Long Distance

Articles about Open Water Swimming

Bob Bruce — Upcoming Swims –Saturday, September 7: Southern Oregon Swims at Lake of the Woods, between Medford & Klamath Falls. Our season wrap-up. 3000 & 1500-meter swims on a gorgeous lake. Info & entry at https://www.clubassistant.com/club/meet_information.cfm?c=2441&smid=11819. Entry deadline: Thursday, September 5. $10 extra for day-of-race entry. –Until September 15: USMS 5 & […]

Long Distance Swimming – September 2019

19 Aug, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Long Distance / Open Water by Bob Bruce

Whiskeytown Lake — After last year’s disastrous fire around the lake, the Whiskeytown Open Water swims will take place Sunday, September 8th, as announced by Mark Wagner, Head Coach of the Redding Swim Team. The swims will take place at Oak Bottom Marina on Hwy, 299 west of Redding. Almost all of the […]

Whiskeytown is on!

18 Jul, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Long Distance / Open Water / Planning by Aqua Master Editor

Long Distance Swimming — The Oregon Club had a strong performance in the 2019 USMS One-Hour Postal National Championships, held in January and February in your local pool. Our overall participation was down slightly from previous years, but there were many fine swims. Alas, the ever-anticipated Club results were not available at press deadline […]

Long Distance Swimming – May 2019

16 Apr, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Events / Long Distance / Results / Results Summary by Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — The coming of spring reminds us that summer is not far away, and with it the 2019 Oregon open water season. You can find the schedule, event information, and entry links & forms for all Oregon events and information about the 2019 Oregon Open Water Series at http://swimoregon.org/events/# and http://swimoregon.org/open-water/. […]

The 2019 Oregon Open Water Preview

16 Apr, 2019 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Events / Long Distance / Open Water by Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — With snow still thick on the ground as I write, it seems that we have a very long way until summer. Yet it’s time to start planning for summer excitement and fun. For your planning, here’s the outline of the 2019 Oregon open water schedule. Seven events all told. Our […]

Long Distance Swimming – April 2019

17 Mar, 2019 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Coaching / ePostals / Events / Long Distance / Long Distance / Open Water by Bob Bruce

Mother and daughter one-hour ePostal swimmers, Heather Blair and Laraine Elsten, with Dennis Baker — I know the next ePostal swim event does not begin until May 15, but there are some things that new swimmers need to know about doing an ePostal swim. We want you to be both mentally and physically prepared to participate. There are about 1000 members in OMS and many […]

All Things ePostal!

17 Mar, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Long Distance by Aqua Master Editor

Leah Harris and Mike Oxendine before their 10K at the Amazon Pool. — Hello Swimmers, Oregon Masters Swimming (OMS) has completed a rental agreement for the 50-meter Amazon Pool in Eugene on Saturday, May 25th from 2pm to 6pm to give swimmers the opportunity to complete their 5K or 10K ePostal National Championship swim. We will have the entire Amazon pool for those […]

Confirmation of Amazon Pool Rental for 5K/10K ePostals

17 Mar, 2019 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Events / Long Distance by Matt Miller

Bob Bruce — Wrapping up the 2018 USMS Postal Championships (I know, I know, that was last year, but here’s the report), the Oregon LMSC capped another year with a fair showing in the USMS 3000-yard and 6000-yard Postal National Championships. Once again, our participation was far below our usual sterling participation. Here’s […]

Long Distance Swimming – March 2019

18 Feb, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Coaching / Events / Long Distance / Long Distance / Results / Results Summary by Bob Bruce

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

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