The 2003 New England Short Course Yard Championship (NE-LMSC Sanction 034-003-SSCY) will be held on Saturday March 22nd (1000 and 1650 only) and Friday March 28th through Sunday March 30th (all other events) at Harvard's Blodgett Pool in Cambridge, MA.
Last year, this was the largest regional SCY championship meet in the US. We will again benefit from the meet management services of www.swimindex.com featuring live scoreboard, webcam, real time results, etc. Some 40+ NEM workout groups will be competing for the title of 2003 NEM Grand Champion and we expect 700+ athletes, 4,000+ individual splashes and 300+ relays this year. Additionally, a number of non-NEM, USMS clubs will be sending large contingent of swimmers in an attempt to win the "foreign" swim club awards.
A meet information sheet and entry form will be posted before the end of January at: www.swimnem.org
Bob Seltzer
Meet Director
seltzer@metasoft.com
Friday March 7th is the postmark deadline for the 2003 NE SCY Championships (Monday March 10th is the receive by deadline)
For more meet information go to: www.swimindex.com/.../
We've processed 200+ entries as of last night (see website for details) and expect to get another 500 over the next week.
Congratulations to Fred Schicher for setting a new world record in the Men's 55-59 200 SCM Fly: Fred swam a 2:22.73 breaking the record by six seconds. However, he "only" won the race by .01 seconds as Greg Shaw, competing in the 50-54, nearly beat him.
Fred and Greg will compete again in the 200 fly, this time both will be in the 50-54 age group, in the 2003 NE SCY Championships.
Answer to last 25th Anniversary Blodgett Trivia: The swimmer who parted the waters of Blodgett, set a world record at the Olympics yet failed to get the gold medal in his event was Dave Berkoff. Berkoff broke the world record in the prelims of the 100 back but was outouched by Daichi Suzuki of Japan. Suzuki also is connected Blodgett. Several years ago, while studying at Harvard Suzuki was a volunteer coach for the Harvard Mens team and workout with Cambridge Masters in Lane 1.
Friday March 7th is the postmark deadline for the 2003 NE SCY Championships (Monday March 10th is the receive by deadline)
For more meet information go to: www.swimindex.com/.../
We've processed 200+ entries as of last night (see website for details) and expect to get another 500 over the next week.
Congratulations to Fred Schicher for setting a new world record in the Men's 55-59 200 SCM Fly: Fred swam a 2:22.73 breaking the record by six seconds. However, he "only" won the race by .01 seconds as Greg Shaw, competing in the 50-54, nearly beat him.
Fred and Greg will compete again in the 200 fly, this time both will be in the 50-54 age group, in the 2003 NE SCY Championships.
Answer to last 25th Anniversary Blodgett Trivia: The swimmer who parted the waters of Blodgett, set a world record at the Olympics yet failed to get the gold medal in his event was Dave Berkoff. Berkoff broke the world record in the prelims of the 100 back but was outouched by Daichi Suzuki of Japan. Suzuki also is connected Blodgett. Several years ago, while studying at Harvard Suzuki was a volunteer coach for the Harvard Mens team and workout with Cambridge Masters in Lane 1.
