Bozeman Masters Swim Club

Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana

Bozeman Masters Swim Club
SUB PO Box 30
Bozeman, MT 59717
uchjamm@earth.oscs.montana.edu

The Bozeman Masters Swim Club is a competitive team recognized by Montana State University-Bozeman. Membership is open to any member of the university community age 18 or older. The Canadian Masters Web page provides a good summary of the goals of Masters swimming.

• Club Officials:
  President & Coach: Matt Morgan
  • uchjamm@earth.oscs.montana.edu
  • 582-0675
  Faculty Advisor: Denbigh Starkey
  • starkey@cs.montana.edu
    
  • 406-586-7614 (home)
  • 406-994-4780 (work)

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• Members: (Please send corrections, etc., to starkey@cs.montana.edu)
  Karen Bemben
  • gkb9594@msu.oscs.montana.edu
  • 994-3574
  Becky Bjork
  • 585-3786
  Moriah Christianson
  • moriahc@trex2.oscs.montana.edu
  • 585-9895
  Alex Durst
  • gad1391@msu.oscs.montana.edu
  • 586-3885
  Scott Graves
  • 585-9864
  Rya Lang
  • grl9323@msu.oscs.montana.edu
  • 994-2227
  Chris Liddell
  • 994-2309
  Luke Lind
  • 994-3607
  Jeanne Morgan
  • 582-0675
  Matt Morgan
  • uchjamm@earth.oscs.montana.edu
  • 582-0675
  David Thoma
  • gdt2106@msu.oscs.montana.edu
  • 586-7847

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• Pool: The Montana State University-Bozeman Pool, an indoor eight lane 25 yard facility, is used year round for practices.

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• Practice Schedule: Saturday: 11:00am-2:30pm, Tuesday and Thursday: 6:30am-8:00am. The club has sole use of the pool for all practices.

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• 1996 Masters Meets: (meets marked ** are USS meets that accept Masters entries)
  • **Simplot-F.A.S.T. Aquatic Games
    • Pocatello, ID, April 26-28
    • Phone Cindy Brown at 208-237-3564 or 208-235-2831 for information
  • Montana State Masters Championship
    • Kalispell, May 4-5
  • USMS Short Course Nationals
    • Cupertino, CA, May 9-12
    • Phone 408-253-SWIM for information
  • USMS Long Course Nationals
    • Ann Arbor, MI, August 22-25

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• Joining the Bozeman Masters Swim Club:
  We recommend that you come to one of the practices at the MSU pool, or contact the club President.
  Membership in the club is free, although you will need to join US Masters Swimming if you want to enter competitions.

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• Club Records: Club records (short course yards and long course meters) will be available, as they are established.

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• National Masters Meet Qualification Times:
  The USMS Short Course Nationals will be in Cupertino this May.
  • USMS Men's National Short Course Championships qualification times
  • USMS Women's National Short Course Championships qualification times
  Any masters swimmer may swim three events at Nationals without meeting qualifying times. Swimmers may enter up to three additional events in which they have swum a time equal or better than the NQT in the preceding two years. A full explanation is in Swim Magazine or with an official entry form.
  (We thank Pacific Masters Swimming for providing the NQT links and eligibility information.)

• The World of Masters Swimming Page
• United States Masters Swimming FTP Site (Outdated information. A Web page is supposed to be coming soon)
• Canadian Masters Swimming Page
• Harvard's Swimming Links Page
• FINA (Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur) Homepage
• USS Rules
• Masters Rules (differences from USS Rules)
• Atlanta Olympics Swimming Page
• Bozeman Barracudas USS Team Page