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Long Distance Swimming — Let’s lead off these notes with a description of a swimming incident on Tue 23 Jun, as told by OMS Past-President Jeanne Teisher: “Last night if it wasn’t for Tim Waud’s quick action, Jim (my husband) would not be here today. He and Tim were swimming in the Clackamas Cove […]

Long Distance Swimming – August 2020

July 17, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Long Distance / Open Water by Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — I hope that you all continue to be well during this challenging time! This is a report on the current status of Long Distance swimming in Oregon and in the nation in 2020. USMS Open Water Championship Swims: Five of the six USMS Open Water National Championships have been canceled. […]

Long Distance Swimming – July 2020

June 12, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Coaching / ePostals / Events / Long Distance / Long Distance / Open Water by Bob Bruce

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

Oregon 2020 Open Water Season Schedule

June 12, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Long Distance / Open Water / Planning by Bob Bruce

Long Distance Swimming — The Oregon Club had another strong performance in the 2020 USMS One-Hour Postal National Championships, held in January and February in your local pool. Our overall participation was down slightly from previous years, a disturbing trend, but there were many fine swims. The Oregon Club placed second Overall. Oregon Participation […]

Long Distance Swimming – May 2020

April 17, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Coaching / Long Distance / Long Distance / Results Summary by Bob Bruce

Bob Bruce — The highest distinction for a Masters long-distance swimmer is to be named to the USMS Long Distance All-Star Team. To be considered for this honor, swimmers must participate in at least three of the eleven Long Distance National Championship events, which must include at least one open water and one […]

Long Distance Swimming – April 2020

March 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Awards / Long Distance / Long Distance / Long Distance / Open Water by Bob Bruce

Open Water Schedule as of 2020.01.01

Oregon 2020 Open Water schedule as of March

February 20, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Long Distance / Open Water by OMS Webmaster

COMA’s ‘Metric’ Birthday Party According to international swimming rules (for all pool meets measured metrically) and for USMS long distance rules, a swimmer’s age group for the year is determined by his or her age on December 31, the last day of the year. So, logically, January 1, the first […]

Long Distance Swimming – February 2020

January 18, 2020 in Long Distance by Bob Bruce

9 x 100 epostal relay Colette Crabbe, Arlene Delmage, Valerie Jenkins, Karen Andrus-Hughes — Long standing friends Colette Crabbe, Arlene Delmage, Valerie Jenkins, and Karen Andrus-Hughes participated in the Tualatin Hills 2019 Postal Two-Mile Relay. The objective is to swim 3600 yards (approximately two miles) as a relay. The relays can consist of 2, 3, or 4 swimmers, each swimming 100 yards in the […]

Two-Mile Relay

December 21, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / ePostals / Events / Human Interest / Long Distance / Motivation / Planning / Records / Relays / Team Updates by Arlene Delmage