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Nazareth results are now available. We had another great group of swimmers show up this year. New Niagara records were set in many age groups, for both men and women. We hope you make it next year!

The calendar has our annual events at RIT in November and Ithaca College in December, so be sure to check those out!

The 2013 USMS 2-mi Cable Swim Open Water National Championship were held on August 17th in the Adirondack LMSC. Niagara had a very strong showing, with 18 members participating in the event. Dana Gianniny (W 40-44) and Kay Simonson (W 50-54) each won their age group. The relay composed of Meega Wells, Kay Simonson, Gerry Gould, and Robert Webber won the Mixed 45+ relay.

Individual Results

Relay Results

In other news: Cleveland, Ohio played host to the National Senior Games in late July. Niagara LMSC members Stefanena Kysor and Irene D'Agostino both swam six events in the 85-89 age group and performed at a very high level. Stefanena won two events (50, 100 breast) and placed top three in the other four (50 fr, 100 back, 200 back). Irene came in 2nd place in four events (500 free, 100 IM, 200 IM, and 50 fly). Complete results are available here: http://swim-meets.tingleyllc.com/13NatSrGames/index.htm

Nazareth Masters will be hosting a meet at their facility for the third consecutive year. Sunday, October 6th is the day for the meet. Swimming at a short course meters pool is a great way to mix things up! We've had 27 USMS Top Ten swims at that pool in the first two years. The meet entry form is posted in the Calendar section.

On a related note, the 2013 Top Ten listing for short course yards has just been published. Niagara swimmers made the list 42 times, which is our most number of entries since 2005! Congratulations to our members who made it: Jessica L Koltz, Katie Hursey, Emily M Murphy, Rebecca L Smith, Dana Gianniny, Ann Marie Crye, Kay B Simonson, Dorothy M Tourtual, Amy C Johnson, Betty C Dunn, Andrew F Schaefer, Matthew K Paushter, Stephen R Michaels, George N McNamara, and John H Hodgson.

You can search through any Top Ten listing at USMS: http://www.usms.org/comp/tt/.

USMS Summer Nationals were held in Mission Viejo, California, home to one of the most storied programs in USA Swimming & Diving. The Nadadores program has sent at least one athlete to each Olympics dating back to 1976. They last held Nationals there in 2005.

Niagara LMSC had two representatives at the meet:

• Priscilla Modrov won all four of her events in the 25-29 age group, easily breaking each of the Niagara records, and shattering the Colonies Zone records in the 200 butterfly and 800 freestyle.

• Randy Mayall finished in the top 8 in each of his five events in the 45-49 age group, breaking three Niagara records in the process.

Great job! Full results can be seen here: http://www.usms.org/comp/lcnats13/results/.

All members should be aware that anyone can go to Nationals and swim up to three individual events, without meeting any qualifying times. The qualifying times are strictly for those athletes who want to do more than three events. You can read more, as described by the USMS Membership Director, Anna Lea Matysek: http://forums.usms.org/showthread.php?13780-Qualifying-for-Nationals.