Daily Archives: February 18, 2019




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





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