http://www.alexandriamasters.com/ Alexandria Masters Swimming News http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#albatross We salute Lisa Coakley and Tim Taylor for their performances in the annual Albatross Open meet in March. Lisa established two records in the 50 backstroke and 50 butterfly events, and set a team record and personal best in the 100 IM. Time set a team record in the 100 IM, too. Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#rebuild Jon Wood, Mike Davey, Bill Bowdring, Don Baker, Ray Novitske all were part of the Alexandria Masters volunteers that helped out with a local home repair on Rebuilding Together Day, April 28. We received the following message from the organization's director: Thanks for all the great work you've done for Rebuilding Together Alexandria and Mrs. Butler. We couldn't do this without you! Hope you can join us in 2013! Tue, 15 May 2012 22:00:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#colonieszone Nine Alexandria Masters swimmers traveled across town to George Mason University to swim along side swimmers throughout the northeast in the annual Colonies Zone SCY Championship meet. To start, Katie Gilmore swam to four first places in 100, 200, 500, and 1000 freestyle events. She also set new team records in the 1000 and the 400 individual medley. We found Lisa Keyser swimming in her first masters meet. For men, Chris Hoffman's 100 and 200 butterfly were good enough for his personal best masters times. Tim Taylor swam all personal best times in his 5 events: 50 back, 50 fly, 100 fly, and 100 and 200 IM. Dan Jent swam to four new personal best times in the 30-34 age group, and broke his own team record in the 50 fly. Matias Palavecino established a new team record in the 1650 freestyle. Laurence Clark, Ray Novitske, and Mark Harris also participated and placed to score points for the team's total. Tue, 08 May 2012 23:10:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#welcome1 Welcome to our newest member Laura Knudsen. Tue, 08 May 2012 23:00:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#marylandchamp Congratulations to Meggier Taylor, Dan Jent, and Tim Taylor for representing Alexandria Masters in the 2012 Maryland SCY Championship Meet on March 25. With Alexandria, this was Meggie's first Masters meet, and finished first in the 50 free. Mon, 07 May 2012 23:50:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#marylandmeet Congratulations to Mike Davey and Lisa Coakley for their swims in the Maryland Masters Winter Meet March 3. Mike set a new team record in the 1650 freestyle at 25:39.01. Lisa set a new team record in the 200 backstroke at 2:56.03. Mon, 07 May 2012 23:40:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#coaches Alexandria Masters played host a regional US Masters Swimming Coaches Training for Level 1 and 2 certification on March 31. Thirty coaches from DC, Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina attended the day-long session taught by the national office coaching committee. Three from our team attended, and several coaches and trainers attended our happy hour on Friday evening in Old Town Alexandria. . . Some of the collected fees returned to us exceeded our hosting expenses, so we donated the excess to the US Masters Swimming Saves Lives Foundation, approximately $90. Thanks to Ray Novitske, Drew Killian, Karen Gibbs, Katherine Leightley, Jen Crowther, and Andy Whitney for chipping in and helping with the hosting duties. Mon, 07 May 2012 23:30:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#trop Sixteen of Alexandria Masters swimmers out of 180 swam in our own Tropical Spalsh in January 2012, with over 25 others volunteering for setup, timing, baking, and cleanup. For the record books, Amanda Koons, Simon and Katherine Leightley, and Paul Bales were entered in their first Masters meet with our team. Surprisingly, with all our entries, only one swimmer broke any team records, although there were a few personal bests times. Doug Masterson broke his own records in the 100 freestyle and 100 individual medley events. In addition, Sunny Kim swam personal best times in the 50 and 100 freestyle, and Tim Taylor in the 50 free and 50 back. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 07:00:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#welcome05 Welcome to our newest members Meggie Taylor, John Cronin, Gwenaelle Gautier, Sarah Ailsworth, Lisa Keyser, and Katie Rogers. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:00:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#welcome04 Welcome to our newest members Steve Tornell, Avi Kempler, Kathleen Carley, Christine Harrison, Catherine Roper, and Erin Conroy. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:00:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#welcome03 Congratulations to four Alexandria Masters members who completed the one hour swim on Saturday January 21. The objective was to continuously swim as far as possible in a one hour. Chris Derks, Katie Gilmore, Kyra Wiens, and Ray Novitske. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:40:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#welcome03 Welcome to our newest members Lynne Driscoll, Christopher Derks, and Kristopher Andersen. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:00:00 EST http://www.alexandriamasters.com/news.htm#lastchance Two new new swimmers set records at December's Last Chance Meet in Washington, DC. Tim Taylor set new records in the 50 and 100 backstroke. Chris Hoffman, who swam all butterfly events, set a new record in the 200 butterfly. Congratulations. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:45:00 EST