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About Ozark LMSC – Ozark Local Masters Swimming Committee (LMSC)
Saint Louis Area Masters Swimming Inc, a non-profit organization, is a United States Masters Swimming registered Club in the Ozark LMSC and includes swimmers of all ages, experience and ability. Some SLAM swimmers are competitive, but many are not and belong to SLAM for the camaraderie and challenge of a structured practice.
Contact Saint Louis Area Masters at: slam@swimlam.org
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Upcoming Events
Saturday, April 6
2:00 pm
Sunday, April 7
9:30 am
2:00pm-Saturday 4/6 & 9:30 am-Sunday 4/7
Ozark LMSC Short Course Yards Championships
McKendree Metro Rec-Plex, 205 Rec Plex, O’Fallon, IL 62269
ATHLETE ROSTER
TBD
Shea Natatorium, Carbondale Illinois
Ed and Ruth Shea Challenge Classic
Sprint No-Brainer and Iron Glutton Challenges
SLAM PRESIDENT’S MONTHLY NEWS – Patrick Sullivan
March, 2024
Hello!
I’m very excited to announce that registration is now open for our local meet, the 2024 Ozark LMSC Short Course Yard Championships, being held April 6-7 at McKendree Metro Rec-Plex, 205 Rec Plex Dr, O’Fallon, IL 62269. The link for registering is https://swimslam.org/2024-scy-entry-form/
If any workout group has any events coming up, please message me and SLAM will help promote it. Second, we have updated our website, https://swimslam.org. Please encourage your swimmers to check it out. We are continuing to update it, too. Hopefully, we’ll have a message board soon. If your group has any change of schedule or venue, please let me know so we can update the SLAM website.
Next, we do have a SLAM Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1203100876702527 , a SLAM Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=st%20louis%20area%20masters and an Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/usmsslam/?fbclid=IwAR0DlJ1tSs0w9j4ssas1B4a2UQzkkT4aSbxh0HME7pLxJGXJov5lPy3KUOg
Please encourage your swimmers to follow our social media accounts to keep updated.
I’ve enlisted South City Y coach, Stephen Pyle, to help design merch for SLAM and for any SLAM swimmer’s participation at Spring Nationals. Here’s his wonderful logo:
I’m really excited to start getting merch designed and produced, which I will work on it this month. I’m working on caps, t-shirts (S,M,L,XL), hoodies, and possibly magnets. If any of your swimmers are going to Nationals, let me know which ones, and I will try to get their last names placed on a couple caps.
Speaking of Spring Nationals—Registration is now open for Spring Nationals! Spring Nationals will be held June 20-24 in Indianapolis, in the iconic IUPUI Natatorium, which is the nicest pool I’ve ever swam in! Anyone can swim 3 events without a National Qualifying Time (NQT). I already registered for this and hope you will too! If you are looking for a nice place to stay, that’s close by, I’m staying at Candlewood Suites (https://www.ihg.com/candlewood/hotels/us/en/indianapolis/indwp/hoteldetail). I stayed there for a meet late last year and it was perfect for a multi-night stay. I will be there for the whole meet, by the way.
If you are looking for another upcoming swim meet, the 2024 GRIN Short Course State Championship will be held at the IUPUI Natatorium (same pool as Spring Nationals!) 4/20-21 in Indianapolis (I’m going to this!).
I look forward to seeing everyone at the meet on April 6-7.
Thank you,
Patrick Sullivan
SLAM President