Palmetto Masters Swimming
March Newsletter
Swim with the best or swim like the rest
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Cathy Hallman-Kenner
Erin Moro
Jim Chilton
Newly Elected LMA Board Member- Michael Malik!!
Michael Stresemann
Michael Malik
Welcome to our new members!
Jason Wimberly- Danny Jones
Wiley Hemphill- LTP
Owen Roberts- MLK
Matt Goodrich- LTP
Gary Heinz- LTP
Current Membership Total is: 163
Nationals Registration is Now Underway!!
Palmetto Masters Wins 6th State Title in a Row
9 Palmetto Masters High Point Winners!
18-24 W -Hailey Nievergelt
18-24 M -Ben Hillebrand
25-29 W -Jessica Ballard
25-29 M -Alex Beeman
30-34 M -Mike Malik
35-39 M -Stephen Fernandez
45-49 W - Jennifer Cranny
45-49 M - Steve Savage
55-59 W - Lynn Menches
Congrats all!
For the Record: Women
The 45+ relay of Cheryl Reinke, Jennifer Cranny, Shannon Cagle, and Jamie Wilson broke the state record for the 200 free relay with a 1:55.62!
200 Medley Relay is crushed!! Jessica Ballard, Stacey Bruce, Erin Moro, and Kari Yocum go 1:58.40. 3+ seconds below the old State Record from 1987.
What is a meet without a State Record from Downtown Dana Brown? Her 500 split in the mile broke her own record by over 4 seconds!
Jessica Ballard went a 19:09.47! That time broke the state record by 2 seconds which was set way back in 1989.
Her 1000 split broke the state record by 27 seconds which also has been around since 1989.
Kari Yocum 35-39 goes 2:23.12 in the 200 Back and breaks the State Record and goes 1:04.28 100 Back that crushes her own State Record by 2 seconds!
Erin Moro goes a 5:01 in the 400 IM breaking her own State Record by 5 seconds, and also breaks her own State Records in the 100 fly with a 1:00.33, and a 2:14.80 200 Fly!!! This race was the fastest swim for a women ever is South Carolina regardless of age. The 29th fastest time in US history for the 35-39 age group.
Susan Francis went 1:12.36 100 Free for the 60-64 age group for a State Record.
Jennifer Cranny 45-49 goes 30.26 50 Fly and breaks the State Record, and goes 1:05.88 in the 100 Fly and breaks the State Record from 2010.
For the Record: Men
Joey Kanner, Andy Cook, Bob Menches, and Steve Savage in the 45+ went 1:39.57 and lowered the old State Record by 3 seconds.
Ben Hillebrand 18-24 goes 2:03.82 in the 200 Back and breaks the State Record!
David Parler went 2:56.01 200 Breast 60-64 Men. The old state record was held by Joseph Kurtzman since 1987!
For the Record: Mixed Relays
This same crew went 2:09.40 in the 65+ 200 Mixed Free Relay. They broke the old State Record by "42" seconds!!!!
Last Call for Jon Steiner Memorial Mile Tam Postal 1650
Times Trials for Nationals
Saturday, Mar 19, 2016, 06:00 AM
LTP Swimming LLC, Mathis Ferry Road, Mount Pleasant, SC, United States
Calling all Palmeritos 50 and over!!!
The swimming portion of the events is on Friday the 20th at 2:00pm. This is a quick trip up and back. No overnight stay unless you want to enter other sporting events! This is the perfect place for the newer swimmers to get in and race. Many events do not have state records because no one has ever entered.
The link to register is just below.
Thank you to Our Most Awesome Coaches!!!
Paul Curran
Lance Ogren
Doug Fetchen
Ellen Reed
Bora Yatagan
LOWCOUNTRY SPLASH 2.4 Mile and 5 Mile
TEAM EVENT FOR PALMETTO MASTERS!!
ORDERING SWIM GEAR??
Make sure to use the link for Swimoutlet on the team webpage. This will earn the team 8% back on all orders, that we in turn donate to local swim programs and efforts. Link is below!
USMS Learn to Swim Instructor certification class
The USMS Adult Learn-to-Swim Instructor Certification Program curriculum is based on teaching methods practiced by leading adult learn-to-swim authorities. It incorporates the most innovative and effective training methods and gives certified instructors the tools to teach adults to swim, at a minimum, one length of a 25-yard pool and become safer in the water.
This one-day course, with classroom and in-water instruction, is taught throughout the country by USMS-certified instructor trainers. At the conclusion of the course, successful candidates will receive USMS ALTS instructor certification.
To become a USMS-certified ALTS Instructor, you must:
- Be a member of USMS
- Attend the USMS ALTS Instructor Certification Program course
- Successfully complete the end-of-course tests
The cost for certification is $300 per instructor and includes both classroom and pool instruction, all course materials, and the USMS-Certified Adult Learn-to-Swim Instructor designation for the remainder of the calendar year in which certification was achieved.