The Championship Committee has made the decision to move the MT State LMSC Championship Swim meet from Butte to Missoula. The reasons are that we could not get enough officials, either on deck or for the administrative functions to hold the meet in Butte. The meet will now take place at the University of Montana Grizzly Pool (the same place as last year) on Saturday and Sunday April 6 & 7. We plan to have the meet info sheet online…
cancelled – More information coming soon, Mark your calendar for April 6-7, 2019!
Charlotte Sanddal traveled to St. George, Utah last month for the Huntsman World Senior Games. In addition to setting several Montana LMSC records at the meet (see latest SCM update), she also set a USMS national record and a FINA world record for women 95-99 in the 200 meter individual medley (short-course) with a time of 9:32.59. The national record has been confirmed. The world record won’t be updated until 60 days after the swim. Congratulations, Charlotte!
U.S. Masters Swimming has released the preliminary top ten booklet for the 2017-2018 long course season. Please review it. If you find any errors that impact Montana LMSC swimmers, please let Phillip Luebke know ASAP at MTTopTen@usms.org. If you just want to see the Montana LMSC swimmers, you can do so here.
Bozeman
The Northwest Zone Chatter newsletter from September 2018 is now available. You can download it by clicking here.
Ella Ackley and Pat Hastings traveled to Orlando, Florida recently to compete in the 2018 UANA Pan American Masters Championships. While there, they set a total of five state records. Hastings broke two W80-84 records formerly held by Charlotte Sanddal, in the 200m breast and the 200m I.M. Ackley broke three W75-79 records formerly held by Hastings, in the 50m free, 200m free and 200m back. Updated long course meters records are available at http://swimmontana.org/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2018/08/Long-Course-Meters-Records-2018-0815.pdf.
Walt Reid writes… Hi All, As you all know, it is the swimmer’s responsibility to obtain the required documentation for meets held outside the USA. The meet host is responsible for documenting any FINA Masters World Records but will have no knowledge of USMS Records. However they are usually very helpful especially, if done during the meet. So I would suggest the following: Before the meet: 1 – Check with the USMS Records person, Mary Beth Windrath, to see that…
Unofficially, a dozen Montana LMSC long course records were set or broken this weekend at the May Classic in Bozeman: In the W70-74 age group, Sue Harkin (Bozeman Masters) lowered her marks in the 200m breaststroke and the 200m individual medley and broke Jeanne Ensign’s records in the 800m freestyle and 1500m freestyle and Barb Jackson’s record in the 50m breaststroke. Jordan Teller (Big Sky Montana Masters), now competing in the W35-39 age group for meters competitions, broke records in…