Swimming for Life

Daily Archives: February 18, 2019

No record-breaking 200 Medley Relay, but fun! L to R Lauren Santamaria, Claudia Daly, Laura Worden and Christina Fox — A cold foggy day, a beautiful new pool, and a hopeful new year intersected to produce a fast Chehalem SCY meet on January 27, 2019, at the new Aquatic and Fitness Center in Newberg, Oregon. The meet hadn’t been held since 2016 while the pool, funded in a partnership by […]

2019 Chehalem Meet

February 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Meet Summary / Motivation / Records / Relays / Results by Claudia Daly

Tim Waud — This year the OMS Association Championship meet will be held at the newly renovated Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation Center May 17-19, 2019. Oregon Masters will be hosting our annual membership meeting along with our annual recognition and awards social on Saturday night. The OMS Board of Directors cordially invites […]

Chair’s Corner – March 2019

February 18, 2019 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Chair's Corner by Tim Waud

Buster Crabbe — An open water swimmer before his time, Buster Crabbe lived in a mountain lodge at Lake Arrowhead, a mountain resort about 80 miles east of Los Angeles. According to Phil Cooper, (who is a retired engineer, Air Force veteran, and Masters swimmer from Long Beach, California), Buster swam throughout the […]

Buster Crabbe

February 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online by Aqua Master Editor

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — February was dubbed the fitness month. For the experienced swimmers and triathletes, it was the critical month to build your base endurance work for the season ahead. For the New Year resolution swimmers, it was the critical month to make it a permanent habit to keep going to the pool […]

Breaststroke: easy or maybe the hardest?

February 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Breaststroke / Coaching / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Sara Shepherd — There are plenty of options out there for swimmers when it comes to using specific pieces of gear to help improve technique and training. Besides your suit and goggles, here are five more pieces of equipment I would recommend to have in your possession on the pool deck, along with […]

Gear Check!

February 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Coach's Chair / Coaching / Training by Sara Shepherd

Bob Bruce — Wrapping up the 2018 USMS Postal Championships (I know, I know, that was last year, but here’s the report), the Oregon LMSC capped another year with a fair showing in the USMS 3000-yard and 6000-yard Postal National Championships. Once again, our participation was far below our usual sterling participation. Here’s […]

Long Distance Swimming – March 2019

February 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Coaching / Events / Long Distance / Long Distance / Results / Results Summary by Bob Bruce

Christi Quinn — Camas resident overcomes great odds to walk again Christy Quinn has lived her life as an active adult and an athlete participating in multiple sporting events including marathons, bike races, and even the Ironman Triathlon (Wisconsin 2010). She was a member of LaCamas Swim and Sport Club, and has even […]

Swimmer Spotlight – Christy Quinn

February 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Spotlight by Arlene Delmage

Have you ever been to a swim meet and watched the relay events when teams set Oregon, Northwest Zone, USMS or even FINA world records? They seem to have a lot of fun, with high-fives and group photos after their races. Have you wondered how they managed to set up […]

A Peek Behind the Scenes—How are OMS Relay Teams Set ...

February 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Relays / Special by Brent Washburne

Ralph Mohr — In 1974 Oregon Masters Swimming had its first State Championship. As far as I know there are three swimmers from that meet who are still involved in OMS: Ron Nakata, Alice Zabudsky, and myself. Karl VonTagen was also there, but I have not seen him at a meet for a […]

Swim Bits – March 2019

February 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Planning / Swim Bits by Ralph Mohr