Coming soon: Loco 4 Pool & Ice Meeting

There will be an “all hands on deck” meeting in support of the pending ballot issue for building a new pool and ice center in Longmont.

WHEN: Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 6:30pm – 8:30pm
WHERE: Longmont Senior Center Gym, 910 Longs Peak Avenue

This is the building on the south side of Roosevelt Park (not the Memorial Building that’s on the east side of the park).

Discussion will cover the timeline and plans. For more information:

Website: longmontpoolandice.com
Facebook: loco4poolandice

1974 National AAU Short Course Swimming Championships

While going through some old papers, I came across a heat sheet for the Friday morning session for short course nationals of 1974. My family had moved to Dallas the previous summer, and the host pool, Loos Natatorium, was not far from my home. Although I was a solid “B” swimmer at the time, I’d swum on my team’s 11-12 400 free relay at TAGS in this pool just a few weeks prior. (We finished 3rd, coming out of lane 8.)

My mom thought it would be a good idea to go watch a session or two. The annotations on the program are hers. She marked DQs, scratches, and false starts (“FS”). I haven’t been able to decode her generous use of *s.

Friday prelims session: 200 fly, 200 breaststroke, 100 back, and 800 free relay

Heat sheet here

As you read the times, consider the following:

  • Title IX was passed just two years prior
  • All backstroke turns/finishes required a hand touch
  • No head submerge allowed in breaststroke
  • Each swimmer was allowed one false start