Daily Archives: September 25, 2020

Vicki Roe at Squaw Lake — by Erika Schumacher On Saturday, August 29, five SOMA swimmers met at Lake of the Woods for an open water swim. The group met in the morning and swam about 1.5 miles with Mt. McLoughlin in the backdrop. Some SOMA swimmers began swimming open water in May while the pools […]

Open Water Swimming in southern Oregon

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Featured by Aqua Master Editor

Esther at 127 pounds — My decision to start “The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss” began July 13, 2016. I weighed 257 and was having considerable knee pain which hindered my ability to travel. After looking at my X-rays, my doctor informed me that my knees were almost bone on bone but he could […]

Esther: My New Life

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Health / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — As September is here, the kids are back in school (at least virtually) and the pools in the tri-counties of the Portland area might finally reopen with some restrictions, it is time to reset the start button. If you have children at home and a full-time job, your schedule and […]

Quality over Quantity

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation / Nutrition by Colette Crabbe

Jayette Pettit (yellow cap) and Suzy Jajewski — Name: Jayette Pettit Age: 53 Occupation: Retail Store Manager for The Real Mother Goose Gallery at PDX(started in 1991 – soon to be unemployed) Local Team: Southern Oregon Masters Aquatics (SOMA)- Jayette lives in Vancouver, WA, but swims with SOMA because of their participation in open water events. I was […]

Swimmer Spotlight – Jayette Pettit

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Featured / Human Interest / Spotlight by Arlene Delmage

“Why We Swim” written by Bonnie Tsui

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Swim Bits by Ralph Mohr

Eighty Six

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Health / Human Interest / Motivation by Joe Oakes

On a very windy, smokey day Vancouver swimmers Arlene Delmage, Doug Brockbank and Suzy Jajewski workout together at Cascade Athletic. — Member Ne ws

Member News – October 2020

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Open Water / Team Updates by Aqua Master Editor

A Historical Note

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / History by Ralph Mohr

The question was asked, Who were the past OMS presidents, in order, and when did they start and end their presidency. So, I looked in the past Aqua Master newsletters to find the information below. Some months there was no published Aqua Master, so if a new president took over […]

Trivia Question – Does anyone know who the current OMS ...

September 25, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Memories / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Swimming for Life