Two years ago he showed up to his first Masters swim meet wearing board shorts! - Now he is tied for tenth in the nation in the 50-free!

One-minute, twenty-seconds into this Floswimming video, Garrett quickly interviews one of our SCAQ relay teams; (We all look good in black, don't you think?). Our freestyler for that relay participated in his first ever Masters swim meet at UCLA just two years ago swimming a 25.88 in the 50-free while wearing a pair of board shorts.

Fast-fwd to last weekend and he swam a 22.9 to tie for tenth-place in his age group at Masters Nationals. (That is so Rocky!) Not bad for swimming for only two years.

We have a another success story like this on the female side who did quite well at Nationals setting a personal best in the 50-free after participating in her first meet just 7-weeks ago. That is courageous for she made the race against herself. (People who get stage-fright know what I am talking about.)

SCAQ is coalescing into a very fast, a very eclectic, and a very unified team. We are snappy dressers too with out black suits and our black silicon caps. (We don't wear no stinkin' latex.) We need more SCAQ swimmers to show up and join the party. Look how happy everybody is in the video that Garrett shot above. It was not about the race but rather the shared experience.

We need more SCAQ swimmers to compete. Just nine of us showed up at SPMA SCY Regionals in a club that boasts over 1000 swimmers and still we got a sixth place trophy for our efforts. That was so cool being part of a team effort that yielded a trophy.

Come be part of it. What is even more fun than competing in a challenging event is being on a relay that wins a ribbon or medal. My best medal, and the only first place medal, I have ever received at a championship was on a relay. John, Doug, Dan and I stormed it at SCM Regionals and the accomplishment was exhillerating. (When was the last time you felt exhillerated?)

Join us!

(Thanks to Chris B. And Erik H. for sending me this video.)

Flowswimming's coverage of the 2009 'USMS Master SCY Nationals' was unsurpassed!

Rowdy Gaines in Lane 6; Paul Carter is in the mix too but the whole field is outclassed by Rowdy's experience and strength. Even though Rowdy's talent was simply overwhelming, how flattering it must have been for Paul Carter and the others to be in the same heat with Rowdy Gaines.

Rowdy stays so high in the water and his pull is just as strong as his leg strength. It is an amazing combination and it was all brought to us by Floswimming.

What Floswimming really nailed with the USMS Masters SCY Nationals coverage is that they caught the spirit and the exuberance of the meet rather than just focusing on the results and records. That is something very hard to capture as a journalist and/or a filmmaker.

It's my belief that the USMS and the Local Masters Swimming Committees across the country should seriously consider handing any and all filming rights of local swim meets to Floswimming. To do so would grow Masters swimming exponentially!!

You hit it out of the park, Garrett & Company! 300 foot mark!