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Off the Block — (Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes scarring and thickening of the intestinal walls and frequently leads to obstruction.) Crohn’s disease was something I had never heard of before. In 2006, I was 17 and still in high school. I remember when I started to feel sick. […]

McDougall Success Stories Star Christine: Cured Crohn’s Disease

24 Oct, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Health / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor

September 26-30, 2018 Kerry O’Brien Coaching Award The U.S. Masters Swimming Coaches Committee initiated a new award in 2008 with the goal of recognizing USMS coaches who are building our membership in communities throughout our country. Originally named the Grassroots Coaching Award, it has been renamed to honor Coach Kerry […]

Volunteer Award Winners from OMS honored at USAS Convention in ...

24 Oct, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Awards / Awards / Events by Aqua Master Editor

Off the Block — by Dr. John McDougall (excerpted) For the entire article, see: https://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2007nl/apr/protein.htm Preface: Dr. John McDougall, M.D., teaches people to eat a plant based diet consisting of fruits, vegetable, grains, beans, nuts, seeds, unrefined foods, and low fat/low sugar. His emphasis is on complex carbohydrates. People loose weight on his all-you-want-to-eat […]

Where Do You Get Your Protein?

19 Sep, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor

Off the Block — Claire Forrest went to her first swim meet at the age of eleven, on a whim. She fell in love with the sport and never looked back. Classified an S6 disabled swimmer for US Paralympics, Claire specialized in mid-distance freestyle and backstroke and made national and world rankings throughout her […]

Ten Female-Swimmer Problems

22 Aug, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Off the Block — by Jenny Landreth Swell is already beloved in the UK: it’s been named the Sunday Times’ Sport Book of the Year, and the Daily Mail assures, “This book will delight you.” It is a funny and bold account of how women fought their way into the water, and of what […]

Swell—A Waterbiography

21 Jun, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Featured by Aqua Master Editor

Margaret Toppel — The Aqua Master Editor sincerely regrets errors in the Awards Booklet, the Awards Slide Presentation and in the May/June 2018, Aqua Master Awards section, and apologize to those individuals who were unintentionally left out, swimmers who were incorrectly listed, and for the confusion, it caused during the Awards Social. New […]

Errors Corrected

21 Jun, 2018 in Aqua Master Online by Aqua Master Editor

Service Awards for 2017

Oregon Masters Swimming Service Awards for 2017

19 Apr, 2018 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Awards / Events / Featured by Aqua Master Editor

Willard "Wink" Lamb — Selected by Swimmers World Magazine in March, 2018 Swimming World Magazine has been recognizing the Top 12 World Masters Swimmers of the Year for the last 14 years. For their 2017 list, Willard Lamb was one of the 12 swimmers chosen. Wink got back into swimming in 2005, after decades […]

World Masters Swimmer of the Year (2017) Willard “Wink” Lamb

19 Apr, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Motivation / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Off the Block — Courtesy of Claire Forrest Claire Forrest is a recent graduate of Grinnell College with a degree in English. She is currently based in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a freelance writer. The only competitive swimmer in her family, Claire went to her first swim meet at the age of eleven on a […]

Off the Block – Swimmer Sensations

19 Apr, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Mental Training / Training by Aqua Master Editor