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Once upon a time, in a land before COVID, a hundred or more misguided souls would embark on a grand adventure each year, swimming from the Sellwood Bridge to the St. Johns Bridge through the middle of downtown Portland. It wasn’t just solo swimmers, no! This was a time when […]

2022 Portland Bridge Swim

June 13, 2022 in Announcements / Aqua Master Online / Events / Human Interest / Open Water / Open Water / Open Water / Relays / Special / Training by Marisa Frieder

Great Blue Heron by Jen Allender — The Eel Lake swims August 14-15, were a weird weekend. Wednesday night before the meet, I received a phone call from Bob Bruce who was supposed to run the paper half of the meet. I usually do physical setup and swimmer safety. He’d had a heart problem while swimming that […]

2021 Eel Lake Swims

September 20, 2021 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Long Distance / Meet Summary / Open Water / Open Water by Ralph Mohr

Open water schedule as of Jan 2020

Oregon 2020 open water schedule as of January 2020

January 18, 2020 in Aqua Master Online / Open Water by Bob Bruce

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

Click to Download: Lake Juniper Clinic & Buoy Swim Entry

Lake Juniper Clinic & Buoy Swim Entry

April 12, 2017 in Long Distance / Open Water by OMS Webmaster

2017 Open Water Race Schedule

October 17, 2016 in Long Distance / Open Water by OMS Webmaster

2015 Oregon Open Water Series is complete! Final standings for the Oregon Open Water Series can be found here: 2015 Final Open Water Series Standings SUMMARY 2015 Final Open Water Series Standings See you in a lake next year!

2015 Final Open Water Series Standings

August 26, 2015 in Long Distance / Open Water by Bob Bruce

Marisa Frieder: swim organizer — Portland’s Bridges Draw Serious Swimmers Sellwood, Ross Island, Tilikum Crossing, Marquam, Hawthorne, Morrison, Burnside, Steel, Broadway, Freemont, Burlington Northern & St. John’s; twelve bridges in 11 miles! The Portland Bridge Swim, nicknamed Marisa’s Bridge Party, was started in 2011 by Marisa Frieder with just a few swimmers. It was cancelled […]

Portland’s Bridges Draw Serious Swimmers

July 30, 2015 in Aqua Master Online / Events / Open Water by Alice Zabudsky

Current standings for the Oregon Open Water Series can be found here: Oregon Open Water Series as of 7/21/2015.

2015 Oregon Open Water Series Standings

July 21, 2015 in Open Water by Bob Bruce