Rochester Area Masters Swimming -

RAMS 28th Season 2009-2010

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:10:30 -0500

Rochester Area Masters began its 28th season this past fall with Coach Lorie.

We are not accepting new members into our workouts at this time. If you are interested in being added to our wait-list, please use the Join/Contact Us link. Include your contact information as well as your goals with respect to joining a Masters team. Our space is limited; therefore preference may be given to swimmers with previous Masters or competitive swimming experience.

2009 Postal 3000/6000 Team Results

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:13:02 -0500

Congratulations to all swimmers: great individual and team results!

CLUB RESULTS

3000 YARD Niagara District 3^rd out of 61 clubs!

6000 YARD Niagara District 8^th out of 49 clubs!

Stacy Moor Memorial Meet at RIT-RESULTS

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:07:12 -0500

Congratuations to everyone who swam our meet; it was a great success. Also many grateful thanks to those who contributed to the Stacy Moor Swim Fund at RIT.

Results are attached.

2009 Lake Placid & Louisville Ironman Team Results

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:50:16 -0400

Below are RAMS team results for the Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon, held on Sunday, July 26.

Jochan (32M) 10:55.59 [197/37]

Amy (40F) 12:35.45 [826/18]

Kim (27F) 12:54.11 [958/19]

Dr Mike (53M) 13:19.47 [1139/67]

Dana (40F) 13:34.55 [1249/45]

2009 Opening Day at GVP

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:48:16 -0400

Today was the opening day at GVP. Five swimmers braved the cool pool waters. Air temp was about 68; water was 70. After the first hundred, the numbness wore off and we had a great swim. By 9:15 the sky began to turn blue and the sun began to peak through the clouds. Air temp was warmer by the end of the workout. Today's workout is posted in the 'Workout' section of the website.

In attendance were Dana, Bruce, Kay, George Mc and Tom W. Our next GVP practice is Sunday, June 28 at 8:30 am.

2008 Empire State Games - Team Results

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:11:17 -0400

The Masters Division of the 2009 ESGs has been cancelled due to NYS budget issues.

Five RAMS swimmers competed at the 2008 Empire State Games, held in the Binghamton area. This is the 30th year of the ESGs and the 27th year of ESG Masters Swimming competition. Our swimmers brought home 19 Gold and 2 Silver Medals. Except for Kay who scored the two silvers, Betty, Louise, George and Jack scored gold medals in all events swum. Congratulations! Results are below:

1500 Free: Kay (28:31.66) Louise (28:50.53)

10th Lake Placid Ironman - Team Results

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:25:33 -0400

The 10Th Lake Placid Ironman Triathlon was held Sunday July 20, 2008. This was a 2.4 mi swim, 112 mi bike and 26.2 mi run with over 2300 finishers. Congratulations to RAMS competitors!

Sarah S      W 18-24    11:52:56    3/20
Amy T          W 35-39    14:18:36    73/119
Denise E    W 55-59     13:09:28      x/11
Steve W       M 40-44     11:35:30    107/398

Canandaigua Annual Open Water Swim

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:44:07 -0400

The Canandaigua Open Water swim was held on Saturday July 19. A picture of most of our team participants can be found in the Photo Gallery in the Open Water section. Results will be posted at the Sawbellies website.

2007 Fingerlakes Triathlon - Team Results

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:15:52 -0400

Sunday October 21 was the 2007 Fingerlakes Triathlon in Canandaigua. This was an Olympic distance competition: .9 mi swim, 24 mi bike and 6.2 mi run with 259 total finishers (male and female combined). Congratulations to our teammates Erika, Dana and Ken who participated; their results are below; note Erika was the overall female winner!

Erika Foster 2:18:31 Overall female winner, 23rd combined male/female swim: 21:35 bike:1:08:49 run: 46:21

Dana Woody 2:22:50 1st womens 35-39, 35th combined male/female swim: 21:48 bike: 1:13:42 run: 43:38

Ken Koppenhaver 2:25:22 7th mens 35-39, 48th combined male/female swim: 23:40 bike: 1:10:47 run: 47:14

2007 Rochester Marathon - Team Results

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:42:27 -0400

There were over 2000 competitors in this year's Rochester Marathon. The full marathon saw 518 finishers including: (place in age group)

    Eric Grimm (M40-44)   (3) 3:02.40
    Mike Dunn (M50-54) (5) 3:33.36
    Mike Foster (M35-39) (14) 3:34.37

The half-marathon had over 1000 finishers including: (place in age group)

Bill B (M50-54) (10) 1:46.04
Tom B (M50-54) (44) 2:04.19 [Both beat Mayor Duffy]

2 Mi National Championship Cable Swim at Mirror Lake, Lake Placid: Team Results

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:28:21 -0400

Six teammates swim the 2 mi cable swim in Mirror Lake, Lake Placid on August 18. Congratulations to all swimmers.! Special congratulations to Bruce who set a new record for his age group. Let that be an inspiration to Stewart who just turned 50. Place in age group is in [ ]. Complete results are attached.

Anne Matysek (21F) 1:24.14 [6th]
Kelsee (33F) :52:52.40 [4th]

Team Results 2007 LCM National Championships

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:32:12 -0400

The Long Course National Championships are being held in Woodlands, Texas from Aug 10-13 with almost 1000 competitors. Our lone teammate Jim Matysek is competing each of 4 Days.

Day 1 began with the 400 m Free, one of Jim's signature events. His finish time was 4:54.97, less than 0.6 seconds off his seed time; he placed 12th. His second event, in contrast, was the 50 m Breast, an event he swims faster than my freestyle. Jim's time was :34.78, less than 0.4 seconds off his seed time and placing 3rd. Hopefully this doesn't mean he is becoming a sprinter!

Team Results 2007 Empire State Games in Westchester County

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:41:56 -0400

THis year's Empire State Games Masters swimming competition was held July 27-29 in Westchester County at Pace University in a 25 yd format. Because of the distance to the Games and the fact that the swim was not LCM or SCM format, only two RAMS swimmers competed.

Barry Symonds is a relatively new member of the team, joining us in December 2006. Although he was an open water swim virgin at the Canandaigua Lake swim earlier this month, Barry is a seasoned pool competitor. Barry's specialties are breaststroke and IM and he earned 5 gold and 1 silver medals this weekend in the 50-54M group. Barry adds that after Lorie's instruction in the breaststroke and fly, he took 4 seconds off his best 100 Breaststroke time; 9 seconds off his 200 IM time and 15 seconds of his 400 IM time. Coaching does help!

George McVey Celebrates his 80th Birthday

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:02:42 -0400

June 27 was the offical 80th birthday for George McVey but his family celebrated it this past weekend at the 15th Annual Canandaigua Lake swim. Daughters Pam, Mary, Connie and Amy did the swim with him along with several grandchildren. Daughters Mimi and Karen and wife Sue were cheering from the sidelines. Below is an article written by Mark Hare which appeared in the D&C:

(July 26, 2007) — To mark his 80th birthday, George McVey did the annual Canandaigua Lake Open Water Swim on Saturday and finished first in his senior division. Four of his six daughters, and a few grandchildren, did the mile swim with him. It took about 30 minutes. Not bad.

Lake Placid Triathlon Team Results July 22, 2007

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:02:17 -0400

Congratulations to our teammates and friends who completed the recent Ford Lake Placid Triathlon on July 22, 2007, which featured over 2200 competitors:

Mary Eggers:
11:37.33; 388th place overall; 12/127 in her age group W30-34

Mike Dunn
12:16.34; 657 place overall; 28/118 in his age group M50-54

Andy Kaltenbach
13:23.28; 1145th overall; 265/415 in his age group M35-39

Well done!