Tulsa Masters Swim Club

Practices, Week of January 30th

2012-02-01T09:25:00.003-08:00

There will be NO 6:00pm practice on Friday, 3rd February. All other workouts will go as scheduled, including Saturday morning, though Saturday, we have to be out by 9:30am.

Have a great week!

George Villarreal
gvillarreal@jenksps.org

TMSC 2012 New Year Update

2012-02-01T09:25:00.001-08:00

Hi Swimmers!

It is the end of January and it feels like March. My sinuses are telling me the same. We are going to regret the prayers for a mild winter!

It's time for a new year update. (yes, Steve Johnson, this will be a very long email!) I know you've missed getting emails from me!! I want to welcome all the new members and also thank those of you who renewed your memberships for 2012. Tulsa Masters does benefit from your USMS membership. A percentage of the total USMS membership fee funnels through Oklahoma Masters Swimming and then to Tulsa Masters Swim Club. These funds will go toward club activities. We anticipate receiving approximately $900 "profit sharing" from the 2011 memberships. It's not all about the money, though. I'm just happy to have a so many people to workout with on a daily basis! You can see the list of all registered Oklahoma swimmers at https://www.ClubAssistant.com/club/usms_members.cfm?l=27.

If for some reason, you haven't renewed for 2012, please do it NOW. www.usms.org/reg. Remember, for those swimming at Jenks, you are REQUIRED to be a USMS member to participate in the designated masters workouts.

For those of you new to the club, please regularly check the TMSC website, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com and also the Oklahoma Masters Swimming website, www.okswim.org for updates to the calendar, news, etc. We do our best to keep this as up to date as possible. Almost all of the emails I send will be posted to the club website.

FUN STUFF: Congrats to 7 Tulsa Masters members who completed the impromptu One Hour swim at the Jenks pool on Saturday, Jan. 28: Stephen Louy, Jon Dees, George Villarreal, Joe Ballinger, Bruce Dart, Norman Kahler and Denise Smart. Sorry, I don't know how far everyone swam. I do know George did somewhere around 4800. He bragged that he lapped Jon Dees 8 times. Show off! :)

Also congrats to the Tulsa Masters members who competed in the the ORU Indoor Triathlon on Saturday, Jan 28: Mona Canaday (1st 55-59); Amy Fahrlander (1st 35-39); Elissa Bates (4th overall and 1st 20-24); Denise Smart (1st overall female); Colin Drysdale(6th 35-39); Alejandro Torres(1st 40-44); Robert Broaddus(1st 50-54); Matt Bowler(3rd overall,1st 35-39); Alan Ball(2nd overall,2nd 25-29). Brian McKinney did the race with his daughter, Gracie. I think she is 11 yrs old and she was 2nd in the 8-14 age group. This was Gracie's first triathlon. Good job everyone! Please forgive me if I missed anyone in the results.

MEDICAL MOMENTS: I want to acknowledge some of our members who are recovering from surgeries, going through treatment, and anxiously ready to give birth! Please keep our teammates and their families in your thoughts as they go through life's joys and tribulations: Steve Allen, Don Nelson, Betsy Beddow, Jon Billings, Denny Saunders and Jocelyn Wood. I know Jon has already returned to the pool, and Betsy hopes to in the very near future. Jocelyn is holding onto twin girls, but it sounds like she is ready to let them go whenever they decide it's time. Best wishes to all of you!

The rest of this newsletter contains information regarding the 2011 TMSC Financial Report, upcoming meet schedule, volunteer opportunities at the USA Swimming/Speedo Sectional meet, and an update on action items from the annual club meeting. Please contact me if you have any questions! denises@webzone.net

TMSC 2011 FINANCIAL REPORT
The club's financial report is available for your viewing pleasure on the TMSC website: http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com/2012/01/tmsc-2011-financial-report.html
Click on it to make it readable.

Just a note of explanation-
The club account had a loss of $883 in 2011. This entire amount can be attributed to the Tallchief Open Water Challenge event:
1) We incorporated chip timing to add quality and efficiency to our event.
2) Event income was affected by the loss of approximately 20 participants over 2010.
3) Swim Tulsa did not co-sponsor the event, so TMSC picked up the full share of expenses.

I once again need to acknowledge the financial sponsors of the 2011 Tallcheif event: Landreth Law Firm, Leslie Sauber, coach-Janet.com, JW Designs, and Tulsa Area Triathletes. We would not be able to put on this unique event without their assistance.

The 5th Annual Tallchief event is September 9, 2012. The event will be dual sanctioned with USA Triathlon (USAT) and United States Masters Swimming (USMS). We hope this will increase participation. I do intend to use the chip timing system again.

UPCOMING MASTERS EVENTS:
Please continue to check the Oklahoma Masters Swimming website, www.okswim.org, for updates to the calendar. Colin Drysdale, the web master, will update the dates, links to entry forms, etc, as he gets the information. Also watch for emails from our registrar, Loida Delgado, caribena57@hotmail.com, with information about the meets. The email subject line usually reads something like "Oklahoma" or "Oklahoma news". Loida sends out information to all Oklahoma masters swimmers upon request.

February 25th: Rose State Masters meet, Midwest City: http://oklahomamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/RoseState/12RSFlyer.pdf

March 30 - April 1st: South Central Zone Championships (TX, AR, OK) Southlake, TX (near Dallas), Carroll Independent School District pool. Dewey has talked to the meet director and the entry form will be available soon.

April 14th: April Pools, Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center. Entry form will be available soon! Denise Freisberg is the meet director. denisefreisberg@mac.com

April 26 - April 29: Short Course Nationals, Greensboro, No.Carolina July 5 - July 8: Long Course Nationals, Omaha, Nebraska http://www.usms.org/comp/nationals.php

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES USA SWIMMING/SPEEDO SECTIONALS MEET March 1- March 4 at Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center YOU have the opportunity to be a part of the most prestigious event yet to be held at the new Jenks swimming facility. This event hosts the 'best of the best' in USA Swimming's Central Zone. Many of these swimmers have already qualified for the Olympic Trials. Whether you swim at Jenks or somewhere else, your help is needed for this 4 day event. Please contact George Villarreal, george.villarreal@jenksps.org, if you can assist. A list of volunteer needs is posted on the TMSC website, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com/2012/01/masters-speedo-sectionals-volunteering.html

UPDATE from the 2011 TMSC ANNUAL MEETING In case you missed it the first time, the minutes from the annual TMSC club meeting held in November are posted on the website:
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com/2011/11/tmsc-annual-club-meeting-minutes.html
Thanks to all of you who answered the call for help with various club activities. It takes a village! There are still many opportunities to get involved. I promise, you can hold down your 'real' job, your family responsibilities, and your workout schedule, and still help the club. The more people who get involved, the less of a burden it is.

Thanks to Gordon Pirie, Erin Morrison, Don Nelson, Dewey Smith, and Leslie Sauber for being volunteer "officials" for the Tulsa Public School swim events at Booker T. Washington HS. We are great ambassadors for life time swimming and our assistance is appreciated by those organizing these meets.

Most urgent volunteer needs as of today:
1) USA SWIMMING/SPEEDO SECTIONALS MEET March 1- March 4 at Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center. See above. Please contact George Villarreal, george.villarreal@jenksps.org if you can help. Anytime you can give will be greatly appreciated. I promise, you will enjoy being involved with this event.

2) April 14th: April Pools, Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center. TMSC's annual spring masters meet. Denise Freisberg is tackling her first meet director job. If you don't want to swim in the meet, we can use your help the day of the event. We also need someone to plan the post meet party. Please contact us if you can assist in any way. Denise Freisberg, meet director: denisefreisberg@mac.com OR Denise Smart, club president, denises@webzone.net

Thanks for reading my very long email. Please contact me if you have questions, comments or suggestions. Email: denises@webzone.net; In person: at the Jenks pool in the evenings or Saturdays.

Keep Swimming!!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
denises@webzone.net
918-749-2253

Sectional Championship Volunteers

2012-01-31T15:04:00.001-08:00

Dear Masters Swimmers,
Our March 1-4 Sectional Championship is approaching fast! National-level and some international-level swimmers will be setting records and qualifying for Olympic Trials in our pool! I've sent out requests for volunteers, and now we've set up a more detailed registration/information process. Please use the directions below to register, view assignment descriptions, and sign up for your opportunity.

I've asked for the help from EACH of you for as many duties/opportunities you can offer. Since we will be missing swimming all day Thursday-Saturday, why not plan to donate your time during the sessions you'd have normally come to swim? Considering all you've gained from swimming here, why not give back to the Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center?

If the directions below aren't clear, let me know, and I will send you the original document (I cut-and-pasted this).

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALL YOUR HELP!

George Villarreal
george.villarreal@jenksps.org

Instructions for Sectionals Meet Job Sign-up

Go to the Jenks Trojan Swim Club site at www.jenksswimclub.com
Click on the "Sign In" button.

Enter 'jenksswimms@gmail.com' in the E-mail box and 'jtscvolunteer' for the password.

Once you are logged on, click on the "MEETS/EVENTS" button to the right of the main screen.

A list of upcoming meets will appear. Scroll down until you see the "Sectionals Championships" meet.
Click on the "Job Signup" button under the Sectionals meet.

You should then see a list of volunteer jobs with the various shifts.
Click on the check box for the job(s) and time period(s) you would like to sign-up for and then click on the "Signup" button.

A pop-up will appear asking for your "optional contact info".

Please, enter your contact information (email address, name, phone #, etc.) so that we can send reminder emails and information regarding any changes to sessio! n times. At a minimum, we need your name so that we will know who has signed up.
Once you click "Sign Up", you will see your information listed next to the shifts you signed up for.

If you have any difficulties, you can contact Emily Forbes at emily.forbes@hilti.com.

TMSC 2011 Financial Report

2012-01-25T06:59:00.001-08:00

Masters: Speedo Sectionals Volunteering

2012-01-25T06:57:00.001-08:00

Dear Masters Swimmers:
In the Fall, I sent a note asking that you mark your calendars so that you can volunteer during our Speedo Sectional meet here, March 1-4. Please consider giving back to the District and the Aquatic Center, and, considering that we are going to miss practices the second half of that week, you might consider coming here to volunteer during that period.

I attached some of the responsibility areas, but I will need specific help in the areas "nearest the pool," ie, areas where experienced swimmers know how to handle things. SPECIFICALLY: I need members to help who are familiar with timing systems and with Hy-Tek (I can train you during HS meets in the next month). Please do help, take off work, and get FREE MEALS and tee-shirts during the times you volunteer. I also may need concessions volunteers.

Please send me back areas you would be interested in helping, and what dates and times. March 1: 5:00pm to 9:00pm. March 2-4: 8am to 1:00pm and 5pm to 9pm.

SECTIONAL VOLUNTEER ASSIGNMENT

1. MEET MANAGEMENT AREA:

*Computer Room *Hytek MM chair

*Timing Console *Entry chair

*Announcer *DJ

*Resolution Desk *Clerk of Course

2. NEW POOL DECK AREA:

*Timers (16 + 2 for relief timers) *May want 3 for 50M races

*Head Timer (1)

*Runners (3)

*Marshal (2) male and female

*Hospitality (1)

*Ribbons and Awards (2)

*Photography and Media

*Lifeguards

3. BLEACHERS AND CONCESSIONS:

*Marshal (1)

*Runner (1)

*Concessions (2-3)

4. MAIN ENTRANCE AND OLD POOL AREA:

*Marshal (1)

*Runner (1)

*Lifeguards

*Door monitors

*Merchandise

*Admissions Table (2-3)

5. HOSPITALITY AREA:

*Staff (2-4)

*Door Monitors

*Runner (1-2)

6. OUTSIDE FACILITY:

*Door Monitors

*Parking attendants

*Directing pedestrians

*Drop-off (1)

*Shuttle drivers

7. SIGNAGE:

*Bleacher areas

*Directions for pedestrians

*Swim clubs for bleacher and crash areas

*Directions for participants

8. CAFETERIA:

*Door Monitor (1-2)

*Hope to have a caterer who brings own crew.

9. MAINTENANCE:

*Folks to wipe down stainless steel, glass (window/doors)

*George will have most assigned

*Supply chain-folks to go get food, change, etc for meet

George C. Villarreal, Manager
Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center
205 East B Street
Jenks, OK 74036
918.299.4415, ext. 1020

Reminder: Tulsa Masters Holiday Party-- Saturday, Dec 17th!

2011-12-12T15:12:00.001-08:00

Just a quick reminder about the Tulsa Masters Christmas Party this Saturday, December 17th. Don and Nancy Nelson are our hosts. Bring a side dish and join your fellow swimmers for some dry land fun. All members should have received an invitation in the mail. If you didn't, or you've lost yours.... I've attached a flyer with all the details.

Also, don't forget to renew your USMS/TMSC membership for 2012 before December 31st.

That's all for now. See you at the pool!

Denise

TMSC annual club meeting minutes 11/19/2011

2011-11-21T10:57:00.000-08:00

Hello, Swimmers

Attached are the minutes from the annual TMSC club meeting, held November 19, 2011 and the Jenks Aquatic Center.

Thanks to all of you who participated in the November birthday workout and to those of you who stayed for the meeting and refreshments afterwards. It was a fun day!

I also want to thank all of you for supporting Tulsa Masters this year. It is great to see so many people in the pool! I hope to hear from many of you regarding the needs we have to make 2012 another successful year. (See attached!).

Personally, thanks to all of you that I routinely come to for advice and encouragement. So many of you are willing to help when called upon and even when I don't ask. I truly appreciate you. Special thanks to Steve Lee, Dewey Smith and John Kopsky for trying to save me from myself! :) To all the newest members of the club, thanks for giving me so many fun people to swim with. You are the reason I look forward to practice every day!

Please contact me if you have any questions, suggestions, and ESPECIALLY if you can take on one of the many volunteer duties listed in the meeting minutes.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Denise Smart
President, Tulsa Masters Swim Club

Thanksgiving week swim schedule!

2011-11-21T10:55:00.000-08:00

Yes, we will be swimming next week at the Jenks pool. George will be gone starting Tuesday evening, but we will try hard to carry on without him! :)

Here is the schedule for next week:

Monday: normal schedule for all 3 workouts

Tuesday: lunch and evening workouts

Wednesday: 6 am workout ONLY

Thursday: NO SWIM

Friday: 8 am only

Saturday: normal 8 am workout

Other stuff:
We might still be able to get in on the can food drive. The boxes were still there when I left the pool tonight. Bring your cans and make the masters group look good!

One last reminder about the November b-day workout Saturday at 8 am. We will congregate in the classroom for refreshments after swimming all the birthday sets in the pool! I'll have the Tulsa Masters swim caps at the pool that day. $5. Get one!

See you in the pool!!

Denise.

No practice

2011-11-09T12:17:00.001-08:00

Reminder: there will be no practice on Thursday afternoon, 10 November, at th3 6:00pm time.

George C. Villarreal, Manager
Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center
205 East B Street
Jenks, OK 74036
918.299.4415, ext. 1020

Stroke Clinic

2011-11-03T14:56:00.001-07:00

I’d like to host a stroke clinic on Saturday, 12th November. This is FREE to Masters swimmers who have paid November dues. I will host this during the regular Saturday morning swim time (8-10am), and will focus on freestyle technique, and may touch on backstroke as well. I’ll spend the first 1 hour of the period on the clinic, after which time you can stay for additional swimming.

Since we have the use of the facility to ourselves at that time, anyone choosing to forego the clinic can do practice as usual. We’ll just separate the groups into the two pools.

See you at the pool!

George C. Villarreal, Manager
Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center
205 East B Street
Jenks, OK 74036
918.299.4415, ext. 1020

November b-day workout, bagels & club meeting, Reminders!

2011-10-31T06:08:00.001-07:00

Hello, Tulsa Masters Swimmers!

Several of your fellow Tusla Masters teammates are celebrating birthdays in November. You are invited to join Don Nelson, Dewey Smith, George Villarreal, and myself for a FUN Saturday birthday workout on November 19th, 8 am, at the Jenks pool. To further entice you, please plan to stay for refreshments after the workout. A very brief club meeting will take place then, too. See agenda & more info below.

I know there are probably more November birthday buddies out there, so let me know who you are. If you want to join in the fun, plan to contribute a short set (500 to 1000 yards) that we can all do together.

If 8 am is too early for you to swim, then come for the refreshments afterwards. We'll start munching about 9:45 or so.

As for the club meeting....
It is a requirement of USMS and Oklahoma Masters Swimming that each club hold an annual meeting. Our last official meeting was in July, 2010. I also sent out a year end newsletter in December 2010 along with the Christmas party invitations. I promise this meeting will be brief and not detract from the birthday celebration. I don't know of any 'new' business we need to attend to, unless you have something to add. I hope this will be a good opportunity for all of us to mix and mingle. With so many new members, and so many different workout groups, we rarely have a chance to all be together at once.

Please know this meeting is NOT mandatory for you to attend, but it is mandatory that we have a club meeting. I hope that in conjunction with a fun workout and FOOD, it won't be so bad! :)

Here is the agenda as of now:

I. Overview of the 2011
a. membership
b. TMSC hosted events

II. Upcoming events
a. Xmas Party
b. 2012 schedule

III. Treasurer's report

IV. Round Table

REMINDER:
November 5: Lighthouse Meet, OKC, aka, "Kathy's meet". I will definitely be going to this meet. Please let me know if you are going and you want to ride together. Meet info: http://www.okswim.org/LighthouseOKCflyer2011.pdf

Renew your USMS membership starting November 1: You'll soon receive an email from USMS encouraging you to renew your membership before the end of the year. Special sponsor discounts are offered as an incentive. Let's see if we can renew 100% of our club by December 31!

One favor to ask of the unattached swimmers: If you are a Tulsa area swimmer who registered as 'unattached' in 2011, I encourage you to select Tulsa Masters when you renew for 2012. There are many advantages for me personally, in that I can have one distribution list for all TMSC members to make sure everyone gets my very important emails! Also, a small portion of your annual fee does come back to the club to help pay for the Xmas party expenses, the occasional refreshments after workouts, etc. We do hope you will offer to help us at TMSC events, but we have no mandatory volunteer hour requirements.

Last note on USMS memberships: If you have friends who are waiting to join, tell them to sign up now. Their membership will be good for the remainder of 2011 (so they can swim at the Lighthouse meet!) and all of 2012.

As always, please contact me if you have any questions. I will apologize in advance if you receive multiple emails on this subject. I want to make sure I contact everyone.

Happy Swimming!
Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
denises@webzone.net
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com
www.okswim.org

Upcoming Swim Meets

2011-10-03T06:59:00.000-07:00

Hello Swimmers!

TULSA MASTERS NEWS!!
(please reply to Denise at denises@webzone.net)

Good evening Tulsa Masters Swimmers!

Just a quick update for you all this evening.

First of all, WELCOME to all the new swimmers who've joined Tulsa Masters Swim Club in the past few months. Our membership now totals 158 swimmers! Very impressive. Please let me know if you have any questions at all regarding masters swimming. We'd love to have you participate in our workouts, and in our events. I really believe Tulsa Masters has something to offer every level of swimmer. Our website, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com, is frequently updated with information regarding places to swim, swim events, etc. You'll also get emails from me about from time to time updating you on the latest swimming news. You can also refer to the Oklahoma Masters Swimming website, www.okswim.org, for information regarding masters swimming in the state of Oklahoma.

As for places to swim, please note there are 3 locations in the Tulsa area that offer coached workouts. Charlie Haverstick at the Claremore Rec Center, Donovan Ewing at Bixby High School, and George Villarreal at Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center. Their contact information can be found on the TMSC website. Let me know if you have a standing swim group at another pool. We'd be glad to post it on the blog so new swimmers know they have choices when trying to find a place to swim.

Upcoming events:

October 15:
1st Annual Walmart Masters Swimming Invitational, Walton Life Fitness Center, Bentonville, Arkansas http://www.arkansasmasters.org/MeetInformation/2011_Walmart%20Masters%20Invite_SCY.pdf
Let me know if you are interested in going. We usually try to organize carpools to the out of town meets.

November 5:
Lighthouse Masters Meet, Lighthouse Fitness Center, Oklahoma City Kathy Keffer-Sharpe is the meet director. I haven't seen the meet entry info yet, but will pass it on when I get it. Kathy's email address is filtercam1@gmail.com. Again, we will try to carpool to this meet.

Social events:
Breakfast every Saturday after workout!!
A few of us usually go to eat after the Saturday morning workout at Jenks. Anyone is welcome to join us! Depends on how many are going as to where we go. The workout is over at 10 am, so we are on our way shortly after that.

Christmas Party, December 17th! SAVE THE DATE!!
Don and Nancy Nelson will host the TMSC Christmas Party this year. It is always a fun, dry land activity! Spouses and significant others are welcome. Details at a later date.

FOR SALE:
Tulsa Masters Swim Club caps
Be part of the team! Yellow caps with the TMSC logo in blue. $5.00. Contact me if you want a cap: denises@webzone.net

TALLCHIEF OPEN WATER CHALLENGE T-SHIRTS
There are a few shirts left over from the lake swim that can be purchased for $5.
I have 6 XL and 3 XXL royal blue shirts, pre-shrunk cotton, with our unique Tallchief logo designed by Tulsa Masters member, Jocelyn Wood. Again, contact me if you would like a shirt.

That is all for tonight. See you in the pool!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
denises@webzone.net
918-749-2253 (evenings)
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com
www.okswim.org

Oklahoma
http://oklahomamastersswimming.com

Jenks Pool Lockers

2011-09-26T13:48:00.000-07:00

Masters Swimmers,
It has been decided that we will have Masters swimmers use the Competition Pool (new pool) locker room. I know several of you have had lockers for a while, and will have to get a new combo and move your things. For now, we will have access to about 12 lockers in each locker room, men’s and women’s: so far, fewer than a dozen Masters swimmers have decided to obtain a locker. I will get a list of which lockers Masters will be assigned, and then you can move your things. For now, you may start changing in and using the on-deck locker rooms.

George C. Villarreal, Manager
Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center
205 East B Street
Jenks, OK 74036
918.299.4415, ext. 1020

Tallchief results link

2011-09-15T07:09:00.001-07:00

The Tallchief results are official and correct. Here is the link: http://www.onlineraceresults.com/event/view_event.php?event_id=7404

Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center - Course Changes

2011-09-13T14:24:00.001-07:00

Dear Masters Swimmers,

You will notice that we have changed the pool to the 25 yard dimension, which affords us the use of 19 lanes. We made the change on Monday, and it was a good day to do it. The Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center Competition Pool is a multi-use facility, shared among three competitive programs. The Jenks High School team, the Jenks Trojan Swim Club and the Masters team all use the facility, and there is significant overlap, especially during the evening swim time. Therefore, we needed to accommodate the requirements of the other two programs. We will continue to use the 25 yard courses through the Fall and Winter, though we will look to create a few long course opportunities during this time. Any conversion, however, requires lots of coordination and willing workers, so we me see few changes in the coming months.

Program Notes:
Please be sure you have your USMS registration completed. You must have your registration to participate in practices.
During ALL practices, Masters Swimmers must use the refurbished locker rooms near the 25m pool.
If you want the use of a locker, let me know, and I will furnish you with a combination.

Congratulations to everyone who competed this past weekend, in triathlons or at the Tallchief event!

Also, we will be scheduling a time this fall to have our timing system manufacturer, Daktronics, provide us with a training session. I’d like to invite Masters swimmers to volunteer at meets this year to help run our timing.

See you at the pool!

George C. Villarreal, Manager
Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center
205 East B Street
Jenks, OK 74036
918.299.4415, ext. 1020

Thanks!---fwd note FROM George-- And results link

2011-09-12T07:16:00.001-07:00

Hello, Tulsa Tallchief swimmers!

Thanks to all of you for participating today in the Tallchief Open Water Challenge. George asked me to forward the note below to all of you regarding washing our suits out before we return to the Jenks pool, or any other pool for that matter!

Also, the complete results from today's swim will be available later this evening on the DG Productions website. http://dgroadracing.com.

See you in the pool!

Denise
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: George Villarreal
Sent: Sep 11, 2011 1:03 PM
To: Denise
Subject: Thanks!

Denise,
Thanks for a great event! I really enjoyed it.

I wonder if you could pass this on to the rest of the Masters group:

Great job today Tulsa Masters! Great work, great swimming, and you should be proud of yourselves!

I want to ask if you could remember to wash out (in soapy water) any items you wore today in the lake before you use them again at the Jenks Aquatic Center. There has been research indicating that algae and mold spores can migrate from lakes to pools via swim suits and swim items. We have a great pool, and I know we want to keep it looking that way!

Again, great job today, especially to our organizers and volunteers! Thanks to everyone for showing up and representing our team!

Best,

George

Tallchief Open Water Challange 2011

2011-09-06T06:57:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much for your entry in the Tallchief Open Water Challenge. The current forecast is for sunny skies with a high of 90 degrees. Should be perfect weather for us! It is not too late for your swimming buddies to enter. Early registration, both on line & paper entries, closes at 11:59 pm, Friday September 9th. Entries after that time will be $10 more.

Just a few reminders:

All information pertaining to the swim can be found by going to the TMSC website and clicking on the Tallchief logo. http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com

The event information includes directions to Zink Ranch, start times, etc. Please print this page for reference.

If you follow the directions, you shouldn't get lost. The biggest challenge will be avoiding the construction around downtown Tulsa to make your way to HWY 64/412 going west to Sand Springs/Stillwater. (Participants coming from OKC will not have to worry about this.)

Once on 64/412 going west, DO NOT exit until you get to 129th West Ave. There is a large, green, 'Zink Ranch' sign just before the exit. This is the exit to HWY 97 north, which will take you to Zink Ranch. Please note HWY 97 N will turn into a 2 lane road that has some twists & turns in it. Stay on the main road, do not turn off of it. Look for the event signs along the side of the road to reassure you. You will travel approx 9.7 miles north on this road.

Again, please read the directions given in the event information.

I will stress again that you need to allow plenty of time to find your way to Zink Ranch and Camp Tallchief where this swim is held. These are paved roads, but country roads, so highways speeds are not always safe. Once inside the ranch, the speed limit is pretty tame. We don't want to anger the Ranger! Enjoy the drive. It is beautiful inside the ranch.

The registration table closes at 8:30 am. You should plan to be through the main gate of the ranch no later than 8 am to allow plenty of time to check in and make your way to the start area. Swimmers may begin warming up at 8 am. No one should be in the water unless lifeguard support is present. Please listen to the officials at the start area.

Other info: the water temp should be well over 78 degrees. Wetsuits are not recommended when the water temp exceeds 78 degrees since it could cause a swimmer to over heat. If you choose to wear a wetsuit for safety reasons, please declare so at the registration table so that we may note it in the results. Swimmers wearing wetsuits are not eligible for overall awards. You may refer to the USMS Rulebook part 3 covering Open Water swim events for more information. The rule book is available on line at www.usms.org.

That should do it for now. Enjoy your swim, stay around for some fun afterwards. We will be cooking hamburgers & veggie burgers. Overall awards & a few special awards will be given during the feast. Please stick around. I will start the awards ceremony as soon as possible after the last swimmer is out of the water.
Thanks again for your entry. I know there are many choices in the arena of fitness events. I'm glad you chose the 2011 Tallchief Open Water Challenge!

Denise Smart
Event Director
denises@webzone.net
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com
www.okswim.org

2011-09-01T06:05:00.000-07:00

Good evening swimming fans!
(Please reply to denises@webzone.net in response to this email)

Tulsa Masters Swim Club is hosting the 4th annual TALLCHIEF OPEN WATER CHALLENGE, Sunday, September 11th. Yes, we know this event conflicts with the TriTulsa event! TAT and TMSC don't want any sporting need to go unmet! :)

"Double it" Weekend: As an enticement to the sprint distance triathletes, I will offer special recognition to anyone who completes the TriTulsa sprint distance race on Saturday and the Tallchief Open Water Challenge on Sunday. Just one requirement: please let me know by Friday, September 9 of your intent to do both.

To register: Please go to the Tulsa Masters website, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com - click on the Tallchief logo, which will take you straight to the online registration form and all the pertinent information about the event. Register by September 1st (earlier please!) to make sure you get a t-shirt. Please help me spread the word to all our multisport friends.

Upcoming masters swim meets:
October 15: 1st Annual Walmart Masters Swimming Invitational,
Bentonville, Arkansas
http://www.arkansasmasters.org/MeetInformation/2011_Walmart_Masters_Invite_SCY.pdf

November 5: Lighthouse Swim Meet, Oklahoma City. Contact Kathy Keffer-Sharpe, filtercam1@gmail.com

Swim meets are a great place to test your fitness, offering events for all types of swimmers. The Oklahoma Masters Swimming website, www.okswim.org, has results of recent meets in the state. Check it out to see that you do stack up with those you may consider to be "real" swimmers.

Triathlon/Duathlon events:
September 17th: Oklahoma State University's 7th Annual Triathlon presented by Outdoor Adventure. Not a USAT sanctioned event, but it looks fun! It is a Swim, RUN, BIKE triathlon in Stillwater. Check out the event info:
http://campusrec.okstate.edu/sites/default/files/documents/outdooradventure/11/2011%20Trifold%20Registration.pdf

October 1st: Jay Centennial Races, Jay, Oklahoma
https://www.signmeup.com/site/online-event-registration/76112
I believe this is a new event. Includes a USAT sanctioned duathlon, a 5K run, plus some events for the kids, and a parade.

That is all for now. Feel free to contact me at denises@webzone.net or call 918-749-2253.

Hope to see you at Tallchief September 11th!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
Tulsa Area Triathlete member
denises@webzone.net
918-749-2253 (evenings)
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com
www.okswim.org

LUNCH TIME SWIM WORKOUTS at JENKS

2011-09-01T06:04:00.001-07:00

LUNCH TIME SWIM WORKOUTS at JENKS start September 6th!!
(please reply to denises@webzone.net)

Good news for those of you who need a place to swim during the weekday:

Coach George Villarreal, george.villarreal@jenksps.org, will offer masters swim workouts at Jenks High School beginning Tuesday, September 6th. The pool will be available Monday through Fridays 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Same "rules" apply as for the other masters practices at Jenks High School:

1) You must pay the monthly fee of $25($26.25 for non Jenks residents)to the Jenks Community Education Department, via their website, www.jenkscommunityed.com, look for 'swimming programs' in the list on the left side of the page. You can also call the JCE office to pay over the phone, 918-298-0340.

2) You must join United States Masters Swimming/ Tulsa Masters Swim Club. You can register online at www.usms.org/reg. Put in your zip code to get to the Oklahoma registration page.

There is a lot going on in the swimming world these days. Please refer to the Tulsa Masters website, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com, for recent emails regarding subjects such as:
--Tallchief Open Water Challenge, September 11th;

--Other up coming swim meets and multisport events;

--Places to swim/ schedules, including coached workouts, in the Tulsa area;

-- and Purchasing your own Tulsa Masters swim cap.

Also, please check out the Oklahoma Masters Swimming website, www.okswim.org, for information about masters swimming across the state.

As always, please feel free to contact me regarding your swimming questions!

Happy Swimming!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
Event Director: Tallchief Open Water Challenge denises@webzone.net http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com www.okswim.org

Labor Day masters workout at Jenks 8 am -- NO evening workout!

2011-09-01T06:02:00.000-07:00

There WILL be a morning masters workout at the Jenks pool on LABOR DAY, Monday, September 5, 8 to 10 am. (Yes, Saturday morning workout as usual this weekend).

NO EVENING WORKOUT ON LABOR DAY!

Speaking of September, you can pay your September swimming fees on line to Jenks Community Ed. If you haven't bookmarked the JCE website by now, PLEASE DO SO! And add that monthly reminder to your calendar so we don't have to keep nagging you. Go to www.jenkscommunityed.com, look for 'swimming programs' in the sidebar to the left and go from there. OR go to the Tulsa Masters website, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com, and click on the JCE logo which will take you straight to the website. EASY!

The new swimmers who haven't yet joined United States Masters Swimming (USMS)/ Tulsa Masters Swim Club, we need you to do that, too. Go to www.usms.org/ reg, put in your zip code and you will go to the Oklahoma registration page. Another EASY!

And since I might have your attention, one more plug for the Tallchief Open Water Challenge. In case you've missed previous emails, the event is Sunday September 11. It consists of a 1/2 mile, 1 mile or 2 mile swim. The event is located at Zink Ranch, which is located north of Sand Springs. The venue is a very nice small private lake on the property of the Camp Tallchief Girl Scout camp. The water is clean & relatively clear by Oklahoma standards. Please join us for a fun day at the lake. There will be a cookout afterwards. Your family members are welcome to come out to cheer you on. If you don't want to swim, I'm sure I can use your help to make it a great event for all the swimmers. Please contact me if you have any questions about the lake swim. denises@webzone.net. You can register by going to the TMSC website, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com, and clicking on the Tallchief logo on the right side of the page.

See you in the pool!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club

Oklahoma News - Mon, Aug 22, 2011

2011-08-23T11:44:00.001-07:00

Good evening, Tulsa Masters members!

(Please reply to denises@webzone.net in response to this email)

Several things to tell you this evening. I'll do my best to keep it concise!

1)Thanks to everyone who participated, volunteered, or both at the our meet last Saturday! It was a big success. Thanks to Leslie Sauber for stellar job as meet director. Another big thanks goes to Lloyd Landreth for hosting the social at his office. We must also thank Jenks Public Schools for allowing us to swim and host events in such a fantastic facility. Meet results are posted on the Oklahoma Masters Swimming website: www.okswim.org

2) Next up: the 4th annual TALLCHIEF OPEN WATER CHALLENGE, Sunday, September 11th.
Your anxious event director (me!)needs your entry! Please go to the Tulsa Masters website, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com - click on the Tallchief logo, which will take you straight to the online registration form and all the pertinent information about the event. Register by September 1st (earlier please!) to make sure you get a t-shirt.

We are competing for participants with the TriTulsa event the same weekend. I need your help to promote the Tallchief event. To entice the triathletes, I will offer special recognition to anyone who "doubles", i.e. does the sprint distance tri on Saturday and the Tallchief event on Sunday. Please help me spread the word to all our multisport friends.

Volunteers are needed, too! Not sure you want to do the open water swim? I need lots of volunteers for this event. Please email me if you can help. Jobs include: setting up the night before, "gate keeper", more set up the morning of the event; registration table; kayakers/canoes; finish line; food set up; clean up crew, etc. Volunteers receive an event t-shirt, and lunch afterwards, plus my never ending gratitude. Email me at denises@webzone.net

3) We have Tulsa Masters swim caps! The caps are yellow with the Tulsa Masters logo in blue. Caps are $5 (1/2 goes to pay for the caps, 1/2 to fund the Christmas party!) Contact me if you'd like a cap. If you are swimming at the Jenks pool, I'm keeping the caps there. Catch me at workout.

4) Coached workouts! There are now THREE pools in the area offering coached workouts to masters swimmers, triathletes and fitness swimmers. Donovan Ewing at Bixby HS and Charlie Haverstick at the Claremore Rec Center continue to offer their services. George Villarreal recently took on the masters group at the Jenks Aquatic Center. Email George at george.villarreal@jenksps.org for more information. We will be updating the website with this information soon.

5) Upcoming masters swim meets:
October 15: 1st Annual Walmart Masters Swimming Invitational, Bentonville, Arkansas http://www.arkansasmasters.org/MeetInformation/2011_Walmart_Masters_Invite_SCY.pdf

November 5: Lighthouse Swim Meet, Oklahoma City. Contact Kathy Keffer-Sharpe, filtercam1@gmail.com

That is all for now. Feel free to contact me at denises@webzone.net or call 918-749-2253.

Hope to see you in the pool!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
denises@webzone.net
918-749-2253 (evenings)
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com
www.okswim.org

Calling all swimmers......

2011-08-10T12:57:00.000-07:00

Hello swimmers!!

Just one last reminder about the Tulsa Masters Swim Club's annual Oklahoma Memorial State Championship swim meet at the NEW Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center on SATURDAY, AUGUST 13th. Even if you don't think you want to swim, there are plenty of reasons to attend the meet:

#1, most important reason: SUPPORT meet director, Leslie Sauber, and all the volunteers who are working hard to make this a special event. We are getting help from the Jenks Community Education department and the Jenks Trojan Swim Club. They are very excited about supporting the masters club. We want them to see their efforts are worth it! Here is the link to the meet information: http://www.okswim.org/OKmemorialflyer2011.pdf
There is an event or two for all swimmers, regardless of experience and fitness.

#2: Meet fun, new & old swimmers! We've seen an explosion of registered masters members in the state this year. Come to see old friends. Meet new friends!

#3: Come to see, and swim in, the best pool in the region (maybe the country). You won't be disappointed! Indoor 50 meter competition pool, 8 lanes.

#4: Purchase a Tulsa Masters swim cap! Caps will be available at the meet for $5.

#5: Need some last minute swim merchandize? Joy Hancock from the Tulsa Runner will have a table set up at the meet with suits, goggles and other items for purchase.

#6: Opportunity to sign up for the 4th Tallchief Open Water Challenge event, September 11. This is also a Tulsa Masters Swim Club hosted event. Registration forms will be available at the meet. Also on line at http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com.

#7: Meet the newest masters coach in the Tulsa area. George Villarreal has been hired by Jenks Public Schools to manage the Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center and to coach the masters group swimming there. George & his wife just this week moved to Oklahoma from Kentucky. Please join us Saturday to give George a warm (bad choice of words!) welcome!

#8: FINAL REASON: Come for the awesome, catered, indoor, party after the meet at the Landreth Law Firm in Jenks, just 1/2 mile east of the pool. Eat, drink, and be merry! The annual meeting of the Oklahoma Masters Swimming officers will be held as well. Chairman Dewey Smith promises to keep it short & sweet! Right, Dewey?! :)

Any questions? Please contact me at denises@webzone.net. And don't forget to regularly check the websites www.okswim.org and http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com for updated information about masters swimming in Oklahoma.

Thanks for reading my email. See you at the pool!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253 (late evenings!)

Update to Jenks swim schedule

2011-07-19T11:57:00.001-07:00

Swimmers,

There will be no EVENING workout on Friday, July 22 at the Jenks pool. There WILL BE the regular masters workout Friday MORNING, 7/22 6 am, and Saturday, July 23 at 8 am. You should have the whole pool both days. Kids are away at a meet.

Please see my previous email sent Sunday evening, July 17, about other changes to the schedule.

Email me with any questions. THANKS!

Denise

Please read: Jenks swim schedule & other news!

2011-07-18T11:33:00.000-07:00

Hello swimmers!!!

Just a few things to tell you. Please forgive me if this note ends up being too long!! I am out of town Wednesday July 20- Tuesday July 26. I'll have limited email access during that time. I'm getting far away from it all!!! :)

Most important: **upcoming changes in the workout schedule** JULY 25, Monday: no EVENING masters workout due to a meet using both ends of the pool. Morning group can swim as usual.

JULY 29, Friday, July 30, SATURDAY: NO MASTERS WORKOUTS at all, no am, no pm! BIG meet that weekend at the pool. Age Group Championships. Small pool will be utilized as a warm up/cool down pool.

Heads up that you will see the pool set up as 25 yards again this week through Monday July 25. After that, it should be back to 50 meters through August 20th.

Maybe more important:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE use the 'adult' locker rooms in the mornings and evenings. We received a vague report that "someone is using the kids locker room and 'they' aren't happy about it!". I have no idea if this complaint came from the morning group or the evening group or if it was in the men's or women's locker room. Bottom line is, just use the adult locker rooms to avoid any problems. We (me or Lloyd) will tell you if if is okay to use the kids locker rooms.

The online enrollment for August is available for sign up on the JCE website, www.jenkscommunityed.com, if you want to be proactive. :) If you are new to the group, and haven't yet joined United States Masters Swimming, please do that as well, www.usms.org/reg.

Other Fun Stuff:

Tulsa Runner, 9708 Riverside Pkwy, (918)494-8800, is now carrying swim apparel and accessories. NIKE products have already arrived, and SPEEDO stuff will be available soon. Joy Hancock, TMSC member and Tulsa Runner employee, is open to suggestions as to sizes and other equipment that should be carried in the store. Thanks for the info, Joy!

**Upcoming Tulsa Masters events**

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 ***Oklahoma Memorial State Championships at the Jenks Pool. *** This meet replaces the meet we hosted for years at McClure Park Pool. Make plans to set your swim PRs officially in our wonderful new pool. We need your participation, either as a swimmer or volunteer, or both! Even better than swimming in a fast pool, is the really fun social event that will take place AFTER the meet. Lloyd Landreth is hosting the celebration at his office, which is conveniently located less than a mile east of the pool, on 'B' Street. Join us for a cookout with all the fixin's, both edible and drinkable! :) Here is the link to the entry form: http://okswim.org/OKmemorialflyer2011.pdf.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11th ***4th Annual Tallchief Open Water Challenge, Zink Ranch, Sand Springs, OK.*** This is a lake swim consisting of your choice of 1/2 mile, 1 mile, or 2 mile swims. The lake is a small private lake on the Zink Ranch property. Beautiful setting, clean water to swim in. This a great chance to test your open water skills. The first event in 2008 had 30 participants; last year we had 100 swimmers! If open water swimming isn't your thing, I can definitely use your help the day of the event. Sponsors play a big part in making this event top notch. Thanks to Swim Tulsa, Tulsa Area Triathletes, Coach-Janet, Landreth Law Firm, and Leslie Sauber for their continued support. I am still soliciting sponsorship to help cover costs. Sponsors receive one free entry to the event for every $100 donated AND their name on the t-shirt! Please contact me if you know anyone who might be interested in contributing to our event. A portion of the proceeds are donated to the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma Camp Tallchief scholarship fund as a thank you to the Girl Scouts for allowing us to use their wonderful facility for our event. Go to http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com and click on the Tallchief logo for more information about this event.

I think I've about covered it for now. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Happy Swimming!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253 (evenings)

Going to Ft. Smith meet this weekend??

2011-07-11T11:48:00.001-07:00

http://www.arkansasmasters.org/MeetInformation/2011_Fort_Smith_Masters_Meet.pdf

It's not too late to make plans to participate in the Ft. Smith masters meet this Saturday, July 16. Please see the link to the entry form above. The group in Ft. Smith has a great meet every year. It would be awesome to have Tulsa represented at the meet.

Let me know if you are going and are interested in riding together. Dewey Smith, Don Nelson and I are planning to ride together. We can take a couple more people with us easily. The more the merrier.

Thanks!
Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club

5k/10k swim scheduled for July 9 POSTPONED to Aug 20th!!

2011-07-07T14:27:00.001-07:00

5k/10k swim scheduled for July 9 POSTPONED!!

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 5K/10K Postal swim at the Jenks pool has been postponed! We are tentatively rescheduling the swim for August 20TH. Watch your email for details!

YES, there will be masters practice at Jenks at our regular times.

Please contact me with any questions, denises@webzone.net

Keep training!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com
www.okswim.org

Jenks Masters Swim Schedule 4th of July weekend

2011-06-30T07:21:00.000-07:00

We will be on our regular schedule for this holiday weekend, EXCEPT no masters workout Monday evening, JULY 4th!

Friday July 1: 6:00 am-- Larry Krutka's b-day workout!
Friday evening 6:00 pm-- regular workout, no age group kids!

Saturday, July 2: 8 to 10 am-- age group kids will be there. We will have our usual 4-5 lanes depending on the size of our group.

MONDAY July 4th: 6 am workout ONLY. I think we will have the whole pool that morning.

Other items to note:
--You can now sign up for the months of July and August on the JCE website, www.jenkscommunityed.com

--To those of you who've recently joined our swim group at Jenks, please note you are also required to join United States Masters Swimming, www.usms.org/reg. Thanks for your interest in swimming!

--There will be no evening workout on July 25th due to the High School Swimming All State meet. We can't use the small pool because of swimming lessons. Darn! A day off!!

I'll let you know of any other changes in the schedule as needed.

Please feel free to contact me or Lloyd if you have any questions about masters swimming at Jenks.

Have a safe holiday weekend. See you in the pool.

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com
www.okswim.org
918-749-2253

2011-06-27T11:37:00.000-07:00

Dear Swimming friends!

Several new swimming "things" to tell you about and reminders about others. Please contact me with any questions. Much of this information is available on the TMSC blog, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com. In addition, please check out the new and improved Oklahoma Masters Swimming website, http://www.okswim.org, for all information pertaining to masters swimming in the state.

Upcoming Events:

1) July 9: USMS 5K/10K Postal Championship, https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=1246&smid=2770. Our distance swimming queen, Leslie Sauber, leslie.sauber@att.net, is organizing this event for July 9th at the Jenks pool. Please contact Leslie if you are interested in participating. Please note, if you do want to officially enter the event, you MUST bring someone to count for you during the swim. Those that want to officially enter the event will be accommodated during the regular Saturday morning Jenks masters workout. The rest of us will take the remaining lanes and do our thing. WE WILL HAVE ALL 8 LANES on Saturday, July 9. The kids will be away at a meet. Please see the above link for more info regarding this distance swim event.

2) July 11: Swim-a-Roo, Tulsa, OK sponsored by Tulsa Park & Rec and hosted by Swim Tulsa, 5:30 pm at McClure Park Pool. PLEASE CONTACT ME, denises@webzone.net, if you are interested in participating in this fun meet. The area kids Park & Rec teams will be there in full force. The only events offered are a 50 of each stroke. You can enter 1 event or all 4, your choice. We will swim in the 19 & over age group. I will gather all our entries and turn them in to the meet director. For more information about the event, go to: http://www.swimtulsa.org/osst/__eventform__/160030_Meet%20Info%20SwimARoo%202011.pdf
I need to hear from you by June 30th, if you want to participate! TMSC has been represented at this meet the past 3 years. Let's keep it going!

3) July 16: Ft. Smith Masters Meet, Ft. Smith, AR, http://www.okswim.org/Ft_Smith_Masters_Meet__11.pdf.
Several of the Tulsa swimmers will attend this meet. Email me, denises@webzone.net, if you want to carpool.

4) July 22-24: South Central Zone Championships, The Woodlands, Texas, www.wmst.net/calendar/usms-scz-lc-championships. Tulsa Masters member and Bixby coach, Donovan Ewing, is thinking about attending this event. It would be great to have more Oklahoma swimmers at this meet. Let me know if you are interested in going.

4) August 3-6: USMS Long Course Nationals, Auburn University, Alabama. www.usms.org/comp/lcnats11

6) August 13: OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, hosted by Tulsa Masters Swim Club, NEW location: Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center, Jenks, Oklahoma. Go to the TMSC blog, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com, scroll down the right side of the page to find the link to the entry information. Leslie Sauber is the meet director, leslie.sauber@att.net.

7) September 11: 4th Annual TALL CHIEF OPEN WATER CHALLENGE, hosted by Tulsa Masters Swim Club, location: Zink Ranch, Sand Springs, OK. Online event information and entry available: https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=1761&smid=3236
Entries now being accepted. In fact, we received our first online entry today, from MONTANA - my sister! You can contact me for more information, denises@webzone.net

Updates to 'places to swim':

-- No more morning 'masters swim class' at Hutcherson YMCA. Coach Lucas's schedule changed and he is no longer able to offer this class. We want to thank Lucas for giving the former Downtown Y swimmers a place to swim and the motivation to swim hard! You might see Lucas IN THE WATER at Jenks on Saturday mornings!

-- Adult lap swim continues at McClure Park, outdoor 50 meter pool, Tues-Wed-Thurs evenings, 6:30 to 7:30 pm.. Rhonda Feiner suggests swimmers become "friends" with 'Tulsa Parks Pools' on Facebook to get alerts about last minute pool closings & other information. Get your swim pass at the Hicks Community Center, 3443 S. Mingo. A lifeguard will be on deck. You do not have to be a USMS/TMSC member to participate in these open lap swimming sessions. Go here for general Tulsa Park Pool information. The online ' summer fun' guide can be found here. Scroll down to "Fitness/Sports-Aquatics" and look for lap swimming; or call 596-PARK (7275).

I believe that is all for now. Keep Swimming!!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253 (evenings)
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com
www.okswim.org

Facebook Friend TULSA PARKS POOL for latest information

2011-06-16T20:29:00.000-07:00

From: "Freiner, Rhonda"
Sent: Jun 16, 2011 3:41 PM
To: Denise
Subject: McClure Pool

Pass on to the master lap swimmers that McClure is closed for the rest of the day..fecal accident in the pool. Also if they want to be alerted have them ask to be friends with Tulsa Parks' Pool on Facebook. I try to post all the daily pool closings.

Rhonda Freiner
Tulsa Parks
Aquatics/Adult Sports

175 East 2 Street Suite 570
Tulsa Ok 74103-3216
Office: (918) 596-2526
Fax: (918) 699-3290

Oklahoma Masters Swimming - New Website Launched!

2011-06-14T22:02:00.001-07:00

All Swimmers!

The Oklahoma Masters Swimming website has be updated, please visit the new website at www.okswim.org for the latest updates on swim meets and practices in oklahoma and other meets!

Jenks Swim Schedule Friday 6/10 and Saturday 6/11

2011-06-08T06:09:00.001-07:00

Hi, swimmers!

Need to let you know that there will be NO masters workout Friday EVENING 6/10. Yes, you can swim FRIDAY morning!!

There is workout Saturday morning 6/11. Norman Kahler will open the pool in my absence. Also the club team will NOT be swimming Saturday morning, so you will have the whole pool and the locker rooms on the deck to use if you want to.

Let me know if you have any questions! I'll be out of town but will try to check email periodically.

Thanks!

Denise
denises@webzone.net

Swimming at Jenks next weekend, June 3 & 4

2011-06-01T08:07:00.001-07:00

Too many emails today, SORRY!!!

Need to advise everyone that we will swim in the 'instructional pool' (the old pool) next Friday EVENING (June 3) and Saturday morning (June 4). There is a 'Alumni Reunion Meet' for former Jenks swimmers on Saturday morning in the new pool. They will be setting up the pool Friday evening, the meet is Saturday morning.

Yes, we can still swim, but we will swim in the 25m pool instead of the 50m pool. Good flip turn practice!

THANKS for reading all my emails.

Denise

Please read! Date set for TMSC summer meet AND Daktronicstrainingng.

2011-06-01T08:06:00.000-07:00

Hello, Tulsa Masters Swim Club Members!!!!

GOOD NEWS!! We have a date for the Oklahoma Memorial Masters State Championship meet! The meet will be August 13th and the brand new, indoor, 50 meter, Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center. Tulsa Masters Swim Club is beginning a new chapter in its history of bringing quality masters swimming competition opportunities to our region.

What happens now??? We now need to IMMEDIATELY identify a meet director! Don't worry, the new meet director won't be in it alone. I will be acting as the liaison between the club and Jenks Public Schools (JPS) for the things pertaining to the facility itself. The meet director will be responsible for the 'other' stuff: obtaining the sanction, the entry form, registration, volunteers, social, etc. And as meet director, many of these things can be DELEGATED to your fellow club members! It is OUR meet, we can ALL help in some way.

PLEASE contact me immediately if you are willing to help. We need to start publicizing the event soon, so people will make plans to attend.

Next on the agenda: Daktronics training. The timing system at the new pool is Daktronics. We need a few Tulsa Masters members to be trained in using this system so we can use it at our meets, specifically for the August meet. I doubt it takes a computer 'geek' to run this system, but it will require some training. So whether you are a 'geek' or not, please email me if you are interested in learning the system so I can get training set up. Again, this is something that needs to happen sooner rather than later. It is VERY important to have electronic timing at our meets.

Bottom line: 1) We need a meet director for the August 13th meet
2) We need to have several Tulsa Masters members participate in training for the Daktronics timing system at the new pool.

PLEASE LET ME HEAR FROM YOU!!!!

Thanks!
Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253 (evenings)
denises@webzone.net
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com

ALL THINGS SWIMMING!! Save these dates!

2011-06-01T08:05:00.000-07:00

Dear Swimming friends!

It is Memorial Day weekend and summer is HERE!! Just a brief reminder/ recap of all the swimming 'stuff' going on over the next few months. Print this note, save these dates! Please contact me with any questions. Much of this information is available on the TMSC blog, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com

1) May 31: "masters" swim workout starts at Bixby High School, 6 am. Contact Donavan Ewing at dewing@bixbyps.org. You do not have to be a USMS/TMSC member to participate in these coached workouts.

2) June 7: Adult lap swim begins at McClure Park, outdoor 50 meter pool. Tues-Wed-Thurs evenings, 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Get your swim pass at the Hicks Community Center, 3443 S. Mingo. A lifeguard will be on deck. You do not have to be a USMS/TMSC member to participate in these open lap swimming sessions.

3) June 11: Masters Swim Meet in Bentonville, Arkansas. http://www.arkansasmasters.org/MeetInformation/2011_06_11%20NWA_meet_info.pdf

4) June 12: Team St.Louis/St.Louis Area Masters 1 & 2 mile Open Water Swim https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=1732&smid=3112

5) July 11: Swim-a-Roo, Tulsa, OK sponsored by Tulsa Park & Rec and hosted by Swim Tulsa, 5:30 pm at McClure Park Pool. I'll be putting out more information later in June.

6) July 16: Ft. Smith Masters Meet, Ft. Smith, AR. I will provide a link to the entry form as soon as it is available.

7) July 22-24: South Central Zone Championships, The Woodland, Texas,www.wmst.net/calendar/usms-scz-lc-championships

8) August 3-6: USMS Long Course Nationals, Auburn University, Alabama. www.usms.org/comp/lcnats11

9) August 13: OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, hosted by Tulsa Masters Swim Club, NEW location: Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center, Jenks, Oklahoma. Meet info available soon!

10) September 11: TALL CHIEF OPEN WATER CHALLENGE, hosted by Tulsa Masters Swim Club, location: Zink Ranch, Sand Springs, OK. Event info available soon!

Keep Swimming!!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253 (evenings)
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com

ADD Wednesday mornings at Jenks to your swim options!

2011-05-14T07:53:00.000-07:00

Dear Swimmers:

Morning masters workouts at Jenks will now include WEDNESDAYS! That means you can swim three days/week in the mornings, 6 am to 7:30am. Lloyd Landreth is still your contact, llandreth@landrethlaw.com , for the morning swims, but Leslie Sauber will be 'in charge' on Wednesday mornings when Lloyd can't be there. Please see the information below, especially the arrival time!

Also, in case you've missed it in other emails, we are swimming FIVE nights per week (6 pm to 7:30 pm) AND Saturday mornings (8 to 10 am) at the new Jenks Pool. I'm your contact for questions regarding these workouts.

Happy Swimming!!
Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com
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Here are the policies we MUST adhere to: (In the mornings only!)

• Ben will be there for Rise and Shine, so the doors will be unlocked UNTIL Ben leaves around 6:00 AM or shortly thereafter, so be there a few minutes BEFORE 6:00 AM
• Ben will lock the outside doors when he leaves, so anyone trying to get in after Ben leaves is out of luck unless you let them in. This will change when the Club starts swimming in the AM.
• Morning Swim is over at 7:30 AM, so please make sure all Masters swimmers are out at that time.
• No one swims alone
• You will not have to unlock or lock anything.
• Ben or Denise or I will let you know once we get keys to the remodeled locker rooms. Until then, use the new ones. Not as big an issue until school is out and the Club starts swimming in the morning.
• Do a sign-in sheet each morning and either drop them in my mailbox or fax to me or scan and email to me.

Also: Denise sent out info regarding fees/ method of payment. Try to pay ASAP so we keep everyone happy. From Denise:
If you plan to be a regular swimmer at Jenks, you need to pay! Please go to the Jenks Community Ed (JCE) website,http://jenkscommunityed.com/classes.asp?categoryid=24&categoryname=Master%20Swim. We will pay by the month. Please note that if you are over 62 yrs old AND a Jenks resident, you are eligible for an additional discount. Please read the info on the link above and call the JCE office directly.
In addition to the monthly fee paid to JCE, you are required to join United States Masters Swimming- Tulsa Masters Swim Club. This is an annual fee. Please go to www.usms.org/reg and go from there. Quick and easy.

Informational Update to Jenks and new place to swim - Bixby High School

2011-05-04T07:57:00.000-07:00

Informational Update to Jenks and new place to swim - Bixby High School

1) Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center, located at 'B' Street & Birch St in Jenks, OK. (western edge of the Jenks HS campus). Please go to the Jenks Community Education website to register, http://jenkscommunityed.com/classes.asp?categoryid=46&categoryname=Sports%20&%20Fitness%20for%20Adults
to sign up for Masters workouts and the Rise and Shine swims.

MASTERS WORKOUTS:
The masters workouts below are currently 'swimmer coached'. An annual USMS membership is required to participate in the masters workouts. Register at www.usms.org/reg, $40/yr. Swimmers must also sign up through Jenks Community Ed (see website above). Cost is currently $25/ month.
We do anticipate our very own masters coach to be hired and on deck in the near future!!! Also coming in the near future, LUNCH TIME masters workouts!!

MORNING Masters WORKOUTS: 6 to 7:30 am Monday AND Fridays ONLY for now. Contact Lloyd Landreth, llandreth@landrethlaw.com for details.

EVENING Masters WORKOUTS: 6 to 7:30 pm Monday through Friday, 5 nights per week! Contact Denise Smart, denises@webzone.net

SATURDAY MORNING Masters WORKOUTS: 8 to 10 am. Contact Denise Smart, denises@webzone.net

LAP SWIM:
RISE & SHINE lap swim at Jenks: 5 am to 6 am, Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. contact Ben Thorman, BenT@flintco.com. This is not a masters workout, no coach on deck, swimmers do their own thing. A USMS membership is NOT required for the Rise & Shine swim. Sign up through Jenks Community Ed (website above). Cost is $20/ month.

6) Bixby High School:
MORNING Masters WORKOUTS beginning May 31st until school starts in the fall: 6 to 8 am, Monday through Friday, 5 days/week! COACHED workouts by Coach Donovan Ewing. Donovan is the Bixby Aquatics Director and Head Coach of the Bixby HS Team and the Bixby Swim Club. Cost is $15 per week or a $5 drop in fee. You do NOT have to join USMS to participate in this workout. Contact Donovan Ewing, dewing@bixbyps.org.

Add another pool to the list! Claremore Rec Center

2011-04-27T08:29:00.000-07:00

Hello, again, swimmers!

The list of places to swim in the Tulsa area continues to grow. Please add the Claremore Rec Center to the list I sent out last night. The Claremore Rec Center is an awesome 25 yd by 25 meter indoor pool. Triathletes know it as the location of the Spring Fever Triathlon. Tulsa Masters used the pool for our spring meet for a few years before the BTW HS was completed. http://www.claremorecity.com/index.aspx?nid=226

Claremore Rec Center is offering workouts for adult swimmers, not just Masters, starting at 6:30 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings for $35 per month. They will be expanding to Friday evenings in May. Tuesday & Thursday morning workouts, 6 am, will start in May as well.

The Claremore Rec Center is located at 595 Veteran’s Pkwy, Claremore, OK 74017, phone(918) 341-4516. Call Charlie Haverstick at 918-770-6204 or email him at cfhaverstick@yahoo.com for more information.

KEEP SWIMMING!!!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253 (evenings)
denises@webzone.net
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com

SWIM INFO!!! BTW, McCLURE, Hutcherson Y, ORU, and JENKS!!!

2011-04-24T21:08:00.000-07:00

Hello Swimmers!!!

SWIM INFO!!! BTW, McCLURE, Hutcherson Y, ORU, and JENKS!!!

Below is a description of everything I know about the options to swim in the Tulsa area for the next few months! This information will be posted on the TMSC blog as well, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com.

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HS: April 25- April 29, 2011--> LAST WEEK OF WORKOUTS at BTW :(
5 to 7 pm, Monday-Friday.

MCCLURE PARK POOL, outdoor 50 m pool, 7440 E. 7th Street.
NEW THIS YEAR! Starting TUESDAY JUNE 7th, 2011 Adult (18 & over) lap swimming, 6:30 to 7:30pm, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY evenings, through Thursday August 11th, 2011. Offered by the Tulsa Parks Department. A lifeguard will be on deck for that hour. No coach, swimmers do their own thing. Swimmers will purchase a pool pass from the Parks Department. Cost: $20 for 10 swims, $55 for the entire summer, or $5 for drop in. You must purchase the swim pass at the Hicks Community Center, 3443 S. Mingo. You DO NOT have to be a masters member to swim.

HUTCHERSON YMCA, Pine & Peoria, (918) 382-9622: 'Masters Swim Class', Monday, Wednesday & Friday mornings, 5:45 to 6:45 am. Some 'coach on deck' workouts, some swimmer organized workouts. Y members pay $10 a month. Non- YMCA members are allowed for a slightly higher monthly fee. You DO NOT have to be a masters member to swim in this workout either.

ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY: Members of Tulsa Area Triathletes (TAT) have the benefit of swimming Tuesday & Thursday nights, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the in-door pool in the ORU-Kenneth H. Cooper Aerobics Center. See the TAT website for more information, http://tatok.com/swim. OR email: membership@tatok.com

JENKS TROJAN AQUATIC CENTER: 'B' Street & Birch Street, Jenks, OK, Brand new, indoor, state of the art, 50 meter x 25 yard pool. 8 lanes in the summer when the pool is configured as a 50 m pool. Please note that masters will have reserved pool time 3 x/ day, 5 days per week, and Saturday mornings WHEN WE ARE UP TO FULL SPEED. There will also be open lap swim times EVENTUALLY. The new Facility Director AND Masters Coach has not arrived yet, so we are covering the best we can until staff is in place.

Read below:

MONDAY April 25, 2011 6 - 7:30am: Morning workouts begin! We should have all 8 lanes. Please contact Lloyd Landreth if you are interested in swimming at this time, llandreth@landrethlaw.com. Lloyd will be able to cover the Monday & Friday swims, the other days depend on his travel schedule. Please stay in touch with Lloyd. Again, we should be up to 5 days a week once the new staff is in place.

SATURDAY April 30, 2011 8 to 10 am: Saturday workouts resume. We will have all 8 lanes. I will be responsible for this workout until the new staff is in place. denises@webzone.net

MONDAY MAY 2, 2011 6:00 to 7:30pm: Evening workouts begin! I will also be responsible for this workout until the new staff arrives. denises@webzone.net. We may have to share the pool for the month of May until school gets out. After that, all 8 lanes should be ours!

RISE & SHINE, 5:00 am to 6 am, Monday, Wednesday, & Friday mornings. This is an adult lap swimming session, not a masters workout. No coach, swimmers do their own thing. I'm not sure when this program will start so PLEASE contact Ben Thorman for more info before you show up before the crack of dawn!

COMING SOON: Lunch time masters workouts- 12:00pm to 1:30 pm. This will begin once staff is in place. Watch your email for more info.

We encourage all swimmers including competitive (meet) swimmers, triathletes, and fitness swimmers at the Jenks masters workouts. This is not a learn-to-swim program. Until the new coach arrives, the swimmers will be making up the workouts each day. We encourage group workouts as they are more fun, and allow you to advance your fitness goals. We will offer a mixture of freestyle sets with the other 3 competitive strokes. Don't be intimidated if you can't swim all the strokes. Freestyle is always an option. The other swimmers and the new coach can help you expand your swimming portfolio if you desire.

For the first two weeks or so at the new Jenks pool, you will not have to pay to use the pool. Come check it out, see if you like it. I will let you know when you will need to officially sign up and how to do it. Until then, all swimmers will sign a release (just once) and sign in each time they swim. I've attached the release to this email. You can print it and bring it with you, or I will have copies at the pool. This will also be posted on our blog.

Swimming is getting big time in the Tulsa area. I hope all of you will join us in the pool at one time or another. Watch for more information as I get it. Please feel free to contact me with all your questions!

Thanks!
Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
denises@webzone.net
918-749-2253 (evenings)

2011 April Pools Results

2011-04-18T14:29:00.001-07:00

SwimAmerica: Redskin Learn to Swim Camp

2011-04-18T13:33:00.001-07:00

Do you have children or grandchildren in need of swimming lessons this summer?

SwimTulsa conducts the Redskin Learn to Swim Camp featuring SwimAmerica Lessons year round at the Union 6th & 7th grade center. A summer session will begin June 6th. This learn to swim program is offered for school aged swimmers ages 4 and older.

For more information, please go to the SwimTulsa website: www.swimtulsa.org, and hit the button for SwimAmerica Swim Lessons, or contact Melissa Powell at melissapowell@swimtulsa.org.

Thanks!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club

Thanks for your participation in the 2011 April Pools Swim Meet!

2011-04-13T21:52:00.001-07:00

Hello swimmers, volunteers, and supporters:

I wish to thank all of you for making the 2011 April Pools meet a success. BIGGEST thank you to our officials Russell Hurst and Annette Vickery, and to our computer man, Gene Vickery. Also to Coach (and swimmer) Jason Sauer for assisting in getting Tulsa Public Schools to give permission to rent the pool for the meet. The meet would not happen without these four people! Oh, one more person I should add to the list is my boyfriend, Steve Lee! I can't be a meet director if Steve isn't around to keep me in line. THANK YOU!

Next big thank you goes to everyone who responded to my request for help at the meet. Coach Jason's Booker T. Washington HS swim team cleaned the pool deck and tested the touch pads for us. Thanks to the timers and to those of you who came early to help me get things set up before the meet, and to those that stayed a little longer to help clean up. Swimmers, if someone in your support crew assisted in timing, and they aren't getting this email, please thank them for me. Events big and small require a lot of volunteers, so thank you so much for all you did to help me with this meet.

Finally, thanks to all the swimmers who participated in the meet. We had a good turnout in 35 swimmers. Of course, I always strive for more entries so I hope you will recruit your swimming buddies for future masters meets.

Allow me to give you a few tidbits about some of the swimmers:
--I'd like to recognize Ruth Atkinson, who at 74 yrs old, swam in her first masters meet. Her BTW swim group is so proud of her!
--It was fun to have former Tulsan David Zimmerman at the meet with his swim group from Missouri. Rick Wooden, I hope you will swim some individual events at the next masters meet!
--Good luck to Sean Callan who is going to USMS Nationals in Arizona at the end of the month.
--Courtney Nichols, who I've know since she was an age group swimmer for Swim Tulsa, swam today along with her husband, Casey. Leslie Ellis, another new masters swimmer, swam for Coach Courtney at Broken Arrow HS just a few years ago.
--Thanks to Thad Davis for representing Kansas at our meet! Thad is from Wichita.
--Colin & Kriss McClain's daughters, Sophia and Briana, help to time during the meet. The McClains, along with Tonya Vandermey, swim in Arkansas.

We are in the process of finalizing the results and they should be posted very soon. I will send out another email when they are ready for viewing. Any state or citizen records will be indicated on the results. I also have split sheets for each swimmer. If you swam an event over a 50 in distance, you will have a split time. I will send these out individually, so give me time to get that done.

Last, to those of you that went to eat at Spaghetti Warehouse: so sorry for the delay in getting seated. We arrived much earlier than expected and they weren't ready for us. Totally my fault in planning that one, so PLEASE don't hold it against S.W. Once we got some food in our bellies, everything was great! Live & Learn! Can someone take over the party planning next year, please! :)

Again, I very much appreciate your support of the April Pools meet. Please let me know if you have any suggestions on how to make it better. There is a very good chance that this meet will move to a new venue (brand new pool) next year. I hope to see all of you at upcoming masters events. I believe next on the schedule in our area is the Bentonville, AR meet June 11. As for Tulsa events, you can expect a long course meet in August-- no date set yet. Also, the 4th annual Tallchief Open Water Challenge will be September 11 at Zink Ranch in Sand Springs.

That's all for now. Keep Swimming!!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253

Swim at Booker T. Washington through the end of April

2011-04-13T21:51:00.001-07:00

I think everyone knows that Jason won't be on deck at BTW anymore! :(

BUT Jason made arrangements with TPS/ BTW to allow us to continue to swim in the evenings through the end of April. Normal time, 5 to 7 pm, Monday through Friday.

New routine: whoever arrives first just needs to find the janitor to open the pool. They are expecting us, so it shouldn't be a problem. If you don't immediately encounter the janitor when you wander down the hall, you can go to the guards desk and they will call. We only need to make sure the door is shut when we leave. I am hardly ever there by 5pm so don't wait on me to get things open.

PLEASE do not get into the pool if no one else is there. Safety first!!

Workouts: Elissa is happy to make up workouts on the days she is there. If no one has put up a workout by the time I get to the pool, I'll do it!! :)

I have a card for Jason for everyone to sign. Some of you who were at the meet have already signed it. I'll bring it to the pool this week to get the rest of you.

I'm still waiting for official word on when the Jenks pool will be open for business. I do anticipate we will be able to swim there starting May 2. You should have your choice of workout times, not just evenings only. I'll let you know as soon as I get the details.

There will be adult lap swimming at McClure starting June 7th. This will NOT be a Tulsa Masters only workout. It will be open to the public, but will be for adults 18 & over. There will be a lifeguard on duty. You can swim Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Swimmers will be required to buy a swim pass from the Parks Department. The cost is $20 for 10 swims or $55 for the whole summer. Not a bad deal. I'll send out the details on where to buy the swim pass as soon as I get it from Rhonda.

See you at BTW. I will be there tomorrow evening (hopefully by 5 pm), Elissa will not be there.

Denise

One final reminder about April Pools meet, April 9th, BTW HS

2011-04-03T16:40:00.001-07:00

Hello swimming friends!!

This is the last reminder (yay!) you will receive from me about the April Pools Swim Meet this coming Saturday, April 9th at Booker T. Washington HS! I hope you are making plans to swim or at least come by to volunteer for a while. It takes a full pool of people to make the meet a success. Thanks to those of you who've already entered or contacted me to say you can volunteer, and also to those that have sent their regrets for not being able to attend.

In case you STILL haven't looked at the entry form, the meet is Saturday, April 9 at Booker T. Washington HS. Warm up begins at 9 am, the meet starts at 10 am. Download the meet information from the TMSC blog, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com. Scroll down the page & you'll see the link on the right side of the page. Or you can click on the actual entry form found on the left side of the page. I am the meet director, so be sure to contact me if you have any questions. Get your entry to me by Wednesday, April 7th to avoid the $5 late fee.

Update on the social: we will be going to the Spaghetti Warehouse this year after the meet. It is located downtown and only a couple of miles from the pool. TMSC will pay for some appetizers for everyone to share. You can order whatever you want from the menu at your expense. Please plan to join us for some post meet carbo loading.

I'm still soliciting (begging!) for volunteers the day of the meet. We must have at least 12 timers behind the blocks to start the meet on time at 10 am. There are other jobs that day that I can delegate as well. If you are bringing your support crew with you to the meet, please ask them if they'd be willing to help out. No experience necessary, we will train! I can offer community service hours to high school students. Even if they can't be there all day, I can use whatever time they do have available. The meet begins at 10 am and should be over by 2 pm.

Hope to see ALL of you, one way or another, at the meet on April 9th. As always, please contact me with your questions.

THANKS!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253

Friendly reminder-- April Pools Swim Meet is April 9th!! (tmsc)

2011-03-28T06:38:00.000-07:00

Good day, swimmers!

Just want to remind you the annual April Pools Swim Meet hosted by Tulsa Masters Swim Club is less than TWO WEEKS away! I hope you are making plans to swim or at least come by to volunteer for a while. Thanks to those of you who've already entered.

Saturday, April 9 is the date. Booker T. Washington HS is the location. Warm up begins at 9 am, the meet starts at 10 am. Download the meet information from the TMSC blog, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com. Scroll down the page & you'll see the link on the right side of the page. Or you can click on the actual entry form found on the left side of the page. I am the meet director, so be sure to contact me if you have any questions.

I can definitely use volunteers the day of the meet. We must have at least 12 timers behind the blocks during the meet. There are other jobs that day that I can delegate as well. No experience necessary, we will train you! Even if you can't be there all day, I can use you during whatever time you have available. The meet begins at 10 am and should be over by 2 pm. Your non swimming family members are welcome to volunteer as well.

Hope to see ALL of you, one way or another, at the meet on April 9th. As always, please contact me with your questions.

THANKS!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253

April Pools Swim Meet, Tulsa, OK April 9, 2011

2011-03-14T10:35:00.000-07:00

Hello Swimmers!

How are you feeling today after the time change?? The clouds and cool temps definitely don't help relieve my grogginess!

With spring soon arriving, so does the annual April Pools Swim Meet hosted by Tulsa Masters Swim Club.
The meet takes place Saturday, April 9 at Booker T. Washington HS. Download the meet information from the TMSC blog, http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com. Scroll down the page & you'll see the link on the right side of the page. Or you can click on the actual entry form found on the left side of the page. I am the meet director, so be sure to contact me if you have any questions.

Not sure you're up for swimming in a meet right now? I can definitely use volunteers the day of the meet. We must have at least 12 timers during the meet. There are other jobs that day that I can delegate as well. No experience necessary, we will train you! Even if you can't be there all day, I can use you during whatever time you have available. The meet begins at 10 am and should be over by 2 pm. Your non swimming family members are welcome to volunteer as well.

Hope to see ALL of you, one way or another, at the meet on April 9th. As always, please contact me with your questions.

THANKS!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253

Reminders...

2011-02-27T14:43:00.001-08:00

Hello swimmers!!

A friendly reminder that the ROSE STATE swim meet in Midwest City, OK is NEXT Saturday, March 5. Warm-up at 12:15 pm, meet starts at 1:15 pm. Come one, come all. It's been a while since we've had a meet. You can find the entry form and all the details at http://oklahomamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/RoseState/11RSFlyer.pdf.
Janet Latham is the meet director: janet.latham@okc.gov

Tulsa area swimmers, please email me if you plan to go to the meet and are interested in carpooling.

The next sanctioned masters event in Oklahoma is APRIL 9th in Tulsa, OK. The annual April Pools Swim Meet at Booker T. Washington HS. I'll be your meet director again this year, denises@webzone.net. You can find the entry form at http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com. Just scroll down until you see the entry form, click on it, print it. I'll be bugging you again about attending this meet after we complete the Rose State meet.

There are a couple of other events organized by masters swimmers in which you may have interest:

1)Saturday March 26th 10 am: Hutcherson YMCA Strong Kids campaign organized by Nick Irving, masters swimmer and awesome Aquatics Director at the Hutcherson YMCA, Pine & Peoria, Tulsa, OK. Help a kid get swimming lessons by participating in your favorite pool event. Choose from 100 x 50s, walking 100 loops in the lazy river, or 100 trips down the slide. Something for everyone. Please see the attached poster for details or email Nick Iriving, nirving@ymcatulsa.org. You DO NOT have to be a YMCA member or a USMS member to participate in this fundraising event.

2) Also on March 26th, 1:30 pm in Okarche, OK, the 'March in Okarche Duathlon'. Okay, so no swimming involved but Desiree Margagliano, a Tulsa Masters Swim Club member, is the race director for this Tri-OKC event. Find more info at http://www.triokc.org/?page_id=5, or email Desiree, desiree-margagliano@ouhsc.edu.

That's all for now. Keep swimming!!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253 (evenings)

Weekend Swimming Option

2011-02-10T17:46:00.000-08:00

With the closing of the Jenks pool this month the Hutcherson Y will have times for both members and non-members to workout. For Y members it will be free, and for those non-members it is $5.00 per workout (50% off the normal day fee!)

Rose State College Meet

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Jenks Swimming

2011-01-29T18:36:00.001-08:00

This note is really about workouts in the month of February, and the opening of the brand new facility.

It looks like February 19th will be our LAST swim at the existing Jenks pool before the NEW Jenks Aquatic Center opens. February 19th also may be our ONLY day to swim at Jenks HS in February. Please read on....

Here's the deal:
There is a high school meet February 5th. They need the pool early, thus knocking us out of the pool. No Saturday swim on February 5th.

There is an age group meet on February 12th. We have an option to swim really early and be done by 7:15 am (say swim at 6:00 am to 7:15) OR swim in the afternoon after 2 pm. As long as there are at least 2 people who want to swim, it can be done. I will be out of town that weekend, so don't count on me. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR VOTE on IF you want to swim that day, and if so, WHAT TIME DO YOU PREFER. I will notify Alice in the Community Ed office of our decision.

As I said above, our last swim, as we now know it, will be February 19th. The pool will close on February 24 for approximately 7-8 weeks. The existing pool will undergo remodeling and the finishing touches will be put on the new pool. The date of the grand opening of the entire facility hasn't been set but the expectation is around April 20th or so.

We should be back in the water, in the new pool, for our Saturday workouts, in May.

As for registration for February, I think we are only going to pay $5, regardless if we swim one day or two. If you've already paid for February, I think the Community Ed off can either refund your money or carry the balance to May. I'll let you know for sure what JCD want us to do. www.jenkscommunityed.com

Please contact me if you have any questions. Hope to see you in the morning!

Postal Swim Photos

2011-01-23T11:13:00.000-08:00

The 1 Hour Postal Swim was held on January 22nd, 2011 at the Jenks pool. Here are a few photos from the event.

February Fitness Challenge!

2011-01-20T19:13:00.000-08:00

Need more motivation to swim during the cold winter months?? You have the 1 Hour Swim in January and now the the Fitness Challenge in February!

The Tualatin Hills Barracudas, a USMS club in Oregon, is hosting the February Fitness Challenge, another "postal" event that you can do on your own, in your own pool, on your own time. Please go to http://www.barracudas.org/pool/febfitness/ffc.htm for all the information about the event.

The website should tell you everything you need to know, but if you have any questions, please contact me & I'll try to answer them.

And while I have your attention..... please save the date of April 9, 2011 for the Tulsa Masters Swim Club April Pools Swim Meet at Booker T. Washington HS. I'll have the entry forms ready to go very soon.

Postal Swim - This Saturday!

2011-01-18T19:59:00.000-08:00

WE ARE ON for the one hour postal swim on January 22 at Jenks. PLEASE NOTE we will start at 7 am sharp as there is a High School meet at the pool later that morning. We need to be finished by 9 am and out of their way.

For more info on the postal swim, go to http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats11/#postals and scroll down to "2011 Postal Swims". Do this event for fun, just to see how far you can swim in an hour. You don't have to officially enter the competition, but you can still participate. We will have 2 heats & take turns counting for each other, so be prepared to stay the full 2 hrs so that everyone who wants to swim gets to swim. If you have a loved one who wants to count for you, great, bring him/her with you. Depending on the number of swimmers we have, we may be able to leave one lane open for those who just absolutely refuse to play! :)

Any masters swimmer is welcome to participate in this fun event. If you haven't joined/renewed your membership for 2011, go to www.usms.org.reg to quickly register. If you are not a regular Saturday swimmer at Jenks HS, there will be a $5 drop in fee that will go to the Jenks Community Ed Department. I will collect that fee Saturday morning & turn it in. If you'd like to join us on a regular basis for the Saturday workouts, please register at https://jenkscommunityed.com/index.asp --> Masters Swim to register. If you have any problems enrolling on line, please call the office, 299-4415.

Contact me with any questions. Hope to see a bunch of you at Jenks HS Saturday morning. First heat goes at 7 am. It will be fun, I promise. How about breakfast afterward??

Thanks to the Jenks Community Ed Department, Alice Bowling, for working out a compromise with Coach Turner to allow us to swim Saturday morning.

Hutcherson Pool is OPEN!

2011-01-16T15:27:00.001-08:00

The Hutcherson pool is now back in operation! We hope to see you all in the pool soon.

Sincerely,

Nicholas Irving
Hutcherson Aquatics Director

Reminder - Jenks Postal Swim - January 22nd

2011-01-11T05:57:00.001-08:00

Also mark your calendar for the one hour postal swim on January 22 at Jenks. For more info on the postal swim, go to http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats11/#postals and scroll down to "2011 Postal Swims". Do this event for fun, just to see how far you can swim in an hour. You don't have to officially enter the competition, but you can still participate. We will have 2 heats & take turns counting for each other, so be prepared to stay the full 2 hrs so that everyone who wants to swim gets to swim. Depending on the
number of swimmers we have, we may be able to leave one lane open for those who
just absolutely refuse to play! :) More info on our postal swim to come via email.

Hutcherson Pool Closure

2011-01-11T05:53:00.000-08:00

The Hutcherson pool will be closed until Thursday. An issue with the heater has caused pool temperatures to dip below an acceptable level. The repair company has been in and ordered the necessary part which will arrive on Wednesday afternoon. We plan to be fully operational on Thursday morning at 5:30 a.m.

The Owasso and Thornton pools remain open for members of the Y.

Please contact Nicholas Irving at the Hutcherson Y with questions.

Thank you,

Nicholas Irving

Saturday Jenks Swimming

2011-01-09T19:54:00.000-08:00

Hello, TMSC members!!

Enrollment is now available for our Saturday swim workouts at Jenks High School for the months of January & February. Please go to https://jenkscommunityed.com/index.asp --> Masters Swim to register. If you have any problems enrolling on line, please call the office, 299-4415.

Please note that registration is also available on the site for March, April & May. I suggest that you only enroll in January & February. We anticipate the existing HS pool to close at the end of February for some remodeling before the entire, new, aquatic center complex opens. The exact date of the grand opening is yet to be set. I'm almost positive we won't get to swim there in March, and maybe not April either. I'll keep you posted!

I do know that we won't be able to swim on Saturday, February 12 as there is an kids meet at the pool that weekend.

In the meantime, join us for fun group workouts on Saturdays in January & February. The workouts are friendly to all swimming levels, and freestyle is an accepted substitute if you aren't skilled at the other strokes. We have the pool from 8 to 10 am, but we are usually out of the water by 9:30 or so, just depends on the group & how soon we get going. We occasionally go out to breakfast afterwards for some dry land training!

Also mark your calendar for the one hour postal swim on January 22 at Jenks. For more info on the postal swim, go to http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats11/#postals and scroll down to "2011 Postal Swims". Do this event for fun, just to see how far you can swim in an hour. You don't have to officially enter the competition, but you can still participate. We will have 2 heats & take turns counting for each other, so be prepared to stay the full 2 hrs so that everyone who wants to swim gets to swim. Depending on the number of swimmers we have, we may be able to leave one lane open for those who just absolutely refuse to play! :) More info on our postal swim to come via email.

AGAIN....You MUST sign up through the Jenks Community Ed Department to swim on Saturdays and you MUST be a current 2011 USMS member. (go to http://www.usms.org/reg to renew) If you only want to come on Jan 22nd for the postal swim, I will collect $5 from you to cover your swim fee for that one day only.

Hope to see YOU in the pool at Jenks HS!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253 (evenings)

Thank You

2011-01-09T19:53:00.000-08:00

Fellow Swimmers:

Thank you to those of you that took hats and gloves to the Christmas party. That was very generous of you. I delivered the items to the the schools with the most homeless; Rogers HS, Roosevelt and Remington Elementary. I am sure the kids will really use them this coming week since is going to be very cold. I appreciate your generosity. Thanks again and keep swimming.

Loida Delgado
Oklahoma
http://oklahomamastersswimming.com

St. John's Swim Clinic

2011-01-09T18:29:00.000-08:00

Aloha!

How would YOU like to learn to swim EFFORTLESSLY? Then watch this FREE video featuring Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen -the 2009 World Masters Swimmer of the Year- demonstrating the stroke she teaches, then consider signing up for her upcoming clinic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bPvk0paWcg

Karlyn will be offering TWO clinics in TULSA in January:

NEW DATE AND TIME!! Faster Freestyle Clinic with before/after videotaping on Saturday, January 22nd from 2:00- 6:30 PM.

Multi-stroke (fly, back and breast) Saturday, January 22nd from 10-1:00 pm. I know TULSA wants to learn how to do the "other" strokes better...so
consider signing up as I promise you, this clinic will be fun!

After all...aren't you tired of working so hard to swim so SLOW? Wouldn¹t you ratherŠ
· Swim faster with less effort?
· Relax, find your balance and not sink?
· Effectively breathe in any condition?
· Become more comfortable in the water?

Location: St. John Siegfried Health Club, Mary K. Chapman Plaza, 1819 E. 19th Street, Tulsa

Cost is $135 TAT/OKC Tri Member/$145 Non-Members (youths must be 12 or older) Sign up now as space is limited!

How to register:

1) Save a few bucks by emailing Karlyn first to secure a spot, then download the registration from the "register now" page and send in the form with payment.

2) Register online at: http://aquaticedge.org/registerNow.php

About Karlyn: Lives in Kona, Hawaii and is known world-wide for being an accomplished swimmer having set over 200+ masters world records to date. However, she is equally as talented as an instructor and uses her high energy to deliver a fun and face paced clinic woven with personal experience. The drills and technique she teaches are simple, easy to understand and makes total sense. Karlyn really CAN teach you how to be faster, more efficient swimmer!!

Questions? Contact Karlyn via e-mail aquaticedge@hawaii.rr.com

Pre-order Karlyn¹s Go Swim Freestyle or brand-new All-strokes DVD and pay only $35, or purchase at clinic for $40.
In the meantime, please visit the Aquatic Edge website at www.aquaticedge.org for GREAT articles written by Karlyn on technique, training and motivation that you might find helpful that were published in Swimming World Magazine.

Mahalo!

Karlyn

Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen
Aquatic Edge Swim Camps & Clinics Kona, Hawaii and beyond
(808) 756-0195-cell
www.aquaticedge.org
email: aquaticedge@hawaii.rr.com
Check out my new video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bPvk0paWcg

Letter from TMSC President Denise Smart

2010-12-13T07:38:00.000-08:00

Tulsa Masters Holiday Party is December 18th!!!

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Please see the attached invitation to the Tulsa Masters Holiday Party. Significant others are welcome! Hope to see ALL of you there!!!

Happy Swimming!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253

Fun times at BTW Pool

2010-11-16T06:51:00.000-08:00

The Kayak Queen of the Night, Ange

Denise and Dewey Racing it out!!

I guess they both took a wrong turn!

Still a few spots open in the swim clinic, Friday 11/12

2010-11-10T06:40:00.000-08:00

Just a reminder that there is a 2 part swim clinic with underwater video taping at BTW HS this Friday and next! There are still a few slots available, mainly during the 4 to 5 pm hour, and the 7 to 8 hr. You need to sign up for a slot in order to be videoed. You can also participate in an 'in-the-water' clinic either before or after your video taping. You do not need to be at the pool for 4 hrs!

Please contact Coach Jason Sauer as soon as possible to grab the last few remaining spots. You can reach Jason by phone: 760-0909 or by email: hornets swimming@gmail.com. Click on the link for all the details: http://www.tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/Clinic/LAStrokeClinic.pdf

Hope to see you at the pool!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
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To ALL SWIMMERS!!!

Coach Jason Sauer, Booker T. Washington HS and Tulsa Masters Swim Club coach, is conducting a Long Axis stroke clinic in November. 'Long axis' means he will cover the strokes of freestyle and backstroke. The cost is only $20 if you sign up before November 5th.

This is a 2 part clinic held the evenings of Friday, November 12 and Friday November 19 at Booker T. Washington HS. The clinic is open to all swimmers, whether you are a competitive masters swimmer, triathlete, or fitness swimmer. You will be videoed underwater during the 1st day of the clinic and receive a copy of your DVD the next week. There will also be 'in the water' stroke clinics during both sessions.

Please see the link below for specific information about the clinic:
http://www.tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/Clinic/LAStrokeClinic.pdf

You need to contact Jason Sauer to secure your spot in the clinic. Jason can be reached at 918-760-0909 or by email: hornetswimming@gmail.com. Space is limited to 48swimmers, so please make your reservation early!

This is an excellent opportunity to see how you look in the water and gain feedback on ways to improve your stroke. I can personally testify as to how important it is to see yourself swim. I realized I have developed some bad habits over the years. The bad habits can be corrected and hopefully make me a better swimmer AND prevent injuries!!

Thanks for your time! Hope to see you at the clinic!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918)749-2253
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com

SWIM- VIDEO CLINIC at BTW HS in NOVEMBER

2010-11-03T13:34:00.001-07:00

To ALL SWIMMERS!!!

Coach Jason Sauer, Booker T. Washington HS and Tulsa Masters Swim Club coach, is conducting a Long Axis stroke clinic in November. 'Long axis' means he will cover the strokes of freestyle and backstroke. The cost is only $20 if you sign up before November 5th.

This is a 2 part clinic held the evenings of Friday, November 12 and Friday November 19 at Booker T. Washington HS. The clinic is open to all swimmers, whether you are a competitive masters swimmer, triathlete, or fitness swimmer. You will be videoed underwater during the 1st day of the clinic and receive a copy of your DVD the next week. There will also be 'in the water' stroke clinics during both sessions.

Please see the link below for specific information about the clinic:
http://www.tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/Clinic/LAStrokeClinic.pdf

You need to contact Jason Sauer to secure your spot in the clinic. Jason can be reached at 918-760-0909 or by email: hornetswimming@gmail.com. Space is limited to 48 swimmers, so please make your reservation early!

This is an excellent opportunity to see how you look in the water and gain feedback on ways to improve your stroke. I can personally testify as to how important it is to see yourself swim. I realized I have developed some bad habits over the years. The bad habits can be corrected and hopefully make me a better swimmer AND prevent injuries!!

Thanks for your time! Hope to see you at the clinic!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918)749-2253
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com

"Test Your Skills with Long Distance Pool Events"

2010-11-03T13:32:00.000-07:00

"Test Your Skills with Long Distance Pool Events"

PARTICIPATE WITH TULSA MASTERS SWIMMERS IN THE NATIONAL POSTAL 3000 or 6000 Yd SWIM

Saturday November 13th at the Jenks High School 25 Yd Pool, 7:45 am.

WHAT IS A “POSTAL SWIM”? Postal swims are long distance pool events that are sponsored by United States Masters Swimming. An individual or team swims the distance event in their own pool, then sends their results to the USMS team that is sponsoring the specific event. The event sponsors tabulate and post results on the USMS website as well as email and/or mail results to all officially entered swimmers. There are several different "postal events" scheduled throughout the year and include:

January: One Hour Swim: Swim as far as possible in one hour. TMSC will offer this swim on a Saturday morning in January at the Jenks indoor 25 yd pool.

May through September: 5000 M and 10,000 M distances. This event must be swum in a 50M pool. TMSC hopes to do this in the new Jenks High School indoor 50M pool next summer.

October through mid-November: 3000 and 6000 yard distances. This event must be swum in a 25 Yd pool. TMSC is offering this event on Saturday November 13th at the Jenks High School indoor 25 yd pool.

December: the "Pentathlon" that includes events in each stroke along with an IM event.

These events are a great way for distance swimmers and triathletes to participate nationally in a long pool swim without having to travel.

Many distance swimmers use these events to track their progress from year to year. Note: You can participate in the TMSC event without entering the national "race"! Details below.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE 3K/ 6K EVENT: Any USMS registered swimmer who is up to the challenge of a 3000 or 6000 yard swim! If you're already registered for 2010--great. If not, registration for 2011 begins on November 1, 2010--so you can register starting 11-1-10 on line at www.USMS.org or on the deck prior to the start of the 3K/ 6K event. Registration will cover the rest of 2010 and all of 2011.

COST OF THE EVENT: If you are registered for the TMSC Saturday morning workout group at the Jenks pool, there is no charge for swimming the event. If you are not, there will be a $5 charge which will be collected before the start of the event. If you enter the national competition, there is an additional fee that you will need to send with your national entry form to this year's national sponsor (see below).

NATIONAL TABULATION: If you want to enter your time in the National USMS event, you must send a completed entry form. An entry form is available at: http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats10/#postals. We will also have copies at the pool on the day of the event. Cost to enter the national event is $12 for individuals and $18 for relays and must be sent to this year's host team: Masters of South Texas.

THE EVENTS: The events are individual 3000 or 6000 yd swims or a team competition. (The 3000 is 120 lengths and the 6000 is 240 lengths of a 25 yd pool).

There are 3 team events: 3 men, 3 women, 4 mixed (2 men/ 2 women). Each team member must enter the individual event and be registered with the same club. The youngest member’s age shall determine the team’s age group.

WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, November 13th, 7:45 am.

Jenks High School Pool located at 205 East B Street in Jenks.

From Riverside Drive in Tulsa: Cross the 96th St bridge into Jenks. Once over the bridge, turn right (north) at the first light, then left (west) at the stop sign onto "B Street". Go west on "B Street" until you reach "Birch" (you will pass the High School, but if you go over the RR tracks, you've gone too far). Turn right (north) onto "Birch", go past the construction site and turn right into the parking lot just north of the construction site. Follow the signs to the pool from there.

For a detailed map of the campus, see at http://www.jenkscommunityed.com/campusmap.pdf. The pool is in building 7.

We will open the building at 7:45. We will start the first heat by 8:15.

WHAT TO BRING: You'll need to bring your own counter (i.e., a person to count your laps) if you plan to enter the national competition. He/ she should be equipped with a clip board and pencil. Bring whatever food and drink you need for the event. We’ll provide watches and lap counting sheets.

DURING THE EVENT: YES, you can take water/food or bathroom breaks, but the clock doesn't break with you.

CONTACT: Leslie Sauber (918-808-4384 or leslie.sauber@att.net) by November 7th so that we’ll know how many to expect. Please let us know which distance you plan to do and give an estimated finish time so that we can group swimmers in heats by time.

For more information about the national event to to http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats10/#postals and scroll down to the 3K/ 6K postal event.

Hope you will join us for a long swim!!!

Sent on behalf of Leslie Sauber. Thanks for organizing the event, Leslie!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com

TWO USMS meets in OKC area in NOVEMBER!

2010-10-25T08:18:00.000-07:00

Test your swimming fitness before the holidays arrive! There are TWO masters meets scheduled in November, both in the OKC area!

November 6th: The Lighthouse Masters Swim Meet. Meet Director is Kathy Keffer-Sharpe. Warm up is at noon, with the meet starting at 1:00 pm. Get your entry in the mail by October 30 and you'll only pay $15! Deck entry fee is $20. Entry form and meet information:
http://oklahomamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/Lighthouse/10/AA6_LHMeet.pdf

November 21st: Turkey Trot Masters Swim Meet at Oklahoma City Community College. Marci McVay and the Extreme Aquatic Team of Edmond are hosting this meet. Warm up is at 12:30 and the meet starts at 1:45 pm. Get your entry in the mail by November 13 for the early bird fee of $20. Deck entries are $25.
Find the entry form and meet information at:
http://www.oklahomamastersswimming.com/EAMS/SwmMeets/TT/TTFlyrEntryFrm.pdf

Hope to see you at one or both of these events. Thanks to Kathy, Marci, and Extreme Aquatics for giving masters swimmers in Oklahoma opportunities to swim in meets close to home.

Native Oklahoma Swimmer & BTW graduate featured in USMS Mag

2010-10-08T07:55:00.001-07:00

Hey Oklahoma swimmers!

The Sept/Oct of the USMS 'Swimmer' magazine features Tyler Blessing demonstrating the proper backstroke. Tyler grew up in Tulsa and swam at B.T. Washington High School. Tyler's name is still listed on the BTW record board. He also swam with Don Nelson's kids on their USS team.

Tyler's parents still live in Tulsa. His mother called Don saying she would like to get several copies of the magazine. Please contact me if you would like to donate your issue of 'Swimmer' magazine to Mrs. Blessing. If you plan to go the Edmond meet this coming Sunday or to the Senior Games meet at BTW next week (October 13), Don and I will be at both those events.

Thanks!

Denise

REMINDER: Swim Meet October 10, Edmond, OK

2010-10-08T07:54:00.000-07:00

Hey, swimmers!

Just a reminder that the Extreme Masters Swim Club meet is Sunday, October 10th at the University of Central Oklahoma- Hamilton Field House Pool in Edmond, OK. The pool is a 6 lane, 25 yard pool. Warm up is at 10 am, meet starts at 11 am.

Go to http://www.oklahomamastersswimming.com/EAMS/SwmMeets/EA/ExtremeFlyer.pdf for the entry form.

Entries postmarked by October 2and are only $15. Deck entries will be $20.

Hope to see YOU at the meet!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club

Timers needed for Senior Olympics swimming event 10/13/10

2010-09-29T20:00:00.000-07:00

Good evening!!!

The Oklahoma Senior Olympics swimming event is scheduled for Wednesday evening, October 13, at Booker T. Washington HS. The organizers have asked for our help to time. Are any of you, who aren't eligible to swim in the Senior Olympics, available to time? We need to be there by 5:30 pm. Meet will probably take about 2 hrs to complete. I'll be there. Please let me ASAP know if you can help so I can tell Rhonda. Thanks!

And while I have your attention.....

There are THREE masters meets on the schedule between October 10th and November 21st! The October 10th meet is in Edmond; the November 6th meet at the Lighthouse in OKC; and the November 21st meet at OCCC in Moore (SW OKC).

Please go to the meet calendar on the Oklahoma Masters Swimming website for details about each event:
http://www.oklahomamastersswimming.com/OMS/Meet%20Calendar/MeetCalCur.html.

Hope to see you October 13th at BTW either swimming or timing. Again, please email me ASAP if you can help that night.

THANKS!

Denise
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
749-2253

Swim Clinic with Sheila Taromina at St. John Health Club

2010-09-24T06:26:00.001-07:00

St. John Health Club is hosting a swim clinic on October 19th with Sheila Taromina. Sheila participated in the Olympics in three different sports: swimming- 1996, Triathlon- 2000, 2004, and Modern Pentathlon- 2008.

There will be two sessions lasting 2.5 hours each. One sessions starts at 11:00 and the other at 6:00.
For more information or to register just call the St. John "Pulse Line" at 918-744-0123. I don't have any information on the cost. I do know registration will be limited. If you are interested, you should probably call soon.

You can learn more info about Sheila on her website: http://www.sheilat.com. I know there have been interesting articles about her in our USMS magazine, 'Swimmer'.

Thanks!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
918-749-2253

FIRE SALE!!!

2010-09-24T06:21:00.000-07:00

Bargain priced Tallchief and McClure t-shirts for sale!

I have a few shirts left over from our two summer events. They are for sale for $5!

Both shirts are 100% cotton. My shirts haven't shrunk with washing, but someone else told me theirs did.

Both shirts were designed by our very own creative wild woman, Jocelyn Wood.

The TMSC logo is printed on both shirts.

The Tallchief Open Water Challenge shirts are a dark charcoal grey shirt with white lettering. The 'trademark' Tallchief turtle is on the front of the shirt; the turtle, the sponsors, and other info is on the back of the shirt. A very cool shirt!

I have 1 small, 1 large, 1 XL, and 10 medium shirts left from the Tallchief event.

The ' 30th Annual Oklahoma Memorial Championship at McClure' is a white shirt with yellow and blue lettering. The TMSC logo is very prominent on the back of this shirt. This shirt commemorates the 30 years TMSC has hosted a summer meet and the 'almost that many years' the meet has been held at McClure. Also a cool shirt. They design was kind of my idea, but Jocelyn made it look good!

I ONLY HAVE 2 MEDIUM SHIRTS left from the McClure meet.

First come, first serve.

Email me if you'd like a shirt and I'll save one for you! Only $5!!

THANKS!!

Denise
749-2253

2010 Tallchief Open Water Results

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Click on each image to view the results in detail.

OK Memorial State Championships 2010 Results

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For better viewing of results, some versions of Microsoft Explorer would require you to change your view settings to 125% for the enclosed images.

NO GATE CODE NEEDED AT ZINK RANCH ON SUNDAY!!

2010-08-26T14:24:00.001-07:00

Apparently, in my grogginess last night, I put something in my note indicating you need a code to the electronic gate at Zink Ranch. You do not need a code on Sunday. There will be a volunteer there from 7 am to 8:30 am to let you in. But PLEASE don't wait until 8:30 to go through that gate. You will not make it to the camp & down to the water by 9 am. The registration table will close at 8:30. Plan to be through that gate no later than 8 am.

Thanks!
Denise
the very tired Tallchief Open Water Challenge Event Director!

NOT TOO LATE TO ENTER TALLCHIEF OPEN WATER CHALLENGE!!

2010-08-26T06:14:00.000-07:00

Good evening!!!
Just a reminder of the Tallchief Open Water Challenge on Sunday, August 29. It is going to be a great event.

On line registration closes tomorrow evening. Go to http://www.getmeregistered.com/tallchief for the quickest entry into the event.

You can also download an entry form from http://www.tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/TC/EntryForm.pdf

If you can get the paper entry to me, either by mail or drop it by my house, by Saturday evening, you won't have to pay the race day fee.

Race day registrations will be accepted, for an additional $10 fee.

Here are directions to the event:

You are going to the Girl Scout Camp at Zink Ranch in Sand Springs, OK. You need to allow for more than extra time to get there, it is farther than you realize! It takes me a good 45 minutes from my house in Brookside. The registration table WILL ClOSE at 8:30 am on Sunday. DON'T BE LATE!

Directions to Zink Ranch, Sand Springs, OK: From Tulsa:

Hwy. 64/ 412 (Keystone Expressway) WEST to 129th West Ave. exit. (You will see a green ZINK RANCH sign just before the exit.) At the top of the exit, turn left, then right (North) onto Hwy. 97 (The arrow on the sign at the intersection points north to Skiatook, no mention of Zink Ranch) Drive approximately 9.7 miles north on Hwy. 97 to entrance of Zink Ranch.
(The road dead ends at the intersection of Hwy. 97 & Rock School Road)

Camp Tallchief Girl Scout Camp is located approximately 4.5 miles north of the ranch entrance.
You can find more info about the event at http://www.tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/TC/EventDetails.pdf
Or you can email me or call me with your questions.

Hope to see you at the Tallchief Open Water Challenge on Sunday!!

Denise Smart
Event Director
(918) 749-2253

Update on Fall 2010 swimming options in Tulsa!

2010-08-24T06:02:00.001-07:00

Good evening my swimming friends!

Just want to give you an update on your options to swim in Tulsa now that 'Summer' is over. Yes, it is still August, but we can no longer swim outside at McClure, so in my mind, 'summer' is over! The 1st three options are for organized swimming workout groups.

Option 1: Booker T. Washington HS- weekday evenings The pool is available starting THIS WEEK, August 23rd. New this year: 5 nights available! Monday through Friday evenings, 5:00- 7:00 pm. NO, you do not have to do a 2 hour workout, but the pool is available during those times. Coach on deck is Jason Sauer, BTW HS coach and owner of SWIM 201. You can reach him at swim201@gmail.com or (918) 760-0909. Cost to swim is $5/ swim, or $60/ month for coached workouts, or $40/ month for just a place to swim (no coaching). You must join USMS, www.usms.org.

Option 2: Jenks HS- Saturdays only
Don't forget, you can join us on Saturdays at Jenks HS, 8:00 to 10 am. To sign up, go to http://jenkscommunityed.com/classes.asp?categoryid=24&categoryname=Master%20Swim.
The cost is $10.50 per month ($10.00 if you are a Jenks resident). You MUST sign up through the Jenks Community Ed office, either online, or over the phone, 299-4415 x2247. I cannot take any money at the pool!! :) You must also join USMS, www.usms.org

Option 3: Hutcherson YMCA- Weekday mornings If you are a YMCA member & like to workout early, there is a 'masters swim class' at the Hutcherson YMCA Monday-Wednesday-Friday mornings 5:45 am to 6:45 am. The coach on deck is Lucas Meyers. You will find a fun group to swim with early in the morning and a good coach to motivate you. The cost is $15/ month in addition to your Y membership.

Other not so organized swimming options are the various health clubs in town: St. John, St. Francis Health Zone, Gold's Gym, Patti Wilson YWCA, Hutcherson Y (in the evenings). Thornton Y is currently out of commission but should be back in business in the next month or so. Also, the University of Tulsa's pool is available for a semester fee, even if you aren't a student, employee or alumni. Tulsa Area Triathletes have pool time at ORU one night a week and an option to purchase a 'membership' to use the pool at other times.

It may not be easy, but it is possible to swim in this town!!! Enjoy the ride! The new Jenks Aquatics Center is on the very near horizon. Projected opening late March or early April 2011!
Let me know if you have any questions. Hope to see you at a pool.

Keep Swimming!

Denise Smart
President, Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253
tulsamsc.blogspot.com

Summers over! NO MORE McCLURE! :{

2010-08-23T09:39:00.000-07:00

Good evening my McClure swimming buddies!

It is official! Summer is over! No more workouts at McClure Park Pool! We found out today that the Tulsa Parks Dog Splash event is tomorrow, August 22. McClure will be drained for the winter sometime this coming week. Our summer swimming season is over, just like that! We honestly thought we had the pool one more week, but obviously there was a miscommunication.

Thanks to all of you who participated this summer. Thanks to Coach Scott for his help this summer. I had so much fun swimming with all of you. It was good to have some new faces in the pool, too. I hope you will continue swimming and participating in Tulsa Masters/ USMS events.

Next up is a return to Booker T. Washington HS for some of us. I haven't talked to Coach Jason yet about the schedule. I'll try to confirm the details very quickly and email you all. TPS students start school Monday, so we should be able to swim this week if Jason will be having evening workouts.

Don't forget, you can join us on Saturdays at Jenks HS, 8:00 to 10 am. To sign up, go to http://jenkscommunityed.com/classes.asp?categoryid=24&categoryname=Master%20Swim.The cost is $10.50 per month ($10.00 if you are a Jenks resident). You MUST sign up through the Jenks Community Ed office, either online, or over the phone, 299-4415 x2247. I cannot take any money at the pool!! :)

If you are a YMCA member & like to workout early, there is a 'masters swim class' at the Hutcherson YMCA Monday-Wednesday-Friday mornings 5:45 am to 6:45 am. The coach on deck is Lucas Meyers. You will find a fun group to swim with early in the morning and a good coach to motivate you. The cost is $15/ month in addition to your Y membership. You will find me at this workout from time to time.

You can find some masters swimmers in the evenings at Hutch as well. We have to work around the splash classes, but there are several people that try to meet there & do a workout together. Seems like Tues/Thurs nights are the best as the splash class doesn't start until 7 pm on those nights. They start at 6:00 on MWF nights. When class is in session, there is only one lap lane available. Can get a little crowded! Just have to be a YMCA member, no extra fee.

Thanks again for a great summer! Keep swimming!

Denise Smart

President, Tulsa Masters Swim Club

(918) 749-2253

(less than) 2 MORE WEEKS of McCLURE SWIMMING & other info!

2010-08-18T11:13:00.000-07:00

Hello, my swimming friends!

I meant to send this Sunday evening and may have sent something else instead. My brain is truly overloaded right now. Please read on.....

(warning--- this is a long note, but of course contains VERY important information!)

Hard to believe we only have TWO weeks left to swim at McClure! The majority of you have hung on this long, so don't quit now!! If you haven't been to the pool in a while, please join us for the last few days of outdoor swimming. There is SOME hope that the water temp will be cooler this week with the slight break in the heat and cooler night time temps.

The good news is that Coach Scott is back from his roller coaster riding jaunt around the country. You won't have to put up with MY workouts anymore! Scott will be on deck every night for the last two weeks. Many great reasons to come to McClure: 1) Scott will be writing the workouts-- YAY! 2) Scott will be on deck to give you all the stroke help you can handle. 3) FUN! Despite the hot water, we manage to have fun swimming every night. So come join us.

NOW for the schedule leading up to and including the meet, which is THIS coming weekend, FRIDAY night and SATURDAY, August 20 & 21st!!! Lots of info, please bear with me!
**** If you plan to swim in the meet, but haven't yet sent your entry to Leslie, bring it to me tomorrow evening. I will drop them by Leslie's house on my way home. IF you just can't make yourself swim in the meet, we can REALLY REALLY use your help as timers. See below for more details.

Schedule:
1> Already mentioned, Scott is back every night this week (and next).
2> Rhonda's merry elves should be placing the starting blocks at the deep end of the pool sometime this week.
3> A few of us will be picking up the touch pads from Union HS on Wednesday evening prior to workout. We will arrive at McClure to transfer those touch pads to the guards room where they will remain until Saturday. We will need help UNLOADING the touch pads when we arrive at the pool. If you are swimming Wednesday evening, please offer your assistance to us when we arrive. THANK YOU!
4> THURSDAY NIGHT, August 19th: WE NEED TO PUT IN ALL THE LANE ROPES. If everyone helps, it will go fast and we can still do a workout. Please make an effort to come to the pool Thursday evening so we can complete this task quickly.
5> FRIDAY NIGHT: THE MEET! This is the distance night, 800 meter free & 1500 meter free. Warm up is at 5 pm, 1st heat starts at 6 pm. If a distance swim isn't your thing, please come to the pool to help time. We won't be using electronic timing that night, so we need at least 2 timers on every lane and we will probably use all 8 lanes. Some of the swimmers may also need someone to count for them. No experience necessary, we can train you quickly if you are new to this sort of thing. Twisting the arms of your loved ones to help us is also encouraged! :D The group usually goes to dinner together after completion of the swims.
6> SATURDAY: THE BIG DAY! Possibly the last USMS sanctioned event at McClure Park Pool. You don't want to miss this!

Event Highlights:
--> A limited number of commemorative t-shirts will be available to swimmers & volunteers!
--> The water slide will be open during the meet! We will have lifeguards on duty to protect us from ourselves and to watch over your children. Yes, your family members are encouraged to spend the day at the meet. The shallow area of the pool is available for play and the slide will be open.
--> We want EVERYONE- swimmers, timers, anyone able to complete a 50 meter swim- to participate in the last event of the day, the 200 Free relay. If you don't have a relay team going for Top 10, this event is for FUN. You don't have to dive off the blocks, water starts okay. In fact, no one will be diving off the side of the shallow end-- USMS rules! Have that suit on and be ready to swim in the last official masters relay at McClure Park Pool.
-->And last but not least, the post meet celebration will take place at Leslie's air conditioned home! Main dish & drinks provided. We need YOU to provide the side dishes and desserts.

NOW for the Saturday schedule:
1) 8:30 am: Drop off your FOOD at Leslie's house on your way to the pool. Leslie's address-
724 S. Sandusky Ave. Leslie is just north of 11th Street, between Harvard & Yale, about a mile from the pool. Someone will be at Leslie's house until about 9:45 to accept your food.
2) 9:00 am: Meet registration, warm up begins.
3) 10:00 am: Meet begins.
4) 2:00 pm: Post Meet Celebration at Leslie's house!!!
In case you STILL haven't looked at the entry form, here is the link:
http://tulsamsc.blogspot.com/ ( just click on the forms & print them as needed.)
I think I got it all. Thanks for your undivided attention. Please contact me or Leslie, leslie.sauber@att.net, if you have any questions.

I will see you at the pool this week!!!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253

OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

2010-08-09T06:42:00.001-07:00

OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
TULSA MASTERS SWIM CLUB
30th ANNUAL MASTERS SWIM MEET
August 20th & 21st, 2010

Meet Location : McClure Park Pool 7440 E. 7th Street, Tulsa, OK
Time : Friday Event 1 Warm-up 5pm Event 1 starts 6 pm.
Saturday Warm-up 9 am Remaining events start 10 am

Meet Director Leslie Sauber 724 S. Sandusky Ave Tulsa, OK 74112-4130-24
Phone (918-808-4384)
E-Mail leslie.sauber@att.net

Sanctioned by OMS for USMS Inc. Sanction # 2710-180

If you are not a registered masters swimmer, you can sign up at the meet for $40 (good till the end of the year) or pay a one time fee of $15 for the meet, Payable to OMS. Cost of the meet is $20 postmarked by Aug 13th, $25 thereafter, payable to TMSC. Please include a copy of your USMS card with your check.

Conduct of the Meet Open to all swimmers 18 and older as of December 31, 2010, who are currently registered with United States Masters Swimming Inc. The meet will be conducted under USMS rules. The no-false-start rule will be in effect. The meet will be held in an 8 lane, 50 meter pool with antiturbulent lane lines and a separate warm-up and cool down area. Please enter as early as possible, however deck entries will be accepted. All events will be timed finals with touch pads and electronics. The events will be seeded slow to fast, not by age groups.

SOCIAL:
The Tulsa Masters will once again be hosting their famous social following the last event. We will be moving it indoors this year: Leslie’s house less than 1 mile from the pool. Barbeque sandwiches. Club members will be asked to bring a covered dish--drop it off at Leslie's (724 S. Sandusky Ave) before you go to the meet.

the dog days of August at McClure!

2010-08-03T13:11:00.000-07:00

Hello McClure swimmers!

Yep, we are still swimming at our favorite outdoor pool for the month of August. Thanks to Matt, Sarah & John for providing the soaker hose to help cool us a little bit at the shallow end of the pool. The water temp was tolerable last week. I'm not sure we can expect the same this week, so bring your ice cold drinks to have on the edge of the pool. But nothing that will cause an abnormal physiological response and create a medical emergency, please! :)

Scott Z. will miss the next two weeks as he is vacationing with his family before his son returns to school. BUT.... he will make it up to us the last two weeks of August by being on deck all four nights of those two weeks.

In the meantime, there will be no shortage of workout ideas. I'm open to suggestions, so don't be bashful. We will adjust the intensity according to the pool temp. I'll arrive armed with three different workouts for your choosing. Just remember this is masters swimming... you really can do what you want to do! Long gone are the days when coaches threw chairs in the pool for not following commands. (Yes, I really did have a coach throw a chair in the pool during my high school practice!)

See you at the pool!

Denise

Tulsa Masters Swim Club: reminder of upcoming events

2010-07-09T07:25:00.000-07:00

Hello Swimmers!

Just a friendly reminder of upcoming swimming events! Please take your mark, get set, go!
July 17: Ft. Smith Masters Invitational, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Ian Bullock, 479-459-7731. Meet info: http://www.arkansasmasters.org/MeetInformation/2010%20Fort%20Smith%20Masters%20Meet.pdf.

August 20 & 21st: 30th Annual Oklahoma Memorial State Championships, McClure Park Pool, Tulsa, OK. Leslie Sauber, meet director. leslie.sauber@att.net, 918-808-4384.
Meet info: http://tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/OKMSC/A76OKMSCFlyer.pdf
August 29 (SUNDAY): 3rd Annual Tallchief Open Water Challenge, Zink Ranch, Sand Springs, OK.

Denise Smart: denises@webzone.net. (918) 749-2253
Details: http://www.tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/TC/EventDetails.pdf
entry form: http://www.tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/TC/EntryForm.pdf

Please note the Tallchief Open Water Challenge is a dual sanctioned event with United States Masters Swimming and USA Swimming. This means swimmers 17 & under are eligible to swim if they meet set qualifying times. Swimmers who are not members of USA Swimming are eligible as well. Please go to the attached links for more information regarding age group swimmer participation.
http://www.swimtulsa.org/EventShow.jsp?returnPage=%2FHome.jsp&id=75237&team=osst
http://www.swimtulsa.org/osst/__eventform__/93787_Tallchief%20Open%20Water%20Challenge%202010%20meet%20info.pdf

As always, contact me with your questions!!
Denise Smart
President, Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253

NO SWIM @ McClure pool MONDAY JULY 12

2010-07-09T07:21:00.000-07:00

REMINDER: No masters workout, Monday July 12 due to the 57th Annual Swim-a-roo Meet.

Back to regular schedule on Tuesday, July 13th. Scott Zuege will on deck Wednesday July 14th as well as MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY the last 2 weeks of July.

I'm out of town until Tuesday July 13th. Someone will need to make up a workout Thursday night and maybe next Tuesday night. Here's your chance to do a workout YOU want to do! :)

Happy Swimming!!!
Denise

A PLEA FOR THE PERFECT MASTERS SWIMMING COACH (Reflections from Leslie Sauber)

2010-07-09T07:19:00.000-07:00

A PLEA FOR THE PERFECT MASTERS SWIMMING COACH (Reflections from Leslie Sauber)

After last Thursday's TMSC meeting, I had some thoughts about the group's view of coaching. Every adult swimmer has different goals and I sincerely think that the right coach can help each swimmer meet those goals. Here's my pitch for hiring the perfect Masters Swimming Coach:

1) Goal: To improve technique. Certainly beginning swimmers seek a coach for work on stroke mechanics. However, for seasoned (and let's get real--I mean for aging) swimmers, improvement of technique may be the only way to keep swimming on the same level. We need someone who can teach old dogs new tricks.

2) Goal: To swim for fitness. Yes, we all want to be fit but it's so much easier to sit on the couch than to swim. When my alarm goes off in the morning, I mechanically get up and go through the pre-swimming-household duties such as feeding the dogs, making the coffee... Sometimes I'm not even sure why I'm rushing around so--but in the back of my mind, I know that if I get to the pool on schedule there will be work-out buddies and a coach to help motivate me. A coach is the best way to make a team cohesive.

3) Goal: To compete at the top of your game. I don't think that we ever grow out of that phase of "Watch me swim, mommy!" Knowing that the coach is watching the swimmers and clock definitely makes me swim harder--especially on those days when I'm really tired and would rather slog through the yardage. The right coach can really encourage and motivate his/her swimmers and can challenge each swimmer to perform at his/her best.

4) Goal: To get out of the house and be more social. Where else would you be in a group of 20 - 80+ year olds, men, women, professionals, students, laborers, retirees, stay-at-home parents, nuns, floozies, gadflies--all of whom are active, vital people? In non-coached work-outs, swimmers of a feather flock together ending up with "slow, medium, and fast" lanes and little mixing of the team. But with the right coach, even the fastest swimmers can be challenged by swimming against the slowest swimmers. A good coach can pair up a fast breaststroker with an average freestyler or have all lanes swimming on the same intervals but doing various distances. The right coach will have a pace clock embedded in his/her brain (at least metaphorically) so that the workout runs smoothly with no one having to wait for the slower swimmers.

And finally my personal favorite:

5) Goal: To have fun!!!!!! One day at the end of morning workout at Hutcherson YMCA, the coach was having us do 50s where we were to kick underwater with fins (no breath) for 25M, do a flip turn and sprint back with as few breaths as possible. (Needless to say, I could only kick underwater for 12M before gasping to the surface). After doing 2-3 of these, an unnamed swimmer (okay, it was Larry Krutka) asked our coach Lucas "What is the purpose of this set?" His reply was "To have fun." Larry then querried "But will this make us any faster?" Lucas looked puzzled. I suspect that for him, the main goal of swimming is to have fun--also my favorite reason. My more complete answer is that "Anything that makes swimming fun will keep us coming back for more. More swimming more fitness, faster swims, more technic work, meet more swimmers, have more fun." in a never-ending loop of fitness and fun (with a little pain thrown in).

I suggest that when the time comes for Jenks to hire a coach for a Masters program that we have a committee to help them review resumes and participate in interviews. We may even find that one coach is strong on technic while another is strong on training. Why not have more than one coach and have each emphasize their speciality on a selected day of the week? I would volunteer to be on such a committee.

Is everyone now convinced that we need THE PERFECT MASTES SWIMMING COACH? If so--great! get involved with the selection process. If not--I can be counted on to come up with more reasons for having a coach! :)

Leslie Sauber
Way Past-President of TMSC

PS And for those of you who asked me: Yes, I can honestly say that the TMSC meeting Thursday night was definitely better than a poke in the eye. :)

TMSC events week of June 28th!

2010-06-30T13:41:00.000-07:00

Hello, swimmers!

Another note from me.....

The forecast is looking slightly cooler this week which should help the pool temp at McClure. I encourage you to check out summer swimming at McClure if you haven't already. We've got a good group swimming there and are ready to welcome more of you. 6:30 to 8 pm, Monday - Thursday.

Please note that Coach Scott will be on deck just Wednesdays for the 3 weeks. His Park & Rec kids swim team has meets on the next 3 Monday nights. One of those nights is Swim-A-Roo, which is open to us as well. (see yesterday's email!) Scott will make it up to us later in the summer. I'll keep you advised of his schedule.

Two big events of note this week:
First off: ANGELA MARASCHAL has a birthday Tuesday, June 29th! She turns the ripe old age of 25. Angela is in charge of the workout that night. The plan is to swim and then go for a late dinner afterwards. Please join us if you can. Probably won't know where we will eat until that night, so you'll have to come to the pool to find out!

Second: Don't forget the TMSC social/ meeting on Thursday, July 1st. Come to swim, then hang out to eat pizza, and find out what's happening with the club. The eating/meeting will start around 7:30 or so.

Last, don't forget to email me your Swim-A-Roo entries. I will need those very soon. Again, see yesterday's email! :)

Thanks for reading my email. Hope to see you at the pool.

Denise Smart
President, Tulsa Masters Swim Club

SWIM-A-ROO for you & you & you!!!

2010-06-30T13:40:00.000-07:00

Hello swimmers!

The 57th Annual SWIM-A-ROO event is fast approaching. This very fun swimming event takes place Monday evening, July 12th at McClure Park Pool, 7440 E. 7th Street, Tulsa. This is an event you AND your kids or grandkids can all do together! And you DO NOT have to be a United States Masters member or a USA Swimming member to participate. You just need to be able to swim 1 length of the McClure 50 meter pool!

SWIM-A-ROO is a Tulsa Parks & Rec event hosted by Swim Tulsa. Swimmers of all ages are eligible to swim. You don't have to be a United States Masters member or a USA Swimming member to participate. Events of 50 meters (1 length of the McClure Pool) of each stroke- fly, back, breast,& free are offered in each age group 8 yrs & under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19- over. You can swim one event or all 4, completely up to you. The cost is $15 which includes a t-shirt. There are awards in each age group for 1st through 8th place. Warm-up is at 5:30. The first event will start at 6:00 pm. The whole thing should be over by 8:30 or so.

Members of Tulsa Masters Swim Club have participated in this event the past 2 years. It is lots of fun, low key, no pressure. I'd love to have a good representation again this year.

Please email me if you'd like to enter. I need your entry no later than July 4th as I need to turn them in by July 5th. You cannot deck enter. If your kids aren't currently swimming on a team, I can enter them as well.

Here is the info I need from you:
Name:
Date of birth:
Age:
What event(s) do you want to enter? Please provide an entry time if you have one.
50 m Fly
50 m Back
50 m Breast
50 m Free

I will write a personal check to cover our entry. You can pay me back when you see me.
Hope to get lots of entries! I promise, you will have fun!

Let me know if you have any questions!

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253

OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

2010-06-02T07:11:00.000-07:00

OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
TULSA MASTERS SWIM CLUB
30th ANNUAL MASTERS SWIM MEET

*DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM HERE*

August 20th & 21st, 2010
Meet Location
McClure Park Pool 7440 E. 7th Street, Tulsa, OK
Friday Event 1 Warm-up 5pm Event 1 starts 6 pm. Saturday Warm-up 9 am Remaining Events start 10 am

Meet Director:
Leslie Sauber
724 S. Sandusky
Tulsa, OK 74112-4130-24
Phone (918-808-4384)
E-Mail leslie.sauber@att.net

If you are not a registered masters swimmer, you can sign up at the meet for $40 (good till the end of the year) or pay a one time fee of $15 for the meet, Payable to OMS. Cost of the meet is $20 postmarked by Aug 13th, $25 thereafter, payable to TMSC. Please include a copy of your USMS card with your check.

Conduct of the Meet:
Open to all swimmers 18 and older as of December 31, 2010, who are currently registered with United States Masters Swimming Inc. The meet will be conducted under USMS rules. The no-false-start rule will be in effect. The meet will be held in an 8 lane, 50 meter pool with antiturbulent lane lines and a separate warm-up and cool down area. Please enter as soon as possible, however deck entries will be accepted. All events will be timed finals with touch pads and electronics. The events will be seeded slow to fast, not by age groups.

SOCIAL:
The Tulsa Masters will once again be hosting their famous social following the last event. We will be moving it indoors this year: Leslie’s house <>

Tall Chief Open Water Challenge 2010

2010-06-02T06:57:00.000-07:00

2010 Event Information

*DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM HERE*

*DOWNLOAD EVENT DETAILS HERE*

What it is: An open water swimming event consisting of three distances:
1/2 mile, 1 mile or 2 mile swims.

Proceeds from this event will benefit the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma Camp
Tallchief Scholarship Fund, Tulsa Masters Swim Club, and Swim Tulsa.

Where it is located: Zink Ranch, Sand Springs, OK
◇ Sand Springs, OK is located approximately 10 miles west of downtown Tulsa.
◇ Zink Ranch is located approximately 9.7 miles north of Sand Springs at the termination
of Hwy. 97 & the intersection of Rock School Road.
◇ The site of the Tallchief Open Water Challenge is located another 4.5 miles from the
entrance of the ranch.

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AT 8:30 AM SHARP! PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY!

Directions to Zink Ranch, Sand Springs, OK:
From Tulsa or points east of Tulsa:
Hwy. 64/ 412 (Keystone Expressway) WEST to 129th West Ave. exit.
(You will see a green ZINK RANCH sign just before the exit.)
At the top of the exit, turn left, then right (North) onto Hwy. 97
(The arrow on the sign at the intersection points north to Skiatook, no mention of Zink Ranch)
Drive approximately 9.7 miles north on Hwy. 97 to entrance of Zink Ranch.
(The road dead ends at the intersection of Hwy. 97 & Rock School Road)

From Enid/ Stillwater:
Hwy. 64/ 412 (Cimmaron Turnpike) EAST to 129th West Ave. exit.
Follow the directions above.
From OKC via Turner Turnpike, I-44:
Exit 215, Hwy. 97N Sand Springs
Go WEST on HWY. 64/412 (Keystone Expressway) toward Stillwater/ Enid.
Follow the directions above.
Do not go through Sand Springs on Hwy. 97, you will be very confused!

From points north of Tulsa:
Contact me & I will send you a map!
Once you reach the entrance of the Ranch, volunteers will direct you through the electronic gate
and to the site of the lake swim. Follow the Tallchief signs. The camp is located approximately
4.5 miles from the entrance of the ranch.

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AT 8:30 am. The swims will start at 9 am.
Please allow plenty of time to arrive, check in, & get to the swim start. There is
some walking involved from the parking lot to the water front.

Who can participate:
Swimmers 18 years old and older. Swimmers must be members of United States Masters
Swimming (USMS) or purchase a one event membership.

USMS ONE DAY EVENT REGISTRATION: $15.00
If you are not a member of USMS, you will be required to complete a One Day Event
Registration form at check-in. This is absolutely necessary for insurance coverage.
You may obtain a USMS membership online, www.usms.org, or join race day.
Swimmers 17 and under are required to be members of USA Swimming. These swimmers
need to refer to www.swimtulsa.org or contact Corinne Dolan, meetdirector@swimtulsa.org to
register.

Registration Information:
Entry Fee: $20 USMS members/ $35 non members. Add $10 on race day.
All participants receive a swim cap, t-shirt and post race refreshments.
The non member entry fee includes the $15 one event registration fee.
Register online: www.getmeregistered.com. On line registration closes at 11:00 pm Thursday,
August 26, 2010.

THE SWIM COURSE:
The swim course will be a straight out and back swim marked by large regatta buoys.
◇ The 1/2 mile swimmers will swim out 1/4 mile & return to the finish.
◇ The 1 mile swimmers will swim out 1/2 mile & return to the finish.
◇ The 2 mile swimmers will swim 2 laps of the course.
Safety: The swim course will be monitored by persons in kayaks, as well as by lifeguards
stationed in a power boats to assist in rescue if needed.
Swimmers must be at the water front and ready to start by 9 am.

AWARDS:
Awards will be given to the top 3 male & female swimmers in the 1 mile event and top 5 male &
female swimmers in the 1 & 2 mile events.
Wet suits are allowed, but those wearing wet suits will not be included in the awards.

POST RACE REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED TO ALL PARTICIPANTS &
VOLUNTEERS. Spectators/ friends/ family can partake of the post race food for $5/ person.

WHAT ELSE?
Bring your lawn chairs, sunscreen & bug spray.
Showers will be available following the event.
Please make arrangements to have your children supervised while you are swimming.
NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NO PETS! (Facility rules)

A special thanks to our sponsors:
Swim Tulsa
Tulsa Area Triathletes
Landreth Lawfirm
Coach-Janet.com
JW Design
Athletic Sound M.C.

HAVE FUN!!

From TMSC-- summer swimming options, coached workouts (T)

2010-06-02T06:54:00.001-07:00

Just a note to remind you of your summer swimming options with Tulsa Masters Swim Club:

McClure Park Pool, outdoor 50 meter pool. Workouts begin Monday June 7th, 6:30 pm. Coach on deck Monday and Wednesday evenings for workout suggestions & stroke instruction. Please see the attached flyer for details.

Jenks High School, indoor 25 meter pool. Saturdays 8 am to 10 am. No coach, the group makes up the workouts. MUST sign up through the Jenks Community Education Department: www.jenkscommunityed.com, go to 'summer classes 2010' --> Sports & Fitness --> Masters Adult Swim Workout. Contact me, Denise Smart, 749-2253, for specific details, directions, etc.

Booker T. Washington High School, indoor 25 meter pool. Monday - Friday mornings 6:30 am - 8:30 am. Begins Wednesday, June 2nd. Jason Sauer, swim201@gmail.com, is the coach. You'll be sharing the pool with the BTW HS team as well.

More information about Tulsa Masters Swim Club: http://tulsamscblogspot.com.

More information about United States Masters Swimming: www.usms.org

Please feel free to contact me by phone with your questions!

Denise Smart
President, Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253

More for BTW swimmers

2010-06-02T06:52:00.001-07:00

For those of you who don't have a place to swim until practices start at McClure on June 7th, here is an option:

The Hutcherson YMCA will allow non- YMCA members who have been swimming at BTW to use their pool for the next 2 weeks for $5/ swim. You will need to identify yourself at the front desk as masters swimmers from Booker T. Washington. I've attached Nick's note below as "proof". Nick is the Aquatics Director at Hutch. He will be out of town the rest of this week.
Hutcherson Y is located just west of the intersection of Pine and Peoria. The address is 1120 E. Pine. This is just a mile south of BTW. If you take HWY 75, get off on the Pine exit. The phone number is 382-9622. You might want to call & verify the lap swimming times, depending on when you want to swim.

Hutch has a nice pool, but only 3 lanes (25 meters) and it is very well used. There is a 'masters swim class' in the mornings from 5:45 to 6:30 am, if you like the early stuff. Coach on deck. I'm going to it this week. Good, challenging workouts. In the evenings you will find water aerobics classes. The MWF classes start at 6:00 pm. On T TH, it starts at 7 pm. These classes use 2 of the 3 lanes.

Another nice thing is that the pool is open on Sunday afternoons from 1 to 4. Three lap lanes are available from 1 to 3 pm. There will always be a least 1 lap lane available.

Hope this helps those of you who are having chlorine withdrawals! Let me know if you have any questions.

Denise

Tulsa Masters summer swim workouts begin at McClure June 7th!!

2010-06-02T06:49:00.000-07:00

Wow! School is out (almost), the weather is heating up, and with that, summer swim workouts begin at McClure Park Pool!!

Tulsa Masters Swim Club will again swim at McClure beginning Monday, June 7th through August 27th. We have pool time Monday through Thursday evenings, 6:30* pm to 8:00 pm. Scott Zuege will return to provide his coaching skills to the 'newbies' as well as to the more experienced swimmers. Scott will be on deck Monday and Wednesday nights this year.
(* Please note our 'official' time is 7 - 8 pm. Swimming lessons are scheduled to start June 15th during the 6 to 7:00 hour. Please be respectful of the instructor & participants as they have priority use of the pool during that hour. Please ask permission from the instructor before getting into the pool - thanks!)

McClure Park Pool is an outdoor 50 meter pool located just north of 11th Street between Sheridan & Memorial. The physical address is 7440 E. 7th Street.

All participants are required to be members of United States Masters Swimming (USMS). If you haven't yet joined USMS this year, please go to www.usms.org to register. Membership is is required for insurance/ liability reasons.

Cost to swim at McClure this year is as follows (The fee includes the pool rental and coaching fee):
$80 for the entire summer: due the first week of practice
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$35/ month: due the first week of each month
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$5/ swim- due the day of the swim

Please see the attached flyer for complete details. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions! I'm looking forward to another fun summer of swimming at McClure!

Denise Smart
President, Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253

Results of the 2010 April Pools Meet

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The link to the results can be found here or under 'Meet Results' on the right column.

http://www.oklahomamastersswimming.com/OMS/RsltsRcrds/MeetRslts/SCM/AprilPools/AAPResults.pdf

More Pictures from the Swim Meet and Social Party

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Maria Ferguson, Steve & Suzanne

Penni & Steve Allen

Dennis & Kathy K-S

Dewey, Jeff Schmitt, Sharon Mareschal

Nick Irving

Sarah, Robin K & Stephanie K

Betsy Beddow & Loida Delgado

Pictures from the Swim Meet and Social Party

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Louise Cleary, Janet Latham, Jacob Bjork

Justin O, Scott O, David Maxwell

Angela, Steve J, Jason, Colin

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Thanks to all of you! April Pools was a great success!!

2010-04-20T12:08:00.000-07:00

Hello,

I just want to send my sincere thanks to all of you for participating in the success of the 2010 April Pools meet whether you swam or volunteered or did BOTH! We had 37 swimmers, which is awesome for an Oklahoma masters meet. Congrats to all of you swimmers, especially those that swam in their very first masters meet. I hope you will tell your swimming friends that masters meets really aren't that scary! And thanks to all of you that answered my call for help to time or do whatever was needed. I tried to include everyone on this email but I know I'm missing a few people because I don't have their email addresses. Kelly: please thank your wife & daughter again for me; Chris: Thanks to Cindy for her flexibility & helping with the backup timer job; Scott: please thank Justin & David; Dennis Wilson's friends, David & Patti Mandrell, have been volunteering at our meets for years!; And Alejandro, was that Blanca with you?

The biggest thanks go to Gene and Annette Vickery. Because of Gene, we have electronic timing and fast, accurate results; Annette willingly serves as our head referee. There would be no meet without them.

And another big thank you to Jason Sauer, founder of SWIM 201, head coach of the Booker T. Washington HS team, and coach of the Tulsa Masters workout group at BTW HS. Jason is required by the school district to be at the pool for this meet. He thought he'd have a pretty casual day of hanging out at the pool but ended up with the starting duties when our original starter was unable to make it. Thanks, Jason. There also would be no meet if Jason was not able to be there.

We are finalizing the results and I will let you know when they are official and posted for your viewing. Watch for future emails from me about masters swimming events and activities. I believe the next meet on the radar is the Bentonville, AR meet June 12. I'll send details when I know them. Please mark your calendar for the 30th annual McClure meet in Tulsa on August 20-21st. And also for the 3rd annual Tallchief Open Water Challenge on August 29th.
Please contact me with any questions. Thanks again for a great meet!!

Denise Smart
April Pools Meet Director
(918) 749-2253

Timers needed: April Pools April 17

2010-04-15T12:21:00.000-07:00

This is a plea for help from your April Pools Meet Director.

I do need timers for Saturday's meet. If you aren't swimming, but will be in town, and can spare some time at the pool, I can use you. If you are swimming, is anyone in your cheering section willing to time? Any high school students who need community service hours? Community service hours can be earned by volunteering at the meet. No experience necessary, we will train you!

The meet will start at 10 am and should be over by 2:00 pm. I will gladly accept whatever time you can give me, the entire meet or just an hour. Whatever fits your schedule.

Please know that all swimmers & volunteers will be treated to a pizza party at Joe Momma's Pizza after the meet. Refreshments will also be available at the meet.

Please contact me if you can help me Saturday.
Thanks very much!!!

Denise Smart
749-2253

April Pools 2010: It's not too late!

2010-04-12T08:56:00.000-07:00

Good evening, swimmers!!

Less than one week until Tulsa Masters Swim Club's April Pools meet. The date is Saturday, April 17th at Booker T. Washington HS in Tulsa. Warm up at 9 am, meet starts at 10 am. Please see the link below to the entry form.

http://www.tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/AP/A2KAPFlyer.pdf

It is not too late to enter at the early bird rate of $20. Get your entry to me by Thursday, April 15th and you'll save yourself $5.00. I'll send an email confirmation when I receive your entry.
I also have a need for volunteers, mostly to time. No experience necessary, we will train you. Please contact me if you prefer to help me instead of swimming.

All swimmers and volunteers will be treated to a post event feast at Joe Mamma's Pizza in D'town Tulsa, 112 S. Elgin Ave. Guests are $5. TMSC pays for the pizza & soft drinks, you pay for beer and anything else you might like from the menu.

This meet offers a great opportunity to test your spring swimming fitness, to swim a relay with your friends, or to experience your first masters meet in a low key setting. The meet offers events for everyone, whether you swim only freestyle or all four strokes. Triathletes: we offer an 800 meter or a 1500 meter event. This is the perfect pool for a long distance time trial. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253

April Pools 2010: Send your entry now! Want to volunteer?

2010-03-30T06:46:00.000-07:00

Good evening, swimmers!!

Here is my friendly reminder that Tulsa Masters Swim Club will host the April Pools meet Saturday, April 17th at Booker T. Washington HS in Tulsa. Warm up at 9 am, meet starts at 10 am. I'm the meet director again this year and thus anxiously awaiting YOUR meet entry. Please see the link below to the entry form. http://www.tulsamastersswimclub.com/SwimEvents/AP/A2KAPFlyer.pdf

Early entries should be postmarked by April 10th, or hand delivered to me by Thursday, April 15th. Deck entries are $25. Not sure you want to swim in a meet yet? I also have a need for volunteers. Please contact me if volunteering is more to your liking.
All swimmers and volunteers will be treated to a post event feast at Joe Mamma's Pizza in D'town Tulsa.

Please remember that all of these meets are paid for by the hosting club. Since we don't collect individual club dues, and we don't receive any portion of your USMS membership fee, the only way we can pay for these meets is through your entry. Please support masters swimming in Oklahoma.

Come test your spring swimming fitness, swim a relay with your friends. The meet offers events for everyone, whether you swim only freestyle or all four strokes. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Denise Smart
Tulsa Masters Swim Club
(918) 749-2253

BTW swimmers: swim at TU this FRIDAY!

2010-03-30T06:43:00.000-07:00

Good evening, swimmers!

TPS is out of school (again!) this Good Friday. BUT.... Jason has arranged for the Friday swim workout at the UNIVERSITY OF TULSA! Yes, we can swim there Friday evening, April 2 from 5- 6:30 pm. Jason hopes TU will become the backup workout location when BTW is not available.

The pool is located in the Mabee Gym building which is just north of the football stadium. There is permit parking on the west side (main entrance of the building), also street parking. But watch the signs as campus police will get you if you park somewhere you aren't suppose to. Not sure what it will be like on a Friday afternoon. There is also a parking lot on the east side of the building. You can enter through that door as well. I think you will walk right past the campus security office on your way to the pool. I don't think you need a permit in that lot.

Happy swimming!
Denise

Swim at ORU!

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Here's some information from our TAT friends:

Starting Tuesday, April 6th Tulsa Area Triathletes will be able to swim at the ORU pool between 6Pm and 7Pm. The 7Pm time will be strictly enforced on Tuesday due to Eric and Janet using the lanes for the Tri-Camp they have offered. See the Tuesday and Thursday swimming as noted here:

http://tatok.com/swim/

This gives all TAT members use of the pool 2 days a week for the cost of your membership! The staff at ORU will be requesting you show your bag tag-swim pass to get in the pool.

Not only does a membership get you into the pool facility two days a week you also get:

To participate in the TAT socials just like the Brick-Nick we had last week!
General Liability and Sports Accident insurance coverage on any TAT sponsored event, just like the Brick-Nick
Substantial Rudy project discounts!
Discounts from area swim/bike/run merchants, including Core Multisport in Tulsa. See here - http://tatok.com/sponsors/

Hutcherson YMCA Fun(d)-raising Swim Event

2010-03-22T10:36:00.001-07:00

Good evening swimmers!

I hope everyone survived the cold & snowy weather this weekend! I do hope we've seen the last of it!

The Hutcherson YMCA is hosting a swimming related fund raising event for their 'Strong Kids' Campaign on April 3rd. The event is the brain child of new Tulsa Masters member and Hutcherson Y Aquatics Director, Nick Irving. The goal is to swim 50 50's! A donation is requested and all donations will go to directly to the Hutcherson Y kids swimming lessons scholarship fund.

This event is open to everyone. You don't have to be a Y member to participate. The event information & registration form is attached. Sounds like a fun way to contribute to the Hutcherson Y. Please contact Nick if you have any questions: nirving@ymcatulsa.org or 918.728.3959.

Have a great week!
Denise
Tulsa Masters Swim Club