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Lynne Cox - Modern Day Hero — by Shannon Keegan My podcast (which is also published to my YouTube channel): Marathon Swim Stories was recently nominated for World of Open Water Swimming Association Offering of the Year! I recorded 70 interviews between April 2nd and December 22nd, 2020, no doubt buoying me through the turbulent times of the […]

MARATHON SWIM STORIES

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured by Aqua Master Editor

February 2021 A big thank you to Peggy Toole. Her Husband Chris, and I were doing a lot of open water swimming at Hagg Lake and safety was always a concern. Peggy and Chris bought a new kayak so Peggy could paddle and watch over us as we swam. It […]

Thank yous – February 2021

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Ted Haartz Memorial

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

Ted Haartz Calendar 87 — Ginger Pierson Not only was he a great volunteer in almost every aspect of swimming for numerous years, but he was a true gentleman, kind, and a source of knowledge wealth. Everyone would have a kind word to say about Ted. He was on a committee I chaired and was […]

OMS Members and Friends Remember Ted Haartz

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

Do you have New Year’s resolutions? You hit the ground like a bull New Year’s Day, then 2 weeks later, the inspiration slowly fades behind the layers of distraction, and, by February, most are fully reverted, with New Years a distant memory. A good background to begin this story, about […]

Janette and Alan’s Odyssey

December 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Fitness / Health / Motivation / Nutrition by Aqua Master Editor

Dick Hannula, now 91, talking with his team before a meet in 1983, won 23 consecutive state swimming championships, making him the most successful coach in Washington high-school history. (SEATTLE TIMES, 1983) — by Bud Withers — edited Seattle Times staff reporter May 23, 2006 What I remember of Dick Hannula is a guy standing on the pool deck at Wilson High wearing a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops. I think he had a whistle around his neck. He had a crew cut, and […]

Coach Dick Hannula: a Maker of Swimming Champions

December 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest by Aqua Master Editor

Thank You

Thank You – January 2021

December 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online by Aqua Master Editor

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