"revised" Psych. Sheets & Team Roster for the 2006 State Meet are now available!

Also....check the results of your 1 hour postal swim....

March 2006 Wave Eater is now available...

Attention! - the 500 yd. freestyle scheduled to be swum on Friday night (3/24) at the State Meet is VERY popular this year - and only the first 32 swimmers will be allowed to swim on Friday night (as stated in the entry form) - so if you were a late entry and you wanted to swim this event on Friday, it is likely that you have been bumped to Saturday...

 

Also - The FINA Masters World Championships (long course meters) will be held from 8-4-06 through 8-10-06 - at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA.   This is quite an opportunity because these World meets aren't often held in the U.S.  Check out the website FINA World Championships

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...

2006 USMS Membership Application (valid 11/1/2005 to 12/31/2006) in Adobe Reader format. 

Check out the Results page for West Bloomfield Meet results from 03/05/06!!!!

 

The Grand Haven Meet was a lot of fun!...pictured below are some participants (and ardent fans):  top (left to right) Dick Specht, Sally Guthrie; bottom "The Joe Buys Fan Club"

....with thanks to Jason Colwell for the pictures

The Photos from the Brighton (FAST) meet are now in the Photo Gallery

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. 

2006 USMS Membership Application (valid 11/1/2005 to 12/31/2006) in Adobe Reader format. 

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. 

Membership

Membership is open to anyone 18 years or older.  The cost for an annual membership is $30/year.  This entitles you to participate in Michigan Masters swim meets (the minimum age to compete in a swim meet is 18) and join a local swim group (LSG) with their practice sessions.  You also get a subscription to SWIM magazine and have access to  the Michigan Masters newsletter "The Wave Eater" which is published quarterly.