We will be having our first TCAM mini meet of the season on Saturday, May 26 (weather dependent).  Warmups will begin at 9:30 AM.  The mini meets are a great way for new swimmers to get their feet wet in trying meets.  The mini meets are very low key and a lot of fun.   Even if you prefer to not swim, we can always use timers.  The mini meets are a great way to meet some of your fellow masters swimmers and to challenge yourself to try something new.  You do not need to pre-register for meet, just bring $5 entry fee and decide your events that day.  As an added bonus, you will be awarded ribbons with each swim!   We also will be following the meet with a potluck brunch, so please bring food to share. Come and join the fun.

With this summer being an Olympic year, even the masters meet schedule was adjusted.  As a result, our pool meet schedule was shifted to August.  We still hope to have a large group of TCAM swimmers travel to the PMS Long Course Championships.  The meet is being held at San Mateo Community College rather than in Santa Cruz.  At the long course meet , points are scored for both individual and relay events.  Plan to go and help score team points, especially on the relays. 

• 8-10-12 PMS Long Course Championships at San Mateo Community College

• 8-18 Modesto meet

• 10-12-14 PMS Short Course Meters Championships, Walnut Creek

NATIONAL SENIOR GAMES:

After a successful State Senior Games meet at Stanford, we would like to encourage all 25 TCAM swimmers who swam at Stanford to think about attending the National Senior Games meet to be held in Cleveland, Ohio in August 2013. You all qualified and the national meets have always been a great experience and definitely a lot of fun. For those who missed the meet, you can still qualify at the Huntsman Games in Utah or the Nevada State Games in Las Vegas. Both meets are held in October. You must be fifty or over to participate in these meets. Questions, talk with Patti.

SENIOR GAMES QUALIFYING:

Swimmers over the age of 50 who missed the Stanford meet in March and would still like to qualify for the National Senior Games meet in Cleveland in 2013, can still do so at the Huntsmen Games or the Nevada State Games.  Information on both of the meets is available online.

OPEN WATER SWIMMING:

The summer schedule is packed with open water swims in lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean.  Now is the time to jump in and try open water swimming.  We would like to increase our TCAM participation at the open water swims.  If you are interested please let me know as we are trying to put a travel open water group together.  The coaches will have an open water sign up sheet at the pool on Tuesday, May 8.  Make open water swimming your new challenge for the summer.

OPEN WATER SCHEDULE:

Entry forms and more information is available on the PMS website.

5-19 Spring Lake Mile

6-2 Berryessa Swims

6-9 & 10 Del Valle Swims

6-30 Russian River

7-21 Trans Tahoe Relay

7-28 & 29 Santa Cruz swims

8-4 Donner Lake

August 26, Pinecrest Lake, TCAM team swim only

9-9 Whiskeytown swims

9-15 Manatee Relay