Swimming for Life

Alice Zabudsky

Vancouver swimmers Mark Crosby, Jayette Pettit, Beth Martell, Doug Brockbank, Suzy Jajewski, and Arlene Delmage enjoy a beautiful day on the Columbia River. With fall rapidly approaching water temperatures in the area are dropping quickly. The “Wim Hoff” award goes to Mark Crosby and Suzy Jajewski. If you don’t know […]

Open Water Swimming in OR & WA – October 2021

September 20, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Open Water / Open Water / Training by Alice Zabudsky

An underwater demolition team of the U.S. Navy pulling a rubber boat ashore atWŏnsan, North Korea, during a mis- sion to clear a minefield, October 1950. --U.S. Navy — While at Costco recently, I saw a man sitting on a chair, just waiting. The cap he was wearing said, “World War II Veteran: 1941-1945”. There are not many veterans of WWII alive anymore, so I stopped to chat with him about his experiences in the War. His name is […]

Non-SCUBA divers in World War II

February 18, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Special by Alice Zabudsky

Al Flores Before & After — by Al My father and mother did a lot together — they both had their gallbladders removed before age 60, got cancer at age 72 (dad had stomach cancer and mom had Lymphoma) and, sadly, died at the same age of 79. Meanwhile, their siblings, on both sides, lived cancer-free […]

Got off Statins, Healed GERD and Returned to his College ...

January 17, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Health / Human Interest by Alice Zabudsky

In 2019, not foreseeing the chaos that 2020 would bring, Bob Bruce, Long Distance Chair of Oregon Masters Swimming (OMS) working on behalf of the OMS Board, bid to host the One-Hour Swim ePostal National Championships in 2021. OMS was awarded the bid! Bob bid for the event specifically to […]

20201 One-Hour Swim — ePostal

October 16, 2020 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Events / Planning by Alice Zabudsky

Arlene Delmage chipping — During this time of isolation (“shelter at home”) which is a result of the Government’s reaction to the COVID-19 virus, swimmers have extra time on their hands. So I thought it would be fun to hear what other swimmers are doing with that time. Some of the most serious swimmers […]

How are you spending the extra time you now have ...

April 17, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Motivation by Alice Zabudsky

Alice Zabudsky — The One Hour Swim for 2020 has ended and the results will be in an upcoming Aqua Master. Eighty-nine Oregon-registered swimmers swam and entered the event. I did the One Hour Postal swim this year for the first time, and it was not as bad as I thought it would […]

One Hour Swim–Postal

March 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Featured by Alice Zabudsky

COMA is large team open water champs — My husband and I got up early one Thursday morning and headed toward Foster Lake. What a great morning! The sky had no clouds, the air smelled fresh and damp, the temperature was perfect and the sun was just beginning to shine on the tops of the surrounding trees. The […]

2018 Foster Lake Cable Swim

July 25, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Meet Summary / Results by Alice Zabudsky

Fitness Chairperson OMS is looking for a Fitness Chairperson. It is a Board position. If you would like to be on the OMS Board and write a Fitness article 10 times per year, this job is for you. Responsibilities of the Fitness Chairperson are to: Inform OMS members about fitness […]

Fit to Swim: New Fitness Chairperson needed!

September 21, 2016 in Aqua Master Online / Fitness by Alice Zabudsky

Click to Download: Team Life – Oregon Mid Valley Masters

April 2016 – Team Life: Oregon Mid Valley Masters

March 21, 2016 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Team Updates by Alice Zabudsky