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Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — The following is the Oregon participation summary for the 2023 USMS 1-Hour Virtual National Championship: • 42 Oregon swimmers (22 women & 20 men) swam and entered, our lowest number in years. • 7 Oregon clubs/local teams were represented. • Club results were not available when I filed this report. […]

Long Distance Swimming – March 2023 – One Hour ePostal ...

March 3, 2023 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Events / Long Distance / Relays / Results / Results Summary by Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — Review: Access to 50-meter pools was challenging this summer, so Oregon Club participation in the 5-km & 10-km Virtual (formerly Postal) Swims fell below pre-pandemic levels. This must have been true across the country as well, as the national entry was low. Still, we gave a very good accounting. 5-km: […]

Long Distance Swimming – November 2022

October 20, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Events / Long Distance / Records / Relays / Results / Results Summary by Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — The 2022 Oregon Open Water Preview The coming of spring reminds us that summer is not far away, and with it the 2022 Oregon open water season. You can find the schedule, event information, and entry links & forms for all Oregon events and information about the 2022 Oregon Open […]

Long Distance Swimming – May 2022

April 28, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Long Distance / Open Water / Open Water / Planning by Bob Bruce

Long Distance Swimming — Oregon Participation summary for the 2022 USMS 1-Hour Virtual National Championship: 63 Oregon swimmers (37 women & 24 men) swam and entered. 8 Oregon clubs/local teams were represented. The Oregon Club placed third overall in the national club standings. Congratulations to… Our FIVE individual National Champions (USMS Long Distance […]

Long Distance Swimming – April 2022

March 28, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Events / Human Interest / Long Distance / Meet Summary / Motivation / Results / Results Summary by Bob Bruce

Oregon LMSC Virtual One-Hour Swim 2022 Place numbers are national places OR = Oregon Record; NR = National Record * = made the Oregon All-Time Top Twelve Women 30-34 2 Tulluch, Natascha 33 COMA 4725* 3 Wilson, Alyson 34 MACO 4670* Women 35-39 1 Higlett, Alexis 39 MACO […]

Oregon LMSC Virtual One-Hour Swim 2022 Results

March 28, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Events / Long Distance / Results by Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — The swims at Eel Lake, started in 1999, have been a fairly consistent stop on the OMS Open Water schedule and have served as a valuable incubator and test site for new open water ideas. This is a short history of the event, and a big question about its future. […]

Eel Lake. Where We’ve Been. Where Are We ...

February 24, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Long Distance / Open Water / Open Water / Planning by Bob Bruce

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

World Record Relay --Willard Lamb, Joy Ward, Janet Gettling, Bob Bruce — Held at JSFC in Bend on Saturday, December 11, 2021 It was GREAT to finally get to race in the pool again! This was the first sanctioned meet in Oregon in two years, since the 2019 COMA All-Around Meet (we’re not forgetting the Senior Games meet hosted by Corvallis in […]

A Quick Review of the 2021 COMA All-Around Challenge Meet

December 29, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Featured / Meet Summary / Records / Relays / Results by Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — Wrapping up the 2021 USMS Postal Championships, the Oregon LMSC capped another year with a strong showing in the USMS 3000-yard and 6000-yard Postal National Championships. Despite a lower number of participants than usual, clearly due to pandemic restrictions at local pools, the Oregon Club managed to win the club […]

Long Distance Swimming – January 2022

December 29, 2021 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Events / Long Distance / Results Summary by Bob Bruce