info through periodic newsletters and this web page.  But most importantly, Michigan Masters, through USMS, provides teams, members and coaches with insurance.

Swim meets are held throughout the year.  There are pool and open water competitions.  Competitions are held at the LMSC, Zone, National and International Meet levels.  The most important LMSC swim meet is the State Meet held in the spring.   Swim Meet information. 

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