Oregon Masters Swimming – Swimming for Life

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Welcome

There are many reasons to join a Masters swimming group in Oregon. In addition to the fun, fitness and camaraderie, we have a highly informative newsletter and some of the finest swimming events in the Pacific Northwest. If you are interested in joining Masters swimming, you can find registration information on this web site. Our mission is to promote lifelong fitness and fun by offering organized swimming for adults of all ages and ability levels. We offer a variety of activities including swimming clinics, pool competition and open water swimming.

Rowdy Gaines and Willard Lamb - 2019 MISHOF inductees — The Induction Ceremony was held on Friday, September 13th, in St. Louis, Missouri; in conjunction with the United States Aquatic Sports convention. The event was held on the 18th floor of the Hyatt Regency, overlooking the St. Louis Arch on the banks of the Mississippi River. USMS delegates and MISHOF […]

Willard Lamb Inducted into the Masters International Swimming Hall Of ...

Tim Waud — Greetings Fellow Masters Swimmers, I hope you’re enjoying the fall weather outside. I always enjoy the start of a new swimming season and the excitement that comes from planning a new year. This September, six members of the OMS Board travelled to St. Louis, Missouri, for the annual United States […]

Chair’s Corner – November 2019

Off the Block — At age 53, in 2004, I had my first bone density scan and was diagnosed with osteopenia, the precursor of osteoporosis. For years I have been aware that my small 5’3″ build could be a risk factor for osteoporosis, and now it seemed my fears were finally being realized. My […]

Mary Splady: Standing up to the Osteoporosis Hype

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As you try to reach to become more fit or a better person, one of the things you will need to confront is changing some of your habits. Habits are actions that are so ingrained into us that we almost do them unconsciously. Usually there is a cue or trigger, […]

The Power of Habits

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Nearly all swimmers have dealt with some sort of shoulder pain or injury at some point during their swim career. Given that people who swim regularly will perform hundreds of thousands of arm rotations over the course of a year this likely comes as no surprise. Utilizing any body part […]