Meet Summary

Julie Kamat and Adam Arzner with their trophies (Sprint Animal Masters Champions) — The 15th annual Canby Animal Meet, held on January 13, 2019, saw 50-plus swimmers come out to compete for the right to call themselves “Animal Champions”! This meet is a lot of fun, and is definitely unique. Regardless of age group, swimmers channel their inner animal into one of three […]

The Animals Were at it Again!

21 Jan, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary / Results by Matt Miller

(Editor’s note: You can be assured that any meet that is run by Bob Bruce will have some very creative twist to it. This one did not disappoint!) On the pre-holiday Saturday afternoon of December 8, 2018, a collegial group of folks gathered underneath the Big Top at the Juniper […]

COMA Pentathlon!

21 Jan, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary by Claudia Grow

Becki and Francie — I have been swimming for Oregon Masters Swimming in Tualatin with Stafford Hills Club for almost two years now. Whether it be driving down the road to Gresham, Oregon City, or to Bainbridge Island, to compete in a swim meet…going to different pools is one of the things I love […]

Winter Swimming in Arizona

21 Jan, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary by Francie Haffner

by Lex Higlett Our Ladies 120+ 4×50 Free team successfully defended our title from London, winning gold. Lex is on the right Back in Early September I jumped on a plane and traveled to Slovenia to meet up with my old teammates from my UK club London Otter, at the […]

2018 European Masters Swimming Championships

19 Dec, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary / Relays by Aqua Master Editor

It was 7:30 in the morning at 4949’ altitude, and 23 Masters swimmers immersed themselves in the 67 degree water of Lake of the Woods between Medford and Klamath Falls. The smoky air of Friday had dispersed, and all waited for starter and race director Matt Miller to say, “Go.” […]

Lake of the Woods Open Water Swims – Saturday, Sept. ...

19 Sep, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Featured / Long Distance / Meet Summary / Open Water / Results by Ralph Mohr

by Dave Radcliff Hi Oregon Swimmers, Nancy and I are just back from a wonderful Open Water swimming experience in Michigan. Early this year I was checking out Open Water swims for the summer. I saw one listed that was called “Swim to the Moon”. That title caught my attention, […]

Swim to the Moon

19 Sep, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Long Distance / Meet Summary / Open Water / Open Water by OMS Webmaster

Sue Calnek-Morris set 4 Oregon and 4 Zone records at the Gil Young meet. — Oregon Reigned Supreme at the 2018 Gil Young Memorial Meet that doubled as the Northwest Zone and Oregon Long Course championships. Home team Oregon Reign took the Championship title with 429 points followed by Southern Oregon Masters who scored 238, and the Oregon City Tankers with 170 points. Two world […]

2018 Gil Young Summer Madness

22 Aug, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Featured / Meet Summary / Results by Claudia Grow

SOMA people at Eel Lake — Thirty Master swimmers lined up at Eel Lake last Saturday for the second and final race of the day when a voice called out, “The yellow turn buoy is loose!” The buoy had marked a significant turning point around a morass of water weed just under the surface which no […]

2018 Eel Lake Weekend Recap

22 Aug, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary by Ralph Mohr

30 swimmers turned out for this year’s Eel Lake swims. Eel Lake is a freshwater lake by the coast between Reedsport and Coos Bay, part of William Tugman State Park. We had fine weather this year, and the water was warmer than normal, so that wetsuits weren’t necessary for a […]

2018 Eel Lake Swim Recap

22 Aug, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary by Pat Allender