Carleton Masters Swimming Newsletter #49                              Sunday, October 20th, 2002

To: Carleton Coaches

Bcc: Those Registered for Fall 2002: 7:30am Earlybirds (35 addresses), 8:30am Earlybirds (25 addresses), 6pm Whitecaps (54 addresses), 8pm Nightcaps (27 addresses), 6am High Intensity (16 addresses), High Intensity p.m. (6 addresses), Varsity registered with Masters (13 addresses), Masters "Alumni" (23 members)

 
Carleton Masters Christmas Potluck Party
Joanie and Don W (Whitecaps / Nightcaps) have offered to host the Carleton Masters Christmas Potluck on the evening of Sat Dec 7th.  Please mark this date on your calendar.  More details nearer the date!
 
 
Volunteers Needed!
Would you like to see some great swimming?  The Carleton Varsity Swim Team is hosting the Universities of Waterloo and Ottawa on Sunday, October 27th from 8-11am (as that's the day after the clocks go back, it will feel like 9am ;-) !  We need help with timing and general meet organization.  If you can help out, please let Lynn know!  There will be lunch (pizza) provided after the meet for all volunteers.
 
 
Carleton Masters Club Directory
The Carleton Masters Club Directory of names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers has been circulated to the 19 swimmers who chose to take part.
 
Swimmer Requests / Notes
 
David Barclay (Very Earlybirds) sent a note to say that he's moving to India to work at a local NGO in Pune.  We wish him well!
 
Margaret K (8:30am Earlybirds) recently had a torn retina.  All the best to her for a speedy recovery.
 
Sens Hockey Tickets: Thursday, January 16th, 2003 at 7pm, Ottawa Senators vs the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, is the third annual Carleton Raven's Hockey Night at the Corel Centre.  The Varsity Swim team is selling 300-level tickets for $42 (a $60 value).  $10 from each ticket sold goes to the team and will help fund the training camp in Florida over New Year's.  Tickets are on sale from now until early December.  Ask Lynn for details.
 
"Thin Gene"?: The Heart Institute is looking for 1000 slim volunteers for a study into the genetics behind "thinness".  If you participate you receive the results of your test (cholesterol, body fat percentage, etc.) as well as free parking and a meal voucher.  Check out http://www.thingene.ca to see if you're eligible.
 
Swim Caps: Thanks to Jim Y (Whitecaps) for bringing in a bag of latex bathing caps.  We are selling them for $1 each with proceeds going to the club.  Ask Lynn if you'd like one/some.
 
Nose Clips: Lynn is selling Laxto nose clips for $5, with the 70c profit going to the club. 
 
Team Swim Wear: The latest Diffusion Aquasport catalog is posted on the bulletin board.  There has been some interest in getting team suits or T-shirts.  Let me know if you're interested and the type of suit / shirt you'd like. 
 
 
Fall Session Notes
 
In this part of the newsletter, we report on the weekday attendance statistics, and also let you know of anything special happening in the workouts.  If you have any questions/suggestions, please talk to your coach or to me (Lynn) directly.
 
Attendance
 
7:30am Earlybirds (14 workouts) (attendance range: 18-33, average: 24.6)
perfect attendance: Sean K
missed 1 workout: Carolynn, Jeff F, Jim L, John B, Julie
missed 2 workouts: Mat L, Ursula
 
8:30am Earlybirds (14 workouts) (attendance range:16-24, average: 19.4)
perfect attendance: Alan H, Jo-Ann H, Penny
missed 1 workout: Christianne, Dorothy, Renee 
missed 2 workouts: Lisa O, Marie-Odile
 
High Intensity (15 workouts) ([excluding Varsity] attendance range: 5-13, average: 9.7)
perfect attendance: Andrew K
missed 2 workouts: Jessica R, Jim W, Tamara
 
Whitecaps "A": statistics next time
 
Whitecaps "B" (14 workouts) (attendance range: 11-22, average: 15.0)
missed 1 workout: Jose
missed 2 workouts: Marg E, Kai H
 
Nightcaps (9 workouts) (attendance range: 15-27, average: 21.1)
perfect attendance: Steve M, Anushka
missed 1 workout: Iyad, Anne-Marie, Tony P, Brett, Joe P, Pouyan
missed 2 workouts: Raymond C*, Natalie G, Jacqueline P, Karl
* Raymond C is also enrolled in the 8:30am Earlybirds and has also attended 9 morning workouts!
 
 
Race Reports and Swim Meets
 
Masters Swimming Competitions
The 2002-2003 Masters competition season has started.  If you registered with MSO, your current card is good until the end of the year -- we will be renewing MSO memberships in November (cost $25 $20 for MSO + $5 club costs).  If you are not registered with MSO (Masters Swimming Ontario), and want to compete this Fall, let me know ASAP.  It costs $25 annually ($20 to MSO and $5 to Carleton Masters).  If you register now, your registration is good until December 2003.  If you want to swim in a meet in November, I need your money and details (full name, address, phone number and date of birth) at least 10 days before the deadline of the meet you want to enter (see below).
 
Here's a summary of some upcoming local and championship meets (new events in bold):
 
Sun Nov 17th Kingston Masters (Kingston Military Sports Centre, 25m): Warm Up: 10am; Meet: 11am-4pm; Events (in order): 100fly, 50br, 100bk, 50fs, 100IM, 200 Mixed Medley Relay, break, 200 Open, 50fly, 100br, 50bk, 100fs, 200 Mixed Free Relay; followed by social; cost: $25 (unlimited events); deadline: Tue Nov 5th
 
Sat Nov 23rd Technosport Sprint 2 (U of O, 25m pool): Warm Up: 7:30am; Meet: 8-10am; Events (in order): 400fs, 100fly, 200fs, 100bk, 100fs, 100br, 50fs, 200IM, 200 Medley Relay; followed by breakfast; cost: $25 (unlimited events); deadline: Wed Nov 13th
 
Sat Nov 30th Coupe de Montreal (Olympic Pool, Montreal, 50m): Warm Up: 7:30-10am; Meet: 8:30am-4pm (800/1500fs 8:30-10am); Events (in order): 800fs, 1500fs, 50fl, 50bk, 100fs, 200 Open, 200 Free Relay, break, 400fs, 50br, 50fs, 100bk, 100br, 400IM, 100fl, 200 Medley Relay; cost: $4 + $5/event (up to 7 events); deadline: Fri Nov 1st
 
Sat Dec 7th Technosport Distance 1 (U of O, 25m pool)
Sat Jan 18th Technosport Sprint 3 (U of O, 25m pool)
Sat Feb 1st Technosport Distance 2 (U of O, 25m pool)
Sat Feb 8th Nepean Winterlude Meet (Sportsplex, 50m pool)
Sat Mar 8th Technosport Invitational (U of O, 25m pool)
Fri Apr 4-Sun Apr 6th (tentative) Provincial Championships (Fri: U of O and Sat/Sun: Sportsplex, 25m pool)
Sat Apr 12th Technosport Sprint 4 (U of O, 25m pool)
Sat May 3rd Technosport Sprint 5 (U of O, 25m pool)
Fri May 16-Mon May 19th Masters Nationals (Claude Robillard, Montreal, 25m pool)
Sat May 31st Technosport Distance 3 (U of O, 25m pool)
 
Meet and Race Results: (Please let me know if I've missed anyone or any events.)
 
Technosport Sprint 1
The first Masters meet of the season was held at U of Ottawa on Sat Oct 19th.  Six Carleton Masters took part.  John B swam all 8 events, and did a very quick 25fs!  Bernie set a best time and club record in 50bk (42.4).  Cheri swam all 5 of her events significantly faster than in Time Trials in workout.  George was near his best times for his 75-79 age group in his events (and a year or two makes a big difference when you're "mature" like him) :-) !  Gerry did his best time in 100IM, and was close in 25fs and 50fs.  Janine did an awesome 50fly, going nearly 7 sec faster than my prediction (finishing in 35.9)!!
 
Technosport Series 2001-02
The certificates for the Technosport Series for 2001-2002 have been distributed and the full results are available on-line: Sprint: http://members.rogers.com/technosport/results/0102sprt.htm, and Distance: http://members.rogers.com/technosport/results/0102dist.htm
 
Many Carleton Masters took part in at least one event in the series, and here is a quick summary:
Distance:
25-29:
Patricia (High Intensity pm): 1st with 5 points
 
Sprint:
20-24:
Barb M: 2nd with 20 points
Katie M: 4th with 13 points
Viktor: 2nd with 10 points
25-29:
Patricia (High Intensity pm): 4th with 20 points
Moe: 5th with 19 points
Caroline S: 6th with 18 points
Mel: 9th with 5 points
Richard P: 4th with 13 points
30-34:
Kristi (7:30am Earlybirds): 2nd with 23 points
Gerry D (Whitecaps): 2nd with 27 points
David M (High Intensity am): 4th with 23 points
Mits (Very Earlybirds): 9th with 16 points
Jeff F (7:30am Earlybirds): 13th with 3 points
35-39:
Dawn C (Whitecaps): 3rd with 15 points
40-44:
Lynn (Whitecaps): 1st with 180 points
Tom A (Earlybirds): 2nd with 50 points
Andrew K (High Intensity am): 3rd with 25 points
45-49:
Jim L (7:30am Earlybirds): 2nd with 28 points
50-54:
Isla (Earlybirds): 4th with 32 points
Bernie (7:30am Earlybirds): 1st with 82 points
70-74:
Margaret K (8:30am Earlybirds): 1st with 38 points
75-79:
George (Whitecaps): 2nd with 51 points
 
Gatineau Duathlon, Oct 5th
International Duathlon (9k/66k/9k; 75 competitors): Sheila K (Whitecaps) 15th overall, 2nd woman, and 1st in her age group in 3:48:06
Sprint Duathlon (3k/23k/3k; 84 competitors): John W (Very Earlybirds) 1st overall in 1:07:29
 
Wineglass Marathon, NY, Oct 6th
Alan R (7:30am Earlybirds) placed 21st overall (out of 721) and 4th in his age group in 3:00:47.  Great job, Alan!
 
 
Ask the Coach

Dear Coach:  I just joined Masters and I think I need some private lessons.  What do you recommend?  Anxious to Improve

Dear A. T. Improve:  If you are a novice swimmer and have only just started swimming Masters, you will improve a lot from the drills and your coaches comments during the first few months.  Thus, I'd recommend waiting until late this fall or early next year before making a decision about private lessons.

Private and Semi-Private Masters Lessons

Prices for private lessons for Carleton Members are $35 for 1 hour, $65 for 2, $90 for 3, $112 for 4 and $132 for 5 hours, all plus GST.  Private lessons are also available to non-Members at a higher cost ($50, $85, $115, $142 and $162, all plus GST, for 1-5 hours, respectively). 

For those who want to take semi-private lessons (2-3 students), the cost per student for Carleton Members is $21 for 1 hour, $39 for 2, $54 for 3, $67.20 for 4, and $79.20 for 5 hours, all plus GST.  Semi-private lessons for non-Members cost (per student) $30 for 1 hour, $51 for 2, $69 for 3, $85.20 for 4, and $97.20 for 5 hours, all plus GST.

Private lesson times for Fall/Winter are: 4-5pm Monday, and 7:15-8pm Tuesday/Thursday.  Prices may increase slightly.

Contact Lynn for details/availability (very few times left before the end of the year).

Reminders
 
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 the Earlybird Masters workouts ahead of time?  Let me know.  I usually e-mail out the week's workouts (Wednesday through Monday) on Sunday.

Weekly Social Events: All swimmers are invited to join us for:
Thursday Dinner (after Whitecaps workout): Meet by the Tuck Shop around 7:45pm
Thursday Drink (after Nightcaps workout): Meet by the Tuck Shop around 9:30pm
Saturday Brunch (after 9-10am workout): Meet by the Tuck Shop around 10:30am

Triathletes: Check out Rudy Hollywood's (Earlybirds/Whitecaps) website: http://www.trirudy.com and subscribe to the daily tri-news e-mail.
General Information: Program information, old newsletters and the Carleton Masters records can be viewed at: http://lynnmarshall.tripod.ca/. 

Your input to this newsletter is most welcome, especially for the race results and "Ask the Coach" sections!  To be added or removed from the receiver list, just let me know (lynnmarshall@sympatico.ca).

See you at the pool!