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RICE MASTERS SPLASH
FALL 2012, Issue 1
2013
Announcing new rice masters swimming web
page ENHANCEMENTS
In an effort to provide more relevant and useful information to support our Masters swimming
activities, we are planning to make some changes and enhancements to the riceaquatics.com web
page. Our goal is to provide a unique Rice Masters (RM) drop-down tab that will include links to a
more complete calendar of future events, team records by age group, meet results, interesting stories
/activities of our RM swimmers, photos and links to other USMS events. We will send out an email
once the initial updates are made to the site. Please be patient and provide constructive ideas on how
we can continue to improve the site to meet the needs of our RM swimmers.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Page 2 - Calendar of Future Events, 2012 Top Ten Rankings for RM swimmers, World Record
Holder in Out Midst
Pages 3 /4 - 2012 RM Swimming Events
Page 5 – Masters Team Records
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RICE MASTERS
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2013
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2012 top ten rankings
Jan 12 Woodlands Relays
Congratulations to RM swimmers for a great 2012 season. The
Jan 19 – Aerofit Jesse Coon Memorial SC
Invitational – Bryan Texas
following swimmers recorded USMS Top 10 times in their
March 9 – Rice “March Madness”
respective age groups during the year:
2012 Short Course Top 10 Times
April 5-7 South Central SC Championships;
Austin, Texas
Nicole Van Nood – 1000 Free
Susan Matherne – 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free, 100
Fly
April 6 2013 Texas Senior Games; San Antonio
Texas
Bruce Kone – 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back, 50 Fly,
100 Fly, 200 Fly, 100 IM, 200 IM
April 28 – Rice “Twin Lakes Carnival”
May 9-12 USMS Spring National Championships;
Indianapolis, Indiana
2012 Long Course Top 10 Times
Vicki Blocker – 100 Back, 200 Back
Mary Ruppe – 400 Free, 800 Free, 1500 Free, 200
Back, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 100 Fly, 200
Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
June 5-13 Pan American Masters Swimming &
Open Water Championships; Sarasota, FL
June 19-21 South Central Zone LCM
Championships; Jenks, Oklahoma
Heidi Ernst – 50 Free, 400 Free, 800 Free
August 7-11 USMS Summer National
Championships; Mission Viejo, Calif.
Carlos Jimenez – 200 IM
2014
200 Free Relay –Daniel Shiosaki, Carlos Jimenez,
Bruce Williams, Rog Hardy
July/Aug 2014 FINA World Masters Swimming
Championships; Montreal Canada
200 Medley Relay –Daniel Shiosaki, Carlos
Jimenez, Bruce Williams, Rog Hardy
Daniel Shiosaki – 50 Back, 100 Back
Bruce Williams – 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back
THANK YOU COACHES!
World Record Holder in Our Midst!!!!!
As we all get in the pool each day for our workouts, few are
aware that we share the lanes with a world record holder. David
Guthrie joined our workouts this Spring (technically he swims
for Texas Longhorn Aquatics, but we all forgive him for that) and
has continued his legacy of assaults on the world breaststroke
records. Most recently David broke the 100 & 200 meter LC
breaststroke records at the Summer Nationals in Omaha and the
200 meter SC breaststroke record at the Woodlands meet in
November in the 50-54 age group. David now owns 2 of 3 LC
world records and all 3 SC records. Hopefully some of the magic
will rub off on the swimmers in the lanes next to him. Good luck
David for continued success and more records in 2013.
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ALCATRAZ INVITATIONAL SWIM
Eight RM swimmers braved the frigid September water
temperatures (in the upper 50’s) of San Francisco Bay for the
annual Alcatraz swim. Cyd Thomas, Cedar Baldridge, Anna
Mod, Suzy Reierson, Lauri Nelson, Robert Li, Lon
Cartwright, and Antoine Bertoncello ALL successfully
completed the 1.25 mile swim in the Bay known for its’ strong
changing water currents. Wetsuits were optional and Suzy, Cyd
and Cedar decided to brave the cold water without one.. …
BRRRRRRR! I would guess they don’t want to hear us
complaining about the temp at the Rice pool ever again. (pictured
back in the warmth of the Rice pool).
2012 WORLD GAMES
In June, 5 RM swimmers participated in the FINA World Master
Championships in Riccione, Italy. Cyd Thomas, Al Thomas, Colette
Lanier, Elizabeth Kostiuk and Lon Cartwright all swam in the 7day event that attracted over 6,000 swimmers from around the globe.
While there, they all took some additional time to take in the beautiful
sights of Italy.
In 2014 the World Games will be held in Montreal, Canada. We already
have a few committed swimmers planning to go. Please contact Bruce
Williams or Carlos Jimenez if you are interested so they can coordinate a
team trip.
2012 Summer LC NATIONALS
RM sent a team of 5 to the Summer LC Nationals in Omaha in July, which
was held in the pool used for the US Olympic Trials just a week before
the event. Vicki Blocker, Daniel Shiosaki, Carlos Jimenez, Rog
Hardy and Bruce Williams all scored and medaled in individual events
in what has to have been the fastest pool ever built in the US.
Additionally, the men placed fourth in both the 200 Free and Medley
relays. Special mention goes to Rog Hardy for swimming and placing top
10 in 6 events. RM’s combined men’s & women’s score placed them 31st
out of 134 teams…..pretty nice for only 5 swimmers.
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE SWIM
RM swimmers traveled to New York in July to participate in
the annual Brooklyn Bridge channel swim. Anna Mod,
David Backus, Colette Lanier, Cedar Baldridge and
Robert Li along with about 400 others swan 1K across the East
River between Brooklyn and Manhattan, in the shadow of the
famous bridge. Afterwards they enjoyed “the scene” in The Big
Apple.
10 MILE SWIM !!!!
Did you ever think about swimming an entire week’s worth of workouts in one straight
non-stop swim? Well our own RM swimmer Mary Ruppe did in the “Minnetonka 10Mile Challenge” which was also the “USMS 9+ Mile Open Water Championship” for the
year. The event took place at Excelsior Beach on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota. One
length of the lake is 5 miles, so swimmers in the race “just” have to complete “one lap”.
This was the 26th year of the annual beach-to-beach swim that attracted 158 swimmers.
Mary placed third in her age group with a time of 4:26.58 and she finished 12th overall
(including men). Awesome accomplishment Mary!!!
WHO KNEW????
Who knew RM had our own funny man swimming and coaching with us? Taking
a quote from the FreePress Houston…”VICTORY! The battlefield, commonly
referred to as “Houston’s Comedy scene”, is freshly littered with the destroyed
entrails of his opponents… and now, Matthew Broussard, is all alone. Newly
crowned “Houston’s Funniest Person Contest” winner, Broussard stands with
some of Houston’s finest comedians.” He won the 2012 competition on his oneyear anniversary of his first open mic performance. Matt is now making frequent
appearances on the comedy scene around the state. Great article at link:
http://www.freepresshouston.com/art/interview-matthew-broussard-sculptorcomedian-boat-shoes/
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RICE MASTERS TEAM RECORDS
Swimmers on the RM team come and go – did you ever wonder just how fast some of your teammates have swum. Well
we decided to start tracking and keeping history of RM team records by age group and event. Attached are
preliminary lists for both the men and women. And if you notice, there some gaps where we have an event that no
one has swum in a USMS sanctioned meet for Rice for a time…….so it may be your opportunity to make the record
books, even if it is only for RM.
SEE THE ATTACHED FILES INCLUDED WITH THIS EMAIL.
Contact Bruce Williams if you have any changes to the RICE MASTERS TEAM RECORDS at bfwtx@aol.com