USMS has ruled that tech suits will still be allowed for any short course yards competition through the end of May, 2010....details are HERE. If you love your Blue70, you will swoon over this news!

We now have regular workouts at Rhodes! Check out the new schedule for times. With so much going on, we have split our calendar into three - the General calendar for events, the Kino calendar for Kino and (you guessed it) the Rhodes calendar for Rhodes!

- First and foremost we are switched to long course starting Sunday December 20th. So with the Sunday "heathen" workouts (9-10:30am) we should get a solid couple of weeks in! - Regular schedule Monday the 21st to Wednesday the 23rd. - Thursday the 24th we will have one workout from 8-9:30am - Christmas Day we will open the pool at 9am and have an "orphan" workout...there will be a couple of workout options on the board or people are free to lap swim - Regular schedule resumes Saturday, December 26th...

December's newsletter is here! Finis has extended a nice discount to USMS clubs (which we are) so if you are looking for gear check out www.finisinc.com and if you find anything you can't live without use the promo code "USMSholiday" to get 10% off. - There is a Toys for Tot's fundraiser/meet being hosted by the age group team on December 19th, we will keep you posted on details!

What time is it? Time to renew your membership with USMS! Not a member? Check it out at USMS.org Remember to register as Club Arizona and Workout Group Mesa! We've prefilled out this form for you ('cause we are nice that way).

From Nancy Pitney: My niece, London Solomon, passed away from Leukemia in 2005. She was 7 years old and an example of energy and spirit that has carried on through a charity event called "London’s Run". This is the 5th year our family and friends have put on the event. It’s a 1/2 Marathon, 10K and 2 Mile Fun Run. This year, we are partnering up with Positive Impact, a non-profit organization that gives financial assistance to families in crisis--usually paying medical bills. It is a great family event with...

New member Richard Chandler works for the business below…some of you noticed him wearing SwiMP3 player which they sell. Richard has very graciously extended a discount to our team members! If you are interested in either this or any other item on their site click through and type in MASTER at checkout to get a 10% discount! http://www.activeforever.com

Mesa Aquatics Masters was just awarded the bid to host the 2011 SCY Masters Nationals on April 28th thru May 2nd. The pool event will bring thousands of adult swimmers for all over the US in one of the most enjoyable swim meets around which will also include an open water race the last day (Monday 5/2/2011)!

In a shocking turn of events a quiet Saturday mornining workout ended because of lightening! Thanks to Coach Chris from the senior team who pulled the stranded masters swimmers into a dryland/core session with the senior kids group! Chris is going to be doing a masters specific workout on Saturdays for us down the road!