Watching the videos on the US Masters Swimming YouTube Channel - I'm greatly relieved I didn't sign up to compete US Masters Spring Nationals swim meet in Georgia. From looking at these videos, I'd say everyone who swims at these USMS meets is a bad a$$. Having been to numerous meets, both as a competitor and a photographer, I can tell you though, that there are a variety of shapes and sizes and abilities at these events.
Here's a recap from yesterday's events - including some footage of Cokie Lepinski, who celebrated her birthday yesterday by winning the 100 breast stroke and setting a national record. Cokie is the coach of the Marin Pirates Masters Swimmers.
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Good luck to my friends and fellow U.S. Masters Swimmers at the 2010 USMS Spring Nationals being held at Georgia Tech Aquatic Center this week. You can follow news and results here:
US Masters Swimmers org: http://www.usms.org/
Real time results: http://www.usms.org/comp/scnats10/realtime/
For updates in Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Masters-Swimming/106935322660790
For updates via Twitter:
@MastersSwimming
@cokiel
@smsRob
I expect we’ll see some great blog posts from RobAquatics too!
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Swimming Miscellanea
This swimming pool is a permanent exhibit at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan.
The museum seeks to present the world’s contemporary art from an independent standpoint and far-sighted perspective. It allows visitors to experience and enjoy the world’s foremost contemporary art.
Lifted directly from the museum’s website: “About the Artwork: In one of the Museum’s courtyards is a swimming pool framed by a limestone deck. When seen from the deck, the pool appears to be filled with deep, shimmering water. In fact, however, a layer of water only some 10 centimeters deep is suspended over transparent glass. Below the glass is an empty ...
The U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course Championships are just around the corner. The event is being held at the Georgia Tech Campus recreation center in Atlanta.
DATES
Competition: Thursday, May 20 - Sunday, May 23, 2010.
Pool available for warm-ups Wednesday, May 19 from 3 - 8 p.m.
Tags: U.S. Masters Swimmers, USMS
Who Are U.S. Masters Swimmers? Trust Me, We’re Not All Here for the Medals and Ribbons.
We don’t all look good in bathing suits. We can’t all do flip turns. We’re not all entirely graceful diving off the starting blocks. In fact, many U.S. Masters Swimming members never compete in swim meets. The one thing we all likely have in common is that we enjoy the exercise, we enjoy the physical and mental benefits of exercise – and we enjoy the camaraderie of our lane mates.
I swim with a fireman, a veterinarian, a cowgirl, a college instructor, a few schoolteachers and grandparents, entrepreneurs, retirees, former collegiate swimmers and a lot of women who were ahead of ...
Tags: TCAM, Tuolumne County Aquatics Masters, U.S. Masters Swimming
