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Daily Archives: April 17, 2021

November 1, 1921 – March 12, 2021 Rupert proudly was in his 100th year, and lived life to its fullest. He was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, son of Henry Cline Fixott and Eva Jane Scott Fixott. He was the youngest of three sons, brother to Richard and Cline […]

Dr. Rupert Edward Fixott, DMD, FACD

April 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Human Interest / Memories / Obituary by Aqua Master Editor

Tim Waud — Have you heard about USRPT (Ultra Short Race Pace Training)? Do you want to know how to train race pace? World Record holder Glenn Gruber will discuss race pace training and help you understand what it isn’t. Glen set a FINA World Record in the 400 SCM Freestyle at Oregon […]

OMS Presents: Pool Training, Nutrition, and Open Water Training

April 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Chair's Corner by Tim Waud

by Ashlynne’s mother This little girl is my daughter, Ashlynne, and she has been my running buddy since age 3. She ran her first 5k a week or two after she turned 4, and has run several since. A few weeks before her 5th birthday we ran another 5k. She […]

Ashlynne: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

April 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest by Aqua Master Editor

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — Our body is an amazing machine which can adapt to almost anything. However, if you want to keep it working smoothly for a long time, it is better to make it work the way it is intended to, in complete balance and alignment or in its natural way. Most physical […]

The Natural Way is Always the Best Way

April 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Kevin Cleary — For this, the third and final installment of my three-part series, I will be discussing a critical trait shared by all high-level athletes: the ability to not only generate high amounts of strength (aka tension, or the ability to generate tension) and relax completely, but transition from one to the […]

How To Be a Master Athlete (Gold Medal Not Required) ...

April 17, 2021 in Coach's Chair / Coaching by Kevin Cleary

Bob Bruce — The 2021 Oregon Open Water Preview The coming of spring reminds us that summer is not far away, and with it the 2021 Oregon open water season. You can find the schedule, event information, and entry links & forms for all Oregon events and information about the 2021 Oregon Open […]

Long Distance Swimming – May 2021

April 17, 2021 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Events / Long Distance / Open Water / Open Water / Planning by Bob Bruce

Allen Stark — I was born in McAllen, Texas, and my parents named me after this town. My mother was a teacher and my father was a Safety Director at an oil refinery. We lived in Texas for nine years and then moved to Tulsa where I attended elementary, junior high, and high […]

Swimmer Spotlight – Allen Stark

April 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Spotlight by Arlene Delmage

Ralph Mohr — Last month a coterie of Corvallis Masters swimmers came to Eel Lake to camp out in yurts and tents at Tugman Park and to swim in the lake. Since the water temperature at the time was 49.5, F., I admired their courage. Proof of their doughty immersion are in the […]

Swim Bits – May 2021

April 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Swim Bits by Ralph Mohr

by Gary Emich* Fall 2004 — A Quarterly Publication of the South End Rowing Club It is NOT my fault! It’s one of those dreary drizzly December nights & I’m lying in bed reading before “lights out” when I come across the following excerpt from Outside Magazine: “The goal had […]

4 in 1 – the Enchainment

April 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Open Water by Aqua Master Editor