Meets, Meets and Clinics!

There are many events coming up in our great swimming state!

The next one will be the traditional Polar Bear Classic:

• February 4th 2024 Polar Bear Classic – UofA Hillenbrand Aquatic Center, Tucson, AZ – Meet Flyer

Also in February, USMS is coming to town with the Level 2 and 3 coaches clinics on February 23 and 24.  There’s also a Stroke Development Clinic planned on February 25. Registration links:

Masters Coach Certification

• Program Information

• Level 2 – Registration Link

• Level 3 – Registration Link

Clinic Course for Coaches

• CCC – Program Information

• Registration Link

Stroke Development Clinic

• SDC – Program Information

• Registration Link

The AZLMSC provides scholarships for the 3 coaches clinics. We will reimburse members 50 percent of the cost of the clinic upon proof of completion. These scholarships apply to registered AZLMSC members completing the Level 2 and Level 3 masters coach certification classes and the clinic course for coaches. We are really excited to be hosting these clinics and hope our local coaches take advantage of this great opportunity. For more information please contact Katy James.

Other Meetings Coming Up

• The Winter Distance Meet is in Oro Valley, March 2 and 3. Registration info can be found at this link
• The Spring state meet will also be in Oro Valley, April 20 and 21.
• There’s also a meet planned in Sedona, May 4.

2023 USMS Annual Meeting in Houston

This past weekend, September 8-10th was the 2023 USMS Annual Meeting (Convention). This is the annual meeting of delegates from each LMSC that get to review, and vote on Legislative, Rule, Distance events, and governing sections of our USMS Rule book.

The number of delegates each LMSC is allowed to send depends on their registration amounts. AZ has been allowed three for multiple years. Our LMSC Chairman sends out a blast to the membership to see who would like to attend. This year we had four swimmers from our membership send in their letter of interest. All four, including Jeff Commings who is an “automatic” delegate attended. Jeff is an “automatic” since he is currently the Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee AND he also the SW Zone At Large Delegate to the USMS Board of Directors.

This year’s four delegates were, Barbara Sloan, Gini Baker, Jim Rowland, and Judy Gillies. Prior to the actual meeting in Houston, there were multiple Virtual Committee Meetings that all delegates were encouraged to attend to get a feeling of what was going to be voted on during the actual House of Delegates (HOD) at this annual meeting. Then, after the meetings, each delegates fills in a review of all of the meeting, and the meals, and a second follow up form where they can select which committee’s they would like to be on.

The photo above shows the four of us: Jim Rowland, Judy Gillies, Barbara Sloan, and Jeff Commings. Gini ended up doing the annual meeting virtual since she had a family emergency the week before leaving for Houston.

Article by Judy Gillies

USMS Announces 2024 and 2025 Pool National Championships

USMS announces Pool Nationals!

2024 USMS Summer National Championship will be Aug. 21–25, 2024, at the Marguerite Aquatic Complex in Mission Viejo, California.

2025 USMS Spring National Championship will be April 24–27, 2025, at the Northside ISD Swim Center in San Antonio,.

2025 USMS Summer National Championship will be Aug. 6–10, 2025, at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington.

Updated AZLMSC State Championship Forms

Interested in hosting a State Championship Swim meet? Good news! We have updated the Bid Form, Meet Contract, Meet Evaluation, Host Checklist, and Host Financial Form! The new forms have been reviewed and approved by the board and are now fillable PDF, and are available as individual forms or as a compressed zip file.

The new forms are on the Forms Page

AZ LMSC Annual Meeting!

Communications Chair!

Please welcome our new Communications Chair!

Lisa Zenoff Harris is the newly named Communications Chair for Arizona Masters and will be developing and amplifying the swimming goodness in our community.

Lisa is an avid, passionate, and happily novice swimmer, finding the swim community and the sport (except for playing in the water) as an adult. Lisa is full time in Phoenix via way of Swim for Fit in Denver, Colorado. She joined MAC Masters in January and enjoys Open Water Swimming.

Lisa is a seasoned marketing and communications professional working at Accenture driving client initiatives.

We are looking for Communications Committee members to join the effort and recommendations for content are always welcome. Contact Lisa Zenoff Harris to volunteer!

AZLMSC Board Meeting October 18 at 5:30

AZLMSC members! If you are a member of USMS and AZLMSC, and would like to attend the AZLMSC Board meeting on Zoom, please email and an invitation will be sent. Agenda to follow.

Nominations for the Board!

Nominations are needed!

If you are interested in getting involved and would like to be a member of the LMSC (AZ) board, the FOUR EXECUTIVE BOARD positions are up for election this fall.  These positions are CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, SECRETARY and TREASURER. These positions serve on the board for 2 years.  If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please send your name, contact info and background and why you want to be on the board, to Jeff Commings, and let him know you are interested.

IMPORTANT:  Applications will close August 31, 2022.  AND if you currently hold one of these positions and want to run again for a second term, you must also notify Jeff and send him your info.

Descriptions of these positions can be found in the Policies and Bylaws.

Join USMS Today!

Join USMS!

USMS Annual Meeting

The AZLMSC is looking for volunteers to be our delegates to the annual meeting that will be held September 16-18, 2022 in Denver, Colorado.  Arizona can send 3 delegates and may be able to apply to send more if there is a lot of interest. Delegates can attend the 2022 annual meeting virtually as we’ve done the past two years or in person at the Westin Denver International Airport. Annual meeting information can be found on the 2022 Annual meeting page at the following link: 

https://www.usms.org/volunteer-central/annual-meeting/2022-annual-meeting

Please send your self-nominations to AZ Registrar by June 27, 2022 with a brief explanation of your interest and qualifications for attending.  It is the intent of the AZLMSC to inform attendees of their selection by July 2, 2022.