For the PDF version, follow this link: April 2016 OMS AquaMaster All of the articles in the AquaMaster are also available online here: Aqua Master articles online
Monthly Archives: March 2016
2016 Event Schedule
2016 Event Schedule
The highest distinction for a Masters long distance swimmer is to be named to the USMS Long Distance All-Star Team. To be considered for this honor, swimmers must participate in at least three of the eleven National Long Distance Championship events, including at least one open water and one ePostal […]
Tribute to Distance Swimmers
Click to Download: Team Life – Oregon Mid Valley Masters
April 2016 – Team Life: Oregon Mid Valley Masters
He’s a FINA 95! Ruper Fixott hasn’t swum in meets for a year or two, but when I reminded him that he was aging up this year, and could actually compete in the M95-99 age group now (before his November 1st birthday, in meters meets), he replied “I better up my […]
Swimmer Spotlight: Rupert Fixott
2 “ ‘It’s a marathon, not a sprint.’ Do not play outside yourself. Play your role, but also find joy in that. Don’t do it in suffering. Find contentment.”* Sometimes you find a quotation that comes at the right time in your life. The above one will do right now. We […]
Swim Bits – “On Contentment” a la Montaigne
The Oregon Club had a jump in participation and a good performance in the 2016 USMS One-Hour Postal National Championships, held in January (and early February this year) in your local pool. Our overall participation was up a bit from last year, but there were many strong swims. Alas, the […]
One-Hour Postal Summary-2016
Oregon City Spring Ahead Meet — SCM March 5-6, 2016; Oregon City, OR Sanction #376-S003 Results for this meet can be found at: http://swimoregon.org/results/ Then click on the meet name Records established at this meet 13 Oregon, 10 Zone, 11 U.S. National, 8 FINA World Age group Event Name Age […]
New Records – March 2016
Place numbers are national places OR = Oregon Record; NR = National Record * = made the Oregon All-Time Top Twelve Women 25-29 13 Caldwell, Cailee 26 NIKE 4600 * 30 Stamm, Stacy 27 NIKE 3910 Women 30-34 3 Oester, Claire 32 UC37 4635 * 26 Blair, Heather 30 ORM […]