A warm welcome to those who are just joining us - Mark Gallagher and Jennifer Mayman! Great to have you on board!

1. Team & Teammate News:

Swim for Fitness and have some fun while doing it! Several Terps have been making great headway in the 2011 Checkoff Challenge, an event where you aim to swim all "meet events" during the year. See details in the "events" section of the website.
• Remember to get your February Fitness Frolic forms to Bill Conroy as soon as you can. All donations go straight to supporting Johns Hopkins patients. Details and entry form in the "events" section of the website.
• Don't forget about the Breaststroke Clinic with Coach Eric this weekend, March 13 from 4-6pm at the ERC. Cost is $25, payable at the door. Eric has the two UMD Breaststroke school records and went to Olympic Trials in 2008 for breaststroke - so he's a great guy to learn from! Next clinics with Eric are April 3 (bk) and April 24 (fly).
• New CRS Policy regarding drop in swimmers: Current USMS members can walk up to the Member Services desk, show their USMS card and purchase a single day pass for Terrapin Masters for $7.
• CRS is hoping to get error-free this semester and is looking to us for help! Please let Jeff know if you have any issues entering the ERC for Terrapin Masters practice. If a card is swiped and you get an error, ask what the error is and report in to Jeff.
• The next Zone meet is April 15-17 at GMU for SCY. We do not have practice that weekend and Coach Eric is hoping to make a run for one of the team championships at this meet, so try to clear out your calendar now! It would be awesome to get a large number of participants and do lots of relays!

2. Practice Schedule:
All practices at the ERC Natatorium; Dryland in the Aerobic Studio.

• Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 6:30-8pm
• Tuesday and Thursday: 6:15-7:45am
• Saturday: Dryland 9:15-10:15am; Swim 10:30am-noon

3. Terrapin Social Life:

• It is Terrapin Masters team tradition to go out for breakfast after Saturday morning's workout. Please join us at either Bagel Place or Plato's Diner on Route 1 just south of campus. See Allyson Adams on deck at practice for location.
• If you have any suggestions for social activities, please email Allyson at allysonmarieadams AT yahoo DOT com.

4. Board Activity:

• Some of you may have picked up the Spring Recreation Guide at the ERC. Please note that prices for Terrapin Masters are NOT correct. Rates per practice are still $4.50 for students, $5.00 for ERC members and $6 for the general public ($67.50, $75 and $90 for 15 swipes).
• Thank you to Mollie, Jim, Stef and John for contributions to the Workouts Archive on our the website: www.terrapinmasters.org/workouts.htm. If you would like to submit a particular workout for posting on the website, please let Jeff know
• Terrapin Masters Gear
• We will be ordering some more of the Terrapin Masters Team Shirts in some of the smaller sizes. Please let Jeff know what size you would like and we'll be getting an order together soon. If you would like a shirt in L or XL, we still have a few of those left.
• If you do not receive your Terrapin Masters cap for registering this year, please see Jim Nealis. A Latex cap is free, and if you would like a Silicone cap, that is available for $5 (a great deal)!
• Please see www.terrapinmasters.org/gear.htm for more info on the shirt and cap.

5. Upcoming Event Schedule:

Here a few upcoming events to think about. To see a full listing of events, including non-USMS sanctioned events, road races and multi-sport events, surf over to our website at www.terrapinmasters.org and click on "events."

	Jan 1-Dec 31 2011:		USMS Go the Distance 2011 www.usms.org/fitness/content/gothedistance
	Jan 1-Dec 31 2011:		USMS Checkoff Challenge 2011 www.usms.org/fitness/content/checkoff
	Mar. 12, 2011:		UMD Club Matthew Weaver Memorial Meet; College Park, MD click here
	Mar. 13, 2011:		Terrapin Masters Swim Clinic (BR); College Park, MD click here for more info
	Mar. 19, 2011:		Albatross Open @ MAC; Bethesda, MD www.ancientmariners.org
	Mar. 26, 2011:		MD LMSC Championships @ Loyola; Towson, MD www.mdlmsc.org
	Apr. 3, 2011:		Terrapin Masters Swim Clinic (BK); College Park, MD click here for more info
	Apr. 15-17, 2011:		Colonies Zone SC Championships @ GMU; Fairfax, VA www.patriotmasters.org
	Apr. 24, 2011:		Terrapin Masters Swim Clinic (FL); College Park, MD click here for more info
	Apr. 28 - May 1, 2011:		USMS Spring (SC) Nationals; Mesa, AZ www.usms.org

6. UMD Sports Info:
Maryland, We're all behind you. Raise High the Black and Gold!

• UMD Swim & Dive - Aside from NCAA Qualifiers, the season is complete. NCAAs this year are in Austin March 17-19 (women) and Minneapolis March 24-26 (men). Spring training will start soon.

  Check out UMTERPS.COM for more info:
  

  • Women's Swimming & Diving: http://www.umterps.com/sports/w-swim/md-w-swim-body.html
    
  • Men's Swimming & Diving: http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-swim/md-m-swim-body.html
  
  
• UMD Basketball - Basketball season is all but over, especially for the men (I weep), but UMD is hosting first and second round games on March 20 and 22.

  Check out UMTERPS.COM for more info:
  

  • Men's Basketball: http://www.umterps.com/sports/m-baskbl/md-m-baskbl-body.html
    
  • Women's Basketball: http://www.umterps.com/sports/w-baskbl/md-w-baskbl-body.html
  
  
• Water Polo - Spring is Water Polo season and the Lady Terps have been practicing hard leading up to their season-opening tournament next weekend in San Diego. The next tournament date at UMD is April 15-17.

  Check out UMTERPS.COM for more info:
  

  • http://www.umterps.com/sports/w-wpolo/md-w-wpolo-body.html

7. Terrapin Newsletter Info:
Thank you for reading the Terrapin Masters newsletter, compiled and edited by Jeff Strahota & Meghan Gibbons. Please pass along your news and news requests!

• Jeff - jstrahota AT usms DOT org
• Meghan - Gibbons.Meghan AT gmail DOT com