SwimRI

Recap of SwimRI's three USMS 1-Hour ePostal National Championship heats at Roger Williams University:

• 46 New England Masters Swim Club members (45 SWMR, 1 UNAT)
  
  
• Aggregate yards = 173,415
• Average yards per swimmer = 3,769.89
  
  
• Notable swims:
• 4,825 -- Albert Garcia, most yardage men
• 4,670 -- Jill Lancaster, most yardage women
• 4,725 -- Chris Dockray, highest male first-timer
• 4,335 -- Sara Finati, highest female first-timer
  
  
• Total yardage betting pool results (20 guesses, $100 pot, winner takes all)
• Winner: Steph Cotsonas (off by 235y)
• Doug Sayles (off by 370y)
• Rita Hansen (off by 1,225y)
• Trent Theroux (off by 1,295y)
• Donna Neuendorf (off by 1,365y)
  

• $900 donated to the RWU college swim team
• Thanks to Coach Matt Emmert and his swimmers for counting/timing!
  
  
• 25-30 swimmers, friends & family attended a fun post-swim lunch at Aidan's Pub
  

REMINDERS:

• Your Hour Swim yardage does not count until you enter it on the event website at https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=1308&smid=8216
  
  
• Mark your calendars and book hotel rooms for the "The Harvard Meet" (NE-LMSC SCY Championships) on March 11 & 17-19: http://www.meetresults.com/2017/nelmscscy/

Thanks for participating everyone, and good luck to our other NEM SwimRI and South County Y friends on their upcoming hour swims!

From Newport Mercury, 1/18/2017:

Paul Dow swims butterfly at the Newport Athletic Club. Photo by Dave Hansen.

From The Newport Daily News, 1/9/2017:

Heat assignments for the 2017 Speedo USMS 1-Hour ePostal National Championship on January 22nd
@ Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island (48 swimmers = 2 per lane x 8 lanes x 3 heats):

Check-in and warm-up open at 8:00am. Cost is ~$15 per swimmer (additional donations accepted) cash or check made out to "Roger Williams University." Proceeds benefit the RWU swim team -- those college swimmers will count/time for us.

We have rented the pool and, barring emergency, expect all 48 swimmers to honor their commitment.

This is a USMS-sanctioned event. All swimmers in the RWU heats must be current (2017) USMS members affiliated with New England Masters Swim Club. You may swim whatever stroke(s) you wish, at whatever pace you wish, continuously or with rest breaks. However, you must read the event rules before swimming and officially enter your results online after swimming. 

Lane assignments will be posted onsite. "Workout" swimmers listed above will be positioned side-by-side. Bruce Novis is bringing the Heat 1 workout for him and Sara Dinardo. Donna Neuendorf is bringing the workout for the seven Heat 3 workout swimmers identified above. As far as I know all other swimmers are doing continuous swim or their own thing and will be positioned in proximity to other swimmers of similar ability to the degree possible. Lane assignments will be posted onsite.

Everyone is invited to post-swim lunch at Aidan's Irish Pub.

Thanks, and please direct any questions to douglas.sayles@swimri.org or (401) 633-5756.

The order events and preliminary timeline for the 2017 New England LMSC Short Course Yards Championship Meet at Harvard (March 11 & 17-19) are posted at http://www.meetresults.com/2017/nelmscscy/schedule.shtml. Registration will open soon. If you haven't done so already, book your hotel rooms ASAP!