Swimming for Life

Daily Archives: February 21, 2018

Finisher at Eel Lake Swim — The new kids on the block, Southern Oregon Masters Aquatics (SOMA), will play host to two open water swimming events in beautiful Southern Oregon: Eel Lake Open Water Swims – August 11, 2018 Lake of the Woods Open Water Swims – September 8, 2018 Both of these events will be […]

SOMA to Host Eel Lake & Lake of the Woods ...

February 21, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Long Distance / Open Water / Open Water by Matt Miller

I hope your training and New Year goals are moving along at a steady pace. After a few months without any competitions, it’s time to start racing again. Next month, the Oregon City Tankers will be hosting their annual Spring Ahead dual-sanction swim meet March 10-11, 2018. This is a […]

Greetings Fellow Oregon Masters Swimmers

February 21, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Chair's Corner by Tim Waud

Off the Block — by Claire Forrest Claire Forrest is a recent graduate of Grinnell College with a degree in English. She is currently based in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a freelance writer. The only competitive swimmer in her family, Claire went to her first swim meet at the age of eleven on a whim […]

Ten sensations swimmers feel

February 21, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Motivation / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — February is dubbed the fitness month. It is the month in which you, hopefully, got into the habit of going to the pool on a regular basis. If you are completely new to swimming or have not been in the pool for a long time, you should at least have […]

Backstroke: Rock Your Boat

February 21, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Backstroke / Coaching / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Tim Waud — Do you suffer from shoulder, lower back, or neck pain? Perhaps it’s time to start kicking without a kickboard. Kicking with a board is used to improve leg kicking endurance. Unfortunately, it also places you out of the essential streamline position for performance. There are several benefits to training without […]

Kick the Kickboard Habit

February 21, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Coach's Chair / Coaching by Tim Waud

Records and Links

Records & Links to Results February 2018

February 21, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Records / Results by OMS Webmaster

Margaret Toppel — Margaret Toppel Age: 69 Occupation: CEO of Financial Fitness Association, an online financial education site which focuses on the underserved community Local Team: MAC (Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland) I can recall watching Wilma Rudolph running in the 1960 Olympics and feeling so inspired by her. Not only did she win […]

Swimmer Spotlight – Margaret Toppel

February 21, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Spotlight by Karen Andrus-Hughes