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Current News
USMS Coach Certification and ALTS Instructor training: September 15-16: USMS offers regional sessions for both Coach Certification (Level 1 and 2) and Adult Learn to Swim Instructor training. PNA offers financial assistance as well. View the details under Events / Clinics !
The September-October edition of The WetSet is posted: President Sally talks about the upcoming USMS Convention in Jacksonville, where Walt Reid will be inducted as an IMSHOF Honor Contributor. Read Tom Walker’s Swimmer Spotlight on Dan Kirkland, who is also featured in Steve Peterson’s UANA Pan American Champs article along with a hat trick. The Washington State Senior Games and Gil Young Memorial meets are summarized. Tales of open water are told by Meghan Meinerz (the 19th Fat Salmon), Zena Courtney (Strait of Gibraltar), Tom Walker (Swim Defiance), Suzanne Loeffelholz (Aly Fell Memorial), and Shannon Singer (Marathon and Ultramarathon Nationals). Get entry details on the Last Gasp of Summer open water swim, three fall pool meets, plus the regular Board meeting summary; Calendar; and more! It’s also archived under The WetSet menu tab above.
SplashForward posts on PNA and PSM Facebook pages: (Jan 2018) We are building our community base and raising awareness, having met with every Bellevue City Council Member (even the newly elected). They have been very receptive to this great need for a new aquatics facility, seeing our vision for how the greater Bellevue community would benefit. We are also working with the Bellevue School District to help facilitate the relationship between them and the city. We are engaging with the local high school aquatics families and swimmers to identify key spokespeople who will help us voice the unmet need to the School District Board and City Council. And we recently met with King County and all the Parks and Rec Directors from Bellevue / Redmond / Kirkland. We need each other to find success in building a regional aquatics facility… which SplashForward thinks should be in Bellevue!
PNA SCY All-Time Top 12: PNA Historian Walt Reid has cataloged the top twelve swims in each event from the earliest records of PNA through May 31 (end of Short Course Yards season) for the years 2011 through 2017. <--Click these or go to the Member Services / Records page (last ... More) to find all seven links. How do you compare against fellow PNA competitors?
USMS Convention: Rule Changes Effective September 21, 2017: At July’s conference in Budapest, FINA approved changes (1) tightening timing system requirements for world records; (2) easing interpretation of the freestyle leg of individual medley and medley relay events; and (3) simplifying wording of the butterfly rule. At the just-completed USMS annual convention in Dallas, the House of Delegates agreed to conform. Details of these changes are described here.
2016 World Masters Swimmers of the Year: Swimming World magazine has been recognizing the Top 12 World Masters Swimmers of the Year for 13 years. Among the featured swimmers is Rick Colella. Read about it here!
PSM and BWAQ in Swimmer Magazine: PSM's Wendy Van De Sompele reveals one technique contributing to her successful swim around Maury Island in the article "Bilateral Breathing" on page 10 of the January-February 2017 issue. And on page 39 you'll find a paragraph describing the USMS Sprint Distance Open Water National Championship (1 Mile) in September at Angle Lake Park, hosted by Blue Wave Aquatics.
Officials Clinics in Idaho a success: PNA Officiating Coordinator Teri White says, “Hi everyone! Just to share what I think ended up being “the perfect” picture from my clinics in Couer d’Alene [Jan 7-8, 2017]… this sums it up! We had 15 people for the Stroke and Turn clinic and 12 for the Starter in spite of that wicked winter storm that blew through. Fantastic people, and great fun talking to people who truly understand the technical aspects of the strokes! Matt Bronson (Inland NW LMSC Chair) plans on talking about the success of the clinics at the upcoming LMSC Leadership Summit (March). I hope this will generate fire to get other LMSCs who are short of officials to join in. Take care!”
My USMS: Are you aware of this feature on the USMS website? It's all about you! Details on logging in (or registering for the first time) are shown when you click the "My USMS" link at the top right of the home page. Set up your account today so you can... wait – go there yourself to read all the benefits and tools available!
Welcome to PNA’s new website - March 28, 2012. Please send your comments and suggestions to webmaster Steve Peterson.
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Upcoming Events:
Click the links below for details on these events. Also check the Events and Calendar listings!
September 15
• Last Gasp of Summer, SeaTac (OW)
October 13
• BAMFest, Bainbridge Island (SCY)
November 4
• Snohomish Aquatic Masters, Snohomish (SCY)
November 17-18
• PSM SCM Champs, Federal Way (SCM)