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January 1-Hour Postal - The AIM Story
On January 23^rd and 28^th, AIM (Aleutian Island Masters) members participated in the USMS One Hour Postal National Championships. The annual event is held January 1^st through 31^st, and is sponsored by Tamalpais Aquatic Masters in San Rafael, California and sanctioned by Pacific Masters Swimming for United States Masters Swimming (USMS).

The objective of the postal meet is to swim as far as possible in one hour. Volunteers were assigned to each swimmer to tally and record times for each lap.  Results were sent in to USMS and are being compared to other swimmers doing the same event across the country. Some people do the One Hour Postal event for competition, while others do it for fitness. Men and women compete separately in age groups of five-year increments: 18 - 24, 25 - 29, 30 - 34, etc. The recorded distance (total yards swum) submitted to USMS determines the order of finish. The top 10 finishers in each age group will receive USMS Long Distance National Championship medals. First place finishers will also receive a USMS championship patch. National rankings have yet to be determined.

AIM member total yardage

Swimmer	Yards
Nancy Patterson	Not Recorded
Cathy Leu	1790
Jim Dickson	2910
Sarah Brewer	2980
Shawn Dickson	3140
Story Miller	3270
Clair Musgrove	3385
Reid Brewer	3900
Carl Jaynes	4180

AIM is a City of Unalaska Department of Parks, Culture, and Recreation Aquatics Center program and Alaska Masters Swimming team under USMS.  AIM is coached by Carl Jaynes, Engineering Technician / GIS Manager with the City of Unalaska Department of Public Works and former Alaska high school state swimming champion.  Special thanks to the Unalaska City School District high school swim team members, Bianca Barrera, Eric Do, Shayla Shaishnikoff, Asia Vernon, and Samuel Winters, for serving as volunteer counters and timers for the local event. 

City of Unalaska Department of Parks, Culture, and Recreation Aquatics Center Saturday, January 23, 2010.  Left to Right:  Cathy Leu, Sarah Brewer, Claire Musgrove, Shawn Dickson, and Jim Dickson.

The Latest Pennock Island Challenge took place on 16 August 2009 in Ketchikan, AK. Read a great story about the 2008 challenge here. 2009 Results can be found at the Pennock Island Challenge website at www.alaskateamada.com. 2007-2009 results can be found on our results page.

Registration for the 2010 Pennock Challenge will be available online next spring.

The 2010 AKMS Memorial Scholarship recipient Hannah Iverson was announced at the Annual meeting on 27 February 2010. The 2010 Scholarship Committee Report can be found here. Please spread the word and congratulate Hannah if you know her!

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The USMS applications are available here or you can now register on-line!

Andrew Billings wrote a very interesting letter about what he thinks Masters Swimming really should be. It's worth the read. I've posted it here. Andrew also put together some guidelines regarding safety and etiquette for lap/lane swimming. You'll find some good thoughts here.

We would like to see some new On-Your-Mark photo offering. Check what we have at the On-Your-Mark page!.

Our logo was designed by Kimberly Olmsted. She also designed the 2005 SCY Meet Logo and the SWAM logo. She does very nice work! If you are in need of a team logo or other art, talk to her or visit her web site! She may be able to come up with something for you.

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