SwimRI

Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual Rhode Island Aquatic Hall of Fame 1.2 Mile Open-Water Swim on Saturday, July 12th, at The Newport Beach Club in Portsmouth! This event was created and is run by RIAHOF/SwimRI members, so we hope to see everyone there in your SwimRI shirts! New this year: 50 more swimmers (200 cap), RFID chip timing, a Step-Up Relay team award and an on-site breakfast buffet at the clubhouse (the first 100 online entrants receive a breakfast discount). Enter now online or via the paper entry form!

Per Coach Fred, Camire's Athletic Soles in Wakefield is hosting a TYR wetsuit demo and 30% off sale on Wednesday, April 30th, from 5:30 until ? Swag (free stuff) will be given to the first 50 attendees!

TYR rep, 2x Hawaii Ironman finisher and fast swimmer Sarah Baker will be on hand with other experienced fitters to get you into the right wetsuit for your body type. Other wetsuit brands available to try on include Blue Seventy, Quintana Roo and Aquaman.

Thursday 4/24 practice at RWU is canceled for this week only. Updated RWU Saturday Schedule: 4/26 @ 7:00-8:30am, 5/3 @ 1:00-3:00pm (following USA Swimming meet), 5/10 @ 7:00-8:30am. Matt Emmert or Colin Fisher will coach. No practice 5/17 due to commencement. The RWU pool will most likely be closed for repairs starting 5/19. More info at Locations & Schedules.

Starting April 9th, the coached Tuesday Masters practice at Roger Williams University is canceled until further notice due to lack of support for a 7:30-9:00pm workout. However, Masters swimmers can still pay the $5 drop-in fee to swim on your own at that time. The rest of the RWU practice schedule remains unchanged. For more practice info/options see Locations & Schedules.

Effective immediately, Newport Athletic Club's Wednesday Masters practice has been moved to 6:30-7:45pm to accommodate a class that runs until 6:30. The Monday 6:00-7:15pm practice schedule remains unchanged. There will be a renewed effort to start on time, generally with a 10-minute unstructured warmup period followed by structured sets. Written workouts totaling 2000-4200 yards are usually available for 4-6 different levels. For more practice info/options see Locations & Schedules.

SwimRI swam away with the men's, women's and combined points titles at the 2014 New England LMSC Short Course Yards Championships held at Harvard University on March 15 & 21-23. In a potentially record-setting performance spanning 57 events, 100+ Rhode Island-area Masters swimmers of all ages and abilities topped the 60-team field with determination, camaraderie and flair by dominating the relay events and scoring over 8400 total points, nearly 3000 more than host team and defending champion Cambridge Masters. Longtime SwimRI Member and Rhode Island Aquatic Hall of Fame Inductee Tom Manfredi led the way by scoring 215 points en route to capturing the men's individual high-point trophy.

On Saturday, March 15th, the SwimRI team had a strong showing in the distance events and edged out Cambridge Masters for an early lead in the overall team points competition following Day One of the New England LMSC Short Course Yards Championships at Harvard University. With 53 more events next weekend, March 21st-23rd, the team points title could very well come down to Sunday relays!

Roger Williams University is adding Tuesday evening and some Saturday morning workouts to its spring Masters schedule, and Naval Station Newport has added a Thursday morning workout. Click here for Masters practice locations and schedules.

Click here to download/view the results of the 3/9/2014 SOCOY meet.

The 17th South County YMCA Adult & Masters Swim Meet. Sunday, March 9th, noon to 5:30pm, Peace Dale, RI. Informal, unsanctioned mini meet open to all adult swimmers (USMS membership not required) and prep meet for the New England LMSC SCY Championships at Harvard. 70 swimmer cap. Entries must be postmarked by Wednesday 3/5 or submitted in person by Saturday 3/8 at noon. Sponsored by PowerBar and Camire's Athletic Soles. Meet Director: Fred Bartlett, swimtrirunman@aol.com