PRACTICE TIMES AND LOCATIONS:
Workouts are held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 7:00-8:30
pm at the Grimsley High School Pool (Campus Drive off of Westover Terrace) in
Greensboro. The pool is an 8-lane, 25-yard pool.
HOW TO JOIN:
TMS monthly dues are $25/month. For more information on swimming with TMS, directions to the pool, or if you
want to check out a typical practice, send an email to Andrew Richelson or Mark Medendorp.
To swim with TMS, you must join USMS (United States Masters
Swimming, membership open to anyone 19 and over). The USMS membership fees are
$30/year. You can find USMS registration forms here.
FAQ'S:
Do I have to be a good
swimmer? What if it's been a while since I last swam in high school, or
what if I've never swum in a coached workout setting?
No, you do not have to be a 'good swimmer' -
one of the goals of TMS, besides fitness and fun, is improving your current
swimming abilities or learning new strokes and skills. Some TMS swimmers
swam competitively in high school, others are triatheletes, a few are new to
swimming or their previous experience was recreational lap swimming.
Having basic stroke knowledge and a willingness to improve helps.
What are the workouts like? Will
I be able to keep up?
The workouts are designed to
improve stroke skills, endurance, and/or speed. The on-deck coach gives
swimmers individual workouts, or sets, which will be altered according to
each swimmer's ability.
If I swim with TMS, do I have to
compete in swim meets?
You are not required to swim in meets. While some TMS swimmers do compete
in meets, many join TMS simply to improve their strokes or to swim for
fitness.
Get details on upcoming state, regional,
or national meets & entry forms at the NCMS web site here.
Every March, TMS hosts
the Frank Clark Masters Invitational.
This meet in named in honor of
legendary Greensboro swimmer Frank Clark, who was instrumental in starting the
team 22 years ago and coached the team for 10 years. Details and entry forms
will be posted prior to the meet.
TMS activities over the past few years have included Christmas and
Halloween gatherings as well as Greensboro Bats baseball games. Every Thursday
after practice, there is typically a social gathering after a week's
workouts.
In 1974, a group of Greesnboro swimmers,
including Frank and Nancy Clark, organized a local Masters swim club, calling
themselves the Tarheel Masters; this group hosted their first meet at the
Central YMCA in Greensboro in that same year. By 1978, the group was calling themselves Triad Masters Swimmers (TMS) and
Frank Clark coached the group until his retirement from the team in
1988. Upon his retirement, the team elected to name the annual
Greensboro masters meet the Frank Clark Masters Open in honor of his founding of
and service to TMS.
USMS -
The governing body of Masters Swimming in the United States.
NCMS - North Carolina Masters Swimming, the
state club for USMS.
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