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	<title>A Swimming Blog Written By A U.S. Master Swimmer &#187; Swimming News</title>
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		<title>5 Tips to Help You Transition From the Swimming Pool to Open Water Swimming</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say goodbye to a clear, temperate, chlorinated U.S. Masters swimming pool, and say hello to a murky green lake with fish and algae and fresh country air. I&#8217;m no expert on open water swimming. However, I&#8217;d like to share 5 tips that my friends and I found helpful in our transition out of the pool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are College Swim Programs Becoming Extinct?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, collegiate institutions have cut or suspended over 300 programs due to Athletic Departments&#8217; inability to financially and/or administratively support their swim teams.&#160; These cuts represent the significant loss of opportunity for thousands of student athletes who consistently achieve the highest levels of academia and athletics throughout their school as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahoy Maties!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photo of the Day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johnny Depp a U.S. Masters Swimmer? No such luck. What I did find at a recent Marin Pirates swim practice was dedicated, enthusiastic, passionate and accessible Head Coach Cokie Lepinski and an extremely demonstrative and nice Assistant Coach Susie Powell. Both women are certified ASCA and USA Swimming coaches.
	Cokie is a fierce competitor who holds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Masters Spring Nationals Swim Meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 15:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swimming Competition Information]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mastersswimmersblog.com/?p=747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Watching the videos on the US Masters Swimming YouTube Channel &#8211; I&#39;m greatly relieved I didn&#39;t sign up to compete US Masters Spring Nationals swim meet in Georgia. From looking at these videos, I&#39;d say everyone who swims at these USMS meets is a bad a$$. Having been to numerous meets, both as a competitor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 USMS Spring Nationals Taking Place Now!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swimming Competition Information]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.&#160; You can follow news and results here:
	US Masters Swimmers org:&#160; 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: &#160;
	@MastersSwimming
	@cokiel
	@smsRob
	I expect we&#8217;ll see some great blog posts from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USMS Short Course Championships &#8211; Atlanta, Georgia May 20-23</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 14:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Short Course Swim Meets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing About Nothing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swimming News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, the thing about having a blog is that readers (assuming you have them) more or less expect you to post regularly. Stop posting: you lose your readers. It&#8217;s been a struggle lately to come up with anything to blog about. This space is meant to be about my experiences with U.S. Masters Swimming, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Knew Swimming Could Be So Entertaining?</title>
		<link>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/who-knew-swimming-could-be-so-entertaining</link>
		<comments>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/who-knew-swimming-could-be-so-entertaining#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Swimming News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen&#8230;

&#160;
I discovered this hilarious swimming blog while perusing the17thman&#8217;s site this morning. 
&#160;
]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Pacific Masters Short Course Yards Championships</title>
		<link>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/2010-pacific-masters-short-course-yards-championships</link>
		<comments>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/2010-pacific-masters-short-course-yards-championships#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Short Course Swim Meets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While camped out at home recovering from shoulder surgery and performing the simplest of arm movements (and feeling incredibly sorry for myself), more than 900 adult swimmers from all over Northern California and the West Coast participated in the 2010 Pacific Masters Short Course yards championship swim meet this past weekend.
In the largest local meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Call for 2010 USMS Short Course National Championships Entries</title>
		<link>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/last-call-for-2010-usms-short-course-national-championships-entries</link>
		<comments>http://mastersswimmersblog.com/post/last-call-for-2010-usms-short-course-national-championships-entries#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tracyb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Short Course Swim Meets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any U.S. Masters Swimmers interested in competing in the USMS Short Course National Championships must enter before 11:59 PM today. The meet will be held from May 20-23 at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Click here to enter online.
]]></description>
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