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About Ozark LMSC – Ozark Local Masters Swimming Committee (LMSC)
Saint Louis Area Masters Swimming Inc (SLAM), 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@swimslam.org
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Upcoming Events
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2025 Ozark LMSC Short Course Meters Championships
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Current Events
COMING SOON! Official Workout Group at the Saint Peters Rec-Plex
If interested, please contact: Kristen Gross, kngswim@gmail.com
2025 USMS Summer Nationals – August 6-10 – Federal Way, Washington
USMS Results
Congratulations to the SLAM Summer Nationals team: Maryanne Barkley, Clay Kolar, Teresa McDowell, John Pohlmann, Mary Pohlmann and Dave Wisland for outstanding swims in Federal Way, WA August 6-10.
SLAM finished 34th of 201 local clubs!
Mary Pohlmann won National Champion in the 1500m Freestyle and 400m Individual Medley.
Fifteen individual Ozark LMSC LCM Records were set at the meet:
(“s” indicates “split” – Official time split from another event)
– Maryanne Barkley, W65-69: 50m Free 35.80, 1500m Free 24.22.19; 200m Back 3:28.64; 100m Fly 1:48.83s, 200m Fly 3:56.66; 400m IM 7:36.24
– Clay Kolar, M75-79: 200m Breast 3:40.01; 50m Fly 37.26
– Teresa McDowell, W75-79: 50m Back 46.37, 100m Back 1:43.62, 200m Back 3:50.55
– Mary Pohlmann, W80-84: 400m Free 8:22.69s, 800m Free 17.11.65s, 1500m Free 32:58.27; 50m Back 54.29
ALL SLAM INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
– Maryanne Barkley, W65-69: 50m Free-9, 1500m Free- 4; 200m Back- 5; 200m Fly-3; 400m IM- 3
– Clay Kolar, M75-79: 50m Breast- 2, 100m Breast- 3, 200m Breast- 5; 50m Fly- 5; 200m IM- 6, 400m IM- 3
– Teresa McDowell, W75-79: 50m Back- 4, 100m Back- 4, 200m Back- 4
– John Pohlmann, M80-84: 50m Breast- 4, 100m Breast- 4, 200m Breast- 4
– Mary Pohlmann, W80-84: 400m Free- 2, 1500m Free- National Champion; 50m Back- 2, 100m Back- 2, 200m Back- 2; 400 IM- National Champion
– Dave Wisland, M75-79: 50m Breast- 6, 100m Breast- 5, 200m Breast- 8
WAY TO GO, SLAM SUMMER NATIONALS TEAM!
2025 Shea Challenge Long Course Meters Meet
July 19 at Shea Natatorium, SIU Recreation Center, Carbondale Illinois
Thank you to all those who helped make the Saluki Masters (SLAM/SALUK) annual Shea Challenge LCM meet a success; thirty-five competitors swam, nineteen were Saluki Masters members and the rest came from northern Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee.
USMS Results Meet Results
Shea Challenge Results & Records
Shea Challenge Records
Iron Swimmer Glutton:
Maryanne Barkley SLAM F65
Derek Duffy, SLAM M41
Stephanie Jarvis, SALUK F36
Sprint No-Brainer:
Lily Glaeser SALUK F35
William Lauritzen SALUK M74
Andrew Pardieck SALUK M57
The two Shea Challenge Events are:
“Sprint No-Brainer” – 50m Fly, Back, Breast, Free plus a novelty 100m IM “Iron Swimmer Glutton” – 200m Fly, Back, Breast, 1500m Free, 400 IM
Swimmers completing these challenges earned a commemorative t-shirt.
All swimmers were welcomed to a post-meet social at Italian Village.
Saluki Masters Records
Lily Glaeser 100m Free /s
Timothy Hoke M48: 100m Free, 200m Free /s & 800m Free /s, 1500m Free
Clay Kolar M75: 50m Free, 200m Breast
Gabriel Ngwe M31: 50m Fly
Andrew Pardieck M57: 50m Back, 50m Fly
Mary Pohlmann F80: 100 Free, 400 Free /s, 800 Free, 200 Back, 100 Fly /s, 400 IM
Joseph Shapiro M43: 100m Free
Ana Tanda F24: 800m Free
Chance Watley M27: 50m Back
120-159 Mixed 800m Free Relay; SALUK: Ana Tanda W24, Joseph Shapiro M43, Lily Glaeser W35, Andrew Pardieck M57
120-159 Mixed 400m Medley Relay, SALUK: Andrew Pardieck 57M, Ana Tanda 24W, Lily Glaeser 35W, Joseph Shapiro 43M
Sixteen Ozark LMSC records were set as were twenty-four pool records and twenty-two Saluki Masters records (note: “/s” indicates official time from an event split).
Ozark LMSC LCM Individual Records
Maryanne Barkley, SLAM W60-65: 800m Free /s & 1500m Free
Clay Kolar, SALUK M75-79: 200m Breast
Teresa McDowell, SLAM W75-79: 100m Back, 50m Fly
Andrew Pardieck, SALUK M55-59: 50m Back, 50m Fly
Mary Pohlmann, SALUK W80-84: 100m Free, 400m Free /s &
800m Free; 200m Back; 100m Fly /s; 400m IM
Ana Tanda, SALUK, W18-24: 800m Free
Ozark LMSC LCM Relay Records
120-159 Mixed 400m Medley Relay, SLAM/SALUK:
Andrew Pardieck 57M, Ana Tanda 24W, Lily Glaeser 35W, Joseph Shapiro 43M
Pool Records – Shea Natatorium, SIU Carbondale
Maryanne Barkley, SLAM W65-69: 800m Free /s, 1500m Free, 400m IM, Ironswimmer Glutton Challenge
Sandra Dold, IM W50-54: 50m Breast, 100m Breast, 200m Breast
Derek Duffy, SLAM M40-44: Ironswimmer Glutton Challenge
Lily Glaeser, SALUK W35-39: 100m IM, Sprint No-Brainer Challenge
Kristen Gross, SLAM 50-54: 1500m Free
Stephanie Jarvis, SALUK W35-39 Ironswimmer Glutton Challenge
Clay Kolar, SALUK M75-79: 200m Breast
William Lauritzen, SALUK M70-74: 100m IM, Sprint No-Brainer Challenge
Teresa McDowell, SLAM W75-79: 50m Back, 100m Back, 50m Fly
Andrew Pardieck, SALUK M55-59: 50m Back, 100m IM, Sprint No-Brainer Challenge
Mary Pohlmann, SALUK F80-84: 100m Free, 400 Free /s, 800 Free, 200 Back, 100 Fly /s, 400 IM
Ana Tanda, SALUK W18-24: 800m Free
120-159 Mixed 800m Free Relay, SALUK: Ana Tanda 24W, Joseph Shapiro 43M, Lily Glaeser 35W, Andrew Pardieck 57M
120-159 Mixed 400m Medley Relay, SALUK: Andrew Pardieck 57M, Ana Tanda 24W, Lily Glaeser 35W, Joseph Shapiro 43M
SLAM/SALUK & SLAM Meet Roster
SLAM/SALUK – St Louis Area Masters / Saluki Masters
Susan Aud, Diann Bauer, Lily Glaeser, Bob Golz, Timothy Hoke, Stephanie Jarvis, Hochung Kim, Clay Kolar, William Lauritzen, Gabriel Ngwe, Andrew Pardieck, John Pohlmann, Mary Pohlmann, Katherine Poulos, Kristina Robinson, Joseph Shapiro, Theresa Strack, Ana Tanda & Chance Watley
SLAM – St Louis Area Masters
Maryanne Barkley, Derek Duffy, Kristen Gross, Steven Hancock, Teresa McDowell, Patrick Sullivan & Larry Walker
2025 Ozark LMSC SCY Championships
March 15 & 16
Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center, Edwardsville, IL
USMS Results Full Results
OZLMSC General Membership Meeting Minutes
SLAM Swimmers enjoying the meet
Ozark LMSC SCY Individual Records
Jeffrey Johnson, M70-74: 50 & 100 free; and 100 IM
Mary Pohlmann, W80-84: 100, 200, 500, 1000, & 1650 free; 50, 100 & 200 back; 50 & 100 fly; and 400 IM
50 Swimmers from 9 teams
32 SLAM Swimmers
Susan Aud, Maryanne Barkley, John Bolling, Paige Bolling, Carolyn Bottini, Derek Duffy, Christopher Ernst, Mark Germer, Larry Good, Steven Hancock, Maredith Harris, Bruce Hopson, Ted Iverson, Gabriel Jezierski, Jeffery Johnson, Jill Johnson, Diane Jones, Denny Koonce, Juan Malave-Campos, Teresa McDowell, Kevin McKee, Paul Morris, Alyson Muehlman, Lisa Muehlman, Allegra Pierce, John Pohlmann, Mary Pohlmann, Ella Rothgangel, Laurie Smith, Patrick Sullivan, Nicholas Szoko, Devon Tallent, and Larry Walker
2025 Ozark LMSC LCM Championships
November 2
Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center, Edwardsville, IL
November 2
USMS Results Full Results
General Membership Meeting Minutes
50 Swimmers from 8 teams
New Ozark SCM SLAM Relay Records
W160-199: 200 Free; Barkley, Massie, Saunders, Sedabres
W160-199: 200 Medley; Barkley, Massie, Saunders, Sedabres
W280-319: 800 Free; Woehler, McDowell, Johnson, Smith
W280-319: 200 Medley; McDowell, Smith, Woehler, Johnson
M200-239: 200 Medley; Sullivan, Szoko, Minnigerode, Morris
W280-319: Woehler, W160-199: Massie, Barkley, McDowell, Smith, Johnson Saunders, Sedabres
SLAM- SALUK:
Pardieck, Rutledge, J Polhmann, M Pohlmann, Kolar
Zaborska, Strack Holcomb, Sullivan, Bottini, Walker
New Ozark LMSC SCM Individual Records
SLAM Swimmers
Maryanne Barkley, W60-64: 1500 Free
Kristen Gross, W50-54: 800 Free
Bruce Hopson, M55-59: 800 Free
Johnny Ivanyi, M45-49: 100 Free
Jon Iwaszkowiec, M45-49: 200 Free
Clay Kolar, M75-79: 50 & 100 Breast, 100 IM
Denny Koonce, M65-69: 200 & 400 IM
Teresa McDowell, W70-74: 50 & 100 Back
Paul Morris, M60-64: 100 & 200 Free, 200 Breast, 200 IM
Andrew Pardieck, M55-59: 50 & 100 Free; 50, 100 & 200 Back
Mary Pohlmann, W75-79: 200 Breast
Julian Ramirez Gonzalez, M25-29: 100 Free, 100 Back
Ben Rutledge, M18-24: 200 Free
Laurie Smith, W70-74: 800 Free
Preston Waldusky, M18-24: 50 Breast, 100 IM
Larry Walker, M80-84: 800 Free; 50, 100 & 200 Back
MJ Woehler, W65-69: 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM
Miroslava Zaborska, W18-24: 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 IM
36 SLAM Swimmers
Maryanne Barkley, Carolyn Bottini, Kristen Gross, Tori Hamill, Jeff Harris, Lori Holcomb, Bruce Hopson, Jim Isbell, Jonny Ivanyi, Jon Iwaszkowiec, Jill Johnson, Clay Kolar, Denny Koonce, Juan Malave-Campos, Kasey Massey, Teresa McDowell, Todd Minnigerode, Paul Morris, Andrew Parkieck, Allegra Pierce, John Pohlmann, Mary Pohlmann, Ella Rothgangel, Ben Rutledge, Megan Saunders, Jerome Scheuermann, Kaitlynn Sedabres, Thomas Schalk, Laurie Smith, Theresa Strack, Patrick Sullivan, Nicholas Szoko, Preston Waldusky, Larry Walker, Mary J Woehler, Miroslava Zaborska
SLAM PRESIDENT’S MONTHLY NEWS – Patrick Sullivan
September, 2025
If any workout group has any events coming up, please reply to this email and SLAM will help promote it, and if you have ideas about fun events for the club (swimming, social, charity), please reply to this email as I would love for SLAM to get involved.
Congratulations to the SLAM Summer Nationals team: Maryanne Barkley, Clay Kolar, Teresa McDowell, John Pohlmann, Mary Pohlmann and Dave Wisland for outstanding swims in Federal Way, WA August 6-10.
SLAM finished 34th of 201 local clubs!
Mary Pohlmann won National Champion in the 1500m Freestyle and 400m Individual Medley.
Fifteen individual Ozark LMSC LCM Records were set at the meet:
(“s” indicates “split” – Official time split from another event)
– Maryanne Barkley, W65-69: 50m Free 35.80, 1500m Free 24.22.19; 200m Back 3:28.64; 100m Fly 1:48.83s, 200m Fly 3:56.66; 400m IM 7:36.24
– Clay Kolar, M75-79: 200m Breast 3:40.01; 50m Fly 37.26
– Teresa McDowell, W75-79: 50m Back 46.37, 100m Back 1:43.62, 200m Back 3:50.55
– Mary Pohlmann, W80-84: 400m Free 8:22.69s, 800m Free 17.11.65s, 1500m Free 32:58.27; 50m Back 54.29
ALL SLAM INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
– Maryanne Barkley, W65-69: 50m Free-9, 1500m Free- 4; 200m Back- 5; 200m Fly-3; 400m IM- 3
– Clay Kolar, M75-79: 50m Breast- 2, 100m Breast- 3, 200m Breast- 5; 50m Fly- 5; 200m IM- 6, 400m IM- 3
– Teresa McDowell, W75-79: 50m Back- 4, 100m Back- 4, 200m Back- 4
– John Pohlmann, M80-84: 50m Breast- 4, 100m Breast- 4, 200m Breast- 4
– Mary Pohlmann, W80-84: 400m Free- 2, 1500m Free- National Champion; 50m Back- 2, 100m Back- 2, 200m Back- 2; 400 IM- National Champion
– Dave Wisland, M75-79: 50m Breast- 6, 100m Breast- 5, 200m Breast- 8
WAY TO GO, SLAM SUMMER NATIONALS TEAM!
Ozark LMSC Records HERE
It was great seeing so many of our SLAM swimmers at the Grown-Up Swimming meets the last few weeks. I think the league was a success and I believe it will be even better next year. I, personally, had so much fun. I know the League Director will be sending out surveys to help make next year better. If you participated this summer, please complete it for her.
Plans are underway for the 2nd Annual Fall Food Drive competition again that is coming up in a couple months. I hope to have more information about next month. Our Social Chair, Katrina Bibbee, and I will be visiting all our workout groups’ practices to promote it a few weeks before it starts. We will reach out to coaches and administrators.
Remember, our friends in Kansas City are hosting Level 2 and 3 coaching certification classes on October 18, along with an ALTS Instructor Certification class on October 19. And if you can’t make the Kansas City classes, there is a Level 2 and Level 3 coaching certification class in Indianapolis November 1st. The link to all the classes is here.
Other upcoming swimming events:
The Illinois Senior Games will be in Springfield, IL on September 20, 2025 and the link the event info is here.
Social Media: We do have a SLAM Facebook group here, a SLAM Facebook page here, and an Instagram page here.
Merch: The SLAM website,swimslam.org, has merch for sale at the swim shop tab at the top, or here.
We have more swim caps with our new crest on them. This time, I ordered silicone caps and latex caps. The latex caps will remain free, but the silicone caps are on sale for $15, which is still below cost.
In Memoriam:
Our friends at Missouri Valley LMSC (MOVY, in the Kansas City area) unfortunately lost their former LMSC Chair (2011-2024) and coach, Doug Hayden on August 20th. A few years ago, I was in KC for work and dropped in on a Masters practice at Gladstone. Doug was the coach that night and he was the most welcoming, positive coach. His workout that night is still one of my favorites and I have used it multiple times when I’ve coached at South City Y. When I became President of SLAM, I reached out to Doug, which began a friendship that I have cherished the last couple years. Doug, along with Maryanne Barkley (Ozark LMSC Chair), have taken me under their wings and have served as great mentors for me. My fondest memories of Doug will be the time we hung out at USMS Relay a few years ago and rooting for each other at Spring Nationals last year in Indy. I know many of you have fond memories of him that you cherish. Doug will be truly missed throughout the Masters community.
Patrick Sullivan, President
St Louis Area Masters Swimming
f any workout group has any events coming up, please hit Reply to this email and SLAM will help promote it.
It was good to see so many familiar faces at the meet in Carbondale last month. There were several impressive swims by SLAM swimmers.
Unfortunately, the meet at Mizzou will have to be delayed. MOVY (Kansas City) has their coach certification classes October 18 (mentioned below), so they cannot host the event. I am still working on this and hope to have a meet there in 2026.
As I mentioned last month, there’s a new Grown-Up Swimming League happening in the St. Louis Area this summer. Several SLAM swimmers are participating on a few different teams. Grown-Up Swimming is a summer league for adults that allows folks to compete in a super laid-back atmosphere – think summer pool party with 25s and 50s. The Director is Karri Denny and her email is karri@grownupswimming.com if you have any questions. I participated in the first meet that took place on July 21st and it was a lot of fun—just like summer league when you were a kid. I highly recommend joining up as there are 3 more meets available—August 3 at Big Bend Woods, August 13 at Big Bend Woods, and August 17 at Blanchette. The link to the league is here. I’m planning on attending the last two.
Next, our friends in Kansas City are hosting Level 2 and 3 coaching certification classes on October 18, along with an ALTS Instructor Certification class on October 19. And if you can’t make the Kansas City classes, there is a Level 2 and Level 3 coaching certification class in Indianapolis November 1st. The link to all the classes is here.
The 2025 Summer Nationals are in Federal Way (Seattle area), WA August 6-10. Good luck to Maryanne Barkley, Clay Kolar, Teresa McDowell, John Pohlmann, Mary Pohlmann and Dave Wisland!
Other upcoming swimming events:
Swim Across America-St. Louis is celebrating its 10 year anniversary at Innsbrook on August 23, 2025. The link to this open water event is here.
Illinois Senior Games will be in Springfield, IL on September 20, 2025 and the link the event info is here.
Social Media: We do have a SLAM Facebook group here, a SLAM Facebook page here, and an Instagram page here.
Merch: The SLAM website, swimslam.org, has merch for sale at the swim shop tab at the top, or here.
We have more swim caps with our new crest on them. This time, I ordered silicone caps and latex caps. The latex caps will remain free, but the silicone caps are on sale for $15, which is still below cost.
Thank you,
Patrick Sullivan, President
St Louis Area Masters Swimming
