Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter
#157
Tuesday, November 7th,
2006
To: Carleton
Coaches (8
addresses)
Bcc:
Those Registered
for Fall 2006 and Alumni: High Intensity (17
addresses); 7:30am Earlybirds (42 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (23 addresses),
6pm Whitecaps "A" (40 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps "B" (39 addresses),
Nightcaps (25 addresses), Masters "Alumni" (36 members).
"Good health is
merely the slowest possible rate at which one can
die.”
Upcoming Workout
Notes and Cancellations
Workouts run as usual on Sat Nov
11th (Remembrance Day). The workouts for High Intensity Group 3
on Sat Nov 18th 5-7pm and Group 1 on Mon Nov 20th 6-7:30am
are cancelled due to a Varsity swim meet. (The 8-9am and 9-10am regular
Masters workouts run as usual Sat Nov 18th.)
Winter Term
Registration
Registration for the Winter Term for
all Athletics programs starts on Mon Nov
20th. Note that the only Masters groups continuing
after Christmas without the need to re-register are the High Intensity
groups. All other groups end on Sat Dec 16th. Register
early to avoid disappointment. Winter Masters groups start on Tue Jan
2nd / Wed Jan 3rd. Note that although the 6:30am
group doesn’t start until the end of February, registration for that group does
open on Mon Nov 20th. Details on programs, dates and cost can
be found in the “Reminders” section below. There will be some $3 interim
workouts offered between the Fall and Winter terms: details to be
announced.
Date for Your
Diary
The annual Carleton Masters
Christmas Party will be held on the evening of Sat Dec 2nd at Don, Joanie, Sam and Ben’s (Whitecaps “A” / Safety Supervision
/ Nightcaps). All are welcome. Full details and map at: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com/xmasparty06.pdf.
Varsity Swim Team
Fundraiser: Carleton Night with the Senators: Tue Jan
30th
Would you like to see the Ottawa
Senators take on the Washington Capitals on Tue Jan 30th at a reduced
price and support Carleton’s Varsity Athletes? Tickets start at $45.
Ask for a brochure or take one from the Varsity swim bulletin board, or go to:
http://www2.capitaltickets.ca/eng/promos.cfm
and then enter SENGRPCAR, and then click on Washington Capitals inside the red
box. Under seating preferences comments, add that you want to support the
“swim team”, or the money will go to the general Varsity
fund.
Waiting
Lists
For anyone interested in the 7:30am
Earlybirds or the 6:00am High Intensity Group #1, I am maintaining waiting lists
for these groups. Contact me to be added to the list.
Swimmer
Notes
Swimmers and the Performing Arts:
Congratulations
to Charles
McFarland (7:30am
Earlybirds) for his successful production of “Doctor Faustus”. A review
from the Ottawa Citizen can be reviewed at: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com/06fall/index.html.
Unfortunately I didn’t get the dates in time to include them in the newsletter
before the last performance on Nov 4th.
Sean Kelly (HI 1 & 2) is performing in
Aladdin the Panto at the Ron Kolbus Centre (
Interesting
News Articles:
The
Rising Rate of Arthritis Causes Concern in the Athletic and Sports Community:
http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_news_20061024_CDC_Arthritis.html.
Want to Prevent Colds?:
Start Exercising: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-10-26T105205Z_01_N25252334_RTRUKOC_0_US-COLDS.xml&WTmodL
Carleton Swim Suits:
The new Carleton swim suits are here
(same style as last year). They are polyester (long lasting). Men’s
suits are available in sizes 28-40 (they fit small – you may want to go up a
size). Cost is $35. Women’s suits are available in sizes 26-40 (they
fit large – you may need to go down a size). Cost is $55. Contact me
via e-mail if you are interested in a suit and let me know your approximate
size. You can pay by cash or cheque payable to “
Nose Clips for
Ravens of
Carleton Swimming Club: ROCS offers learn to swim,
developmental and competitive programs for swimmers ages 6 and over. The club
has very low swimmer to coach ratios and strives to bring out each swimmer’s
maximum potential. Even though the club has an excellent competitive program,
many programs are offered for swimmers of all abilities. All programs are
offered out of
Fall Session
Information
Here are the weekday attendance
stats for the Fall session to date. There are 6
swimmers remaining with perfect weekday attendance. Sean (HI1 & HI2) is now the only one
with perfect attendance in two groups!
7:30am
Earlybirds
(Sept 13-Nov 6th; 23 workouts; range 14-32; avg.:
22.0)
Missed 1 Workout: Ursula
Missed 2 Workouts: Bruce H, Francois A
8:30am
Earlybirds
(Sept 13-Nov 6th; 23 workouts; range 11-19; avg.:
15.4)
Perfect Attendance: Alan H, Penny
Missed 1 Workout: Amir
6pm Whitecaps
“A” (Sept
12-Nov 6th; 23 workouts; range 10-29; avg.:
20.5)
Missed 2 Workouts: Don W, Francois P, Nicole D, Pete
L
6pm Whitecaps
“B” (Sept
12-Nov 26th; 23 workouts; range 12-29; avg.: 20.4)
Perfect Attendance: Christiane W
Missed 1 Workout: Joanne D
Missed 2 Workouts:
8pm
Nightcaps
(Sept 12-Nov 2nd; 16 workouts; range 10-20; avg.:
15.5)
Perfect Attendance: Ashley
Missed 1 Workout: Britt, Joanie
Missed 2 Workouts: Anna P
High Intensity
Masters
(Sept 13-Nov 7th; 23/17/21 workouts; range 9-22 [excl Varsity]; avg.:
13.3)
Perfect Attendance: Francois A (HI2), Sean (HI1 &
2)
Missed 2 Workouts: Mary-Lou (HI1), Sara D (HI1)
Masters Swimming
Competitions
You must
register annually with Masters Swimming Ontario (MSO) if you want to
compete in Masters Swimming competitions. Please give
Full details on all Ontario Masters
competitions can be found at: http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/competition/schedule01.htm.
For
Here’s a list of Fall competitions
in
http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/Overthefalls.pdf
Sun Nov 12th Etobicoke
Masters Meet SCM http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/SemiSeriousToo.pdf
Sat Nov 18th Cowansville
Masters Meet SCM http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/061118_ENC_Inv_Maitres.pdf
Sun Nov 19th
http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/BaseKingstonPackage.pdf
Sat-Sun Nov 25-26th
Sainte-Foy Masters Meet SCM
http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/061125_InvMaitresSteFoy.pdf
Sat Dec 2nd Coupe de
Montreal Meet SCM http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/0612_MACC_invitation2dec2006.pdf
Sat Dec 2nd Niagara
Falls,
Sun Dec 10th
Sun Dec 10th
http://www.mastersswimmingontario.ca/pdf/pentathlon06re%202.pdf
Sun Dec 17th Laval
Masters Meet SCM http://www.fnq.qc.ca/fichiers/0612_Laval_Maîtres.doc
Race
Results: (Please send
in your results!!)
Sat Oct
28th
Rob
Trimbee (HI 1 & 2) was Carleton’s only
swimmer at this meet. Despite feeling under the weather, he had some good
swims, including an club record (although official results not yet available) in
men’s 50-54 50m breaststroke in 42.45, breaking Bernie Sloan’s record from
2002. Well done, Rob!
Sun Oct
29th Rattle me Bones 10k
Despite less than ideal conditions
(gale force winds and cold!), at least two Carleton swimmers participated.
Full results at: http://www.sportstats.ca.
Melanie
Patina (Whitecaps “A”): 76th
overall, 10th woman and 4th in women’s 20-29 in 44:50.9 (a
PB!)
Jessica
Kamps (7:30am Earlybirds):
203rd overall, 60th woman and 19th in women’s
20-29 in 51:34.9
Sat Nov
4th Technosport Masters Meet
Carleton had a great turn out of 14
swimmers at this meet. The older swimmers were happy to see some new
younger faces with 8 of the swimmers under age 30!
It was the first
Masters meet swimming for Carleton for 4 swimmers: Kelys Montero (Whitecaps “A”; 25-29);
Melanie Patina (Whitecaps “A”;
25-29); Steve Kennedy (Whitecaps
“A”; 25-29); Chris Gill (7:30am
Earlybirds; 20-24).
Two team photos can be
found at: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com/06fall.
Also, Marty Raymond (x-Whitecaps “A”) was there
(swimming for TECH). He’s off to do the Hawaii Ultraman again this year,
see: http://www.ultramanworlds.com/2006/bios/raymond.html.
Official results will
eventually be available at: http://ca.geocities.com/technosport@rogers.com/results/results.htm.
There were lots of good
swims, and quite a few club records broken. Here’s a
summary:
Mark
Blenkinsop (Varsity Coach / High Intensity;
25-29) did his best 50fs in 26.8.
Crystal
Clark (x-Whitecaps “A”, 25-29) had some
good swims, despite swimming irregularly on her own
recently!
Chris
Gill (7:30am Earlybirds; 20-24) had some
impressive breaststroke turns, even though he and I were told off by the stroke
& turn judge, Scott, for not having informed Chris of the new breaststroke
turn rules (dolphin kick now allowed!).
Chris
Hallamore (7:30am Earlybirds; 30-34) met his
goal of getting under 1:14 in his 100IM with a
1:13.
Bozena
Lech (Whitecaps “B”; 50-54) did her best
100 free time of 1:41.
Sean
Kelly (HI 1&2; 50-54) set club
records in 50 breast (41.68, breaking Rob’s record from the weekend before!),
and 100 breast (1:30, breaking his own record from earlier this year by 3
seconds!).
Steve
Kennedy (Whitecaps “A”; 25-29) set a club
record in 50 fly (27.7, breaking John Waring’s record from 1993) and he was also
quite close to John’s record in 50 free.
Lynn Marshall
(Coach; 45-49) broke her own club
and
Kelys Montero
(Whitecaps “A”; 25-29) did some fast
sprints, including nearly breaking 30 in 50fs.
Steve
Morris (Whitecaps “A”; 25-29) was close to
Mike Ritcey’s club record in 100 breast swimming a
1:15.
Melanie
Patina (Whitecaps “A”; 25-29) may have set
a club record in 100 breast depending on her official time, as it was very close
to Wendy Million’s time of 1:23.81 from 2003.
Laura
Seanor (Whitecaps “A”; 25-29) set a new
club record in 50 back – twice (once in each relay she led off), bringing it
down to 36.0 (breaking
George
Tombler (Whitecaps “B”; 80-84) reports that
the highlight of his swimming was socializing between
events!
Rob
Trimbee (HI1&2; 50-54) improved his own
club record in 100 free (set earlier this year) by close to a second, bringing
it down to 1:15.0.
There were also two
(nearly 3) club records set in relays:
Women’s 4x50m Medley
relay 100+ age group: Laura, Crystal, Kelys,
and Melanie shattered
the old record, beating it by 30 sec (2:17 vs 2:47). The old record was
from 1989 and was held by Morag Cavers, Alison Webb, Beverly Cummings, and Bicki
Haack (Westerheide).
Mixed 4x50m Medley
relay 100+: Laura, Steve M, Steve K,
and Melanie were 5
seconds under the old record (2:07 vs 2:12). The old record was from 1998
and was held by Lynn Marshall, Bob Hilhouse, John Waring and Joanne
Hemstead.
The men’s 4x50m Medley relay
100+ (Steve M, Chris G, Mark, Steve
K) had the misfortune of swimming the heat after Steve M and Chris G
finished their 100IM, and unfortunately missed the record by 1.5 seconds.
The record they were going for is from 1985 (2:03.67) held by Geoff Camp, Jim
Wright, Jonathon Korchuk, and Jim Hobson.
Sat Nov
4th Ironman
Congratulations to Mike Sims (7:30am Earlybirds) on doing so
well in this race, despite the problems he had training in the cold before he
left for
Mike
Sims (7:30am Earlybirds):
947th overall, 167th in men’s 40-44 in
12:24:16.
Sat Nov
4th Alumni vs Varsity Water Polo Games and Swim
Meet
In the water polo, the alumni men
and varsity women were victorious. In the swimming, the alumni were
victorious (helped by the 1sec per 50m per year since graduation head start
given to the alumni). Masters swimmers who participated (for the alumni)
were:
Water
polo: Elaine Yardley (Whitecaps “A”); Jeff Brown (Whitecaps “A”); Andras Szeri (Whitecaps “A”); Doug Lloyd (HI 1); Bill Meyer (x-Whitecaps “A”); Blake Christie
(Coach)
Swimming:
Michelle St-Jean (7:30am Earlybirds); Jessica Kamps (7:30am Earlybirds); Amanda Gray (8:30am Earlybirds); Fiona Hill (Nightcaps); Mark Blenkinsop (HI/ROCS); Keegan Harris (HI/ROCS); Lynn Marshall
(Coach)
Ask the
Coach
Dear Coach:
Can you
remind everyone about lane etiquette? Frustrated
Swimmer
Dear F.
Swimmer: Sure! Don’t forget that if there is someone in your lane
who often gets in the way, ask the coach to speak to him/her. Here are
some basic lane etiquette rules:
Dear Coach:
I’d like to get
better at timed interval swimming. Can you recommend a watch that’s easy
to use, light and suitable for the water? Want to Follow the Pace
Times
Dear W.t.F.t.P.
Times: I strongly recommend that you use the pace clock instead of a wrist
watch for getting your times (and following the pace times) during
workout. If vision is a problem, you can get prescription goggles for
about the same price as a watch. Note that wearing a watch is not
permitted in any FINA sanctioned races (including Masters indoor meets and open
water races). The only problem is that most pace clocks are not too
helpful in calculating the minutes, but 95% of the time, this is not an issue
and your coach can help you out the other 5% of the
time!
Dear
Coach: You said
that flip turns aren’t allowed on a back to breast turn. Isn’t it ok to do
a back flip after touching the wall?
IM-er
Dear
IM-er: After touching the wall (on your back), you can do whatever you
like to turn around, so a back flip after touching is legal in a back/breast
turn. Note, however, that a back flip is quite slow (for most) and thus
not recommended.
Dear
Coach: How many
underwater kicks are allowed when pushing off the wall? And how long
should I stay underwater after I push off? Working on my
Turns
Dear W.o.m.
Turns: For free, back and fly, there is no limit on the number of
underwater kicks that you do. For fly you must do dolphin kicks. For
free and back you can do dolphin or flutter, though dolphin is faster for
most. For breast, you are allowed just two kicks underwater: a dolphin
kick during the pull out, and then a breaststroke kick after the underwater
pull. How long you stay underwater depends on how fast your underwater
kick (or pull/kick for breast) is relative to the stroke that you are
swimming. Everyone should stay underwater for at least 5m after each
push-off. In most strokes (fly/back/free), 15m underwater is the maximum
allowed. In breast there is no limit, but as you are allowed just one
underwater pull (down to your hips), getting further than 15m is difficult!
Dear
Coach: You said
that my toes should be pointing up towards the ceiling on my freestyle flip
turns. Will I be disqualified if they are pointing to the side or
down? New Flip-Turner
Dear
N.F-Turner: In freestyle you may touch the walls with any part of your
body at any orientation, so it’s not illegal to touch with your toes pointing
any direction you like. However, it’s faster if you push off on your back
(and roll to your side during the push off), rather than wasting time turning
onto your side (or worse, front!) while on the
wall.
Private and Semi-Private Masters
Swim Lessons
Fall/Winter Schedule:
Mon 9:45-10:45am: Jan 8 – Feb 5, Feb
19, Mar 5 – Apr 2
Tue 7:30-8:30am: Feb 27 – Apr
3
Wed 8-9pm: Mar
21
Thu 7:30-8:30am: Mar 1 – Apr 5
Fri 9:45-10:45am: Nov 24, Jan 5 -
12, Jan 26, Feb 2, Feb 16, Mar 2 – 30
Sat 7-8pm: Jan 13, Jan 20, Feb 3,
Feb 17
Sat 8-9pm: Dec 9, Dec 16, Jan 13,
Jan 20, Feb 3, Feb 17
2006-2007
Prices:
Private:
$50 per hour, plus
GST.
Semi-Private (2-3
swimmers; per swimmer): $32 per hour, plus GST.
Contact
Reminders
Fall / Winter
2006-2007 Session Information
Note that High
Intensity Masters is for those who can repeat 100s free on 1:45 or better and
100s of other strokes on 2:00 or better. (High Intensity Group 1 is
full.)
Membership and Masters
program prices have not increased for 06-07. In addition, students, staff
and faculty do not have to pay a “bump up” fee. Fall programs run Tue Sept
12th – Sat Dec 16th. Winter programs run Tue Jan
2nd – Thu Apr 5th, except where noted. (There will
likely be a longer pool shutdown in Apr/May 07 to fix the roof.)
You can register by
phone (613-520-4480 8:30am-4:30pm M-F) or on-line (programs only, not
membership) at: https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=742,
or follow the links from http://www.carleton.ca/athletics.
Here’s a summary of the
programs offered. More details at: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com:
7:30am
Earlybirds: 7:30-8:30am MWF + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $120+GST each term **FULL for
Fall**
8:30am
Earlybirds: 8:30-9:30am MWF + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $120+GST each term
6pm
Whitecaps: 6:00-7:10pm MTuTh + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $120+GST each term
Whitecaps Child Supervision:
6:00-7:10pm MTuTh + 9-10am Sat: $88 each term **FULL for
Fall**
8pm
Nightcaps: 8:00-9:00pm TuTh + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $86+GST each term
High Intensity
1: 6:00-7:30am MWF: $180+GST Sept-Feb (10 spots) **FULL**
High Intensity
2: 7:30-9:30am TuTh: $180+GST Sept-Feb (5
spots)
High Intensity
3: 7:15-9:00pm M + 6:00-7:40pm W +
5:00-7:00pm Sat: $180+GST Sept-Feb
(5 spots)
6:30am
Earlybirds: 6:30-7:30am MWF + 8-9am OR 9-10am
Sat: $52+GST (Mar-Apr
only)
Newsletter: An
e-newsletter (like this one) is sent out about every two weeks. If you
have new lane-mates, please mention to them that they should give their e-mail
address to their coach if they'd like to receive
it.
Suggestions for Workouts or
Interested in Making up a Workout or a Set?: If you
have suggestions for the workouts (something you like that we never do, or
something you dislike that we do too much!), or if you'd like to try making up a
workout or a set in a workout, just talk to your coach.
Interested in Copies of the
Workouts?: Are you
interested in getting copies of
Weekly Social
Events: All swimmers are invited to join
us for:
- Thursday Dinner (after Whitecaps
workout: all year)
- Thursday Drinks (after Nightcaps
workout: Sept-Apr)
- Saturday Brunch (after 9-10am
workout: Sept-Jun; after 10-11am workout: Jul-Aug)
Meet by the Control Desk after
workout.
Triathletes: Check out
Rudy
Hollywood’s website: http://www.trirudy.com
and subscribe to the daily tri-news e-mail.
General
Information: Program
information, photos, old newsletters and the Carleton Masters records, among
other things, can be viewed at: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com.
Your input to this newsletter is
most welcome, especially for the Swimmer Notes, Race Results and Ask
the Coach sections! To be added to or removed from the receiver list,
just let me know (lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca).
Happy
lengths!
lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca
(or for quicker response: lynnmar@sce.carleton.ca)
Club
website: http://carletonmasters.tripod.com