Upcoming Swim Events
and News:
Register with New
Mexico Masters for 2008 (pdf)
- you can also register on-line with United States Masters Swimming (link).
Sinko-de-Mile Swim Meet at the
beautiful Larry R Walkup Aquatic Center in Los Alamos.
Will be held on May 3, 2008. The World's highest masters mile (1650 yards)
swimming race will be swum on Saturday at 10:30am on Saturday. Meet
director Bill Bearden guarantees that the race will be breath-taking! Only
two heats will be swum, so get your registration in (meet
announcement and registration form) pronto! A Sinko-de-mile
banquet will be held afterwards. For those of lesser fortitude, easier
races, such as the 50 fly and 400 IM will also be contested. Contact meet
director Bill Bearden at
wbearden@earthlink.com.
New Mexico Senior
Olympics Time Trial will be held May 18, 2008 at the beautiful West
Mesa Aquatics Center. This is a Senior Olympics qualifying event and a
masters swimming fitness time trial. It is open to any athlete who is 18
and older. It is not a NMMS sanctioned event. Download the meet
announcement and registration form (pdf).
Contact event organizer Kathy Black (505-291-6211) or Tim Wilde
(timwilde0584@msn.com) to
register or to get more information.
Results from the Rocket Science Swim Meet at White Sands
Missile Range - are now available by for viewing and download.
(men's results,
women's results
and all participants)
- All files are Adobe PDFs and will open in a new browser. The meet was
very successful and White Sands is interested in hosting another event in
early November 2008.
High Desert
Masters and Head Coach Caryl Acuna in Santa Fe invites you to swim
with them. New forms
and flyers are available.
Go the Distance
Postal Challenge - a free and noncompetitive event sponsored by USMS.
Swimmers record and send their daily swimming distance. Download the flyer
(pdf) or
visit the
USMS Go the Distance Weblink. Contact Mary Sweat
usmsgtd@yahoo.com (seriously, its
no sweat at all)!

Coach
Caryl Acuna, High Altitude Masters in Santa Fe is pleased to
announce new practice hours and special rates for
2008. Coach Acuna specializes in stroke technique and fitness
improvement for both beginning and experienced adult swimmers.
Download the new membership form (pdf)
and flyer (pdf)
Coach Tex Doherty,
Four Corners Aquatic Team Masters at
the Fabulous Farmington Aquatic Center
has a new practice schedule: Monday through Friday,
5:30 - 7:00am. You can contact Coach Tex at:
(505)402-9254 email:
tex@fisi.net
Coach Tex Doherty is famous for workouts that emphasize
technique, fitness and fun!
New Masters
Workout in Albuquerque's Sandia Pool
Contact: Coach Betsy Patterson
Workout schedule: MWF 5:00-6:00am
Sandia Pool
7801 Candelaria N.E.
291-6278
New Masters Workout
Schedule in Las Cruces, NMSU Natatorium
Masters Contact: Coach Luke Egnaczak,
lukeswim@hotmail.com
Schedule: M, W, F, S 6-7am and T, Th
6-7pm