Welcome to the National Championship Edition of the Chlorine Chronicles -- the occasional electronic newsletter of the Metropolitan LMSC.

In this issue:
Metro Swimmers Head West for Nationals
FINA World Rankings for 2003
ASCA Coaching Clinic May 8th and 9th
Upcoming Events
Long-Course Training Opportunities

The USMS National Short-Course Championships begin this Thursday in Indianapolis. We have many swimmers from the LMSC heading to the Midwest to take on all challengers. Those competing are:

BADGER MASTERS (BDGR)
1 Anderson, James
2 Doelger, Maria B
3 Luallen, Andrea L
4 Patterson, Terry M
5 Rieck, Jeff D
6 Werlinich, Greg S
METRO MASTERS SWIM CLUB (METR)
1 Amelar, Jessica R
2 Driscoll, Colleen A
3 Ellis, Richard
4 Gaschke, Lida A
5 Hendl, Jonathan M
6 Hill, Marcia M
7 Holmes, David S
8 Koster, Carolyn
9 Mackenroth, Jack
10 Marcus, Nicole A
11 Molese, Robin T
12 Sarg, Kathleen B
13 Shtab, Steven
14 Sokolow, Steven P
15 Tharp, Louis C
16 Vellucci, Marie H
17 Willeboordse, HC Fall
RED TIDE OF NEW YORK CITY INC (REDT)
1 Acal Jimenez, Rafael
2 Adams, Daniel F
3 Armentrout, Anna S
4 Bowman, Susan A
5 Bridges, Patrick D
6 Casey, Susan L
7 Chertoff, Kenneth
8 Coatsworth, Anna C
9 Conley, Stuart
10 Curnutt, Heather L
11 Dorsey, Stephanie J
12 Drake, Whitney M
13 Fain, Jeremy S
14 Falk, Abigail
15 Faurot, Michelle A
16 Friedman, Jodie L
17 Garland, Libby
18 Gary, Kristin J
19 Gillespie, Thomas A
20 Goldstein, Allan B
21 Gomberg, Marc S
22 Gomberg, Michael C
23 Keappock, Susan E
24 Krams, Elizabeth L
25 Lam, Peter J
26 Lee, Jackie
27 Leighty, Russell J
28 Lynch, Brian D
29 McSpiritt, James W
30 Meehan, Margaret M
31 Menocal, Carmen E
32 Mestecky, Rowan
33 Monu, Ngozi R
34 Nam, Stephanie
35 Powell, Joshua R
36 Radcliff, Christine H
37 Rissi, Jennifer S
38 Schwarz, Cliff E
39 Silver, Jonathan M
40 Simon, Jonathan P
41 Sipelis, Liana A
42 Springer, Phyllis D
43 Traber-Fitzpatrick, Heather
44 Yeomans, Susan L
WESTCHESTER MASTERS (WM)
1 Allan, John F
2 Levy, Daniel J
3 Needham, John C
4 Surdoval, Nancy J

You can track our swims and cheer us on from afar at http://www.usms.org.

[Note to those traveling to Indy, I am trying to organize a casual social event ? probably something on the order of drinks one night after the meet. Let?s try to get everyone to sit together ? I suggest that we all look for Red Tide and sit near them as they are such a large group. As well, if I don?t see you and you want to know what?s up call my cell phone 516-818-7777. See you in Indy. ? Maria Doelger]

The 2003 FINA World Rankings have been posted on the web at: http://www.fina.org/rankingshome.html#MastersTop10. A look through the lists will reveal quite a number of swimmers from the LMSC. Congratulations!

Team New York Aquatics with a LMSC grant has scheduled a coaches? clinic with Guy Edson of the American Swimming Coaches Association on Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9 (Mother?s Day weekend). The clinic will be free to all participating coaches for LMSC teams. We expect to be able to accommodate 20-30 metro area coaches. The topics Guy will cover in depth are "How to Write Workouts" (Saturday) and dryland training for swimmers (Sunday). The first session on Saturday takes place between 10:00am - 3:00pm with a one hour break in the middle. Sunday's half day session is scheduled between 10:00 am - 1:30 pm. Please contact Jim Massey of TNYA to confirm your attendance (Jimm1333@aol.com).

Note: Coaches from outside of NYC are encouraged to use the LIRR or Metro-North rather than drive to the YWCA on 53rd and Lexington. If you drive: area parking lots will cost approx. 30.00. Metered street parking is 0.50 for every fifteen minutes. Finding a free spot on Saturday or Sunday is like hitting the lottery. If its your lucky day, great. If not, expect the worst.

Upcoming Events (details and entry forms can be found at http://www.metroswim.org)

April:
4/25/04 - Wilkes-Barre YMCA Masters Swimming Meet

May:
5/2/04 - NYC Masters Meet and Commissioner's Trophy at Lehman College

June:
6/26/04 - Swim Proud 04/Stonewall 69 Meet SCM at Lehman College hosted by Team New York Aquatics.

July:
7/10/04 - USMS National 10K Open Water Swim Champs.
7/10/04 - Fran Schnarr Memorial 5K OWS Champs at Huntington Bay on Long Island. 7/31/04 - Metropolitan One Mile Open Water Swim Champs at Point Lookout on Long Island Long-Course Training Opportunities

The LMSC has arranged for 3 sessions for long-course training for our swimmers. The sessions will be held at Lehman College, as follows:

June 11 9-11am
July 18 9-11am
July 25 9-11am

Details to follow.