2011 Spring Nationals - Mesa, AZ

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orca1946 — Fri, 06 May 2011 12:42:15 GMT

Yeah, the 3rd step up to the top of the blocks took some getting used to.

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Ahelee Sue Osborn — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:28:40 GMT

Admit it:you were just there as the window dressing... Nice job with the meet. Nice window dressing and sensational starting blocks in Mesa! Thanks also for the extra day of swimming Paul!

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bzaks1424 — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:14:26 GMT

How can I contact Paul Smith? He's on the forums as "Paul Smith" - a PM probably would work fine.

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orca1946 — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:13:24 GMT

How can I contact Paul Smith? orca1946@hotmail.com OzOsborne

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swimmj — Thu, 05 May 2011 01:47:09 GMT

My Dad had the best line ever a couple years ago. He said he went behind the blocks to get ready for his race and when he looked around he thought to himself, "what are all of these old guys doing in my heat?" :angel: Love it! Friends of mine said to each other, "OMG, we are almost in the first heat of the 100 fly...remember when we were in the last heats?" MJ

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pwolf66 — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:13:27 GMT

From an outsider looking in, it truely looks like the Mesa folks put on quite an event. Congratulations to all the folks who made such a meet possible!!!!!

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Elaine Krugman — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:39:24 GMT

Damn public schools and their internet filters! No Facebook, no porn, no masters swimming results....go figure! :D I enjoyed meeting you, Paul! Great job with the meet!! :applaud:

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pwolf66 — Tue, 03 May 2011 08:55:33 GMT

Admit it:you were just there as the window dressing... There are so many things wrong with this statement......

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Chris Stevenson — Tue, 03 May 2011 06:34:47 GMT

Damn public schools and their internet filters! No Facebook, no porn, no masters swimming results....go figure! You couldn't do anything about the sun and wind, either. What good were you, anyway? Admit it:you were just there as the window dressing... Nice job with the meet.

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orca1946 — Tue, 03 May 2011 04:48:08 GMT

:applaud::applaud:It was nice to meet Paul after all the questions I had asked him in the last 6 months. What a great meet! If I ever go again this meet will always be my fav of ALL ti:bow::bow:me!

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knelson — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:17:02 GMT

Huge thanks and props to Paul. When a meet runs like clockwork--as this one did--you know there was a lot of work going on behind the scenes. Also, Paul, thank all the other volunteers and especially those working the awards table. On Sunday afternoon people were descending on the area like vultures trying to pick up their final medals before catching their flights. The awards table people were obviously harried a little, but did a good job keeping their cool!

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bzaks1424 — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:23:11 GMT

There are so many things wrong with this statement...... And so many things right all the same.....

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bzaks1424 — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:39:47 GMT

Congratulations to everyone who participated at a very successful nationals run by Paul Smith! He has a lot to be proud of and the Mesa area has definite set a precedent to be followed for years to come! -Michael P. P.S. Elaine says hey! :D :rofl:

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Paul Smith — Mon, 02 May 2011 06:13:31 GMT

For those following the realtime results, they are having a hard time with their Internet connection on the pool deck and are only able to get heat results up every few heats, especially for the shorter events. We apologize for the inconvenience. Damn public schools and their internet filters! No Facebook, no porn, no masters swimming results....go figure!

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jaadams1 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:34:49 GMT

Hey James! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the pool. I will be :cheerleader:for you! Good luck!! Sounds good...I can probably use a little :cheerleader: with all those speedy 30 year old kids in my heats!!

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Elaine Krugman — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:28:46 GMT

Good luck to all and see everyone on Saturday. I'll be flying down on Friday afternoon to Phoenix. Since I don't have one of those "cool" phones (my phone will allow me to make phone calls), I won't be able to post anything till I get to a real computer, which will more than likely be Monday evening. :) Hey James! I'm looking forward to meeting you at the pool. I will be :cheerleader:for you! Good luck!!

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jaadams1 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:46:21 GMT

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Elaine Krugman — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:58:20 GMT

Good luck everyone! Especially my GAJA teamates! Wish I was there! BTW, none of you 35-39 guys go faster than my current top 10 times please! :thhbbb: Thanks, Lump! Tomorrow, GAJA will be represented in a mixed free relay. We have just enough people to put this together, so it will be me ( :afraid: ) and Malena, along with the Beatty brothers. (I'm waaaay out of my league!) On Saturday, we'll be back at it again in the mixed relay. The atmosphere at the pool was great today and it was fun cheering bzaks1424 on in the 1650! Debaru came out to watch and join in :cheerleader:, as well. Good luck fellow Forumites! Cheers! :chug: Elaine-iaK

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Former Member — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:01:03 GMT

Good luck everyone! Especially my GAJA teamates! Wish I was there! BTW, none of you 35-39 guys go faster than my current top 10 times please! :thhbbb:

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Jimbosback — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:03:16 GMT

I'd like to meet some forumites too. I'll be wearing a blue hat with 'CCN' on it. Good luck to all swimming, and see you there! :cheerleader:

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jroddin — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:21:14 GMT

For those spectators "watching" from home (more likely watching from work...), here is the link for Real Time results: www.usms.org/.../

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bzaks1424 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:36:28 GMT

For all of you whom I'd love an opportunity to meet: I'll be there all 4 days probably wearing an orange shirt (Team LIB represent!) - also if I know you're swimming - I promise you'll hear me on deck :D If nothing else - look for the cheap aviators and a 6'3 frame making a lot of noise. :rofl:

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pwolf66 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:08:53 GMT

To everyone competing this weekend: Have fun and swim fast!!!!! I will miss hanging out with all the wonderful folks of USMS. See you in Greensboro!!! Paul

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orca1946 — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:12:33 GMT

O K I'm checked in for the 3 distance events !!

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Patrick W. Brundage — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 01:47:18 GMT

Not too late to sign up for open water (preferably 4000 meters) on Saturday you light weights (and a great opportunity to ruin your 200 Free later that day and all other events on Sunday):) www.dcbadventures.com/.../Swimming Kind of feel bad as I think the organizer picked this weekend based on affiliated swim with nationals. The event has become soley USMS sanctioned (no triathlon sanctioning except for under 18), then USMS not only takes all local swimmers, but barely promotes it. Definitely the prettiest venue of the series and kids 14 and under are FREE (except I think one day tri license--5 dollars for kids).I agree with Kurt that this is an awesome venue for an OW swim. I'd also said before, though, that having it Saturday during Nationals was a bad idea. Monday might have drawn more attendees from USMS, I think??