February 2016 Newletter

From the editor...
Happy New Year, Valentine's Day and President's Day Weekend!
Hello Utah Masters Swimmers! Karen Quackenbush is our new Fitness Chair who will be editing the Utah MastersNewsletters. She swims with the Olympus Aquatics Masters. Always smiling and positive at their swim practices, she has been a consistent and persistent swimmer since the new Olympus pool opened. Thank you Karen for putting together our newsletters.

Please share any stories or events with Karen to put in the Utah Masters Newsletters. Her email is found on the Utah Masters website. A tentative schedule for our newsletters in 2016 will be:

February 14th
Spring: April 9th
Summer: July 1st
Fall: September 15th
Winter: December 1st

Coming up tomorrow at Olympus High School from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. is the Utah Masters Swim Clinic free to all registered US Masters Swimmer; or $45 for non registered (this will register you, the event is then free).

Keep swimming!

Karen Oliver & Karen Quackenbush




From the Chair...
by Karen Oliver
For those who don't know me, I grew up in NC swimming age group, and college at Duke University. I swam in the National Junior Olympics three years in a row and qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 200 back. I coached a summer club during college and am happy now to coach once a week for the Olympus Masters.

Since moving to Utah with my husband 20+ years ago, Utah Masters has always been a part of my fitness and sometimes competitive passion. I look forward to this year ahead.

Our board needs to fill the position of Club Development. If you are interested in being a PR person willing to communicate with swimming facilities around the state to help develop their masters swimming programs, please email me. Thank you!

My contact information is on our website: http://utahmastersswimming.blogspot.com

Upcoming Events:

Utah Masters Swim Clinic
February 13, 2016
12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Olympus High School