Santa Clara Masters 50 meter long course meet on May 18, 2014

The Manhattan Magnum Masters with the 6 members shown below came in third overall in team total points (391) out of 23 teams that entered the meet and behind the Rose Bowl (1679) and Santa Clarita masters groups (1117 (both teams with a lot more swimmers).   The Magnums finished first place in both the 200-239 (all ages combined) 400 meter mixed free (Julie, Chuck,Pat and Jim) and 400 meter mixed medley relays (Chuck doing 100 meter backstroke, Jim on the breaststroke leg, remarkable Susan on the 100 m butterfly leg since Chuck's butterfly days may be over and Julie on the freestyle anchor leg):

Chuck, Julie, Pat and Jim

Meg, Chuck, Julie, Sue, Jim and Pat

So the Santa Clarita masters meet was a good lead-in to the Montreal World Masters Meet to be be held in August in Montreal, Canada.  The goal is for the Magnums to enter several women and men's relays in Montreal and Santa Clarita and perhaps future long course master meets in Mission Viejo and Santa Barbara will lead to the Magnums getting in shape for Montrel.

One further comment on the Santa Clarita meet comes from Jim Hallett to wit:

On the way to the meet, I heard on NPR that ABBA wrote “Dancing Queen” for the Queen of Sweden because she was apparently a very hot dancer.  They actually performed the song for the first time at the King’s coronation.  So that was fresh in my mind when a very tired and reluctant Susan finally agreed to succumb to cruel peer pressure and do the 100 fly so that the rest of us could have the fun of doing our parts of the medley relay.  I was at the time in awe of Susan for gutting it out and for looking good doing it.  So as she finished her 100, I was on the sidelines singing Dancing Queen to her.  I have decided that she is forever after to be known as “The Dancing Queen.”  Apparently Julie agrees!