The 2002 USMS Long Course National Championships will be held August 15-18, 2002 at the Robert F. Busbey Natatorium at Cleveland State University.
Hotel and other information is available at:
www.mindspring.com/.../home.htm
click on the LC Nats page
The social will be held at the world famous Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Friday, August 16. We will have exclusive use of the museum for the evening! In addition, there will be a wonderful meal presented by Executive Caterers, a well known caterer in northern Ohio.
Please come join us! It's going to be a blast!
Laura Kessler
President, O*H*I*O Masters Swim Club and co-meet director with Pieter Cath
Let me be the first non-Ohioan to add my voice of gratitude to Laura Kessler and everyone else who did such a great job at the meet. I had a great time and am already making plans to bring my wife and sons back to Cleveland in the not too distant future to see the R&R museum and eat some more of the great food at places like the Great Lakes Brewery and Blue Point.
Thanks!
Thanks to all for a great LC Nationals meet, my teammates and friends had a great time. Thank you for hosting and hope to swim with everyone in Phoenix!
Kudos to Laura Kessler, Pieter Cath and the entire crew of volunteers. This meet was very well run and, the most important reason for going, the social was the best that I've ever experienced at Nationals.
On behalf of the North Carolina gang I want to say thanks to everyone involved in such a succesful meet. In addition to a flawless meet we enjoyed your city and your people!!
Personally, this was my first Nationals, and it was a great experience!! I can't wait for next year at Rutgers!! I hope they can keep up with the high standard set in Cleveland!:) :)
I would like to add my thanks and congrats to everyone involved in organizing and running this meet. It was a huge undertaking, and it was a huge success! Thanks to Pieter, Laura, Tom, Lily, Kristen and all! Also a big thank you to Gerry Meyer for the social at the Rock Hall - VERY cool!
Speaking as an observer (vs. a competitor) over the course of the last few days, I must say that I had a splendid time. I accompanied one of the older competitors at the meet (my 84 old grandfather) and got to observe a lot. It was pretty clear that things were running pretty smoothly and people were having a great time. I wouldn't have guessed that the time between heats would uniformly be so brief. Also, that it was easy to understand what was going on from the announcements - both in terms of specific heat information and then other information (the replay on the TV upstairs, when the relays would start, and so on). Nice job, and if my grandpa keeps competing as he ages up, I'll happily join him again (hoping of course that things go equally well next time around).
On another note, if anyone happened to have picked up a black T-shirt with a tuxedo design in the front, saying "Aptos BiCentennarians" on the back, that would be his - he misplaced it sometime on Sunday - if you could email me if it turns up (email in my profile), that would be swell. :)
Laura,
I was unable to get a couple of my placement plates for the last few events. I had to run to the airport. Someone from my team was supposed to pick them up, but missed a couple.
Is there any way I can get someone to mail those to me. Who do I need to contact?
Thanks,
Henry Stewart
Laura and all the volunteers and people that particiapted in the LC Nats meet.
THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT MEET AND SUCH A GOOD TIME AT THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. IT WAS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE. NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN SOON.
Everyone gave it their all and everything turned out great.
Thanz again Joy
