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August 2015 News

August 18, 2015 -  The July/August Fastlane is now available online! 

August 11, 2015 - Congratulations to the following NJ LMSC swimmers who set new NJ LMSC LCM records at the USMS Summer LCM Nationals at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio on August 6-9, 2015.  Women 45-49:  Ann Monaghan (49)  100 back - 1:14.87;  Men 18-24: Kevin Ewing (21) 50 back - 28.95, 100 back - 1:02.98, 100 fly - 1:01.28, Eric Materniak (24) 50 breast - 30.33, 100 breast - 1:07.13, 200 breast - 2:23.56, 200 fly - 2:17.09, 200 IM - 2:15.56, 400 IM - 4:53.03; Men 45-49:  Oleg Chebotarev (47) 1500 free - 18:47.65, 200 back - 2:38.17;  Men 50-54: Jens Volker (50)  200 fly - 3:07.99; Men 60-64: Ken Niemi (60)  100 back - 1:20.54, 200 back - 2:56.61, Men 65-69:  Richard Wallace (68)  1500 free - 27:20.45

Special congratulations to our National Champions: Eric Materniak (24) who won the 50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast and the 200 IM, Scott Yeomans (51) who won the 800 free and Benn Doyle (57) who won the 200 breast.
  

August 11, 2015 - Congratulations to the following NJ LMSC swimmers who set new NJ LMSC LCM records at the Jason Nessel Invitational Meet at Rahway River Park on August 2, 2015.   Women 55-59: Barbara McGregor (56) 50 back - 42.74; Women 80-84:  Janet Moeller (81) 200 Breast - 5:40.80; Men 50-54: Bill Fallon (52) 200 back - 2:36.55; Men 85-89: Nickolas Demas (85) 50 free - :40.16, 100 free - 1:43.54; Paul Kiell (85) 200 Free - 4:11.83, 400 free - 8:37.93, 50 back - 1:00.30

August 17, 2015 - New Jersey jumps up to the number 3 (out of 52 LMSCs) spot in total mileage. just sneaking past Florida and New England in the USMS Go the Distance Fitness event! NJ remains in the number 3 spot for total number of participants as well as the number one spot for membership participation at 12%.  The Colonies Zone remains the number one Zone in total mileage with over 100,000 miles!  Dixie is next with 70,000 miles.  This on-line fitness 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 mileage for the Swim University fitness event. Please continue to log your yardage! 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.

GTD

Top (5) LMSCs for 2015:    
Pacific – 58,991 miles, 381 swimmers (3% of LMSC membership)            
Southern Pacific – 32,372 miles, 196 swimmers  (4% of LMSC membership)             
New Jersey - 22,397 miles, 140 swimmers  (12% of LMSC membership)        
Florida - 22,195 miles, 139 swimmers  (6% of LMSC membership)            
New England - 21,869 miles, 127 swimmers  (6% of LMSC membership)            

Click the "Go the Distance" logo above for the latest results. 
 

September 2015 News

September 25, 2015 - Announcing Sussex County YMCA's "Adult Mini-Meet" on Saturday, October 17, 2015. There will be a new swimmer orientation from 2:00-2:30 pm, with meet check-in at 2:30 pm, and warmup beginning at 3 pm. Click here for entry form. Entries must be received by Wednesday, October 14. Questions may be directed to Sarah Navarro at (973) 209-9622 ext. 210.