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Monthly Archives: January 2022

Tim Waud — Celebrating 50 years–1972 ~ 2022 This year, Oregon Masters Swimming will be celebrating 50 years! Earl Walter and Connie Wilson are credited with the founding of Oregon Masters Swimming in 1972. Ten years later in 1982, the Oregon Masters Swimming Board of Directors was created. It was in 1982, that […]

Happy Birthday, Oregon Masters Swimming!

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Chair's Corner by Tim Waud

By Mary McDougall Serves: 6-8 Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 25 min Ingredients 4 Cups Vegetable broth 1 Medium onion, chopped 1/2 Cup Green bell pepper, chopped 2 Cloves Garlic, minced 15 Ounce Can Fire roasted chopped tomatoes 15 Ounce Can Fire roasted crushed tomatoes 15 Ounce Can Black […]

Tortilla Soup with Crispy Strips

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — At the end of the year, people usually reflect on the year past and set up new resolutions for making positive changes. Often, it involves weight loss, starting an exercise program, quitting smoking, eating healthy foods, reducing alcohol consumption, climbing the corporate ladder, or spending more time with family. All […]

2022 Here We Come: Take Actions to Reach Your Personal ...

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Health / Motivation by Colette Crabbe

Kevin Cleary — Wherever you may be in your swimming career and/or season, it’s important that you take time and make the effort to appreciate where you are and what you are doing, regardless of how you think you are doing. A concept that I constantly preach is the importance of viewing your […]

Enjoy the Moment

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Coach's Chair / Coaching / Motivation by Kevin Cleary

Bob Bruce — The 1-Hour Swim ePostal Championships is now “Virtual”, and there are club prizes! The One-Hour Swim? How far can you swim in one hour? It’s the first USMS “Virtual” (formerly “ePostal”) swim each year, done only during the month of January. You can do it in your local 25-yard or […]

Long Distance Swimming – February 2022

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Events / Long Distance by Bob Bruce

Recent Records

Recent Records – February 2022

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Records by Aqua Master Editor

Michael Collins and his sister, Kristin Galbreaith, at the end of the 2019 Portland Bridge Swim — Name: Michael Collins Age: 59 (FINA 60) Occupation: Software Applications Architect at Oregon Department of Justice Local Team: Salem Kroc Masters (KAM) I started practicing with the Kroc Masters Swimming group in Salem almost exactly 10 years ago after realizing I’d vastly overestimated my swim speed in entering the […]

Swimmer Spotlight – Michael Collins

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Biography / Spotlight by Arlene Delmage

Joe Oakes — Many years ago, Frank Drum, the president of the San Francisco Dolphin Club, was quoted in an interview by a local newspaper reporter. Here is his version of the biblical quotation, “Many are called, but few are chosen,” to describe the club’s swimmers in cold San Francisco Bay. “Many are […]

A Biblical Quote

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Open Water by Joe Oakes

Ralph Mohr — Dick Hannula is the most successful high school swimming coach in Washington state ever. His teams at Wilson High School in Tacoma won 24 straight state championships. Hannula coached at the Olympics and several times at the Pan American games. A few years ago I was going through some old […]

Swim Bits – Dick Hannula

January 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Swim Bits by Ralph Mohr