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You can join or renew by going to the USMS renewal/membership site.... Or (for $5 extra) you can fill out a paper form and send it to the Michigan Masters Registrar.
Make sure you understand which club/workout group you are signing up for because after 60 days prior to the State Championship Meet you will not be allowed to switch either your club or workout group affiliation.

Also.....Check HERE for infornation about the Michigan Masters Scholarship!

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Brice Chase - Inspirational Swimmer of the Year
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Suzanne Grebe - Coach of the Yearsuzpic

Elmer Egelkraut - Coach of the Year - accepted by Randy Parker, Jeff Bailey & Albert Morley
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smMImastMinutes from the 2011 Annual LMSC Meeting...

See the records update for 12/31/11 for Michigan Swimmers

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2011 USMS Summer (LCM) National Championships - Auburn University August 3 - 6

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The 2011 US Masters Long Course Nationals were held at one of the greatest facilities in the country, Auburn University. There were 21 FINA World and 31 USMS National Records set in individual events during the course of the meet, in addition to 1 FINA World and 1 USMS National Record in relays. The eleven Michigan Masters swimmers (8 men and 3 women) who swam in the meet earned an 8th place USMS Regional Team banner. This is the fourth USMS Championship banner that a Michigan Masters team has earned in the last 5 USMS National Championship meets since 2009.

The Michigan Masters Men's team took 4th palce with 178 points and the Women's team took 8th place with 131 points in the Regional Club Division. The Combined team took 8th palce with 311 points in the Regional Club Division. Michigan Masters Swimmers were responsible for 2 World, 2 National and 19 State Records.

Larry Day won 5 events out of the 6 he entered and was the Michigan Masters Men's high point winner with 63 points. In the 60-64 age group, Larry's time in the 400 IMof 5:28.25 broke the previous World/National records set by Fred Schlicher in June 2008. He also won the 100 Fly and 200 IM and swam to a 3rd place in the 200 Breast.

Laura Gogola won 4 of 5 events she swam and in the 400 IM she won her third straight Long Course National title since 2009. Laura has now won 8 USMS Long Course Championship meet titles in the last 3 years. Sally Guthrie won the 400 IM in the 60-64 age group, set 6 State Records, and was the MIchigan Masters high point winner with 54 points.

Paul Karas won his first US Masters National Championship in the 400 Free in the 55-59 age group after taking 7 second place finishes in the last 3 US Nationals. He swam to 7 State Records in the 6 events he swam plus his split in the 800 Free.

The Mixed 200 Free Relay placed 10th in the 200-239 age group and was the only relay swam by Michigan Masters in the meet. Patrick Weiss, after swimming less than two years, placed and received a medal for his relay efforts.


2011 USMS Masters Spring (SCY) National Championships - Mesa, AZ, April 28 - May 1st




The 2011 US Masters Spring (SCY) Nationals marked the 41st anniversary of the meet. 1817 swimmers from 205 clubs were entered in the meet, making this one of the largest masters nationals. There were 41 individual and 10 relay National Records set during the course of the meet. The 18 Michigan Masters swimmers (13 men and 5 women) who swam in the meet earned an 8th place USMS Regional Team banner. This is the third straight year that a Michigan Masters team earned a championship banner at a USMS National Championship meet. The Michigan Masters Men's team took 4th place with 324.5 points and the Women's team took 14th place with 78.5points in the Regional Club Division. The Combined Team took 8th place with 403 points in the Regional Club division. Michigan Masters swimmers were responsible for 1 National and 7 State Records.

Larry Day won two events and set a USMS National Record in the 400 IM in the Men's 60-64 age group. Larry's time of 4:44.06 broke the previous record of 4:45.65 set by Jim Clemmons in 2010. This was Larry's second USMS National Record of 2011, with the first one being swam at the State Meet in the 200 Fly. This was Larry's fourth career USMS National Record. Frank Cody was the Michigan Men's high point winner with 52 points. Frank took 2nd in four events and 3rd in two others and set two State Records in the process. Kevin Doak won the 50 fly and was the only 3-event winner. He also won the 50 and 100 Backstrokes and repeated as a US Masters National Champion in these events from the 2009 LCM Nationals and 2010 SCY Nationals. Allan Charlton did the same in the 50 Back for his 3rd National title in the event.

Adam Wohl won his first pair of US Masters National Championships in the 100 and 200 Breast and was second in the 50 Breast. He broke a 30 year-old State Record in the 200 Breast in the process. Kevin Hafner won his first USMS National Champoinship in the 400 IM. Sally Guthrie was the Michigan Women's high point winner with 38 points.

Three relays placed in the top 4 with the Men's 35+ 200 Free Relay swimming to a 2nd place and both the 18+ and 35+ Men's 200 Medley Relays swimming to 4th place. Both Women's 18+ relays placed in the top ten: a 7th in the 200 Medley and 8th in the 200 Free to contribute to the Michigan Masters team effort.


NEWS

2011 Year-End Newsletter is now ready for downloading!

Results from the Harper Creek Meet on 1/22/2012

EMU Meet Story

115 swimmers swam at the Eastern Michigan University meet on January 15, 2012. Kevin Doak set two USMS National Records in the 30-34 age group. He broke the the 50 yard Back record of 22.97 by Derya Buyukumcu set back in 2009 with a time of 22.64. In the 100 yard Back, Kevin broke the record of 50.21 by Clay Britt set back in 1992 with a time of 48.93. This is the second time he has set two National Records on the same day at a meet. On 12-02-2007, he set both the 50 and 100 meter Back National Records at the Chicago Grand Prix.



The 65+ 400 Medley Relay of Erik Lokensgard, Kurt Olzmann, Frank Cody, and Ray Martin broke the USMS National Record of 5:01.35 set by Virginina Masters in 2008 with a time of 5:01.20. This is the first Short Course Yards USMS National Record for three of these swimmers after they have set World Records in both Short Course and Long Course Meters. Kurt Olzmann swam in his very first masters meet and split and impressive 1:12.95 for the breaststroke leg. He also split a 1:02.54 for his 100 Free split in the 400 Free Relay. Congratulations to the new USMS National Recordholders

Pictures from the Michigan Masters LMSC Awards Banquet

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5-9 years Michigan LMSC members

10-14yrs10-14 years Michigan LMSC members

15-19yrs15-19 years Michigan LMSC members

20-24yrs20-24 years Michigan LMSC members

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Denise Brown - Long Distance Swimmer of the Year

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Jenny Birmelin - Open Water Swimmer of the Year

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Joe Gohl - Special Service Award

skippyFrank "Skip" Thompson - Master of Ceremonies

 

butter2James D'Amour & Frank Cody - Butternuts Award

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The Following are Available:
State Meet Championship Results
Individual Point Totals
Team Scores
Record Breakers
Meet Team Summary
Team Summary - Detailed Journal
Records and Awards Summary
Championship Records
State Records
Thankyou to all of the 345 attendees at the 2011 Michigan State Masters Championships

BATTLE CREEK  WINS  1st   LARGE  TEAM  STATE  CHAMPIONSHIP

2011 marked the occasion of the 39th Annual Michigan Masters State CHampionships, held at the Kentwood Community Aquatic Natatorium from April 15th-17th.

The Battle Creek YMCA won their first Large team Combined Championship in their team history after winning 6 Small Team Combined Championships in 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2007. Battle Creek won both the Large Team Women's and Men's Championship categories as well. Dutch Masters won the Small Team Combined, Men's, and Women's Championships. It was their second Small Team Combined Championship, to go along with the 3 Large Team Championships won in 2001 2003, and 2007.

Twenty-four LMSC State Records (1 women, 20 men, and 3 relays) were set during the course of the meet. There were 52 State Championship Meet Records (19 women, 33 men, and 10 relays) set during the course of the meet. Results, Records, and High Point Awards are included in the results exhibits on the Michigan Masters website.

The highlight of the meet was the USMS National Record that was set by Larry Day in the 100 Fly, swimming in the 60-64 age group. He swam a time of 2:10.06 which broke the previous National Record of 2:11.69 set back in 2004. This was Larry's third USMS National Record, with the others set in 2001 in the 100 and 200 meter Fly. Those swims were also FINA World Records at that time. This is the 5th year in a row that a USMS National Record has been set at the Michgian State Meet Chamionship.

On the Men's side, Larry Day set 6 Championship and 6 State Records and he was the only swimmer at the meet who accomplished this. Kevin Doak set 4 Championship and 4 State Records. Paul Karas set 6 Championship and 2 State Records, Frank Cody set 3 Championship and 2 State Records, Mark VanderMey set 3 Championship and 2 State Records, John Alt set 2 Championship and 2 State Records, and Ken Cooper set 2 Championship Records. The rest of the individual men's swim records are listedin the Records and Awards Summary.

On the Women's side, Sally Guthrie was the only swimmer to set a State Record and that was in the 50 Back; she additionally set 5 Championship Records. Lois Kivi Nochman was the only swimmer in the meet to set 7 Championship Records in all of the events she entered. Corrin Popps swam to 2 Championship Meet Records. The rest of the individual women's Championship Records are listed in the Records and Awards Summary

A BIG THANKYOU!! goes out to the Meet Directors, Jock Ambrose and Mark Spore for their efforts accomodating all of the distance swimmers with the extra pool space, when the entries were higher than expected. Also a heartfelt THANK YOU!! for their management of all the work that goes into running a successful State Championship Meet. Yet another BIG THANKYOU!! goes out to the East Kentwood HS Swim Teams, the Kentwood Aquatic Club, the Officials (for running an excellent meet during the long hours of the three day competition), and the 345 swimmers that showed up and swam!