Steve Darnell

2400 yards of IM delight! Steve Darnell brings this event to our attention. How many of you have done an 800 IM? How about after four 200 IM’s and two 400 IM’s? Last year, one woman (Anna Graham: 30-34 age group) swam the entire 2,400 yard event in just 33 […]

For the TRULY Committed IM Swimmer

December 21, 2019 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Events / Motivation by Steve Darnell

Starting immediately, Masters swimmers may set Oregon Pentathlon records in any sanctioned one-day swim meet. There are still quite a number of unclaimed records, and some soft records, in all 3 courses (SCY, SCM, LCM). So think about these options in choosing your swim events in your next one-day swim […]

Set a Pentathlon Record in non-Pentathlon Meets

January 21, 2019 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Education / Events by Steve Darnell

Willard completed his 2019 USMS one-hour postal swim January 10. Steve Darnell timed for him at Propstra Aquatic Center in Vancouver, WA. He swam 2,852 yards this year. Twenty yards more than his 2,832 yards last year! Just short of his own 2017 National record of 2,885 yards. He held […]

OMS Super-Star Willard Lamb

January 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Long Distance / Motivation by Steve Darnell

At the annual OMS Board of Directors Retreat meeting on October 21, the Board voted to leave 2018 annual swimmer dues at the same level as 2017. Here is the approved 2018 annual registration fee schedule: Age Group USMS portion OMS portion Total Age 18-24 $43.00 $1.00 $44.00 Age 25-69 […]

No Increase in Total 2018 Annual Dues for Oregon Masters ...

October 23, 2017 in Aqua Master Online by Steve Darnell

Oregon Masters swimmers have been a relative powerhouse in National relay records for more than a decade. In total, Oregon has less than 2% of registered USMS swimmers, but we currently hold 4.6% of the National relay records! Congratulate your fast teammates! For this article, I am reviewing the numbers […]

Oregon Masters Swimmers & USMS National Relay Records

July 19, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Records by Steve Darnell

Now that we are early in the 2017 LCM season, I thought it would be fun to look at some data/trivia in the Oregon LCM Records for Individual events. (I’m working on some Oregon Relay data for the next issue of Aqua Master, so be sure to tune in again […]

Oregon Masters Swimming Trivia!

June 15, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Records / Special by Steve Darnell

Oregon Masters has about 2% of the swimmers in USMS, and we hold about 5.5% of the National relay records. In trying to find some patterns in the data, I decided to slice the data in a number of different ways, to see where Oregon relays are strongest. When you […]

Oregon Relay Records are Outstanding!

April 15, 2015 in Aqua Master Online / Featured by Steve Darnell

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