Daily Archives: January 23, 2017

Chair’s Corner: January 2017

January 23, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Chair's Corner by Tim Waud

Hello fellow Oregon Masters swimmers & friends! My name is Matt Miller and I am honored to be serving as the Co-Coaches Chair with Tim Waud. I’m really excited about the opportunity to contribute to Oregon Masters Swimming in this new capacity! To introduce myself, I thought it could be […]

Coaches Chair: January 2017

January 23, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Coach's Chair / Coaching by Matt Miller

For the last several years, Central Oregon Masters Aquatics (COMA) has played host to a different and fun event at the Juniper Swim & Fitness Center in Bend. Titled the “All-Around Challenge: SCM Pentathlon and Brute Squat Meet,” meet director Bob Bruce shares that the event started as an intersquad […]

Snow Storm Couldn’t Keep Pentathletes Away!

January 23, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Awards / Events / Meet Summary / Records / Relays / Results by Matt Miller

Adam Arzner (Middle Animal), Nicholas Arzner (Sprint Animal) and Matt Miller (Grand Animal) — The 13th annual Canby Animal Meet (December 18)brought out some fierce swimming this year, as always! This meet is a lot of fun, and is definitely unique. Regardless of age group, swimmers channel their inner animal into one of three categories: Sprint Animal, Middle Animal or Grand Animal. Each category […]

In Search of Our Inner Animals

January 23, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary / Results by Matt Miller

Age: 27; Workout Group: Nike Masters Team; Born: Chichester, England; Residence: Beaverton, OR.; Occupation: Business Systems Analyst at Nike, Inc. For years I have been asked “how long have you been a swimmer?” I can’t count the number of times I always corrected the person, “I’m actually not a swimmer, […]

Swimmer Spotlight: Lisa Gibson

January 23, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Featured / Human Interest / Spotlight by Karen Andrus-Hughes

Club scoring for both the 3000 yard & the 6000 yard ePostals: Club point scoring is calculated based on Quality Points, which is the ratio of each individual time to the current USMS Record for the gender & age group and expressed as the three-digit number following each individual time […]