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Squaw Lake — Some swimmers are now enjoying the lakes, which are starting to warm up — if you call 60° – 66° warm! Below are places where others are swimming. Come join them! Several people, with Matt Miller, swim at Emigrant Lake. They swim Mon-Wed-Fri starting at 7 am at Songer Wayside. […]

Swimmers are Heading for Open Water

June 12, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Long Distance / Open Water / Open Water / Open Water / Training by Aqua Master Editor

Box jellyfish — In October, 2014, Chloë McCardel, an Australian, set an Open Water World Record for the Longest Unassisted# Swim under Marathon Swimmers Federation international rules+. She endured 12 jelly fish stings from a box jellyfish* just 12 hours into her swim through the Bahamas. Wearing only a regulation swim suit, a […]

Longest Unassisted Open Water Swim

January 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Motivation / Open Water / Special by Aqua Master Editor

Here is Joe on the ladder when the concrete wall ended — Our ship had sailed into Oslo, Norway last summer. I had the opportunity to visit a couple of museums that I have long wanted to see. One was the Thor Hyerdahl museum, with the Kon Tiki. The other museum had three excavated Viking ships, along with tons of artifacts. It […]

My Norway Swim

January 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Memories / Open Water by Joe Oakes

Jayette Pettit, of Vancouver, Wash., emerges from the water Saturday taking first place in the 3,000-meter-swim ahead of Pat Allender of Corvallis. — Zach Silva; The Umpqua Post Aug 17, 2019 A successful open water swimming event in Oregon is: “Water quality, good; water temperature, great; surroundings and people, great. It’s really about people,” said Oregon Masters Swimming Long Distance chairman Bob Bruce on Saturday morning at Eel Lake. “It’s a great day […]

Open water swimmers take to Eel Lake

September 17, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Long Distance / Meet Summary / Open Water / Open Water by Aqua Master Editor

Solo swimmer Brad Robinson at the race fi nish — This year’s Portland Bridge Swim took place on Sunday, July 7. We were proud to host the USMS National Championships for the second year, welcoming 81 solo swimmers and 19 relay teams from 17 states. Of those, 33 solo swimmers and another 16 relay swimmers were Oregon Masters swimmers. We […]

2019 Portland Bridge Swim

July 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Long Distance / Meet Summary / Open Water / Open Water by Marisa Frieder

Michelle Macy — International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Michelle Macy is to be an inductee (Honor Swimmer) into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in its Class of 2019. Michelle Macy has proven to have few limitations in marathon swimming in terms of distance and water temperature. Michelle set the overall […]

Marvelous Michelle Macy

March 17, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Featured / Human Interest / Open Water by Aqua Master Editor

by Dave Radcliff Hi Oregon Swimmers, Nancy and I are just back from a wonderful Open Water swimming experience in Michigan. Early this year I was checking out Open Water swims for the summer. I saw one listed that was called “Swim to the Moon”. That title caught my attention, […]

Swim to the Moon

September 19, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Long Distance / Meet Summary / Open Water / Open Water by OMS Webmaster

Finisher at Eel Lake Swim — The new kids on the block, Southern Oregon Masters Aquatics (SOMA), will play host to two open water swimming events in beautiful Southern Oregon: Eel Lake Open Water Swims – August 11, 2018 Lake of the Woods Open Water Swims – September 8, 2018 Both of these events will be […]

SOMA to Host Eel Lake & Lake of the Woods ...

February 21, 2018 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Long Distance / Open Water / Open Water by Matt Miller

Vicki Keith — Vicki Keith was described as an unlikely athlete, not apt to succeed in any sport. In school she was last to be picked for teams. No matter how this made her feel, she refused to accept the negative comments made about her abilities. Today, she is one of the most […]

Vicki Keith—Marathon butterfly swimmer

August 15, 2017 in Aqua Master Online / Human Interest / Long Distance / Motivation / Open Water by Aqua Master Editor