YMCA Masters Nationals April 15 - 18

Be sure to wish good luck to our Y-Nats swimmers competing next week in Fort Lauderdale:
 Swim Fast!

USMS Nationals May 20 - 23

Also, if you're thinking about the USMS National Championships in Atlanta May 20 - 23 in Atlanta at Georgia Tech (1996 Olympic Pool), deadline for online registration is April 15.  Last chance to swim in your tech suit!  If you are going, let me know in case we can get a relay together .. or just dinner..  I'm now registered.  If no one else, goes, well, then cheer for me!

Picture Day

Time to update our TMM picture, so brush your teeth, come your hair, and smile on May 1st, after our team workout at New Tampa Y.

Giveback

Thanks to Tara Deering for organizing the latest "TMM Gives Back" day at New Tampa YMCA.  Sheila captured the spirit in our latest LMSC newsletter:
Swimmers come in all shapes, sizes, and abilities and some have more challenges than others. On Saturdays after Masters Team practice, Tara Deering helps with the adaptive swim team practice at the New Tampa YMCA.  On Saturday March 27, Tara had lots of help.  TMM Masters swimmers Mark Calvert, George Corrigan, Jenny Faith, Luce Bassetti, Karen Ness, Barbara Coccagnia, Mike Ruelf, Tim Carroll, and Ann Eddens  assisted Tara with the adaptive swimmers.  It was the first “TMM Gives Back Clinic.”

Masters swimmers provided encouragement and swimming tips to the adaptive swimmers to help them improve and to get closer to their swimming goals.

Each Masters swimmer needed permission and had to be approved by the YMCA.  Tara said, “The parents of the adaptive team swimmers were very excited and our TMM’ers loved their experience with these awesome athletes!  They were asking when they could come back again.”

Photos

Be sure to check out the latest TMM photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/tampametromasters including photos from the "TMM Gives Back" day and our latest swim meets.

Upcoming Competition and Events

Some events to consider... you don't have to swim the all!  More info at http://www.dixiezone.org/Meets.htm

Apr. 15-19 / SCY: YMCA Masters Nationals. Ft. Lauderdale FL.

May 1-2 / LCM: May Day Relay-Sprint Meet. Ft. Myers FL (Florida Gulf Coast University). Information & entry

May 8: OPEN WATER Hurricane Man (2.4-miles & 1000 yds). St. Petersburg FL. Note: The St. Pete Masters web site will not allow direct links from other web sites such as this one. For information and entry, you must first go to the St. Pete Masters web site and then find the information and entry. Entry deadine: postmarked by Wednesday, April 28. This event is USMS sanctioned

May 20-23 / SCY: USMS SCY Championships. Atlanta GA. Information

May 23 / LCM: Central Florida Marlins Masters Summer Splash. Ocala FL. Information & entry | Map. Entry deadline: postmarked by Saturday, May 15

May 29 / SCY: Last Chance to Zip It Up Meet. Coral Springs FL. Information & entry | Map. Entry deadline: received by Tuesday, May 25

June 19: OPEN WATER Tri This Open Water Swim Series (1-mile). Clearwater FL. Information | Entry. For more information, call Bev at 727-773-5675. This event is USMS sanctioned

June 11-13 / LCM: "Bumpy Jones International Classic" & Dixie Zone LCM Championships. Sarasota FL. Entry deadline: received by Thursday, June 3

June 18-20 / LCM: Orlando FL

July 17: OPEN WATER Tri This Open Water Swim Series (1-mile). Clearwater FL. Information | Entry. For more information, call Bev at 727-773-5675. This event is USMS sanctioned

July 31-Aug. 6 / LCM: FINA World Masters Championships. Goteborg, Sweden (dates tentative)

Aug. 9-12 / LCM: USMS LCM Championships. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Information.

e-Mail list Updates
I will be updating the e-mail list soon.  I will be using the current membership of TMM as the basis, and dropping inactive or non-current members.  If you still want to know what's going on with TMM just let me know, and I'll happily keep you on the list.  Otherwise, you know where we are.
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Tampa Metro Masters
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