May 5: Centennial Lake 1 Mile Swim

May 17: Jim McDonnell Lake Swims

May 30: USMS Level 3 Coaching Certification

Jun 6: Eastern NC LCM Splash

Jun 13: Colonies Zone LCM Championship

Jun 21: Jack King Ocean Swim

Vice-Chair: Charlie Tupitza
Secretary: Pam Dameron
Treasurer: Charlie Cockrell
Registrar: Shirley Loftus-Charley
Coaches: Jay Peluso
Fitness: Pam Dameron
Long Distance: Dave Holland
Newsletter: Betsy Durrant
Officials: Charlie Cockrell
Recs & Top Ten: Chris Stevenson
Review: Heather Stevenson
Safety: Jim Miller
Sanctions: Heather Stevenson
Webmaster: Chris Stevenson

May 1, 2013 

Welcome to this month's edition of the LMSC e-mail news digest. It summarizes news items that have been posted to the LMSC website since the last digest.

Some items posted to the website are time-sensitive. Want to keep up with the news as it happens? Find out how!

The May-June 2013 issue of SWIMMER Magazine features an article that discusses the relative effectiveness of the sculling S-pull ("propeller") and the deep-catch pull ("paddle"). USMS has recently uploaded a YouTube video to accompany the article.

Registration is now open for the 2013 Chris Greene Lake cable swims! This year there will be two races (1-mile and 2-mile), held on July 13. Hope to see you there!

We have a new Open Water swim in our LMSC: a 1-mile swim in beautiful Lake Moomaw on Aug 3. Enter now!

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Springtime means short-course championship season for 68 LMSC members! Cheer on your teammates in the Colonies Zone SCY Championship and the USMS Spring National Championship. The zones meet was held Apr 19-21, and the official results have just been finished and a meet summary will be posted on the LMSC website shortly. In the meantime you can look at the photos posted by Bud Swiger.

Mark Gangloff posted an excellent review of over a dozen paddles of various types 

Open water warrior Abby Nunn was featured recently in our April Fools article. Abby was more than willing to play along with the prank, but she takes her swimming pretty seriously! Read how Abby manages to balance training and medical school.