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 SCY Zone Championship Results
458 swimmers entered the 2012 Short Course Yards zone championship meet at George Mason University during the weekend of April 13-15. In all, three new national records were set along with 51 new individual chamionship meet records and two relay championship meet records.
Congratulations to Leslie Livingston (Patriot Masters Swim Team) for her new national record in the 50 butterfly at 26.63, and to Clay Britt (Montgomery Ancient Mariners) for his new records of 56.06 in the 100 IM and 53.77 in the 100 backstroke.
First places for the club scoring were:
Large team: Binghamton Masters
Medium team: Patriot Masters Swim Team
Small team: Spring Valley YMCA Masters
 Results
Meet Photos
Get Notified of Zone Events
 The Colonies Zone web site is now sending out email notices of new events when they are added to the zone calendar . Send your email address to the webmaster to be added to the email list. When a new event is added to or updated in the calendar, a message will be sent to the list.
Alternately, for those who use a news feed, the same information will be availble through an RSS feed. Click on the orange feed icon in the left menu for the subscription through Feedburner.
Zone Meeting at Zone Championships, April 15
There will be a 2012 Spring Meeting of the Colonies Zone on Sunday, April 15 at 8:30am, prior to warmup at the Colonies Zone SC Championships, George Mason University pool.
Colonies Zone Short Course Meters Records Updated
Individual records for swimmers in the Colonies Zone have recently been updated to include times from the Canadian Masters Swimming Championships held in May 2011. Our zone is now accepting times for our record books from any FINA meet.
In addition, record keeper Chris Stevenson has separately listed all 90 new zone records that were set by zone swimmers in 2011. Congratulations to all.
New SCM records set in 2011
All-time Individual SCM records
Masters Coach Certification Classes In Colonies Zone
US Masters Swimming has recently finalized schedules for the Level 1 and Level 2 Coach Certification classes in Colonies Zone. The improved courses are meant for all full-time, part-time or volunteer coaches. Level 1 discusses programs and management, while Level 2 concentrates on stroke development.
The schedule for Colonies Zone:
March 31; Alexandria, VA
May 12; Great Barrington, MA
May 13; Boston, MA
Schedule & Registration
Stretching For Sinkers
 If you've tried every trick in the book to help your body stay level and balanced while swimming and your legs atill continue sinking to the bottom of the pool, your coach may affectionately refer to you as a "sinker." Strength / conditioning coach and USMS Sports Medicine Committee member Lisa Hiller offers up some simple stretching to help you become a balanced swimmer.
A Simple Stretch for Sinkers
New Colonies Zone Officers Selected
During the annual meeting of the Colonies Zone representatives at the US Masters Swimming convention, Jeff Strahota of Potomac Valley LMSC was voted as the zone chairman for the upcoming year. Deb Morrin-Nordlund, outgoing chairman, was voted as vice-chairman. Congratulations to both.
 2012 Rule Book Cover Selected
A design by Colonies Zone webmaster Ray Novitske was selected for the cover of the 2012 USMS Rule Book by the 250 delegates at the annual US Masters Swimming convention held in September. The Rule Book cover received top votes from the eight designs submitted for 2012. This is his second cover design chosen, after the first was used for 2006 rule book.
 Largest Coaching Certification Class Held
Kudos to Asphalt Green and Metropolitan LMSC for hosting a most successful USMS Coach Level 1 & 2 Certification Course in September. The turnout  included 44 coaches from Metro, New Jersey, New England, Connecticut, and Adirondack LMSCs making it the largest regional coaching certification course held to date.
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