U.S. Masters Swimming Club of the Month - July

July 22, 2014 | By

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Club Name: Mountain View Masters Swim & Social Club (Team MVM)

Hometown: Mountain View, CA

Membership Numbers: 242 registered members

Facility Description: We are located at Eagle Park Pool in Mountain View, CA. An 8 lane outdoor pool with a moveable bulk head which allows us to swim 25 yards in the winter and 25 meters in the spring to fall – depth is 11ft to 4ft. There is also a small 15 yard pool with 4 lanes, about 4ft. deep.

Registered USMS Program since: 1989 – we are celebrating our 25th anniversary this year!

2014 Head Coach: Laura Schuster since 2011.

Oldest Swimmer: Our oldest swimmer(s) are Jill & Jerry Rodder, 81 and 85 respectively. Jill & Jerry started swimming with Mountain View Masters before it even became MVM and were an integral part of helping develop the club back in 1989.

Youngest swimmer: (3 total) were born in 1990 – which makes them 24 years old. One of which is our Coach Wilfred Ryan Garcia who just took first place at Santa Clara Nationals Swim Meet in the 200 backstroke!

Fun Team Fact? 5 of the 7 coaches started out swimming with MVM first and then became coaches. We all enjoy swimming with our team so much that we organize the schedule so we can all swim AND coach!

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