Organization Links

    Red River Masters is an independently incorporated team within Southern Masters Swimming.  The SMS website, http://www.southernmastersswimming.org/ , has a lot of information about events and results for competitions within the Local Masters Swimming Committee which is comprised of all of the states of Louisiana and Mississippi.

    Southern Masters Swimming is within the Dixie Zone of USMS.  The Dixie Zone website, http://www.dixiezone.org/ , has information about upcoming competition, past results, records, and annual top 10 listings.

    Southern Masters Swimming is one of the 53 LMSCs within United States Masters Swimming.  USMS has a wealth of information on their website, http://www.usms.org/.

Links for Gear, Equipment and other Physical Artifacts

    SportSpectrum is the local sporting goods store that provides a wide selection of athletic wear and gear.  SportSpectrum is also instrumental in organizing many running and triathlon races in the Arklatex.  There is a tremendous amount of race information on their website, http://www.sportspectrumusa.com/

     Another great vendor for swimming is Kiefer. You can check out their on-line catalog at http://www.kiefer.com/ and orders should be directed to Dave Young at dyoung AT kiefer DOT com in their Dallas-area store to take advantage of our team relationship.

    The Swim School is an organization in Shreveport that is dedicated to basic swim instruction.  The Swim School offers learn-to-swim programs from the youngest of ages through adults.  The method of instruction at the Swim School allows individuals to overcome any fear of the water they may have and become comfortable to facilitate learning swimming skills.

Links for tools and other useful swim information

    Split calculator - if you want your math to be correct, you can enter your cumulative splits here and it will give you lap splits.  This is great for the one hour swim and other long pool swims.  http://www.webfast.com/dothesplits.myt