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Paddle Out for Orlando

6/23/2016

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Lake Berryessa and Del Valle Open Water Swims

6/23/2016

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CRUZERS recently represented our club with outstanding results at 5 open water swims. Congratulations to these swimmers for the great job they did.  
​Join us next year for the most fun you can have while being wet!!

LAKE BERRYESSA 2 MILE, JUNE 4 
AGE GROUP RESULTS 

10TH:  Monica Carney, 33 - 1:05:34.45
7TH:  Veronica Flanagan, 39 - 1:04:46.90
1ST:  Cynthia Hertzer, 47 - 52:57.60
5TH:  Marta Bechhoefer, 48 - 1:01:23.30
11TH:  Michele Ignoffo, 46 - 1:07:54.10
6TH:  Matt Oneil, 61 - 59:54.45
1ST:  Joel Wilson, 67 - 50:06.20

LAKE BERRYESSA 1 MILE, JUNE 4
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AGE GROUP RESULTS

10TH:  Monica Carney, 33 - 30:29.45
8TH:  Veronica Flanagan, 39 - 32:26.20
3RD:  Cynthia Hertzer, 47 - 26:13.30
6TH:  Marta Bechhoefer, 48 - 29:15.15
10TH: Michele Ignoffo, 46 - 31:59.15
2ND:  Joel Wilson, 67 - 23:47.10


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DEL VALLE 10K, JUNE 11


2ND OVERALL / 1ST IN AGE GROUP:  Galen Sollom-Brotherton, 25 - 2:24:23.20
4th OVERALL / 1ST AGE GROUP:  Tesla Profumo, 39 - 2:30:37.90
7th OVERALL / 1ST AGE GROUP:  Joel Wilson, 67 - 2:36:34.80
13th OVERALL / 1ST AGE GROUP:  Cynthia Hertzer, 47 - 2:45:36.35
25th OVERALL / 7TH AGE GROUP:  Greg Lendahl, 47 - 2:52:24.85

DEL VALLE 5K, AGE GROUP RESULTS, JUNE 11
7TH: Veronica Flanagan, 39 - 1:36.58.85

DEL VALLE 1.2K AGE GROUP RESULTS,  JUNE 12

9TH: Monica Carney, 33 - 24:56.75
1ST: Cynthia Hertzer, 47 - 19:45.40
1ST: John Chapman, 45 - 17:47.10
10TH: Leslie Morgan, 58 - 29:50.35
1ST: Chris Tainty, 56 - 18:48.30

6TH:  Scot Kendall, 65 - 26:49.60
5TH: Cathe Pleasant, 68 - 32:31.05
1ST: Joel Wilson, 67 - 18:35.95
3RD: Alida Canale, 70 - 
34:52.40

DEL VALLE 2.5K AGE GROUP RESULTS,  JUNE 12

8TH: Monica Carney, 33 - 49:41.70
1ST: Cynthia Hertzer, 47 - 39:10.25
2ND: John Chapman, 45 - 35:43.90
12TH: Leslie Morgan, 58 - 1:00:37.50
2ND: Chris Tainty, 56 - 37:07.05
4TH:  Scot Kendall, 65 - 57:08.80
4TH: Cathe Pleasant, 68 - 1:07:03.95
1ST: Joel Wilson, 67 - 37:30.65
2ND: Alida Canale, 70 - 1:12:37.00
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Pacific Masters Short Course Championships

4/12/2016

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Yup, it was cold!
Fifteen CRUZ'ers headed to Moraga, CA last weekend for the annual Pacific Masters Short Course Championships.

Seventy-five teams sent representatives to the meet, and 734 swimmers entered races. With three days' worth of events and a lot of heats in the more popular ones, there were 2613 individual event splashes.  That's a lot! You can see all the meet stats at this link.


​Suffice it to say that the deck was pretty crowded, but Joel brought our team pop-up tent and we were able to stake out some poolside real estate for the show.  Given the rainy and cloudy weather, we spent some quality time huddled under the tent - that is, when we weren't warming up, cooling down, cheering each other on, or standing in the showers trying to warm up the artificial way.  
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That's Chris Tainty on his way to winning the 200IM!
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Marta Bechhoefer, focused.
As a team, Santa Cruz Masters came in 4th place in the medium-sized team division with 1175 points.  

There were individual high point rankings as well, which you can check out at this link. Chris Tainty was our highest individual finisher, coming in second overall in his age group. 

Here are our individual results....
1650 FREESTYLE
James Lamb         19:04.32    1st place
Chris Tainty          19:19.66    1st place
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400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Chris Tainty           5:01.16      2nd place
Coach Joel:            5:03.22      1st place

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200 FREESTYLE
James Lamb          1:56.43      1st place
Coach Joel             2:09.75      2nd place

500 FREESTYLE
Cyndy Hertzer     5:53.46    2nd place
Marta Bechhoefer     6:32.62    4th place
​James Lamb           5:21.37    1st place
John Parker           6:05.21     3rd place
Chris Tainty           5:40.19     2nd place
Coach Joel             5:45.94     1st place
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Tesla rockin' the 200 fly
50 BACKSTROKE
Chris Tainty             :30.31      3rd place

200 IM        
​Cyndy Hertzer     2:33.68    3rd place
Bridget Lyons       2:41.76    6th place
John Parker           2:33.80    3rd place
James Lamb          2:16:16    2nd place
Chris Tainty           2:22.85    1st place
Coach Joel             2:27.82    2nd place

200 BACKSTROKE

Chris Tainty           2:20.27    2nd place
Cyndy Hertzer    2:42.59    3rd place
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James Lamb's breast stroke leg of his 2nd place 200IM
50 BUTTERFLY
Bridget Lyons         32.20       7th place
John Parker             28.72       8th place

100 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
​Bridget Lyons      1:14.49     6th place
David Cole               :57.99     2nd place
David Roberts    1:04.51     7th place

50 FREESTYLE      
Kimberly Lau          30.14      7th place
David Cole               23.11      1st place
Zach Stockwell      26.58     12th place
Jarret Winter         23.60      1st place
Kurt Wilson             23.89     1st place

100 BREASTROKE    
Marta Bechhoefer    1:22.17    3rd place
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Bridget trying to look like a superhero in her first tech-suit ever...
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Coach Joel flying!
200  BREASTROKE
Cyndy Hertzer           2:48.52    1st place
Marta Bechhoefer   2:57.11    4th place

100 BUTTERFLY
Bridget Lyons             1:10.93    3rd place
Cyndy Hertzer          1:14.78    7th place
John Parker                1:07.71    6th place
Chris Tainty                 1:03.76    4th place

100 FREESTYLE
Kimberly Lau              1:05.49    5th place
Marta Bechhoefer   1:09.44    7th place
Zach Stockwell             :54.02    6th place
Jarret Winter                :52.69    1st place
Kurt Wilson                    :55.87    3rd place
Coach Joel                      :59.92    5th place

50 BREASTROKE
Bridget Lyons                :37.76    2nd place
Marta Bechhoefer      :38.85    6th place
David  Roberts             :30.76    3rd place

200 BUTTERFLY
Tesla Profumo             2:33.11    1st place
Coach Joel                    2:32.54    1st place

100 BACKSTROKE
David Cole                       :56.86    1st place

1000 FREESTYLE
Tesla Profumo          11:30.96    1st place
Bridget Lyons           13.11.84    2nd place
Marta Bechhoefer 13.23.00    3rd place
Coach Joel                 11:53.25   1st place
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Streamlined Joel...
RELAYS
MIXED 200 MEDLEY RELAY
Chris Tainty--backstroke
Marta Bechhoefer--breastroke
Bridget Lyons--butterfly
John Parker--freestyle   2:08.49  4th place 45+

200 FREESTYLE RELAY--WOMEN
Tesla Profumo
Bridget Lyons
Allison Athens
Kimberly Lau        1:56.74    3rd place   25+

400 MEDLEY RELAY--WOMEN

Allison Athens
Marta Bechhoefer
Bridget Lyons
Kimberly Lau        4:58.50   2nd place  35+
400 MEDLEY RELAY--MEN
David Cole
David Roberts
Zach Stockwell
Jarret Winter        3:55.75    1st place
200 FREESTYLE RELAY--MEN
David Roberts
Zach Stockwell
David Cole
Jarret Winter        1:35.08    2nd place    35+

​In addition, there were awards for Swimmer of the Year, and our own Cyndy Hertzer was honored as Swimmer of the Year in the Women's 45-49 Age Group!

We couldn't get her to pose with her certificate, but here's the sneaky picture taken when she was off winning some event...
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Jan's Treatment 

3/15/2016

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I want to let you know about one of our CRUZ swimmers.  Many of you know Jan Sollom-Brotherton who has been swimming with us for the past six or seven years, both the morning and noon workouts.  You likely also know that she is in the middle of chemotherapy.  She has hit a roadblock in terms of her insurance company refusing to provide some of her needed medication. I would like to refer you to her Caringbridge blog which provides information about her journey with cancer and about the insurance snafu:  http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jansollom-brotherton/journal/view/id/56e31e53ac7ee92451b61370

Also refer to this website regarding her GoFundMe campaign:  https://www.youcaring.com/jan-sollom-brotherton-538235 

As we've seen over our many years together, and speaking from personal experience, CRUZers are a caring bunch of folks who support each other in times of need.  

 - Coach Joel
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Rinconada Recap

3/14/2016

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Coach Joel poised for his 1000 free
PictureMarta and Becky counting for Joel
Five Cruzers headed over to Palo Alto this past Saturday to compete in the 2016 Rinconada Masters Spring Short Course Meet.  Armed with a pop-up tent, lawn chairs, chairs, a hot water kettle, and a lot of winter clothing, Coach Joel, Cyndy Hertzer, Marta Bechoefer, Becky Barall, and I (Bridget Lyons) competed in twenty-one events and represented Santa Cruz Masters in style.

Coach Joel naturally won his age group for all four of his events (200 free, 1000 free, 200 IM, and 400 IM), and Cyndy won all five of hers (200 free, 1000 free, 200 breast, 200 IM, and 400 IM).  Cyndy, Marta, and I, who are all in the same age group, chose to swim three of the same events (1000 free, 200 IM, and 400 IM).  We placed 1-2-3 in all three of them – leading us to wonder if this tactic is a powerful show of age-group dominance or a silly self-defeating strategy.  Hmm.  Regardless, it was fun to have three of our 45-49 year-old women’s posse on the blocks together.  Marta and I each picked up a couple ribbons in the events Cyndy passed on (thankfully she can’t do everything) – Marta placed first in the 100 breast and I placed first in the 100  fly and the 50 fly (N.B.: competition is not all that fierce in the 45-49 women's fly events, if you're looking to win something...), and Marta picked up a second in the 200 breast as well.  There were 48 teams at the event, and 143 swimmers in total.  You can see the full meet results by clicking here. 

PictureCyndy powers off the block
Perhaps most notable was Becky’s completion of the burliest race of the day – the 1650 fly.  Not only did she finish, she did a real butterfly stroke the whole time and, for the most part, looked like she was having a good time for all 40 minutes and 55 seconds of her experience.  In addition to gaining the undying respect of all of us mere mortals, she also gets her name engraved on a plaque commemorating all survivors of this event. Make sure to congratulate her if you see her on deck coaching in the next week or so.
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And…think about joining us for the Pacific Short Course Championships in April!  You can check out the details by clicking here.  There should be a decent sized group of folks going – and the more the merrier.

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This is the kind of weird stuff you get to see when you visit other pools...
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He should be tired!!!
If you’re thinking about racing but aren’t sure if swim meets are up your alley, know that I hadn’t been to one in over thirty years.  I stopped diving off of starting blocks and switched to water polo when I was fifteen, and I was more than a little worried about starts, finishes, turns, and getting disqualified – among other things. 

With one meet under my belt now, I can say the scene was pretty mellow (it’s adult swimming, after all) and our gang was super supportive (Cruzers are cool, why wouldn’t hanging out with them and cheering them on be fun?)  I’d encourage you to put your concerns aside and give it a try.  Joel is planning on holding some sessions to help with all of those pesky competition-related details over the course of the next month, so do tell him if you think you’re interested in some pre-meet coaching.  
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One Hour Swim National Championship Results

3/11/2016

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PictureCruzers getting ready to race...

Twenty-two CRUZers participated in the One Hour National Championship Swim and the results are now available.  Let's all congratulate these CRUZers for their excellent finishes! Just participating makes you a champion!  

Please note that we have two National Champions on our team:  
  • Tesla Profumo won her age group in the 35-39 age group (4,855 yards)
  • Chris Tainty won his age group in the 55-59 age group (4985 yds.)

​As well, the relay team of Tesla Profumo, Coach Rainey Graeven, and Cyndy Hertzer won the 25-29 age group national championship with a total yardage of 14,260 yards: Cyndy:  4700 yards, Rainey: 4705 yards, Tesla:  4,855 yards. (For short course relays, the team swims in the youngest person's age group).

TOTAL CRUZ YARDAGE:   80,425
TEAM AVERAGE:   3,656

Below are all CRUZ results from the One Hour National Championship.  
Finish places are for the whole nation.

CRUZ'N WOMEN:
Coach Rainey Graeven:      25-29 age group / 8th place  / 4,705 yards
Veronica Flanagan:         35-39 age group / 34th place / 4,010
Marta Bechhofefer:    45-49 age group / 43rd place / 4,125
Cyndy Hertzer:               45-49 age group / 6th place  / 4,700    
Kimberly Lau:        45-49 age group / 23rd place / 4,325
Bridget Lyons:        45-49 age group / 27th place / 4,270
Crystal Obregon:    45-49 age group / 113th place / 3,345
Ann Cardoza:        50-54 age group / 33rd place / 4,190
Adriane Steinacker:    50-54 age group / 144th place / 3,075
Leslie French-Baxter:    55-59 age group / 138th place / 3,045 
Yuko Hook:        55-59 age group / 172nd place / 2,565 
Yuko Hook:        60-64 age group / 101st place / 2,550
Janice Sollom-Brotherton:     60-64 age group / 83rd place / 2,845
Alida Canale:        70-74 age group /  19th place / 2,955
TOTAL FOR WOMEN:   50,705 yards

CRUZ'N MEN:
Dave DeCosse:  50-54 age group  / 16th place  /    4,640 yards
John Parker:  50-54 age group:  /  30th place: / 4,490 
Chris Tainty:  55-59 age group: /   1st place: / 4,985 
Rick Risso:    55-59 age group: / 31st place: / 4,320 
Coach Joel:    65-69 age group:  / 5th place: / 4,525 
Scot Kendall:    65-69 age group:  / 31st place: / 3,805 
Eric Nelson:    75-79 age group:  / 8th place: / 2,955 
TOTAL FOR MEN:    29,720 yards

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That's the stroke of National Champion Chris Tainty!
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One Hour Postal National Championship

2/10/2016

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PictureAlida looking happy to be done!
Congratulations to the twenty-two CRUZers who swam this year's One Hour National Championship! 

Below you'll find the results for CRUZers.  Our team will compete in the "medium-sized" team group which typically runs from around 20 swimmers up to about 45-50 swimmers.  That's why we need 15-20 more CRUZers to join us next year.  We could win the division!  That would mean we were the best team in the USA.  Keep that in mind when Coach Joel starts talking about the 2017 One Hour Swim.

Special notes:  Yuko Hook swam the event twice, in two different age groups.  Cheers to her for two 1-hour swims!!  Jan Sollom-Brotherton swam the 1 Hour between her second and third rounds of chemotherapy.  Bravo!!


Yuko Hook                                  2550 yards
Yuko Hook                                  2565
Jan Sollom-Brotherton        2845
Alida Canale                               2955
Eric Nelson                                 2955

Leslie French Baxter             3045
Adriane Steinacker                3075
Crystal Obregon                     3345
Scot Kendall                               3805
Veronica Flanagan                  4010

Marta Bechhoefer                   4125 
Ann Cardoza                               4190
Bridget Lyons                             4270
Rick Risso                                     4320
Kimberly Lau                              4325
John Parker                                 4490

Coach Joel                                   4525
Dave DeCosse                          4640
Cyndy Hertzer                          4700
Coach Rainey                             4705
Tesla Profumo                           4855
Chris Tainty                                4985
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Counting is serious business, as Rainey and David demonstrate.
National Results for Women: http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats16/1hrresultsf.pdf

National Results for Men: http://www.usms.org/longdist/ldnats16/1hrresultsm.pdf

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Both Tesla and Chris won their age group!!!
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