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Off the Block — That tight, nervous feeling you get in your stomach as you approach the blocks When your goggles are so tight they give you a headache but they still . . When you look slow because you swam the right amount of laps and everyone else didn’t swim the last 50 […]

It’s a Swimmer Thing

October 16, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Whenever you feel thankful for someone in OMS, write your Thanks to the Aqua Master Editor. Tell who you are thanking and what they have done to make you appreciate them. You can write a “Thank You” every month, to someone different! This will be an ongoing feature if there […]

Thank Yous – November 2020

October 16, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Joy Ward received this award for her contributions to OMS as the Safety Committee chair for the past sixteen years. Joy willingly took on this role and has been the ‘go to’ person for making sure that every meet director has all of the information he/she needs to run a […]

Joy Ward Receives the 2020 Dorothy Donnelly USMS Service Award

October 16, 2020 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Awards by Aqua Master Editor

Kermit has been an Oregon Masters swimmer for many years and was active in the Tualatin Hills Barracudas and more recently Central Oregon Masters. Kermit has contributed over a period of many years to Oregon Masters. He assumed the Treasurer position in 2013 and continues to fill that position. He […]

Kermit Yensen Receives the 2020 Dorothy Donnelly USMS Service Award

October 16, 2020 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Awards by Aqua Master Editor

As approved by the House of Delegates (HOD) during the virtual 2020 Annual Meeting, USMS will launch its unified national fee structure for the 2021 registration year, which began Thursday, Oct. 1, with club and workout group registration. The unified fee also applies to swimmer registration, which opens on Nov. […]

USMS Launches Unified Membership Fee

October 16, 2020 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online by Aqua Master Editor

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

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

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