usms convention ‘16 - nj masters i had no idea so much re-ally went into running the organization....
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September/October 2016• www.njmasters.org • Front Page
September/October 2016
USMS Convention ‘16
Our Delegates from left to right —
Sally Kleeman, Ed Tsuzuki, Chris McGiffin, Susan Kirk, Marie Vellucci, Colleen Driscoll
USMS Convention New Delegate Recap Report by Sally Kleeman
As a new delegate, attending the USMS convention was an eye opener. I was vaguely aware
of committees and directors through reading "Swim" and "FastLane". But I had no idea so much re-
ally went into running the organization. Preparation for the convention was obviously extensive. I
could see that the committees did a lot of work during the year to streamline the convention process,
but a lot continued during the convention as well. This organization has grown immensely since I
was first aware of it in the seventies, and is very professionally run. It was obvious that the members
and officers are passionate about both the sport and the organization.
Each committee and workshop kept their agendas focused on the USMS mission: to promote
adult health, wellness, fitness, and competition through swimming. Inclusivity was a big part of all
decisions in the meetings that I attended, so that participation could be open to, and fair for, anyone
desiring to swim for whatever reason, whether a new non-swimmer or a competitive trans-gender
swimmer. Keeping swimming available to everyone crosses all committee lines, and of course, led
to lots of discussion and motions and amendments to motions. Kudos to the chairs and president for
keeping it all straight.
Kudos also to the Georgia LMSC for keeping us all fed. We started each day with a choice of
swim ordryland workout at 6:00am. Meetings started at 8:00am. The LMSC volunteers provided
brown bag breakfasts after each swim workout (I don't know about the dryland workouts) which
could be eaten on the trip back to the hotel, saving a lot of time and potential crankiness. I have
never seen so much peach yogurt in one place. They also kept the hospitality room well-stocked
with breakfast, lunch and snacks from morning to evening. I understand the Hyatt was very accom-
modating on that point.
In all, I attended five House of Delegates meetings, one zone meeting, three committee
meetings, three workshops, and one lecture. The Board of Directors (specifically Ed Tzuzuki, I
think) ran a New Delegate Orientation on Thursday, and a New Delegate luncheon (Ed did a great
job picking restaurants for lunch, when there was time, and dinner). Through all these and swim
practice, I met delegates from Alaska, Ohio, California, Kentucky, and Georgia. Probably more, I
don't remember. Everyone was very helpful in helping me navigate the fine points. It was also very
helpful that our NJLMSC representatives are active at the national level on committees and the
Board.
At orientation, I learned that the House of Delegates (HOD) started as the Master's Swim
Committee in 1972 (my first year of college). I was actually aware of it then because my coach's
friend practiced with us as a Masters' swimmer. I remember thinking "Wow. I hope I'm still swim-
ming when I'm his age." And I am. And now USMS represents 8 zones, 52 LMSC's, and 3000
USMS-certified coaches. The largest LMSC is Pacific with 12,000 members (see what I mean about
USMS growing?). The smallest has 39 members. Each LMSC is entitled to one delegate, then one
more per 500 members. The HOD is made up of these delegates, the voting members of commit-
tees, voting members of the Board of Directors, zone chairs, legal counsel, past president, and
standing committee chairs including Finance, Legislation, Long Distance, and Rules.
The role of the HOD is to represent the members. Delegates should be contributing, support-
ing, and enabling USMS in the promotion of its values and mission. They should facilitate the pro-
cess, and think of the big picture of the organization. It has three main tasks: 1) to pass the budget;
2) elect officers; and 3) set rules. All of which has to be voted on by the HOD at the Annual Confer-
ence. Fulfillment of these tasks pass the benefits on to the LMSC's by promoting programs to in-
crease and maintain membership, providing up-to-date information in workshops and on-line, net-
working, allowing various perspectives to be voiced, and changing rules as necessary. Anyone can
submit suggestions for rule changes or for budget requests through their LMSC or through the ap-
propriate committee (process in the rule book).
Our new CEO, Dawson Hughes, introduced his roadmap for his vision of making USMS the
premier resource for adult swimming in the U.S., and to enhance our membership value. New pro-
grams for members and coaches are already on-line. If FastLane has room in future issues, I will
report on the interesting workshops which I attended. Full minutes of all meetings, and an outline of
Dawson's roadmap, are posted on usms.org/convention.
Thank you to Bill Reichle for submitting my name as delegate; to Susan Kirk, Chris McGiffin,
and Ed Tzuzuki for accepting and guiding me; and Colleen Driscoll for sharing her room and
knowledge. It was a valuable and worthwhile experience.
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NJ LMSC
VOLUNTEERS
Chair/Secretary
Susan Kirk
908.313.6785 [email protected]
Vice Chair Chris McGiffin
908.630.0166 [email protected] Treasurer
Bill Reichle
908.587.2053 [email protected]
Co-Registrars Tom Brunson
Chris McGiffin 908.630.0166 [email protected]
Sanctions & Safety Chairman
Jen Bauman
973.219.9404 [email protected] Top Ten Records
Ed Tsuzuki
908.371.9179 [email protected]
Newsletter Editor/Design Sara Harrison Johnston
908.267.5494 [email protected]
Open Water Co-Chairs Marie Vellucci
646.641.4236
[email protected] Sarah Clark
201.248.5659 [email protected]
Event Coordinator
Lynn Ascione 201.825.0328
Coaches Chair Julie Schoenlank
FItness Chair:
Linda Brown-Kuhn 908.479.1038 [email protected]
Webmasters
Bridgette Hobart
[email protected] Jason Pintinalli
Colleen Driscoll [email protected]
Officials Chair
Marie Vellucci
646.641.4236 [email protected]
Calendar 2016 Ongoing Events January 1—December 31 USMS Go The Distance 2016
Fitness Event. Go to http://www.usms.org/fitness/content/
gothedistance to enter this free event.
January 1—December 31 USMS "Check-Off Challenge"
National Fitness Event Postal event designed to motivate
swimmers to complete 18 “pool” events and an "open water
swim" during the 2016 calendar year. Information includes
online and paper entry.
Postal event 2016 Check-Off Challenge
New Jersey Events
Saturday/Sunday November 5th & 6th, Eastern Express
Fifth Annual Masters Meet to be held on at The College of
New Jersey Online entries are open!!
Saturday, December 10, 2016 SAVE THE DATE Somer-
set County YMCA Masters Pentathlon Swim Festival, more
info follow!
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Swimmers churning it up at the
Last Chance Swim… more pics on page 7
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Dennis Almodovar Katlyn Andrews Nikki Ardizzone Christopher Argondizza Christina Assuncao Eric Babbitt Stephen Baker Robert Barrish Dana Basta Bill Beckett Errington Bennett Patricia Beronio Katie Boland Laurie Buchanan DANIEL CROMER Werner Camacho Brad Carlson Sean Chambrovich Patrycja Charkow Richard Clew Kathleen Coffey Jeanette Daniel Matt DeAngelis Francis DeBlock Karl Dentino David DiGiovanni Jeffrey Dietel Michael Driscoll Theresa Dumont Ronald Epstein David Farrell Robert Felsch Christopher Ferrara James Ferriter Ofer Finkler Joseph Flanagan Matthew Frazier Michael Frohman Douglas Fulton Robert Gamer Bonnie Gannon Thomas Gattringer Ann-Jeannette Geib Paul Grassie Janece Guerra William Haas Verena Heuser
Bill Imken Nancy James Jeffrey Jenkins Louise Johns Stephen Jones Deborah Kassekert Andreas Kaubisch Gregory Keller Joseph Kelly Chris Kelly Daniel Kim Johnny Kim Dillard Kirby Debra Kolitz Jennifer Korn Melissa Lang Jean Lefevre Ron Leighton David Leit Stanley Lozinski Meredith Lyndon Arland Macasieb Andrew Malinak Patricia Malone Smith David Mammina Gregory March David Marsa Maria McAuley Greer Bruce McConnell Maria McCoy Kelly McGrath Dennis McKeever Fran McManus Nicole McMaster Trista Mennen Tyler Merson Carlene Messinger Howard Miller Matthew Moates Daniel Morgan Louis Murphy Ted Nelson Michael Nieminski Bobbi Nigro Nick Noga Sean Noonan David O'Flanagan
Flavio Pardo Peter Park Christine Pearson Michael Perez Jim Pestrichelli Sherri Plunkett Don Podesta Kristen Prentice Will Price Brianne Puleio Stacy Puttick Daniella Racer Bobby Rafferty Floyd Randolph Danielle Regan Chrystal Reilly Alice Rogers Martin Rothfelder Dipankar Roy Toms Royal Anne-France Saillot Douglas Saunders Curtis Sawin Morgan Sawin Jill Scafaria Dick Schenendorf Andrew Schleider Scott Schmitt Mo Siegel Isaac Siskind Jake Sisson David Slutsky Mary Elizabeth Smith Edward Smith David Smith Patricia Snydstrup Eugene Sollose Joe Steiner Joyce Taite Amy Tillman Mary Tricano Linda Twining Andrea Varalli Danny Weiss Arthur Westphal
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS!
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OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS! Asja Alic Steve Baker Sam Baldwin Kate Baumann Tom Blackburne Phillip Bowden Mindy Bowens Elizabeth Broos Paul Brost Carol Buckwalter James Burke Mary Burton Richard Caiazza Andrea Caldini Raymond Campeau Carolyn Capodicasa Martino Caretto John Cassimatis James Cho Doug Clark Brian Cooper Michelle Cromwell Emily Csernica Elaine DiDario Diane Dinsmore Kevin Donohue Maureen Donohue Andrew Eason Scott Eichhorn Carla Elfeld Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff Dan Fabrizio Kristopher Farreny Alfred Ferguson Taylor Filko Nicholas Fiorello Carlos Flores Alex Fourney Sandra Franc Nancy Freundlich Dennis Friedman Jane Gardner Gregory Geissman Roberta Geist Jennifer Geronimo Irene Giordano Robyn Glaser Neil Glass Steve Glassman
Brian Glenn Robert Goodman Luke Granstrand Matthew Green Honey Gross Allison Gulbrandsen Mauricio Gutierrez Christine Hartmann Craig Harvey Robert Henry Karen Hilliard-Johnson Bridgette Hobart Georgina Huston Alicia Jackson Gabrielle Johnston Eyad Karadsheh John Kehoe Dawn Kennedy-Little Paul Kiell Alexandra Kitrilakis Keith Knippenberg Amy Kolman Eric Kramer Karen LaMarsh Steven Lev David Linenberg John Livingstone Jose Lopez Stephen Madden Beth Maloney Catherine Maloney Falicon Jared Manks Robert McAdams Patrick McCullough Debbie Meany Yuri Mekhanik Ann Monaghan Paola Morchio Adele Morgan Carol Morman Rebekah Morris Jay Muldoon Kevin Mullaney Katie Mulligan Anne Murphy David Nash Francis Norek Gloria O'Connell Deirdre Omara
Irene Ornovitz Kelly Owens Kelly Pickard Julie Porro Rita Previtali Paula Pyrcz John Quinn Nelson Ramirez Amir Reda Van Riley Andrew Rinn Lisa Rivera Jodie Robertson Allison Rose Gita Roy Joseph Ruberto Richard Rubin William Ruthrauff Terrell Salley-Holliman Alan Sawyer Patrick Scanlon Lawrence Seidman Celine Seltzer Denise Sena Lisa Serieyssol Kenneth Sharperson Brian Sieger Christopher Springer Bob St. Pierre Joel Stein Julie Stewart Jonathan Stone Daniel Sutherland James Sweeney Derek Szot John Szramiak Mieko Takenaka Alex Tarras Denise Tirino Christopher Unger Oscar Urquiola Geetha Venkataswamy Lindsay Ward Sharlene Weaver Adam Wernersbach John Williamson Joseph Wines Allison Zelnick Lindsey Zwiebach
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Kudos Kudos Kudos!!
Congratulations to Eric Materniak (25) who set new NJ LMSC LCM records at the USMS Summer National Championships at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon on August 17-21, 2016. Eric set new records in the 50 breast - 29.82, 100 breast - 1:06.56, 200 breast - 2:23.76 and the 200 IM - 2:12.64. Eric was the national champion in all of these events except the 50 breast in which he took the silver medal. Eric also placed 2nd in the 100 fly.
Congratulations to Rosemarie Froeder (86) for breaking her own NJ LMSC SCY (85-89) records in the 100 and 200 backstroke events at the New Jersey Senior Olympics in Woodbridge, NJ on September 10 and 11, 2016. Rose-marie swam the 100 back in 2:42.35 and the 200 back in 5:50.46 lowering both of her records from last year.
October 17, 2016 – New Jersey continues to show its strength in the nationwide Go the Distance fitness event by by holding on to the number 3 spot out of all 52 LMSCs in both total miles logged as well as number of participants! NJ's total mileage of 29,050 is outpaced only by Pacific and South-
ern Pacific at 64,458 and 30,720 miles respectively. Interestingly, Pacific, which boasts a total membership of 12,164 has 331 participants (2.7%) and Southern Pacific, with total membership of
5,020 has 166 participants (3.3%) while NJ has 139 participants which represents 8.9% of the 1,563 USMS members! If you haven't already signed up for the 2016 event, please consider participating
in this terrific fitness event. This free on-line event is a great way to keep a log (you can log all of your fitness activities – not just swimming) and also serves as a tremendous motivator for you to
stay consistent. For the NJ LMSC membership note that you can also use GTD to track your mile-age for the Swim University fitness event. To participate, simply register and then submit your total
yardage in your on-line FLOG (under MyUSMS). For more details about this fitness event, go to GO THE DISTANCE on the USMS website.
Top (5) LMSCs for 2016:
Pacific – 64,458 miles, 331 swimmers (3% of LMSC membership) Southern Pacific – 30,720 miles, 166 swimmers (3% of LMSC membership)
New Jersey - 29,050 miles, 139 swimmers (9% of LMSC membership) New England - 23,833 miles, 126 swimmers (5% of LMSC membership)
Florida - 20,590 miles, 103 swimmers (4% of LMSC membership)
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3rd Annual Last Chance End of the Summer Swim
A Success! Steamy temps and sunny skies made the 3rd Annual Last Chance, End of the Sum-mer 5K Pool Swim feel like a July event, not one held on September 10th. Coach Bill Reichle skillfully organized the lanes at the 50-meter Cranford Pool & Fitness Center for the 33 swimmers. They were off and swimming at 7:30 am. Eight swim-mers swam 50’s and the rest opted for 100’s. Thanks goes to volunteers Patti Bell, Nancy Goering, Sally Kleeman, Carmen Rivera, Ed Eyring, and John Mallon for their help. After the swim, people gathered for refreshments (arranged by Sally Kleeman) and post event chit chat.
Counterclockwise…
Georgios Zavolas is happy with his swim. Beth Malo-ney, Marybeth Ja-cob and Lan Ge. Jorge Lopes beams after his swim. Richard Wal-lace, Bill Reichle in yellow cap, Chris-tian Kroyer and Michael Recchia.
Photo credits: Nancy Goering and Carmen Rivera
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Swim: Why we Love the Water By: Lynn Sherr
Review by: Douglas F. Munch, Ph.D.
When a broadcast journalist and writer dive into a topic that has engrossed her for years, things
are certain to get interesting. In fact, not just exciting but surprisingly informative as well, leaving
few stones unturned. And by the end, she reveals the emotional depth that swimming has played
in her life and can play in ours.
For Lynn Sherr, it was an enjoyable and absorbing part of her life
since a toddler. But this book is not really about her personal jour-
ney from a youthful love of the water to her more recent objective
of swimming the Hellespont channel in Greece. Her journey to
swimming this dangerous straight between Europe and Asia is
more like an intermittent theme that resurfaces throughout the
pages. Instead, Ms. Sherr takes us on a seamless multifaceted
voyage of swimming lore and history without becoming an obvious
apologist for the sport.
Most of us never think about when humans started to swim. Was
it a natural part of our genetic makeup originating when fish
evolved to amphibious creatures and then to land based animals?
After all, many of us may have learned from embryology that in the
1870s, Ernst Haeckel first formulated the concept that “ontogeny
recapitulates phylogeny”, a catchy phrase although largely defunct
in its original meaning today. But Haeckel wasn’t the first to be-
lieve that there was truth in some form of recapitulation theory.
That honor goes back to the ancient Egyptians in about 640 BCE. Swimming was so important in
ancient Egypt that swimmers are depicted in hieroglyphics from ancient Egyptian tombs 1000s of
years ago. In 360 BCE, an ancient Greek proverb declared that ignorance in a man is defined as
one who can neither read nor swim. Centuries later, Lord Byron, swimming for glory, emulated Le-
ander's legendary swims for romance to visit his beloved Hero, swan the Hellespont in 1810 and
then set his achievement to poetry. Sherr doesn’t stop there. She walks us through an enchanting
journey of swimming history and legend through and including modern times, pop culture heroes,
poets, movies and famous personalities from Ben Franklin to Barack Obama who helped make
swimming the major sporting event and recreational passion we recognize it to be today.
Contemporary competitive swimming demands four strokes: free style, back stroke, breast stroke,
and butterfly. These strokes are the common currency for modern swimmers, both for training and
competition. Not surprisingly, this was not always the case. Imagine for a moment the develop-
ment of high jumping style in track and field. In many of our lifetime’s we have seen the dramatic
performance changes resulting, in part, from the evolution in technique from scissors, western roll,
straddle, and currently, the Fosbury Flop. Ms. Sherr takes us through a similar, albeit more complex,
amusing and fascinating evolution of swim strokes and apparatus for enjoyment and eventually to
top level modern competition. Her vignettes cover the waterfront of a life time of observations from
breath control and swim workouts, to training to swim fast. Her descriptions are rendered with alacri-
ty, without creating boredom or the dryness of a swimming magazine or “how-to-do-it” book. I found
this book is filled with “I didn’t know that” factoids that often resolve into “isn’t that something” mo-
ments.
The late Dr. Oliver Sachs, renowned Neurologist, author, and former weight lifter turned swimmer
talked about the “essential rightness of swimming” and that learning to breathe bilaterally as simply
additional further proof about the plasticity of the brain, even older brains. An acquaintance once told
me that the repetition and focused concentration required in swimming is also a meditation. While
Sherr offers examples of swimming’s “essential rightness”, the real essence of this book is passion.
To paraphrase Lynn, swimming is an adventure that can await each of us, whether it is in a pool,
swim meet, or open water event.
“Swimming, Why we Love the Water” is an enjoyable and informative read. Did Lynn complete the
challenging and potentially dangerous Hellespont swim? Well, that’s part of the story and the jour-
ney. You’ll just have to read the book to find out!
Dr. Douglas Munch is a medical consultant and longtime competitive athlete in track and swimming
Veterans Day World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles
was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France.
However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostili-
ties, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh
day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of
“the war to end all wars.”
In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of
Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be
filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude
for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it
has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…"
The original concept for the celebration was for a day observed with parades and public meetings
and a brief suspension of business beginning at 11:00 a.m.
The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a
concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926.
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CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY
BY TRYING SWIM WORKOUTS DESIGNED
FOR MILITARY TRAINING PROGRAMS BY Stew Smith Military.Com
There are many military training programs that require some level of proficiency in swimming either
to survive for long periods of time floating or swim or SCUBA dive with speed and efficiency. Here
are many swim workouts to choose from and spread out through the week if you need to swim sever-
al days per week.
Drown-proofing and Treading Water Skills – Even if you do not have a big pool, you can practice
these skills in a small, hotel type pool or in the deep end of a backyard swimming pool.
Treading water – Practicing "vertical swimming" is a skill that can one day save your life. Some pro-
grams require you to tread water with no hands using a variety of kicks (scissor kick, breast stroke
kick, egg-beater kicks) in order to challenge their water skills.
Elements of a drown-proofing test (tread, float, bottom bounce, etc) are great rest exercises in be-
tween fast swimming sets of 100-200m in length. See sample workout:
Repeat 10 times
Swim 100-200m fast (any stroke)
Tread water 1 min in between (with or without hands)
If pressed for time, mixing in some PT exercises on the pool deck in between swim sets is a great
addition to any future military member.
Repeat 10 times
Swim 100m fast
Pushups 10-20 reps
Abs of choice 20 reps or plank pose 1 minute
Swim with Fins – Many of your Special Ops world training programs will require you to SCUBA dive
and swim with fins. Sample workouts challenges can be long and require some time to build up:
Swim 500m with fins. Warm-up stretch legs and ankles. Swim up to 1-2 miles in 30-60 minutes with
fins.
Focus on technique and mix in cardio conditioning at the same time:
Repeat 10 times
Swim 100m freestyle fast / sprint mode (get very winded)
Rest with 50m easy stroke (side / back stroke)
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Keep moving through this one – very little rest on the side of the pool
Finally, know your swim test and make it a warmup.
For many of the Special Ops swim tests you will have to swim a 500m timed swim. Make this your
daily swim warmup. Then start your workout for another 1500-2000m of swim distance.
Stew Smith works as a presenter / editorial board with the Tactical Strength and Conditioning pro-
gram of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is Certified Strength and Condition-
ing Specialist (CSCS). There are also over 800 articles on Military.com Fitness Forum focusing on
a variety of fitness, nutritional, and tactical issues military members face throughout their career.
Latest Fitness Books: Navy SEAL Weight Training and Tactical Fitness.
HAPPY VETERANS DAY!