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USMS REGISTRATION and RENEWAL!!!
2010 paper registration forms are now available!
Or...you can go to the USMS
http://www.usms.org/reg/
Or you can send in a paper USMS Membership application
You will need this registration to swim in sanctioned meet, including the State Championship meet....SO DON'T PROCRASTINATE!!!
You will need a USMS membership card to swim in most Masters swim meets, nationwide. You can renew your registration each year for the next year, beginning in November.
The 2010 USMS Membership Application is valid from 11/1/09 to 12/31/10. If you want to swim in sanctioned meets in 2010, you must have a 2010 USMS membership.
Also, please consider donating to the Michigan Masters Scholarship fund...
2010 paper registration forms are now available!
Or...you can go to the USMS
http://www.usms.org/reg/
Or you can send in a paper USMS Membership application
You will need this registration to swim in sanctioned meet, including the State Championship meet....SO DON'T PROCRASTINATE!!!
You will need a USMS membership card to swim in most Masters swim meets, nationwide. You can renew your registration each year for the next year, beginning in November.
The 2010 USMS Membership Application is valid from 11/1/09 to 12/31/10. If you want to swim in sanctioned meets in 2010, you must have a 2010 USMS membership.
Also, please consider donating to the Michigan Masters Scholarship fund...
Read about our awardees for the Michigan Masters Swimming Scholarship for 2008 (Griffin Williams) and 2009 (Kyle Kreps & Christopher Follick)!!
The forty-five Michigan Masters swimmers who swam in the meet earned us the first place USMS National Regional Championship title. This is the first time in Michigan Masters history that a combined Michigan team has won a National Championship outside the state of Michigan. In the Regional Team Division Michigan Masters scored 1730 points and the next closest team was Illinois Masters, with 1417 points, followed by Swim Kentucky Masters, with 1048 points.
Michigan Masters swimmers were responsible for seven World and thirteen National Records. In Relays, Michigan Masters swimmers set five National Records. Sixty-nine individual and 37 relay State Records were set during the course of the meet, making this one of the most successful Nationals ever for Michigan Masters swimmers.
Lois Kivi Nochman won the maximum of five individual events, for the second time in her career, setting five World Records in the process, and was the Michigan women's high point winner with 55 points. Lois Nochman was also a member of three winning relays and earned a second in her remaining relay, by the smallest of margins (0.12 sec). Alec Mull won four individual events and earned a second in his last individual event (100 fly), on his way towards winning the Michigan men's high point award with 53 points. He was also a member of four National and one World Record setting relays, a highlight of the meet. Other members of these fabulous relays were: Kevin Doak, Cameron Mull, and Patrick Saucedo. Both high point winners, Lois and Alec, returned home with eight gold and one silver medal each.
Kevin Doak won four events, Corrin Popps won three, and Denise Brown, Laura Gogola and Patrick Saucedo won two individual events each. Cameron Mull, Joe Buys, Allan Charlton, Mitch Jacque, and Bob Doud each won a single individual event.
Kevin Doak set his first World Record after setting 12 USMS National Records in the last two years. Kevin broke his own National Record in the 50 back with a time of 26.64 for his 13th National, and first World, Records. The old record was 26.68. Randy Parker set his first two National Records in the 50 and 100 breastroke, swimming in the 55-59 age group. He swam a 32.74 in the 50 and a 1:14.21 in the 100 Breastroke. The women's 200-239 age group 800 freestyle relay, composed of Corrin Popps, Sally Guthrie, Denise Brown, and Marilyn Early, set a National Record of 10:14.83.
One of the highlights of the meet for 44 Michigan Masters swimmers was the "Relay Day" on Saturday Aug 8th. Fifteen relays were contested instead of the usual six that are most commonly offered at Nationals. Michigan Masters entered a total of 42 relays, and 41 scored in the meet. Of those 41, one World, five National, and 37 State Records were set. Eleven relays placed first, 15 were second, nine were third, one was fourth, and two were fifth. Three additional relays placed in sixth, seventh, and eighth places. These relays played a significant part in Michigan Masters winning the National Regional Championship title.
Michigan Masters swimmers were responsible for seven World and thirteen National Records. In Relays, Michigan Masters swimmers set five National Records. Sixty-nine individual and 37 relay State Records were set during the course of the meet, making this one of the most successful Nationals ever for Michigan Masters swimmers.
Lois Kivi Nochman won the maximum of five individual events, for the second time in her career, setting five World Records in the process, and was the Michigan women's high point winner with 55 points. Lois Nochman was also a member of three winning relays and earned a second in her remaining relay, by the smallest of margins (0.12 sec). Alec Mull won four individual events and earned a second in his last individual event (100 fly), on his way towards winning the Michigan men's high point award with 53 points. He was also a member of four National and one World Record setting relays, a highlight of the meet. Other members of these fabulous relays were: Kevin Doak, Cameron Mull, and Patrick Saucedo. Both high point winners, Lois and Alec, returned home with eight gold and one silver medal each.
Kevin Doak won four events, Corrin Popps won three, and Denise Brown, Laura Gogola and Patrick Saucedo won two individual events each. Cameron Mull, Joe Buys, Allan Charlton, Mitch Jacque, and Bob Doud each won a single individual event.
Kevin Doak set his first World Record after setting 12 USMS National Records in the last two years. Kevin broke his own National Record in the 50 back with a time of 26.64 for his 13th National, and first World, Records. The old record was 26.68. Randy Parker set his first two National Records in the 50 and 100 breastroke, swimming in the 55-59 age group. He swam a 32.74 in the 50 and a 1:14.21 in the 100 Breastroke. The women's 200-239 age group 800 freestyle relay, composed of Corrin Popps, Sally Guthrie, Denise Brown, and Marilyn Early, set a National Record of 10:14.83.
One of the highlights of the meet for 44 Michigan Masters swimmers was the "Relay Day" on Saturday Aug 8th. Fifteen relays were contested instead of the usual six that are most commonly offered at Nationals. Michigan Masters entered a total of 42 relays, and 41 scored in the meet. Of those 41, one World, five National, and 37 State Records were set. Eleven relays placed first, 15 were second, nine were third, one was fourth, and two were fifth. Three additional relays placed in sixth, seventh, and eighth places. These relays played a significant part in Michigan Masters winning the National Regional Championship title.
2009 USMS Long Course National
Championships - IUPUI Indianapolis
August 6 - 10
Championships - IUPUI Indianapolis
August 6 - 10
1145 swimmers from 135 clubs swam at the 2009 USMS Long Course Nationals held at the world class IUPUI Natatorium in Indianapolis. There were 80 USMS Individual National Records and 42 USMS Relay National Records set during the course of the meet.
Michigan Masters news:
Soon it will be time to renew your Michigan Masters USMS registration. There is likely to be a change in the Michigan Masters structure this next year. One of our Michigan Masters LMSC members is planning to begin a new USMS Club. This would change how things are done in our LMSC a little.
First - you should know how the Michigan Masters affiliation with USMS has been structured for the last 36 years:
United States Masters Swimming (USMS) is our National affiliation for competitive masters swimming. USMS is administered locally by 52 Local Masters Swim Committees (LMSC). Each of these LMSC can have one or more USMS Clubs affiliated with it. Since its inception, Michigan Masters has been our LMSC. We have always consisted of only one USMS Club…and we (somewhat confusingly to many people) have always also called this USMS Club Michigan Masters. So, officially we have always been a "one LMSC - one USMS Club" state. This means that if you swam for Michigan Masters in the past, your LMSC was "Michigan Masters" AND your USMS club was "Michigan Masters". In all the USMS sanctioned meets in which you swim, you are identified by the USMS national office as a member of "Michigan Masters". This is true even at the State Meet where we have traditionally broken up into local teams, or workout groups, that are not officially recognized USMS clubs, such as "Ann Arbor Masters" or "FAST" or "Dutch Masters". The team competition is only within our state and any times that you swim at the State meet have been sent to the USMS National office for records or top ten consideration, identifying you as a member of "Michigan Masters" not FAST or Dutch Masters or Ann Arbor.
Second - this is how things would change:
Another USMS Club, "Great Lakes State", has been formed within the Michigan Masters LMSC that will allow you the option of joining either of the clubs, i.e. the "Great Lakes State" or "Michigan Masters". However, if you join "Michigan Masters" then any relays you swim in any meets, including National Championships, will have to be composed of ONLY members of the Michigan Masters Club, and you will be identified as a member of "Michigan Masters" by the National USMS office. If you swim any relays composed of members of both "Great Lakes State" and "Michigan Masters", then those relays will be disqualified by the National office, because the National Office recognizes us by club affiliation. You can only swim as a member of your club. This would also hold true at the State Meet. If you are a member of "Michigan Masters" club then you can swim with anyone from your local team who is also a "Michigan Masters" club member but you cannot be on the same team with someone who is a "Great Lakes State" member. All "Great Lakes State" members can swim together. After the State Meet we would send the times to the USMS office for records/topten with all Michigan Masters club members identified as "Michigan Masters" and all Great Lakes State Club members identified as "Great Lakes State".
First - you should know how the Michigan Masters affiliation with USMS has been structured for the last 36 years:
United States Masters Swimming (USMS) is our National affiliation for competitive masters swimming. USMS is administered locally by 52 Local Masters Swim Committees (LMSC). Each of these LMSC can have one or more USMS Clubs affiliated with it. Since its inception, Michigan Masters has been our LMSC. We have always consisted of only one USMS Club…and we (somewhat confusingly to many people) have always also called this USMS Club Michigan Masters. So, officially we have always been a "one LMSC - one USMS Club" state. This means that if you swam for Michigan Masters in the past, your LMSC was "Michigan Masters" AND your USMS club was "Michigan Masters". In all the USMS sanctioned meets in which you swim, you are identified by the USMS national office as a member of "Michigan Masters". This is true even at the State Meet where we have traditionally broken up into local teams, or workout groups, that are not officially recognized USMS clubs, such as "Ann Arbor Masters" or "FAST" or "Dutch Masters". The team competition is only within our state and any times that you swim at the State meet have been sent to the USMS National office for records or top ten consideration, identifying you as a member of "Michigan Masters" not FAST or Dutch Masters or Ann Arbor.
Second - this is how things would change:
Another USMS Club, "Great Lakes State", has been formed within the Michigan Masters LMSC that will allow you the option of joining either of the clubs, i.e. the "Great Lakes State" or "Michigan Masters". However, if you join "Michigan Masters" then any relays you swim in any meets, including National Championships, will have to be composed of ONLY members of the Michigan Masters Club, and you will be identified as a member of "Michigan Masters" by the National USMS office. If you swim any relays composed of members of both "Great Lakes State" and "Michigan Masters", then those relays will be disqualified by the National office, because the National Office recognizes us by club affiliation. You can only swim as a member of your club. This would also hold true at the State Meet. If you are a member of "Michigan Masters" club then you can swim with anyone from your local team who is also a "Michigan Masters" club member but you cannot be on the same team with someone who is a "Great Lakes State" member. All "Great Lakes State" members can swim together. After the State Meet we would send the times to the USMS office for records/topten with all Michigan Masters club members identified as "Michigan Masters" and all Great Lakes State Club members identified as "Great Lakes State".
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 LSGs 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 this webpage. 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 Championship Meet, held in the spring. For a meet schedule see the Meet Schedule page.
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 LSGs 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 this webpage. 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 Championship Meet, held in the spring. For a meet schedule see the Meet Schedule page.
Membership
Membersip is open to anyone 18 years or older. The cost for an annual membership is $35/year. This entitles you to participate in Michigan Masters swim meets and receive a subscription to SWIM magazine. Our newsletter, the Wave Eater, is published at least once annually and previous copies are available on this website.
The 2009 Year End Wave Eater Newsletter is now available...
Also....check out results from the West Bloomfield Meet!
136 swimmers swam in the West Bloomfield meet, making it the largest meet they have hosted! Lois Kivi-Nochman set three USMS National Records in the 85-89 age group, in the 50 fly, 200 fly and 200 IM.....she has now set a total of four National Records so far in 2010. Chuck Olsen set two State Records in the 60-64 age group in the 100 yd and 200 yd free, to go along with the 100 and 200 meter records set in the same events a month ago. Paul Karas broke the State Record in the 1650 free, in the 50-54 age group.
Also....check out results from the West Bloomfield Meet!
136 swimmers swam in the West Bloomfield meet, making it the largest meet they have hosted! Lois Kivi-Nochman set three USMS National Records in the 85-89 age group, in the 50 fly, 200 fly and 200 IM.....she has now set a total of four National Records so far in 2010. Chuck Olsen set two State Records in the 60-64 age group in the 100 yd and 200 yd free, to go along with the 100 and 200 meter records set in the same events a month ago. Paul Karas broke the State Record in the 1650 free, in the 50-54 age group.
See the Records for 2010....so far...
Check out the Results of the 10K Harbor Spring National Championship Open Water Swim
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 by event, with placing and records
World, National, State Records, and Championship titles
Relay National Champions, by event
Go to Results in Publication Order
Go to Record Breakers for the entire meet
Michigan Masters results with splits and scores
Michigan Masters results by event, with placing and records
World, National, State Records, and Championship titles
Relay National Champions, by event
2010 Awards
In past years Michigan Masters has presented two special awards. The Chetrick Award is given to a person for outstanding service to Michigan Masters Swimming. The Lawrence Award is given to a person for outstanding swimming accomplishments over their lifetime. The recipient of this award is an individual who has demonstrated continuous swimming accomplishments along with outstanding voluntary contributions and a lifetime dedication and devotion to objectives of masters swimming in Michigan.
Members of Michigan Masters Swimming should take a moment to think of worthy nominees for these award and other Michigan Masters Awards. Members should submit a brief biography of their nominees to Sally Guthrie as soon as possible.
The current officers will vote for the 2010 award winners. Current officers are not eligible for the Lifetime Achievement Award. At the State Meet, just before the Saturday afternoon session begins, the 2010 award recipients will be announced.
Members of Michigan Masters Swimming should take a moment to think of worthy nominees for these award and other Michigan Masters Awards. Members should submit a brief biography of their nominees to Sally Guthrie as soon as possible.
The current officers will vote for the 2010 award winners. Current officers are not eligible for the Lifetime Achievement Award. At the State Meet, just before the Saturday afternoon session begins, the 2010 award recipients will be announced.
Check out results from the Brighton (FAST) meet!
135 swimmers attended and swam in the Brighton/FAST meet making it the largest meet they have hosted in 23 years. The highlight of the meet was the USMS National Record set by the swimmers in the 360-399 age group in the 200 meter mixed free relay. Donald Pope, age 96, Edith Glusac, age 92, Lois Nochman, age 86, and Bob Doud, age 87 were the first ever swimmers to average 90 years old and contest this relay in USMS masters swimming in this age group. There time of 6:03.35 was the first ever USMS National Record.
135 swimmers attended and swam in the Brighton/FAST meet making it the largest meet they have hosted in 23 years. The highlight of the meet was the USMS National Record set by the swimmers in the 360-399 age group in the 200 meter mixed free relay. Donald Pope, age 96, Edith Glusac, age 92, Lois Nochman, age 86, and Bob Doud, age 87 were the first ever swimmers to average 90 years old and contest this relay in USMS masters swimming in this age group. There time of 6:03.35 was the first ever USMS National Record.
..............Picture by Dennis McManus
The online entry for the Michigan Masters State Championship is now activated.
Please note.....the vendor for our online system is ClubAssistant, so you will see a charge for ClubAssistant on you credit card statement !
We prefer that you enter online....but if you are unable to use our online system, a paper entry is available (which you can send in via "snail mail") and listed in the Meet Schedule page.....the charge for paper entries for > 4 events is $55
Please note.....the vendor for our online system is ClubAssistant, so you will see a charge for ClubAssistant on you credit card statement !
We prefer that you enter online....but if you are unable to use our online system, a paper entry is available (which you can send in via "snail mail") and listed in the Meet Schedule page.....the charge for paper entries for > 4 events is $55
This notice is to inform the MI LMSC that a motion has been made by Jennifer Parks to edit the LMSC by-laws : "Move that the current by-laws be edited to reflect that they are the by-laws of the 'MI LMSC' rather than 'Michigan Masters'". This can be accomplished by changing the wording from 'Michigan Masters' to 'MI LMSC' wherever it appears in the by-laws.
