From: Lynn Marshall
[lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca]Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter
#158
Thursday,
November 23rd, 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" (37 members).
"Unless you try to
do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never
grow.”
Fall Session
End
The Fall session ends on Sat Dec 16th. The Winter
session starts on Tue Jan 2nd / Wed Jan 3rd. There
will be a few interim $3 workouts offered (Dec
18th-30th). The schedule will be in the next
newsletter.
Winter Term
Registration
Registration for the Winter Term for
all Athletics programs has started. Note that the only Masters groups
continuing after Christmas without the need to re-register are the High
Intensity groups. For all other groups (Earlybirds, Whitecaps, Nightcaps),
a new Winter registration is required. 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. If you want to switch from another group to the 6:30am
group, let the Customer Service staff know when you register. Details on
programs, dates and cost can be found in the “Reminders” section below.
You can register on-line at: https://secure.e-registernow.com/cgi-bin/mkpayment.cgi?state=742.
Date for Your
Diary: Coming Up Soon!
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 Fall
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
Updated Club Records:
The club
records have been updated with the times done at the recent meets. They
are posted on the bulletin board at the pool, and on the web site. Note
that I’m still awaiting confirmation of two relay times and Laura’s lead-off
50bk from the Nov 4th TECH
meet.
8:30am Earlybirds Bicycle Accident
Injuries Update:
Susan
Nevitt-Yelle and
Margaret
King are back
swimming now after their bike accidents, and are doing well.
Sue
Dzioba reports that
it will be at least few more months before her separated shoulder recovers
enough to get back in the water. Our best
wishes!
Upcoming Concerts:
Sunday, November 26th,
4 p.m. St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church,
Sunday, December 3rd, 3
p.m.
Saturday, December
16th, 7:30 p.m., Annunciation of the
Mymsc.ca: All
swimmers registered with MSO are encouraged to check out and register at http://www.mymsc.ca.
Ian Thorpe Retires:
Australian
superstar swimmer, Ian Thorpe, has announced his retirement from competitive
swimming: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20798911-661,00.html.
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
Coming up soon will be the end of
term timed 800/1500 freestyle (Nov 30th / Dec 1st).
After that, you will have a chance to be timed in some shorter swims.
Here are the weekday attendance
stats for the Fall session to date. There are just 4
swimmers remaining with perfect weekday attendance.
7:30am
Earlybirds
(Sept 13-Nov 22nd; 30 workouts; range 14-32; avg.:
20.8)
Missed 1 Workout: Ursula
8:30am
Earlybirds
(Sept 13-Nov 22nd; 30 workouts; range 11-20; avg.:
15.4)
Perfect Attendance: Alan H
Missed 1 Workout: Amir
6pm Whitecaps
“A” (Sept
12-Nov 21st; 30 workouts; range 10-29; avg.:
20.1)
Missed 2 Workouts: Don W, Francois P, Pete
L
6pm Whitecaps
“B” (Sept
12-Nov 21st; 30 workouts; range 12-29; avg.: 19.7)
Missed 1 Workout: Christiane W
Missed 2 Workouts: Joanne D
8pm
Nightcaps
(Sept 12-Nov 21st; 21 workouts; range 10-20; avg.:
15.2)
Perfect Attendance: Ashley
Missed 1 Workout: Joanie
High Intensity
Masters
(Sept 13-Nov 23rd; 29/22/27 workouts; range 8-22 [excl Varsity];
avg.: 13.9)
Perfect Attendance: Francois A (HI2), Sean (HI1)
Missed 1 Workout: Sean (HI2)
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
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; 50-54) was
Carleton’s only swimmer at this meet, and we now have the official
results: 1st 50bk, 100IM, 2nd 50fs, 50br (club
record: 42.45), 50fl. Well done, Rob!
Sun Oct
29th Rattle me Bones 10k
Last time I missed including Steve
Morton. Full results at: http://www.sportstats.ca.
Steve
Morton (x-Whitecaps “A”): 41st
overall, 38th woman and 12th in men’s 30-39 in
42:19
Sat Nov
4th Cookie Run 10k
Steve also participated in this
race. Full results at: http://www.ncra-ottawa.com/results/62.php.
Steve Morton
(x-Whitecaps “A”): 15th overall, 12th man and
7th in men’s 30-39 in 41:23.
Sat Nov
4th Technosport Masters Meet
Carleton had a great turn out of 14
swimmers at this meet, and we now have the official results, see: http://ca.geocities.com/technosport@rogers.com/results/nov4_06.htm,
except that two of our relays (the two that set club records!), are
missing. Here’s how everyone did:
Melanie
P (Whitecaps "A"; 25-29): 1st 100fs,
50br, 100br (1:23.82 -- missed club record by
0.01!)
Kelys M (Whitecaps "A"; 25-29): 1st 50fs; 2nd
50br
Laura
S (Whitecaps "A"; 25-29): 1st 50fl;
50bk lead off 36.0 club record (to be confirmed)
Lynn (Coach;
45-49): 1st 50fs, 200fs, 50bk (35.20 club/Ont record),
100IM
Bozena (Whitecaps
"B"; 50-54); 1st 50bk, 50fl, 100IM; 2nd 100fs (PB);
50br
Chris
G (7:30am Earlybirds; 18-24): 1st
50br, 100br, 100IM
Steve
K (Whitecaps "A"; 25-29): 2nd 50fs,
50fl (27.73 club record)
Mark
B (ROCS; 25-29): 2nd 200fs; 3rd 50fs,
50fl
Steve
Morris (Whitecaps "A"; 25-29): 1st 100br;
2nd 100bk, 100IM
Chris
H (7:30am Earlybirds; 30-34): 1st
50fs, 50br, 100IM
Rob
T (HI1&2; 50-54): 1st 100fs
(1:15.13 club record), 50bk, 50fl, 100IM; 2nd 50br
Sean
K (HI1&2; 50-54): 1st 50br (41.71
club record), 100br (1:30.57 club record); 2nd
100fs
George (Whitecaps
"B"; 80-84): 1st 50fs, 50bk, 50br, 100br
The two record setting relays
were:
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).
Mixed 4x50m Medley
relay 100+: Laura, Steve M, Steve K,
and Melanie were 5
seconds under the old record (2:07 vs 2:12).
Nov
12th Etobicoke Masters Meet
Rob
Trimbee (HI 1 & 2; 50-54) was
Carleton’s only representative. Here’s how he
did:
1st 100bk (1:38.23 PB);
2nd 50br (41.97 PB – just slightly slower than Sean’s club record the
week before), 100br (1:36.94 PB); 4th 100IM (1:26.21 club record);
7th 100fs. Congrats, Rob!
Nov
19th
Six Carleton swimmers took part in
this meet. We don’t yet have the full official results with placings, but
Gi and Rob were able to record most of the times. Here’s a
summary…
Gi
(Whitecaps “A”; 18-24): broke 30 for
50fs (29.79), 40 for 50br (39.42). and 1:10 for 100fs (1:08.20) for the first
time! Great work!
Lina (Whitecaps
“A”; 50-54): in her first meet in over a year, she set some benchmark times to
improve on when she changes age groups in January.
Jose (Whitecaps
“A”; 50-54): swam the freestyle events, with a time of 36.03 in the
50.
Rob
T (HI 1 & 2; 50-54): raced 7(!)
events, finishing just over his PBs
Andrew
P (Whitecaps “B”; 55-59): club
records in 50fs (33.91) and 100br (1:31.95) – well
done!
George (Whitecaps
“B”; 80-84): had the pleasure of racing two other over-80 men, but tells me that
he wasn’t too happy with his times!
Ask the
Coach
Dear Coach:
What did that
rude word you wrote on the blackboard the other day really mean? Curious
Swimmer
Dear C.
Swimmer: “Fartlek” is a Swedish word that means “speed-play”. That
was the term I used for the workout where you were switching from moderate to
fast and back each time I blew the whistle. The term came into use in the
1930s when this type of workout was introduced in cross-country running by
Swedish coach Gosta Holmer. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartlek.
Dear
Coach: Is it
permitted to use a mix of dolphin and whip kick on butterfly? Wanna-Be
Flyer
Dear W-B.
Flyer: In Masters competitions, it is permitted to use a whip kick or
dolphin kick (or a mixture) on butterfly. Note, however, that this is not
permitted in any other swimming competitions, where only dolphin kick is
allowed.
Dear Coach:
Can you explain
the new rule about the dolphin kick on the breaststroke turn? Need Better
Turns
Dear N.B.
Turns: You are now permitted one dolphin kick as part of the breaststroke
underwater pull-out. Due to the wording of the rule, the safest way to do
this is first to ensure that you remain submerged (i.e. completely underwater)
throughout the pull-out (i.e. when you push off the wall or dive in
breaststroke). Secondly, the dolphin kick should be done while you are
pulling back with your arms, as they go under the hips (where the 2nd
kick in a fly stroke goes). As your arms go under your hips, there is a
natural tendency to bend at the waist making it appear that a dolphin kick is
taking place, so that’s the time to do it (otherwise it may look like you are
doing two dolphin kicks, which is not permitted). This rule was introduced
as it was very difficult to judge whether a dolphin kick took place at that
point in the stroke.
Private and Semi-Private Masters
Swim Lessons
Fall/Winter Schedule:
Mon 9:45-10:45am: Dec 11, 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: Dec 15, Jan 5, Jan
26, Feb 2, Feb 16, Mar 2 – 30
Sat 8-9pm: Dec 9, Dec
16
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