dear USMS friends,
Last Monday on a whim I emailed the blurb to my local paper, the San Marcos Daily Record (below is what it said)
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Story Idea:
Martindale man ranked #1 in the world for Masters Swimming Event in 2004
FINA.org the international swimming organization recently published the 2004 top 10 masters swimming lists. 41 year old Ande Rasmussen who lives near Austin and works and trains in Austin was ranked # 1 in the world in the 200 short course meters Individual Medley (IM) swimming event for 2004 in the 40 - 44 year old mens age group with a time of 2:15.01.
www.fina.org/rankingshome.htmlwww.fina.org/masterstop10_SCM04.pdf
The 200 short course meters Individual Medley (IM) swimming event is
done in a 25 meter pool where the swimmer swims
50 meters butterfly,
50 meters backstroke,
50 meter breastroke and
50 meters freestyle.
Ande Rasmussen
AndeRasmussen@aol.com
512-217-2728 cell
800-937-0418 day
835 Martindale Falls
Martindale, TX 78655
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Thursday a reporter left a message on my voicemail. I called her back on Friday and we set an appointment to meet in Sewell Park in San Marcos.
Friday afternoon at 4:00 pm I met with her and she interviewed me and took some photos for the article.
Today, Sunday the San Marcos Daily record, ran a feature story.
www.sanmarcosrecord.com/.../www.sanmarcosrecord.com/.../sports1.txt
Thanks, I haven't done an open water swim since boy scouts.
In the photo I'm swimming upstream in the San Marcos River which swiftly runs through sewell park. It's about a quarter mile from the San Marcos springs that flows with clear 68 degree water. I mainly swim in pools, though sewell is an awesome place to swim.
Did you notice the piece of plant between my neck and shoulder?
Ande
Originally posted by Peter Cruise
Judging by the photo in the story, open water swimming must be your next challenge Ande- perhaps swimming the USMS series of open water champs, but doing them as IM...yes, there's a worthy challenge for you...
Thanks, I haven't done an open water swim since boy scouts.
In the photo I'm swimming upstream in the San Marcos River which swiftly runs through sewell park. It's about a quarter mile from the San Marcos springs that flows with clear 68 degree water. I mainly swim in pools, though sewell is an awesome place to swim.
Did you notice the piece of plant between my neck and shoulder?
Ande
Originally posted by Peter Cruise
Judging by the photo in the story, open water swimming must be your next challenge Ande- perhaps swimming the USMS series of open water champs, but doing them as IM...yes, there's a worthy challenge for you...
