Just got the call from Chicago and we are in! 4/28/11-5/2/11 (open water swim Monday).
The newly remodeled Kino facility opened in June of this year and features a 75m main pool with moveable bulkhead which will allow us to run 2 x 9 lane competition courses and also have I believe 12 warm-up lanes (6 are in the diving well of the 75m pool and 6 in the 6 lane x 25 yd pool attached to wading pool and slide).
We have massive amounts of deck space plus we have athletic fields attached to the facility that our intial estimates show would allow for well over 100 pop-up tents. More importantly we have an unprecedented amount of support from the Mesa community (the Mayor attended the convention) which already has secured hotel discounts for events hosted at Kino. We also have our own airport (www.phxmesagateway.org/) which in addtion to Sky Harbor gives a number of lower cost flight options.
On a personal note...the Masters team at Kino was started by Ron Johnson many years ago and Laura & I are honored to have been given an oppurtunity to follow in his footsteps and have a chance to relaunch the program. I hope we will get a chance to see a lot of folks not just in 2011 but anytime you are in town and looking for a place to catch a workout!
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Just got the call from Chicago and we are in! 4/28/11-5/2/11 (open water swim Monday).
The newly remodeled Kino facility opened in June of this year and features a 75m main pool with moveable bulkhead which will allow us to run 2 x 9 lane competition courses and also have I believe 12 warm-up lanes (6 are in the diving well of the 75m pool and 6 in the 6 lane x 25 yd pool attached to wading pool and slide).
We have massive amounts of deck space plus we have athletic fields attached to the facility that our intial estimates show would allow for well over 100 pop-up tents. More importantly we have an unprecedented amount of support from the Mesa community (the Mayor attended the convention) which already has secured hotel discounts for events hosted at Kino. We also have our own airport (www.phxmesagateway.org/) which in addtion to Sky Harbor gives a number of lower cost flight options.
On a personal note...the Masters team at Kino was started by Ron Johnson many years ago and Laura & I are honored to have been given an oppurtunity to follow in his footsteps and have a chance to relaunch the program. I hope we will get a chance to see a lot of folks not just in 2011 but anytime you are in town and looking for a place to catch a workout!
www.teamunify.com/Home.jsp
