Swimmers,
Use this thread to share information, blogs, personal results and stories from the 2014 World Championships in Montreal.
Those posting blogs specifically should make sure the are posted to the following link:
forums.usms.org/blog.php
Below and attached you will find the first email letter from Tim Waud regarding the World Championships in Montreal, Canada.
Dear Worlds Swimmers,
The World Team coaches are excited to represent United States Masters Swimming at the 2014 FINA World Championship. Coaches are Tim Waud (Oregon), Dean Hawks (Indiana), Andrew LeVasseur (Colorado) and Jennifer Catucci-Crowther (Virginia). Head Coach Tim Waud can be reached by email: Twaud@aol.com
COMMUNICATION:
Social Media:
Join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/.../
This page will continue to be updated preceding and throughout the event.
Venue:
The World Team coaches intend on identifying two locations, one just outside of each competition pool in Montreal, where we can post daily messages for all the USA swimmers. Please be on the lookout for “TEAM MESSAGES” at the meet.
Look for the USMS logo on the message board.
Coaches:
The World Team coaches will be highly visible on the pool deck(s). Coaches will be wearing USMS Polo Shirts and be in area represented by a United States Masters Swimming banner.
RELAYS:
Relay Cards: Relay sheets or cards indicating the names of the pre-registered swimmers will be given to the team representative on arrival at registration. These competitors must be verified or amended and the relay sheets or cards returned to the designated point by Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 1:00 PM. Changes to team age groups, swimmers or times will be accepted until Tuesday, 15th July 2014 by the coach or a team representative. All relay team members must be affiliated with the same swimming club. A swimmer may not swim for more than one team per relay event.
TEAM DINNER:
Check the team message board and Facebook daily for information regarding team dinners and social events.
Places to swim in Montreal:
These are links to swimming pools in Montreal; some of these facilities do not open until this summer.
www.montrealgazette.com/.../pools.htmlville.montreal.qc.ca/.../pagewww.yelp.com/searchwww.google.com/.../data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!2m4!3m3!1spublic swimming pools!2sMontreal, QC, Canada!3s0x4cc91a541c64b70d:0x654e3138211fefefswim.isport.com/.../
Meet Coach Jennifer Catucci-Crowther
I am so proud to be a part of the FINA World Championship coaching staff. I have been coaching for 15 years; age group and masters (wet and dry). Currently, I am part of the coaching staff with Alexandria Masters while returning to school; preparing to enter the Physical Therapy program. I could go into details about the swimmers I’ve coached and their success as well as my coaching, academic and athletic accomplishments, but I won’t. Achievement is not as tangible as a swim time or ranking. With that said, I believe most coaches strive to achieve greatness within them and to bring it out of the swimmers they coach. Since greatness doesn’t involve a single dimension, it can’t be measured linearly. I am enthusiastically dedicated in supporting not only my fellow coaches, but our US swimmers to the greatness that is within each of them.
Meet Coach Andrew LeVasseur
Andrew LeVasseur - Head Coach, Denver Masters Swimming Team
Andrew began his swimming career on the Schofield Sharks Swim Club in Hawaii as an 8-under many years ago. His coaches included Pat Rainkey and Pete Selmer. Pete studied with Doc Councilman, considered to be the founder of modern swimming. Andrew attended Cherry Creek High School here in Colorado and was a three year Varsity Letterman. Although offered a swimming scholarship to Dartmouth University, Andrew instead accepted a music scholarship on Bassoon to the University of Arizona. Throughout high school and college and for many summers afterward, Andrew has been employed a Swim Coach, WSI, Aqua Fitness Instructor, Lifeguard and Lifeguard Trainer. Andrew’s coaching experience spans 30 years of age-group and master's level swimming. He has been with the University of Denver Masters Swimming Program since 2008. As a swimmer, Andrew has achieved USMS top ten ranking and places consistently in local, regional, national and international swimming meets. As a coach, Andrew serves as a coach for the USMS Nation Team attending FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada and as the USMS 2014 High Intensity On-Line Coach. He has served as a 2012 USMS Coach on Deck for the LCM National Champion, CMS Regional Team. He was selected as the COMSA 2011 "Coach of the Year" and since 2009 has been a Level 3 ASCA/USMS Certified Swimming Coach.
Meet Coach Dean Hawks from Indianapolis, Indiana
I began coaching around 1975, before most people wore goggles. After coaching for one year at the college level and a brief stint in Kansas, I moved to Casper, Wyoming where I coached club, high school and taught high school for 31 years.. During that time we had one high school national record holder, one junior national champion and 32 high school All- Americans.
After a short retirement, I began coaching for Indy Aquatic Masters, the 2013 National Champions. We have about 350 members and offer 44 work outs per week that are covered by our staff of 10 coaches.
I am very excited to be a part of this USMS coaching staff and looking forward to a fun and rewarding World Master Championships in Montreal!
Meet Coach Tim Waud
I have many enthusiastic qualities that I will bring to the coaching staff, such as my passion for masters swimming, energy, and team spirit. I am very personable, outgoing, and have a reputation for being a team leader. I am a go-getter, and am always eager to help with anything related to swimming. I serve as a meet director for Oregon City Swim Team and I organize two competitions each year. One of these competitions is a Dual Sanction, USA Swimming and United States Masters Swimming event.
I coach a workout group called the Oregon City Tankers. The team has grown from four lap swimmers to a group of 40. We have won the Oregon Masters Swimming Team Spirit Award the past two years. We are a very active group and we have socials at least three times a year. I have served on the Oregon Masters Swimming Board throughout the years and I am very familiar with most of OMS’s membership. I know many people on a first name basis and am very approachable to all of our members. My responsibilities as the Oregon Coach at Nationals have been creating relays and organizing team dinners. I have also volunteered as an On-Deck-Coach at every USMS National competition I have participated in.
I am currently the Northwest Zone Chair for United States Masters Swimming and serve on the LMSC Development Committee. I chair the Education Sub-committee which is responsible for bringing the workshops to the United States Aquatic Sports Convention.
In 2013, I was awarded Oregon Masters Swimming's highest honor The Ol' Barn Award and United States Masters Swimming Dorothy Donnelly Service Award.
OMS (Oregon Masters Swimming) Nationals Coach:
2007 Summer Nationals
2008 Spring & Summer Nationals
2009 Spring & Summer Nationals
2010 Spring & Summer Nationals
2012 Summer Nationals
2013 Summer Nationals
2014 Spring Nationals
Both timelines have men and women, but on the men's timeline the pool for the women is wrong and the start times are wrong (or don't match the women's timeline). Same thing for the women's timeline, the men's info is incorrect.
Arthur you are correct. Thanks for the proofread!
The timeline is the same, it includes both men and women.Both timelines have men and women, but on the men's timeline the pool for the women is wrong and the start times are wrong (or don't match the women's timeline). Same thing for the women's timeline, the men's info is incorrect.
