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The WetSetPACIFIC NORTHWESTASSOCIATION OFMASTERS SWIMMERSVO L U MEU.S. MASTERSSWIMMING INWESTERNWASHINGTON3 7,I SS U ENO V - D E C620 17President’s MessageBy Sally Dillon, PNA PresidentMasters Swimming .a brief st3—Postal Swims4—Last Gasp ofSummer5—Open Water Series6—New Swimmers7—Board Highlights8—USMS Convention11—Donnelly Award12—Swimmer Spotlight16—PNA Champs18—Masters Mile20—CalendarUSMS - United States Masters Swimming, which is the national federation to which PNAand its members belong.LMSC - Local Masters Swimming Committee; there are 52 LMSCs across the USA.PNA - Pacific Northwest Association of Masters Swimmers, which is the name of our LMSC.Its geographic region is the state of Washington west of but not including the counties ofOkanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, and Yakima, and north of but not including the counties ofCowlitz, Skamania, and Klickitat. PNA’s swimmers typically live and swim in western Washington but can be members if they live outside of the region. Need more info on PNA? Go tohttp://www.swimpna.org/PNA/more/?artid 2749.Northwest Zone - Seven LMSCs from six states: Alaska, Inland Northwest (Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho), Montana, Oregon, PNA, Snake River (Southern Idaho), andUtah. The Zone leaders meet at the USMS convention in September and in December,March, and June by conference call. All members of PNA’s Leadership Team receive emailsfrom the Zone Chair and are invited to participate in the conference calls.FINA - Federation Internationale de Natation (International Swimming Federation), which isthe International governing body of swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming,and open water swimming. FINA organizes World Championship competition in oddnumbered years. The championships were held in Budapest, Hungary earlier this year.Also, congratulations to Blue Wave Aquatics on hosting the first USMS Open Water National Championship to be held in PNA territory! They did a wonderful job and the championship1-mile event was well attended. See a more complete article elsewhere in the newsletter.And finally, have you “Liked” PNA’s Facebook page yet? Search PNA Masters and the linkwill jump out at you. Meet information is posted regularly along with other swimming relatedstories. Thanks to PNA Social Media guru Isaac Contreras Sandoval for keeping our Facebook page interesting!
PAGE2BAMfest 2017The annual BAMfest SCY meet was held Saturday, Oct 14, at theBainbridge Island Aquatic Center. Co-directors Gregory Coles andRodney Dwyer ran a well-attended meet, with 135 swimmers registered for 459 events. Host team Bainbridge Aquatic Masters dominated the scoring with 2800 team points, followed by Orca Swim Club(1034) and North End Otters (754).Swimmers scoring a perfect 100 individual points included LesleyMurray (HMST, 25-29), who won the 200 free, 100 back, 100 fly, and100 & 200 IM; Kristine Cox (BAM, 35-39), who won the 50 & 100back, 50 & 100 breast, and100 IM; James Adams(Kroc Masters, 40-44) whowon the 200 & 500 free, 50& 100 fly, and 100 IM; andFrancie Haffner (OregonMasters, 50-54), who wonthe 100 free, 50 & 100back, 50 fly, and 100 IM.Betsey KassenSpecial thanks went to theofficiating crew of MikeMurphy (Head Referee), Bernadette Witty, Jim Davidson, Kim Dobish,Shelly Malloy, and Julee Longridge. The directors’ Angel of the MeetAward went to Carleen Cosney.10-year-old singer Gracie Cate Moffatstunned everyone with her rendition ofthe National Anthem. “Her voice wasspectacular, crystal clear, wonderful,”noted one attendee.THEWETSETNOV-DEC2017
VOLUME37,ISSUE6PAGE35K/10K Postal SwimPNA and Puget Sound Masters joined forces to reserve time at the SouthKitsap 50-meter pool in Port Orchard so PNA swimmers would have anopportunity to participate in the summer’s National Championship Postalevent and five hearty souls took advantage of the hard-to-get 50-meterpool time. Michelle McRae won her age group in the 10K competition andMcRae, Betsey Kassen, and Isaac Contreras all had top-five finishes inthe 5K. Johnny van Velthuyzen and Ron Hansen finished in the top ten oftheir divisions.5K results:NameMichelle McRaeBetsey KassenIsaac ContrerasJohnny van VelthuyzenRon HansenAge40-4465-6925-2935-3965-6910K results:NameMichelle McRaeAgePlace Time40-44 7:23:241:14:09.721:17:59.291:48:56.01top - Johnny van Velthuyzenbottom - Ron HansenPSM entered two relays, both in the 25 age groups. The 4x5K mixed relay of McRae, Kassen, Contreras, and van Velthuyzen took 3rd place in acombined time of 5:14:40.25. The 3x5K men’s relay of Contreras, vanVelthuyzen, and Hansen took 5th place in a combined time of 4:21:05.02.Special thanks go to Coach April Cheadle for supervising the event.3000/6000 Postal National ChampionshipsThe final National Championship of the year runs through November 15. The 3000 & 6000 swims can take place in 25-yardor 25-meter pools, making the opportunity to find pool time much easier than the summer’s events. Go to https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet information.cfm?c 1287&smid 8519 for complete instructions. As with all postal swims,participants do not register for the event until after they have completed the swim, but it is important to review the rules beforegetting started.The 3000 event would be a good warmup for the biggest National Championship postal swim, the USMS 1-Hour ePostal National Championship. Look for more information in the January issue of The WetSet. The ePostal event will run from January1 through the month of February.
PAGE4Last Gasp of SummerBy Angela TurleyThis year, Last Gasp of Summer included the USMS 2017 Sprint Distance National Championship 1 mile! Wow, what anhonor!There was early morning registration for the 92 swimmers that registered for the National Championship. The race started at 9 am and went off without a hitch. Second round of registration started at 9:00 for the 1- and 2-mile swims and theJulie Montiel Fun Swim. Quite a few swimmers in the National Championship came back and swam a second race and alot of them swam the 2-mile - can you say, “Dedicated open water swimmers!”Some fun facts about The Last Gasp of Summer 2017: This was the 6th year for USA-S Swimmers and the 7th year for USMS swimmers This is the FIRST year we have had the Sprint Distance Open Water Championship in the Pacific Northwest USA-S broke two records this year, USMS broke 16 records Gabrielle Smit broke her own record from last year - 2 Mile 13 - 14 age group (44.14). And she was first among alleight teens 13-17! Women 60 - 64 dominated the record breaking this year with 3! Hey didn't we say that last year? Zena Courtney owns the 55 - 59 division; 2017 1 Mile No-Wetsuit, 2016 2 Mile Wetsuit, 2015 1 Mile Wetsuit, 2014 2Mile No-Wetsuit We added another record in the Men's 70 - 74 age group; Don Brady Dave O'Hern broke the oldest record from 2011 1-Mile No-Wetsuit in the 30 - 34 age groupClick here to see full results.Blue Wave Aquatics and Fife Area Swim Team would like send out a HUGE thank you to all of the officials, volunteerson shore, lifeguards, kayakers, sponsors, and BUDU Racing.New this year to our volunteers were the Zone 3 Fire Explorers. What an amazing group of people! There were 216swimmers and they made sure each and every one of them made it out of the water safely. This organization trainsyoung men and women to become the firefighters of the future, so if you are interested in a career in firefighting pleaseclick the link above.THEWETSETNOV-DEC2017
VOLUME37,ISSUE6PAGEOpen Water Swimming SeriesBy Jim Davidson, PNA Open Water DirectorWe’ve wrapped up another PNA Open Water season and I’d like to thank the host organizers of our four greatevents: Zena Courtney for Swim Defiance, Emily Bell for Whidbey Island Adventure Swim, Meg Meinerz for FatSalmon, and Mike Murphy for Last Gasp of Summer. I also want to express appreciation to all the volunteers thatmade these swims possible. Overall we had 463 swimmers participate and 583 total swims.As in years past, we held a competition for High Point Awards and registered PNA swimmers who swam in at leasttwo PNA events were eligible. Awards went to swimmers with the two top point totals in each age group.2017 PNA Open Water Series High Point WinnersCongratulations to all winners with a special nod to Zena Courtney and Kevin Jackson who tied for overall highestpoints. Fiona Clauson, Kevin Jackson, and Steve Freeborn swam in all four events.We also held a drawing for a Blueseventy Reaction wet suit. Anyone who registered for a race was entered, andevery race entry was good for one ticket in the drawing. This year’s winner is Mark Wall of Seattle.Many thanks to everyone who swam with us this summer, and remember, summer of 2018 isn’t that far away. Seeyou then.5
PAGE6Welcome New Swimmers!We want to welcome you all to PNA and USMS and hope you will contact Stephanie Hiebert if you have questionsabout your registration or PNA President Sally Dillon if you have any questions about anything else.(This list is not definitive. We hope we have caught all the new swimmers, but haven’t included some swimmers thatregistered earlier.)Candace AbrahamsenDaniel AbreuGail AkiyamaSueAnn AlexanderAmy AlexanderDeanna AlmondColleen AmesHilary AndersenErica AndersonJordan AndersonDavid AndersonJustin AtwoodDanielle AudinoAhtziri AyalaNita BaerJohn BahamSarah BaileyBrian BarkerBrent BarnesRenee BarrieAnn BarringtonAndrew BeckmannBenjamin BeersAllison BeezerLindsay BeilfussAndrea BekoWillie BellGabrielle BenuskaAliza Ben-VaronDanielle BergerCharlotte BerkmanKara BermensoloAngela BertrandRahul BirmiwalHannah BlissNathan BlockJessica BoarBrandon BogerTavis BohlingerJoanna BolosanCasey BooseElisha BotnickRobert BrandtDavid BreigerAshley BubbTHEThea BucherbeamAna BucyKate BuehnerTory BurnsDevon BurnsAdam ByrdNicholas CarterKristin CarterShannon CassadyEmily CastilloCarol CateDana CavinSam ChaoKelly ChapmanChar-Day CharnholmNatasha CheeleyEmily ChesterfieldSamantha CheungDiana ChienSamuel ChongElijah ChristoffersonAmanda ClarkJoy CoaleTami ColellaRodney ColellaJames CollyerRobert CondottaIsobel ConeyJeremy CookAlexis CookeMadeline CooperSusan CostaKaren CowgillRichard CowleyTrevor CoxSusan CurranKristen CurryTammy CusterSeth D'AmbrosiaBarton DanielEmily DeardorffLaura DenneyAlison DennisonSara DickermanAmy DillWETSETMichael DorsettRussell DoughertyAngeline DovinhBenjamin DunnChristi DurdenLaura DuttonCatherine EarleyCatharine EckrothEsther EdwinAlex EisnerShannon EllisLake EstatesDealy EtterMarcio FantiPierre FauvetRose FilerCheri FletcherStephen FoggTaya FoxNatalie FranulovicRachel FranulovichChris FranulovichJosh FredmanTrevor FreutelWarren FullenAustin GabelJessi GableHerman GanDennis GeelsBethany GehrkeTom GillespieNathalie Goh-LivornessNathanie GoldorShannon GoodingHannah GottschallMargaret GravesBrianna GreenwoodBenjamin GriffinAnna GriffithJohn GrindleSusan GrostenMelissa GrundtJenna HandDavid HansenCaroline HarbitzHolly HarrisMaria HarrylockCharles HeffernanTonya HeikeJennifer HernandezGwendolyn HildebrandtTyler HillDorothy HoJacob HoagKristin HoffmanPatricia HoffmanKatie HoldenMaggie HooksCarol HorowitzKathleen HorrDolly Wei Mei HuangScott HughesGregory HulseAlan HumphreyLisa HurtGary HwangMarcy JacksonKevin JacksonLisa JohnsonTrevor JohnsonEric JohnsonLynn JonesMelissa JonesDanielle JoyceKatie KaestnerKathleen KarnBeth KatzAmanda KennedySheila KenningBarrie KenningChae KimMarilee KimballKarl KirchhoferDebi KirkpatrickKim KischelHeather KnoxLauren KochanowskiKathy KoszegiGene Kraft(Continued on page 7)NOV-DEC2017
VOLUME37,ISSUE6PAGE7Board HighlightsSeptember 5, 2017 - PNA president Sally Dillon presided over the meeting, which took place via conference call. Filling a vacancy on the board, Jay Pearson was appointed to the position of PNA Secretary. Jay is a long-time coachfor Wave Aquatics and a member of Lake Washington Masters. PNA has 1638 members, 800 men and 838 women.Social media action has picked up with many new “likes” and “followers” for PNA’s Facebook page. While on Facebook, search “PNA Masters” and the link to the page will appear. New PNA Historian Walt Reid has been gatheringhistoric documents, which date back to 1977. The documents, including board meeting minutes, are being scannedand will eventually be published on the PNA website.The board has embarked on a project to revise and/or develop“position descriptions” for each of the board positions. Descriptions for the Secretary and Treasurer positions were approved at this meeting. All completed descriptions will be posted on the website.With the annual USMS convention coming up later in themonth, the balance of the meeting involved discussion of thevaris proposals that would be considered by PNA’s 10 delegates and the other 250 USMS delegates who would be attending the meetings in Dallas, TX.L-to-R: Sarah Welch, Stephanie Hiebert, Hugh Moore,Zena Courtney, FrankenSteve Peterson, and Jay Pearsonat the Oct 28 meeting.Minutes for this and other board meetings can be found athttp://www.swimpna.org/w/PNA/more/?artid 3471New Swimmers (cont)Jordan KressSarah KriessSachin KukrejaManuel La RosaJacqueline LagesonMerike LainevoolKarla LandisTracy LangdalenSherrie LarreaCarina LaukaitisLaura LauresDeborah LayGraham LaymanLaurie LeakAndrew LeeBrian LeeRyan LeiMaura LeppoGabriella LevyKatherine LiangLaura LicariBeth LiptonKendra LoebsAshley LoganJoseph LopezKristina LordSandi LuskAlexander LyskinAnnliz MainaKristen MannZachary ManorDeanna MarksMichael MarronRachel MartinCaroline MayAva McCreaMichael McDevittMicki McDonoughAllison McEachronBrandon McKayRobin McQuinnBryan McQuirkMonica MeadowsHolt MendleskiCatherine MenkelSora MoonDavid MorejonRiley MorganKristine MorimotoMichael MorrisMerilee MostovNathan MurphyJudd MurphyCori MykaNatalie NarunsShasta NeelyJosiah NelsonRobert NewbernAntoinette NgoClay NgoKIM NguyenBlake NixonKaren Noble-NewmanJennifer OgrenLeo Oha
20—Calendar. P A G E 2 BAMfest 2017 The annual BAMfest SCY meet was held Saturday, Oct 14, at the Bainbridge Island Aquatic Center. Co-directors Gregory Coles and Rodney Dwyer ran a well-attended meet, with 135 swimmers regis-tered for 459 events. Host team Bainbridge Aquatic Masters dominat-ed the scoring with 2800 team points, followed by Orca Swim Club (1034) and North End Otters (754 .
