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Yearly Archives: 2019

Jill Marie Asch, Alexis Higlett, MAC — Photos by Jill Marie Asch More than twenty Oregon swimmers attended the 2019 Puget Sound Masters SCM Championship Meet in Federal Way, WA, on November 24. As usual, our friends to the north were great hosts providing a fast pool and a fun atmosphere. It was a one day meet, […]

Puget Sound Championship

December 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary / Records / Results by Arlene Delmage

Tim Waud — Greetings Fellow Masters Swimmers, As 2019 comes to a close, we look forward to the next year of training, comradery, and competition. To date, we don’t have many pool events on the calendar, but we do have a full slate of open water events. If you or your team are […]

Chair’s Corner – January 2020

December 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Chair's Corner by Tim Waud

Off the Block — by Phil *Here is another success story from Dr. McDougall’s patients. My name is Phil; and I’m 28 living in the UK. I spent my childhood overweight and was always teased at school for being fat. I also suffered with stomach issues, which was later discovered to be IBS (Irritable […]

Phil: From Irritable Bowel Syndrome to Competitive Cyclist

December 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As we age, keeping a healthy brain and body should be one of our top priorities. However, an avalanche of information from all sources and advertising often cause more confusion than clarity. Filtering thru the conflicting reports is a key challenge. To help us with the challenge, AARP created the […]

The Five Pillars of Brain Health

December 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation / Nutrition by Colette Crabbe

Matt Miller — One of the most overlooked and under-practiced parts of swimming fast is the kick. In particular, sprinters’ times are typically made or busted by how strong their kick is. Even the fastest distance swimmers have now developed exceptionally strong kicks. Strong legs come in very handy near the end of […]

Kick your Way to Faster Times

December 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Coaching / Kick by Matt Miller

Bob Bruce — The One-Hour Swim What is the One-Hour Swim? This event answers the basic question: how far can you swim in one hour? It’s the first USMS postal swim each year, done only during the months of January & February. It’s the largest stand-alone participation event on the USMS calendar, as […]

Long Distance Swimming – January 2020

December 21, 2019 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Events by Bob Bruce

Recent meets and records

Recent Meets & Records – December 2019

December 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Records by Aqua Master Editor

Nancy Milner — Name: Nancy Milner Age: 68 Occupation: Papermaker, Baker, Retired Local Team: Oregon Reign As told to Arlene Delmage After seeing Nancy at Long Course Nationals in Mission Viejo last summer, August 2019, I knew I had to spotlight her. For those of us who know Nancy, the fact that she […]

Swimmer Spotlight — Nancy Milner

December 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Spotlight by Arlene Delmage

MJ Caswell and Jacki Allender — What does the OMS Board do when it is on a retreat? Have fun at the expense of OMS? NO! In October the OMS Board had a marathon Board meeting which lasted all day — it was the annual Board Retreat. Sounds romantic, but in truth they were doing the […]

Meet Your OMS Board at their Retreat

December 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Special by Aqua Master Editor