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Aqua MasterUSMS 2004 and 2007 Newsletter of the Year

“Swimming for Life”Volume 36, Number 10 Published 10 Times Yearly by OMS, Inc. December 2009

It was a beautiful day at the pool and on thebeach. Eleven Oregon SCM records and five ZoneSCM records were set at the Lincoln City CommunityPool on a gorgeous sunny day on the northern Oregoncoast. Joy Ward set the meet’s only individual Zonerecord with a 1:31.21 in the W65-69 100 back.Christine Somera set new W18-24 Oregon records inthe 100 and 200 freestyle – 1:05.34 and 2:24.56, andin the same age group Briana Willia sprinted to a newOregon record in the 50 free with a 30.31. Oregonmen nabbed two additional Oregon freestyle records– Seth Kaufman sprinting to a 25.44 in the M40-44,50 free, and Brent Washburne led off a 400 freerelay to set a new 100 free record with a 57.79 forM45-49.

Four new Zone relays records were set, and onenew Oregon record. And, due to a recent FINA rulechange that recognizes 400 and 800 meter relays

(made up ofswimmers 25-yearsand older), two ofthe five recordsetting relays will beeligible to contendfor World Records.In the W240-279400 freestyle relay,Joy Ward, EsterEllis, JeannaSummers andElizabeth Budd set anew Zone record in atime of 6:10.16.Brent Washburne,Wes Edwards, PatAllender and DavidHathaway teamed upin the M200-239400 Free and Medley Mixed relay (L to R): Thomas Esser, Briana Willia,

Christina Somera, Brent Washburne

Men’s relay (L to R): Wes Edwards, Pat Allender, BrentWashburne, David Hathaway

A Day At The BeachLincoln City, October, 11, 2009by Karen Andrus-Highes

– setting Zone records in both with times of 4:00.74and 4:23.87 respectively. Two of the four zonerecord setting relays are eligible to establish newMasters World Records! Brent Washburne continuedhis relay streak by teaming up with three others,Thomas Esser, Briana Willia and Christine Somera toset an Oregon record in the Mixed 100-119 200Medley and a Zone record in the Mixed 100-119 400Medley. Complete results begin on page 6.

What’s InsideChairs Corner .................................. 2Off the Block ................................. 3Shake and Swim ............................. 4Long Distance .................................. 5Results:

Lincoln City .................................. 6Huntsman ..................................... 8Postal Swims ............................... 9

Articles:Atlanta by Storm ..................... 11My New Lane Mate .................. 12Third Quarter Report ........... 13Swimmer Spotlight ................. 15Swim Bits ................................... 16My 75th Birthday .................... 17

Entries:MAC ............................................. 19Chehalem ................................... 20Canby Animal Meet ................. 21OMS Team Registration ........ 22USMS/OMS registration ...... 23

Schedule of Events ..... Back Cover

Chairperson of the BoardJody Welborn

6687 SW Canyon Dr.Portland, OR 97211 503-297-5889

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Vice Chairperson - SanctionsTim Waud

715 Jefferson St.Oregon City, OR 97045 503-341-3152

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SecretaryVacant

TreasurerDoug Christensen

11700 SW Ridgecrest Dr.Beaverton, OR 97008 503-754-2747

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RegistrarSusie Young

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Aqua Master EditorAlice Zabudsky [email protected]

Data Manager(for swim meets)Gary WhitmanOMS Data Manager, PO Box 1072Camas, WA 98607-1072 [email protected]

Officials (for swim meets)Jacki Allender [email protected]

Host / SocialGinger Pierson [email protected]

Fitness ChairHelen [email protected]

SafetyJoy Ward [email protected]

CoachesDennis Baker [email protected]

AwardsDianne Sherwood [email protected]

SouvenirVacant

RecordsStephen Darnell [email protected]

Top TenSusan Shaw [email protected]

Long DistanceBob Bruce W 541-389-7665 H [email protected]

Web MasterMJ [email protected]

MembershipChristina Fox (Database)[email protected] Parker (Promotion) [email protected]

OMS E-mail Group MaintenanceSusie Young [email protected]

SunshineSue Calnek [email protected]

Past ChairJeanne Teisher [email protected]

Founders of OMSConnie Wilson - FounderEarl Walter - Historian

United States Masters Swimming Inc., is now, as it always has been, concerned for the safety and health of itsmembers. lt will continue to disseminate such information concerning swimming safety and health as comes to itsattention. However, United States Masters Swimming cannot and does not accept responsibility for the content ofany information or material not authorized by United States Masters Swimming, Inc. All opinions stated in any suchmaterial are solely those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of United States Masters Swimming, Inc. orOregon Masters Swimming.

Aqua-Master is the official publication of Oregon Masters Swimming, Inc., 1211 SW Fifth Ave., Portland, OR97204-3795. It is the source for meet entries and results of OMS/USMS sanctioned swim meets in Oregon.Contact Susie Young (Registrar) or Jackie Parker (Membership) for membership information. A subscription is partof membership in OMS. Non-members can subscribe using the membership form and sending a check for $12.00payable to OMS. OMS is a Local Masters Swimming Committee (LMSC) and part of United States Masters Swimming,Inc. Information is also available on line at www.swimoregon.org

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Chairs Corner by Jody Welborn

Swimming is for Life,

and Life Matters.

Photo Credit: Charlie Helm, Sue Calnek, Brent Washburne

Hi Everyone,

Can you believe how fast theyear has passed? It is already timeto plan for the holidays (if you arelike me and haven’t been preparing allyear long).

This time of year is one of myfavorites. It is a time ofreflection and gratitude for my life’sblessings: my family, my friends,my health, and so much more. And Ihave been lucky to be part of theswimming community.

However, this time of yearalso reminds me that not everyone isso fortunate. And, while I swim mylaps, I have challenged myself to findways that I can use swimming tocontribute to those in need. And Ichallenge you as well.

Identify a charity. DoctorsWithout Borders, Susan G. Komen,American Heart Association are onesthat come to mind among manyothers.

Organize an event with your

team. Stage a swim-a-thon, forexample, or require a donationof canned foods for the FoodBank for admission to aworkout.

Use charity formotivation. Wouldn’t it bemotivating if you knew thatevery mile you sweat it outtranslated into dollars for annon-profit organization youcared about? Donate $10 or 1hour of time per workoutcompleted in December to alocal organization.

Make it personal. Don’tlimit yourself to groupactivities. Count your miles inthe pool in November andpledge $1.00 per mile to theOregon Food Bank. Set a goal(swim a half-marathon) and getyour friends and family tocontribute to a designatedcharity in support.

Be creative. Be involved. And remember,

www.swimoregon.org December 2009 Aqua Master

Off the Blockby Charlie Helm

Continued on page 10

In early 2008 I had thehonor of being appointed to theOregon Governor’s Council onPhysical Fitness and Sports(OGCPFS for short) for athree-year term by GovernorTed Kulongoski. Shortly afterjoining, I was also elected ViceChair of the Council-my“reward” for having new ideasand making suggestions to thegroup. I was re-elected againfor 2009. I am also the firstand only swimmer on theCouncil. Soon after myappointment, I was approachedby Dave Radcliff with the ideaof writing a future articleabout the OGCPFS for the AquaMaster after I have served fora while. Dave passed this ideaon to our new editor, Alice, whothought now was a good time tosubmit this article.

A little backgroundinformation: I was interestedand motivated to becomeinvolved with the Council afterbeing away from MastersSwimming for well over fiveyears and gaining considerableweight and becoming very outof shape. I had been an activeMasters Swimmer with OMSfrom late 1996 to the end of2001. As one of the manyOregonians who has beenaffected by the poor economy,I had to stop swimming shortlyafter my long-time employer

closed his business. I then hadto work two jobs for manyyears just to make ends meet.As a result, I developed pooreating habits and had no timefor any physical activity. Mealswere regularly from the fastfood drive through window as Irushed from one job to thenext. With this type oflifestyle, it didn’t take long topack on the pounds. Near theend of 2007, I finally decidedit was time to get my acttogether, as a serious illnesswith a family member served asa wakeup call for me. Workingthe night shift as a SecurityOfficer, I started walking mypost. I started reading manyhealth and fitness publicationsto get the latest on nutritionand sensible weight losstechniques. The simple changeof better nutrition and a littlephysical activity each dayresulted in a steady loss ofweight. I started feelingbetter and sleeping better,which was motivation enough tocontinue. In the beginning of2008, I was able to startswimming a few times a monthon my own as well. Soon afterthis I was appointed to theOGCPFS. With a new job, I wasable to return to mastersswimming in October of 2008.

The mission of the OGCPFS hasthree parts:

1. To bring awareness of thepreventative and lifelong

benefits associated withphysical activity and propernutrition to all Oregonians.

2.To encourage, promote, andendorse events that enrichand improve the health andwellness of Oregon’scitizens.

3.To recognize and awardachievements and practicesthat contribute to thehealth and well being ofOregonians.A new program that we

started in 2009, and that maybe of interest to Mastersswimmers, is called the “SeniorFitness Leadership Awards.”There are awards forindividuals and for programs. Iwill discuss the individualawards. The Senior FitnessLeadership Award was createdto give special recognition toindividuals in their communitieswho have either madesignificant contributions in thebroad areas of physical fitnessand wellness or who havepersonally achieved a high levelof fitness and healthy lifestyle.The individuals selected receivea personalized FitnessLeadership Award from theOGCPFS personally signed bythe Governor.

Who may be nominated forthe individual Senior FitnessLeadership Award? Only onelocal resident of yourcommunity may be nominatedeach year. A Senior Fitness

What is the OGCPFS?


Shake and Swim with “Bake”

Practicing What I PreachCoach Dennis Baker

OMS has decided to go online with meetregistration using Club Assistant Online Club andTeam Management Software. We will still be usingour current USPS meet entry forms provided inthe Aqua Master Newsletter in conjunction withClub Assistant online meet entries. To better savetime, and money, OMS will provide online entriesbeginning with the January 30, 2010 ChehalemShort Course Yards Meet and the February 14,2010 Seventh Annual Animal Masters Meet. Thisonline URL link will be provided on the OMSwebsite at www.swimoregon.org.

All USMS members will pass through a quickand easy USMS ID number validation within theClub Assistant online meet registration, no morephotocopies of your registration card. PersonalEntry times are confirmed with a quick link to theUSMS website. Swimmers can pay for their meetentry fee, T-shirts and more, using a credit cardthat is authorized on the spot. No more writingpersonal checks. Entry deadlines will be the sameas those sending entries via USPS.

—Tim Waud

OMS is Going Online with Club Assistant Meet Registration

In many of the articles that I have writtenabout technique and changing your stroke for thebetter, I always mention how hard it is to do andhow you have to open your mind. Well I know findmyself immersed in the struggle to change myButterfly stroke after swimming it the same wayfor the last 43 years. I have decided to try tobreathe to the side for a whole year and seewhat happens. Why am I doing this you ask? Hereare the steps I have taken and the mind set I amapproaching it with.

1. I watched a video 4 months ago of MelvinStewart who is an Olympic championButterflyer. I watched him breathe tothe side and beat Michael Gross who wasthe reigning Butterfly champion for manyyears.

2. I tried it in practice and struggled with itfor a few weeks and then it started tofeel better.

3. I really liked how it felt when I took abreath and came back down into thewater as my chest gets nice and deep andmy body undulates more.

4. I feel very sore in different parts of mybody because I am using different musclesat different times in my stroke.

5. I tried it in a meet recently and videotaped it. I was really nervous and scared totry it since I have swam it the same wayfor the last 43 years. It felt pretty goodwhen I raced but my time was a lot slowerthan I thought it would be.

6. I am struggling with going so much slowerthan I thought I was in my mind.

7. I will open my mind because I know this isworth a try to improve my stroke even if Igo slower for a while because the videotape showed that my body position was alot better.

8. I will swim it the rest of the year this wayand give it time to improve, even in thereally big meets.

I have never done this kind of major strokechange before. I have asked countlessswimmers to do something like this. I havenever been so baffled, excited, scared anduncomfortable. Time to practice what I preach.


Long DistanceSwimming

by Bob Bruce

Last year, the Oregon Club had a hugebreakthrough in performance in theUSMS 5-km & 10-km Postal swims, with

its largest entry by far and a win in the clubchampionship in the 5-km event. This year, Iwas stunned to see a huge continued increasein participation overall! Wow!

5-km: 50 swimmers from Oregon (26 women &24 men) entered the event—a 50% increasefrom last year and our most ever by far!Oregon swept all three National Titles in theclub scoring, winning the Women’s, Men’s, andCombined Categories—more about this below.

10-km: 23 Oregon swimmers (9 women & 14men) entered this longer distance event, anearly 400% increase from last year and ourbest ever by miles! And as a result of hugeparticipation and excellent swimming, Oregonleaped into first place in the Women’s, Men’s,and Combined Club Categories, our first timeever.

Overall: Yes, you read this correctly. Oregonswept ALL SIX CLUB TITLES in these twoevents!

Congratulations to…• Our FIVE individual National Champions—

Mary Sweat, Bob Bruce, Steve Johnson, &Dave Radcliff TWICE (USMS Long DistanceAll-Americans!);

• Our TEN relay team National Champions(USMS Long Distance Relay All-Americans);

• Our THREE National Individual Recordbreakers—Steve Johnson & Dave Radcliff(twice!);

• Our ONE National Record Relay team—Mixed 55+ 4 x 5000 of Joanna Summers,Elizabeth Budd, Jed Cronin, & Bob Bruce;

• Our NINE Oregon Individual Recordbreakers—Evelyn Pryor, Elizabeth Budd

(twice!), Tam Jenkins, Michael Kalk, HardyLussier, Steve Johnson, & Dave Radcliff(twice!);

• Our NINE Oregon Relay Record teams;• Our top three Quality Point scorers in the

5-km swim—Dave Radcliff (1077—you canpick up lots of points when you smashnational records), Arlene Delmage (907), &Bob Bruce (903);

• Our top three Quality Point scorers in the10-km swim—Dave Radcliff (1138—thehighest QP score ever recorded in anyUSMS Championship swim!), Steve Johnson(1008—a National Record performance too,breaking his previous record), & DavidHathaway (906);

• Everyone who participated, particularly theSIXTEEN swimmers that swam in bothevents!

See the full Oregon results begining on page 9.

The unique club scoring system has certainlyadded interest in these events. Club pointscoring is based on “Quality Points”, the ratioof each individual time to the USMS Recordfor the gender & age group. For example, aswimmer who ties the National Record scores1000 points, a swimmer whose time is 10%slower than the Record scores 900 points, etc.Obviously, the faster the swim the moreQuality Points a swimmer earns. Club totalsare the sum of the quality points of itsswimmers (EVERYONE COUNTS, much like thecurrent One-Hour Swim scoring), rather thanplace totals of the top ten swimmers in eachage group (which is more like pool meetscoring). And it is a very cool method ofcomparing individual swims across age groups—this system is ready-made for side wagers!

Good luck and good swimming!


Lincoln City SCM- October 11, 2009

Women 18-2450 SC Meter Freestyle1 Willia, Briana 23 OREG 30.31 O2 Esser, Elizabeth 23 OREG 33.633 Halligan, Tess 21 OREG 35.52100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Somera, Christine 24 OREG 1:05.34 O2 Willia, Briana 23 OREG 1:09.273 Esser, Elizabeth 23 OREG 1:10.914 Halligan, Tess 21 OREG 1:18.21200 SC Meter Freestyle1 Somera, Christine 24 OREG 2:24.56 O2 Willia, Briana 23 OREG 2:32.413 Esser, Elizabeth 23 OREG 2:32.5650 SC Meter Butterfly1 Halligan, Tess 21 OREG 40.30100 SC Meter Butterfly1 Willia, Briana 23 OREG 1:18.202 Somera, Christine 24 OREG 1:18.23100 SC Meter IM1 Willia, Briana 23 OREG 1:15.152 Esser, Elizabeth 23 OREG 1:23.563 Halligan, Tess 21 OREG 1:32.11Women 30-34100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Pryor, Evelyn 32 OREG 1:15.28100 SC Meter Backstroke1 Pryor, Evelyn 32 OREG 1:30.8650 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Coulter, Amy 32 OREG 41.71100 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Pryor, Evelyn 32 OREG 1:43.00100 SC Meter Butterfly1 Pryor, Evelyn 32 OREG 1:32.39100 SC Meter IM1 Coulter, Amy 32 OREG 1:20.86Women 35-3950 SC Meter Freestyle1 Shindel, Marci 35 OREG 34.282 Howard, Kelly 37 OREG 34.80100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Edwards, Bonnie 37 OREG 1:16.262 Howard, Kelly 37 OREG 1:16.78200 SC Meter Freestyle1 Edwards, Bonnie 37 OREG 2:44.64100 SC Meter Backstroke1 Lassen, Megan 39 OREG 1:22.4450 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Shindel, Marci 35 OREG 40.882 Lassen, Megan 39 OREG 42.243 Howard, Kelly 37 OREG 46.38100 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Lassen, Megan 39 OREG 1:34.66100 SC Meter Butterfly1 Lassen, Megan 39 OREG 1:28.94100 SC Meter IM1 Lassen, Megan 39 OREG 1:20.662 Shindel, Marci 35 OREG 1:23.193 Edwards, Bonnie 37 OREG 1:26.954 Howard, Kelly 37 OREG 1:32.37Women 45-4950 SC Meter Freestyle

1 Reid, Stephanie 48 OREG 37.592 Fox, Christina 49 OREG 39.38200 SC Meter Freestyle1 Fox, Christina 49 OREG 3:03.3550 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Fox, Christina 49 OREG 48.38200 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Fox, Christina 49 OREG 3:39.26100 SC Meter IM1 Reid, Stephanie 48 OREG 1:34.562 Fox, Christina 49 OREG 1:39.88Women 50-5450 SC Meter Freestyle1 Vincent, Nancy 50 OREG 33.412 Lamoureux, Lori 50 OREG 34.083 Hollingsworth, Lori 54 OREG 37.304 Beechert, Robin 52 OREG 42.65100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Lamoureux, Lori 50 OREG 1:18.152 Hollingsworth, Lori 54 OREG 1:23.413 Beechert, Robin 52 OREG 1:33.814 Peterson, Connie 54 OREG 1:53.42200 SC Meter Freestyle1 Lamoureux, Lori 50 OREG 2:56.422 Peterson, Connie 54 OREG 4:02.7550 SC Meter Backstroke1 Beechert, Robin 52 OREG 46.3750 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Vincent, Nancy 50 OREG 41.812 Lamoureux, Lori 50 OREG 44.413 Beechert, Robin 52 OREG 58.13100 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Vincent, Nancy 50 OREG 1:32.02200 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Vincent, Nancy 50 OREG 3:16.2250 SC Meter Butterfly1 Vincent, Nancy 50 OREG 39.002 Hollingsworth, Lori 54 OREG 46.583 Beechert, Robin 52 OREG 54.56100 SC Meter Butterfly1 Peterson, Connie 54 OREG 2:16.54100 SC Meter IM1 Hollingsworth, Lori 54 OREG 1:43.572 Peterson, Connie 54 OREG 2:05.15200 SC Meter IM1 Peterson, Connie 54 OREG 4:35.32Women 55-59100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Budd, Elizabeth 55 OREG 1:21.33200 SC Meter Freestyle1 Budd, Elizabeth 55 OREG 2:52.442 Summers, Jeanna 55 OREG 2:55.4850 SC Meter Backstroke1 Summers, Jeanna 55 OREG 42.28100 SC Meter Backstroke1 Summers, Jeanna 55 OREG 1:26.692 Budd, Elizabeth 55 OREG 1:32.13200 SC Meter Backstroke1 Summers, Jeanna 55 OREG 3:18.24100 SC Meter IM1 Budd, Elizabeth 55 OREG 1:31.90Women 60-64

50 SC Meter Freestyle1 Ellis, Esther 64 OREG 50.75200 SC Meter Freestyle1 Ellis, Esther 64 OREG 4:14.58200 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Ellis, Esther 64 OREG 5:37.40Women 65-69100 SC Meter Backstroke1 Ward, Joy 67 OREG 1:31.21 Z200 SC Meter Backstroke1 Ward, Joy 67 OREG 3:15.15200 SC Meter IM1 Ward, Joy 67 OREG 3:33.44

MENMen 18-2450 SC Meter Freestyle1 Esser, Thomas 21 OREG 29.8950 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Esser, Thomas 21 OREG 39.3850 SC Meter Butterfly1 Esser, Thomas 21 OREG 32.70100 SC Meter IM1 Esser, Thomas 21 OREG 1:17.18Men 30-3450 SC Meter Freestyle1 Ryan, Daniel 32 OREG 29.7750 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Ryan, Daniel 32 OREG 40.00100 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Ryan, Daniel 32 OREG 1:31.18100 SC Meter IM1 Ryan, Daniel 32 OREG 1:22.56Men 35-39100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Odegard, Kyle 35 OREG 1:09.9550 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Braun, Mark 38 OREG 38.512 Odegard, Kyle 35 OREG 42.26100 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Lassen, Jason 37 OREG 1:31.87200 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Braun, Mark 38 OREG 3:05.162 Lassen, Jason 37 OREG 3:15.3950 SC Meter Butterfly1 Odegard, Kyle 35 OREG 33.84200 SC Meter Butterfly1 Odegard, Kyle 35 OREG 3:13.73100 SC Meter IM1 Odegard, Kyle 35 OREG 1:21.32Men 40-4450 SC Meter Freestyle1 Kaufman, Seth 41 OREG 25.44 O100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Kaufman, Seth 41 OREG 1:05.70100 SC Meter IM1 Kaufman, Seth 41 OREG 1:17.50Men 45-4950 SC Meter Freestyle1 Cossey, Terry 45 OREG 31.63100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Hathaway, David 49 OREG 1:01.73

W = Breaks listed World Record (includes National, Zone & OR) Z = Zone Record, (includes OR)N = Breaks listed National Record (includes Zone & OR) O = Oregon Record


MENMen 120-159200 SC Meter Free1 OREG .......................... 2:08.301) Ryan, D. 32 2) Amperse, D. 553) Odegard, K. 35 4) Lassen, J. 37

Men 200-239400 SC Meter Free1 OREG .......................... 4:00.74 ..................... Z1) Washburne, B. 48 2) Edwards, W. 563) Allender, P. 51 4) Hathaway, D. 49400 SC Meter Medley1 OREG .......................... 4:23.87 ..................... Z1) Edwards, W. 56 2) Allender, P. 513) Hathaway, D. 49 4) Washburne, B. 48

WOMENWomen 160-199200 SC Meter Free1 OREG ....................... 2:23.041) Howard, K. 37 2) Hollingsworth, L. 543) Reid, S. 48 4) Coulter, A. 32200 SC Meter Medley1 OREG ....................... 2:48.801) Howard, K. 37 2) Coulter, A. 323) Reid, S. 48 4) Hollingsworth, L. 54

Women 240-279400 SC Meter Free1 OREG ....................... 6:10.16 ......................... Z1) Ward, J. 67 2) Ellis, E. 643) Summers, J. 55 4) Budd, E. 55

RelaysMIXED

Mixed 100-119200 SC Meter Medley1 OREG .......................... 2:14.29 ...................... O1) Willia, B. 23 2) Esser, T. 213) Washburne, B. 48 4) Somera, C. 24400 SC Meter Medley1 OREG .......................... 5:08.19 ...................... Z1) Washburne, B. 48 2) Esser, T. 213) Willia, B. 23 4) Somera, C. 24

Mixed 120-159200 SC Meter Medley1 OREG .......................... 2:35.091) Edwards, B. 37 2) Lassen, J. 373) Lassen, M. 39 4) Braun, M. 38

2 Cossey, Terry 45 OREG 1:11.66SplitWashburne,Brent48OREG 57.79 O200 SC Meter Freestyle1 Cossey, Terry 45 OREG 2:40.0250 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Cossey, Terry 45 OREG 42.45100 SC Meter IM1 Cossey, Terry 45 OREG 1:22.59200 SC Meter IM1 Hathaway, David 49 OREG 2:35.23Men 50-5450 SC Meter Freestyle1 La Count, Curt 51 OREG 28.152 Helm, Charlie 53 OREG 37.59100 SC Meter Freestyle1 La Count, Curt 51 OREG 1:02.1650 SC Meter Backstroke1 La Count, Curt 51 OREG 32.642 Helm, Charlie 53 OREG 55.91100 SC Meter Backstroke1 La Count, Curt 51 OREG 1:16.6850 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Allender, Patrick 51 OREG 34.072 Helm, Charlie 53 OREG 55.22100 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Allender, Patrick 51 OREG 1:13.48

200 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Allender, Patrick 51 OREG 2:42.4350 SC Meter Butterfly1 La Count, Curt 51 OREG 29.62Men 55-5950 SC Meter Freestyle1 Larson, Allen 56 OREG 33.32100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Amperse, David 55 OREG 1:10.212 Larson, Allen 56 OREG 1:12.91200 SC Meter Freestyle1 Larson, Allen 56 OREG 2:41.33100 SC Meter BackstrokeSplitWes Edwards 56 OREG 1:07.31200 SC Meter Backstroke1 Edwards, Wes 56 OREG 2:56.1350 SC Meter Butterfly1 Amperse, David 55 OREG 35.27100 SC Meter Butterfly1 Amperse, David 55 OREG 1:20.46100 SC Meter IM1 Edwards, Wes 56 OREG 1:13.962 Amperse, David 55 OREG 1:20.45200 SC Meter IM1 Amperse, David 55 OREG 3:05.45Men 60-64

50 SC Meter Freestyle1 Shelfer, Robert 64 OREG 36.85100 SC Meter Freestyle1 Ellis, John 63 OREG 1:23.672 Shelfer, Robert 64 OREG 1:26.39200 SC Meter Freestyle1 Shelfer, Robert 64 OREG 3:23.44100 SC Meter Backstroke1 Ellis, John 63 OREG 1:55.03100 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Ellis, John 63 OREG 1:46.33100 SC Meter Butterfly1 Ellis, John 63 OREG 1:54.41200 SC Meter IM1 Ellis, John 63 OREG 3:41.18Men 65-6950 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Keudell, David 69 OREG 46.77100 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Keudell, David 69 OREG 1:44.81200 SC Meter Breaststroke1 Keudell, David 69 OREG 3:45.61Men 70-7450 SC Meter Butterfly1 Petersen, Bert 71 OREG 33.59

Johnny Weissmuller, the first toswim 100 meters in less than aminute, was a hero in real lifetoo? He saved the lives of 11people when an excursion boatcapsized on lake Michigan. Healso played the role of a hero inreel life - 'Tarzan the Ape man'in the movie series based onEdgar Rice-Burrough's novel.

In the 1948 Olympics, the U.S.won every event in the swimmingcompetition.


Seven OMS swimmers competed Oct. 7-9, 2009, in the 23rd Huntsman World SeniorGames in St George, Utah. Thanks to Ralph Mohr for these results.

A group photo of all but two of the Men’s 65-69 age group at 2009 Huntsman WorldSenior Games

Women 60-64 ........ Place... TimePierson, Ginger50 Breaststroke ............... 1 ....... :43.96100 Breaststroke ............. 1 ..... 1:37.04200 Breaststroke ............ 1 .... 3:32.48100 Butterfly .................... 1 ...... 1:43.91200 Butterfly ................... 1 ..... 3:51.52100 Individual Medley .... 1 ..... 1:38.87200 Individual Medley .... 1 .... 3:36.95400 Individual Medley .... 1 .... 7:46.29

Women 75-79 ........ Place... TimeL’Esperance, Beverly100 Freestyle .................... 4 .... 2:46.09200 Freestyle ................... 3 ..... 6:19.5650 Back ............................... 3 ..... 1:24.66100 Back ............................. 4 ..... 3:16.44200 Back ............................ 3 ..... 6:48.17

Men 60-64 ........... Place... TimeEttner, John50 Freestyle ..................... 5 ....... :33.60100 Freestyle .................... 6 ..... 1:24.4050 Back ............................... 3 ....... :45.33100 Back ............................. 3 ..... 1:46.60100 Breaststroke ............. 4 ...... 1:51.25100 Individual Medley .... 4 ..... 1:40.7350 Breaststroke ............... 2 ....... :46.73

Men 65-69 ........... Place... TimeMohr, Ralph200 Freestyle ................... 3 .... 3:02.66400 Freestyle ................... 3 ...... 6:19.16800 Freestyle ................... 2 ... 12:58.151500 Freestyle ................. 3 ...24:44.19100 Butterfly .................... 4 ...... 1:50.91200 Individual Medley .... 5 .... 3:36.49

Beverly L’Esperance, George Thayer, Ralph Mohr, and Brent Lake arefrom OREG (COMA). Rich Juhala is from OREG, no local team. JohnEttner is UNATTACHED, from Grants Pass. Ginger Pierson is fromOREG (Oregon Reign Masters). Note: Club is in capital letters, localteam is in parentheses.

Juhala, Richard50 Back ............................... 4 ........ :51.26100 Back ............................. 2 ..... 1:52.97200 Back ............................ 3 .... 3:49.72200 Breaststroke ............ 3 .... 4:00.4450 Butterfly ...................... 5 ....... :42.35100 Butterfly .................... 3 ...... 1:44.17200 Butterfly ................... 2 .... 4:32.20200 Individual Medley .... 6 ..... 4:01.02

Men 70-74 ........... Place ... TimeThayer, George50 Freestyle ..................... 1 ....... :33.3950 Back ............................... 1 ....... :40.69100 Back ............................. 1 ..... 1:30.08200 Back ............................ 1 ..... 3:30.1450 Breaststroke ............... 1 ........ :45.10100 Individual Medley .... 1 ..... 1:36.94

Lake, Brent50 Freestyle ..................... 6 ........ :42.71100 Freestyle .................... 4 ..... 1:30.36200 Freestyle ................... 3 ...... 3:15.31400 Freestyle ................... 1 .... 6:44.07800 Freestyle ................... 1 ... 13:47.461500 Freestyle ................. 1 .. 26:53.0650 Back ............................... 3 ......... 45.16100 Back ............................. 4 ..... 1:42.07200 Back ............................ 3 .... 3:45.82

Race Tip

At the finish of a raceswimmers MUST remain in thepool and in their own lane (so asnot to interfere with anotherincoming swimmer) until allswimmers have completed therace.

If electronic touch pads arein use, the swimmers MUSTNOT hang on the end wall, butrest to the side of the lanehanging one arm across the lanerope. Once the swimmer hastouched the touch pad to finishthe race, any subsequent touchwill re-trigger the touch padand give the swimmer a false orslower time.

When all the swimmers havecompleted the race, theMarshall will give 2 short blastsof his whistle to signal theswimmers to leave the pool.Swimmers must leave by goingunder the lane ropes to the sidesteps. They are not allowed toleave by the diving block.

Tracy Caulkins is the only swim-mer ever, man or woman, to ownAmerican records in everystroke. (USA Swimming)


Women 18-245 Celeste Morton 21 COMA 1:20:37.00* 805Women 30-346 Evelyn Pryor 32 CAT 1:22:16.00* 783Women 35-395 Megan Lassen 39 ORM 1:22.33.07* 76913 Bonnie Edwards 37 ORM 1:31:37.62* 69314 Marci Shindel 35 CAT 1:32:50.00* 684Women 40-443 Betsy Watkins 44 ORM 1:13:40.60* 854Women 45-493 Arlene Delmage 47 ORM 1:11:01.55 90711 Joni Young 48 SCC 1:21:48.03* 78813 Kris Denney 49 COMA 1:23:03.99* 77617 Christina Fox 48 CAT 1:34:14.00 68419 Pat Rogers 49 ORM 1:42:02.00 63220 Gayle Orner 46 CBAT 1:44:58.00 61422 Debbie Pappa 48 COMA 1:55:53.00 556Women 50-541 Mary Sweat 52 unat 1:15:34.29 8675 Laura Worden 51 CAT 1:23:11.37 7886 Colette Crabbe 52 ORM 1:24:39.65* 77412 Teresa Copeland 52 EA 1:28:14.00* 74316 Connie Peterson 54 COMA 1:51:50.00 586Women 55-595 Elizabeth Budd 55 CAT 1:27:38.00* OR 8177 Joanna Summers 55 ORM 1:31:19.00* 78414 Jeannie Groesz 59 COMA 1:51:55.99* 64015 Susan Sanders 55 ORM 1:54:19.00* 627Women 60-645 Ginny Saunders 60 ORM 1:45:35.00* 8076 Tam Jenkins 61 ORM 1:46:44.00 7989 Carol Stark 60 ORM 2:21:44.01* 601Women 65-693 Peggie Hodge 69 COMA 2:15:16.34* 626

Men 25-292 Michael Kalk 29 CAT 1:22:39.00* 755Men 30-354 Nathan Boal 31 CAT 1:12:53.10 822Men 35-396 Mark Braun 37 ORM 1:25:01.00* 684Men 40-443 Hardy Lussier 44 COMA 1:09:05.00* OR 8455 Rob Higley 44 COMA 1:12:18.00* 8089 Tim Waud 42 ORM 1:15:09.78* 77718 Steve Sloop 44 COMA 1:39:09.00* 589Men 45-498 David Hathaway 48 ORM 1:10:08.13* 87412 Kris Calvin 46 COMA 1:12:38.00 844Men 50-543 Pat Allender 50 CAT 1:10:14.60* 86710 Keith Dow 54 OPEN 1:21:35.99* 74619 Walt Carter 54 COMA 1:45:57.00* 575Men 55-5915 Jim Teisher 59 THB 1:25:40.00* 73916 Wes Edwards 56 LH 1:27:41.00 72218 Mike Carew 59 COMA 1:37:00.00* 65319 Dallas Figley 57 COMA 1:41:39.14* 62320 Larry Beck 58 ORM 2:02:12.00 51822 Larry Gillham 59 COMA 2:19:24.00 454Men 60-641 Bob Bruce 61 COMA 1:15:55.14 9032 Jed Cronin 60 THB 1:16:08.81* 901

8 John Ellis 63 ORM 1:34:27.00* 726Men 65-692 Tom Landis 67 COMA 1:22:10.99 8804 Ralph Mohr 67 COMA 1:34:50.00* 762Men 75-791 Dave Radcliff 75 THB 1:16:36.73* NR 1077

Women’s 18+: 3 x 50003 OREG (Lassen, Pryor, Morton) 4:05:26.07 ORWomen’s 35+: 3 x 50003 OREG (Worden, Denney, Watkins) 3:59:55.96Women’s 45+: 3 x 50002 OREG (Young, Sweat, Delmage) 3:48:23.87Women’s 55+: 3 x 50002 OREG (Saunders, Summers, Budd) 4:44:32.00 ORMen’s 25+: 3 x 50002 OREG (Kalk, Dow, Boal) 3:57:08.09Men’s 35+: 3 x 50001 OREG (Waud, Higley, Lussier) 3:36:32.78 ORMen’s 45+: 3 x 50004 OREG (Calvin, Allender, Hathaway) 3:33:00.73 ORMen’s 55+: 3 x 50002 OREG (Teisher, Cronin, Bruce) 3:57:43.95Men’s 65+: 3 x 50001 OREG (Mohr, Landis, Radcliff) 4:13:37.72Mixed 18+: 4 x 50002 OREG (Pryor, Morton, Boal, Calvin) 5:08:24.10 ORMixed 35+: 4 x 50001 OREG (Young, Watkins, Higley, Lussier) 4:56:51.63Mixed 45+: 4 x 50002 OREG (Sweat, Delmage, Allender, Hathaway) 4:46:58.57Mixed 55+: 4 x 50001 OREG (Summers, Budd, Cronin, Bruce) 5:31:00.95 NR

Combined National Club Scores:1 OREGON 37,925 pts2 Illinois Masters 15,5983 DOC IU Masters 15,400

A note about club scoring: Club point scoring is calculatedbased on Quality Points, which is the ratio of eachindividual time to the current USMS Record for the gender& age group and expressed as the three-digit number thatyou see following each individual time in the results. Thefaster the swim the more Quality Points a swimmer earned.Club totals are the sum of the quality points of itsswimmers. Since every swimmer receives quality points,every swimmer counts!

To help settle the side wagers concerning who had the best5-km swim—across gender and age group lines—here is thelist of the top twelve swimmers in Quality Points:1 Dave Radcliff 1077 pts (He broke the NR!)2 Arlene Delmage 9073 Bob Bruce 9034 Jed Cronin 9015 Tom Landis 8806 David Hathaway 8747t Mary Sweat 8677t Pat Allender 8679 Betsy Watkins 85410 Hardy Lussier 84511 Kris Calvin 84412 Elizabeth Budd 817

Oregon LMSC 5-km Postal Swim Results 2009Place numbers are national placesOR = Oregon Record; NR = National Record; * = Oregon All-Time Top Twelve Time


Women 25-293 Erin Popelka 28 CAT 2:46:12.68* 812Women 30-346 Evelyn Pryor 32 CAT 2:54:47.00* OR 7867 Jackie Parker 31 OPEN 3:15:36.00* 702Women 45-496 Joni Young 48 SCC 2:53:14.35 8068 Terri Tyynismaa 47 CRM 2:57:17.00* 78810 Pat Rogers 49 ORM 3:21:08.81 695Women 50-543 Teresa Copeland 52 EA 3:13:16.00* 705Women 55-593 Elizabeth Budd 55 CAT 2:57:39.00* OR 767Women 60-643 Tam Jenkins 61 ORM 3:44:10.00* OR 839

Men 25-292 Michael Kalk 29 CAT 2:49:13.08* OR 738Men 30-342 Nathan Boal 31 CAT 2:29:01.80* 826Men 35-394 Chris Tujo 38 COMA 3:07:52.99* 6425 Jason Lassen 36 ORM 3:13:00.46* 625Men 40-443 Rob Higley 44 COMA 2:35:03.00* 794Men 45-496 David Hathaway 48 ORM 2:27:37.40* 906Men 50-547 Pat Allender 50 CAT 2:40:39.00* 784Men 55-596 Charlie Swanson 58 EA 2:38:22.17* 8268 Mike Carew 59 COMA 3:34:54.00* 6099 Larry Beck 58 ORM 4:07:04.30* 529Men 60-641 Steve Johnson 61 EA 2:27:56.79* NR 10082 Bob Bruce 61 COMA 2:45:39.93 9005 John Ellis 63 ORM 3:17:58.00* 753Men 75-791 Dave Radcliff 75 THB 2:39:01.76* NR 1138

Women’s 25+: 3 x 10,0002 OREG (Copeland, Pryor, Popelka) 8:54:15.68 ORWomen’s 45+: 3 x 10,0001 OREG (Budd, Tyynismaa, Young) 8:48:20.35Men’s 25+: 3 x 10,0002 OREG (Kalk, Higley, Boal) 7:53:17.88Men’s 35+: 3 x 10,001 OREG (Ellis, Lassen, Cujo) 9:38:51.45Men’s 45+: 3 x 10,0002 OREG (Bruce, Allender, Hathaway) 7:53:56.33Men’s 55+: 3 x 10,0001 OREG (Radcliff, Swanson, Johnson) 7:45:20.72Mixed 25+: 4 x 10,0001 OREG (Pryor, Popelka, Bruce, Boal) 10:55:41.41 ORMixed 35+: 4 x 10,0001 OREG (Rogers, Copeland, Allender, Higley) 11:50:06.81Mixed 45+: 4 x 10,0003 OREG (Tyynismaa, Young, Radcliff, Hathaway) 10:57:10.51Mixed 55+: 4 x 10,0001 OREG (Jenkins, Budd, Swanson, Johnson) 11:48:07.96 OR

Combined National Club Scores:1 OREGON 17,978 pts2 St Pete Masters 7,1513 Illinois Masters 5,736

A note about club scoring: Club point scoring is calculatedbased on Quality Points, which is the ratio of each individualtime to the current USMS Record for the gender & age groupand expressed as the three-digit number that you see followingeach individual time in the results. The faster the swim themore Quality Points a swimmer earned. Club totals are the sumof the quality points of its swimmers. Since every swimmerreceives quality points, every swimmer counts!

To help settle the side wagers concerning who had the best 10-km swim—across gender and age group lines—here is the list ofthe top twelve swimmers in Quality Points:1 Dave Radcliff 1138 pts (He broke the NR!)2 Steve Johnson 1008 (He broke the NR too!)3 David Hathaway 9064 Bob Bruce 9005 Tam Jenkins 8396t Nathan Boal 8266t Charlie Swanson 8268 Erin Popelka 8129 Joni Young 80610 Rob Higley 79411 Terri Tyynismaa 78812 Evelyn Pryor 786

Note: Dave Radcliff’s 1138 Quality Points is the highest QPscore ever recorded in any USMS Postal Championship swim!

Oregon LMSC 10-km Postal Swim Results 2009Place numbers are national placesOR = Oregon Record; NR = National Record; * = Oregon All-Time Top Twelve Time


ATLANTA BYSTORM!Second in a seriesby Jeanna Summers

Freestyle Stroke Tip

While you practice any drill, there are many aspect of your technique to concentrate on. Don’t try tothink about them all, but do focus on the ones that are most important for YOU. Such as;

How your hand enters the waterHow your hand stretches forward just below the surface after it enters‘Popping’ your elbow after your forward stretch to make a high ‘catch’Feeling the water pressure on your hand and forearm throughout your pullRotating your hip as your hand passes byAccelerating your hand throughout the stroke to your legNot allowing your hand to cross your centre line in the middle of your pullRotating onto your side as your hand pushes through to the back,Feeling a full stretch with both arms one in front and the other at the back.Maintaining a solid 6 beat kick throughout the full strokeLifting the elbow and pointing it up as the arm recoversKeeping the hand and fingers relaxed throughout the recovery

Atlanta, GA is a LOOONG ways from Oregon.It’s so far that many of us Oregonians wouldn’thave an occasion to visit. UNLESS we go toSWIM! As a reminder, USMS Spring Nationals(the new word is ‘Spring’ instead of ‘ShortCourse’) will be held in Atlanta, GA, in May, 2010and an effort is underfoot to bring a huge forceof Master’s Swimmers from Oregon: hence,“Atlanta By Storm.” While most of this serieswill focus on swimming in Atlanta, this one takesa detour into touristing. If you’re considering atrip across the country, why not look around abit?

I was fortunate enough to spend one day inAtlanta about five years ago. Here’s somehighlights:

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic SiteOur children were 9 and 12 when we visited thissite, and they just didn’t get it. Likewise,during the actual civil rights era, I was a childand didn’t get it. As adults, we can more fullyappreciate what it means to take a stand so riskythat one’s job, home, family and very life are indanger. Now, we get it. The site starkly and

beautifully displays the life and times of thecivil rights struggle. www.nps.gov

World of Coca-ColaOur children did get this! If you like touristattractions with a historical, educational flair,this is for you. The visit is worth every penny, ifonly to sample the over 50 varieties of beverageproducts sold by Coca-Cola. Like memorabilia? Iwouldn’t be surprised if they had a Coca-colaSwimsuit. www.worldofcoca-cola.com

Underground AtlantaIf it’s miserably hot and humid or cold and dampmost of the time, it makes sense that a centerfor shopping, dining, and entertainment would benestled underground. www.underground-atlanta.com

So, now that it’s cold and dark and you havetime to sit in front of your computer and dreamabout warmer, lighter times ahead, check outAtlanta. You may decide to go, swim, AND seesome sights.www.atlanta.net; www.atlanta.com/attractions;www.citypass.com


Have you ever wished for a new lane mate?How about a Harbor Seal! I now live in Brookingsand just discovered the fun of Open WaterSwimming this year. What a thrill!

I often start mid-point from a jetty safely upfrom the river mouth, swimming 1.5 to 2 miles totalround trip; the distance our group swam regularlywhile training for the Alcatraz Swim this summer.Swimming with tide changes is great pull training!

Sunday, October 18, I jumped in under theHwy 101 Bridge, just after high tide, for a swimupriver toward the goal buoy. I turned on my backto float for a second to feel how fast the tide wasgoing out in order to adjust my pull technique.Suddenly the odor was unmistakable … instantly, Iknew that I had a new, very close, lane mate …either a seal or sea lion. I had NO idea how close!I flipped up to tread water for a look, and thehuge eyes of a young harbor seal were looking rightinto my eyes. My immediate vision? DrewBarrymore and E.T’s surprise meeting!

We were both so very calm while just lookingat one another, it seemed like a minute! I was surehappy it was not a sea lion! I then decided to swim

My New Lane Mate! back, staying close to the shore. My lane materemained about 8 feet away, it was kind ofunnerving. I was not afraid of the seal, but withall the steelhead in the river now, I was sureconcerned what kind of company he was keepingunder water! Every 15 yards or so, I would stop totread and instantly he would pop up right next tome. We would look at one another for a minute,then I would swim some more, tread water, and itwould pop up and watch me. This continued all theway back, about 20 minutes.

We both crossed the river from the north tothe south bank, about 100 yards, in front of adrift boat; the boat crew and I waved at eachother (wonder if my seal friend waved also). I wasreally eager to get across the river and wondered,after so many years of trying, if this 100 yardsprint would at last beat Lavelle Stoinoff’s 100yard time when she was age 66 (never). I reachedthe end of the swim where my car was parked, andmy seal friend did the ‘up-periscope’ and stayedright off shore while watching me climb the bankto the car. I will get back in the river next May!

I am looking forward to Open Water Swimsnext year! OMS now has two new members inBrookings! -Sue Calnek


Leadership Award may be awarded to anyworthy citizen 55 years of age or older.Criteria for the individual award (notexclusive):

• Success in the development or promotion ofa group or community physical fitness orsport program.

• Promotion of health, fitness, or sportsthrough projects, speeches, and/orpublications.

• Sponsorship of a community fitness, orsports project influencing the attitudestowards a healthful lifestyle.

• Volunteer service to a community positivelyaffecting the health and physical fitnessof Oregonians.

• Individual success in achieving a high levelof fitness through participation in fitnessand sport related activities.

• Being a positive influence in the communitytoward increasing physical fitness andlifestyle of fellow citizens.

There is a nomination form that people cansubmit to nominate someone whom they feelqualifies for this award. The 2009 awardswere recently awarded, but this will be anongoing yearly awards program. When Iadvised the other Council members of thelarge numbers of Masters Swimmers in Oregonover the age of 55 who regularly train andcompete, they were pleasantly surprised andencouraged. The Council members did feelthat this award isn’t so much for the “elite”Masters athletes, as those individuals alreadyget recognition and awards from theirrespective sports organizations. These awardswant to recognize those who may not benecessarily involved in an organized Mastersactivity or are those who may not be the topathletes in their sport, but make the effortand/or set a positive example by their regularphysical activity, participation, and training.

If you’re interested in this awards programor in the OGCPFS, check out our website at:www.fitoregon.org. I recently volunteered toupdate and get our website up to date as well,so this information will be posted there in thenear future. You can also talk to me at theswim meets. I’m that guy who wears that bluecamouflage bodysuit-so I’m easy to find!See you at the pool!

Continued from page 3

This third quarter business update for U.S.Masters Swimming includes a look back at 2009and the next report in the Aqua Master willinclude a look forward into 2010.

Looking BackI’m pleased to share that we have made progresswith these milestones:Centralization

• After a six-month national search, the Boardof Directors selected Sarasota as ourheadquarters.

• In May we entered into a long-term leaseagreement with the City of Sarasota for the2,000-square-foot historic Pagoda building toserve as our national headquarters. Our rentfor the lease is $1,066 a month with anannual 3 percent escalator.

• In June we renovated the building, addingnew flooring, a conference room, semiprivatecubicles and a phone system.

• In July we opened our doors.• Our headquarters can permanently house 10

employees with an option for up to two moreemployees as we grow.

People• The controller position was elevated to full-

time status with additional human resourcesresponsibilities.

• The editor position was elevated to full-timeeditor-in-chief status with contentmanagement responsibility for SWIMMERmagazine, usms.org and our new e-newsletters. Laura Hamel was hired as oureditor-in-chief.

• A director of business operations positionwas created with responsibility formembership services, club and coach servicesand our expanding event initiatives. Mark Gillwas hired as our director of businessoperations.

• An account executive position was created toserve our national sponsors as well as growour sponsor partnerships. Kyle Deery washired as our account executive.

• A second membership coordinator positionwas created to serve our growing membershipneeds as well as be a resource to our LMSCs.Anna Lea Matysek will be assuming this rolein the winter.

What is the OGCPFS? Third Quarter, 2009, USMSBusiness ReportEdited from an article by Rob Butcher


Below is a picture of the 2009 OSU men’salumni attending Coach Bill Winkler’s annualhomecoming swim meet on Saturday, October 31,2009. Several in the photo are USMS swimmers.

We swam on Orange & Black teams fromthe Women’s varsity. The women swimmers wereawsome!

For the record, I was not an OSU swimmer;just one of Bill Winkler’s students.

Front row L-R: Tom McCauley, Ray Brooks, Coach Bill Winkler,Clark Patton, Phil NelsonBack row L-R: Rich Juhala, Dave Castner, Dave Cook, JerryWillie (’64 & ’65 NCAA All American), Charlie Patton, SteveGeorge, Jeff Nason, Justin Gordon

Coach Bill Winkler’s Annual HomecomingSwim Meetreported by Rich Juhala

Americans Nancy Hogshead and Carrie Steinseiferregistered the first official tie in Olympic historyin the 100 meter freestyle at the 1984 Olympics.They each recorded a time of 55.92. (USA Swim-ming)

At the second modern Olympic Games contestedin Paris in 1900, the most unusual event to be heldwas underwater swimming. It was decided prior tothe competition that two points would be awardedfor each meter swum underwater. In addition, onepoint was added to the scoring of each individualfor every second he stayed below the surface.Much to the delight of the locals, FrenchmanCharles de Venderville won the event swimming 60meters and staying submerged for 1min 8.4sec.Denmark's Peder Lykkeberg stayed underwater fora longer period, one and a half minutes, but onlymanaged to travel 28.5 meters. This was the firstand only time underwater swimming was held at theOlympic Games. (ASI)

• Tracy Grilli has moved full-time intomembership services and is the supportperson for our convention and national events.

• Jim Matysek, IT director and Webmaster,is in the process of relocating from KansasCity.

• Mel Goldstein continues to lead our clubdevelopment initiatives.

• I relocated from Charlotte to Sarasota inJune.

IT• My USMS is now a member exclusive-content

area. In My USMS, members will find ourcoached workouts and have the opportunityto posts, photos and blogs.

• Our fastest growing program is Go theDistance. With more than 1,000 membersparticipating, GTD was managed entirely bye-mail and Excel and is now automated.

• We continue to add enhancements andfunctionality to online membershipregistration. In 2009, 70 percent of ourmembership registered online.

• Clubs are now able to renew their annualmembership online.

• Our 5K, 10K, 3,000 yard and 6,000 yardPostal Championships were offered online forthe first time.

• usms.org is undergoing a strategic redesign.Marketing and Promotion

• We introduced a new USMS logo.• We introduced a monthly member e-

newsletter and monthly coaches e-newsletter. Both have been very popular.

• We introduced new marketing resourcesavailable for free to any LMSC or USMSclub, including:o USMS brochureso USMS bag tagso USMS stickerso USMS “Adult Swimming Offered Here”

facility stickerso USMS swim capsTo date, more than 130 clubs have orderedthese items signifying a large appetite forUSMS support at the local level.

• We are introducing an online USMS brandawareness campaign designed to promote themission of USMS during our peak membershipregistration period.

• Our brand and Masters stories have beenfeatured in such publications as the L.A.Times, Washington Post, St. PetersburgTimes, Indianapolis Star, Men’s Health andSports Business Journal.


SWIMMER SPOTLIGHTcompiled by Karen Andrus-Hughes

Lou Boone, 48Occupation: Federal Maritime Pilot, State of AlaskaLocal Team: Pool-less Elite Narwhals (OPEN)

Lou divides his pool time between the Ketchikan Masters and theOregon City Swim Team, where he swims with “the kids.” His jobtakes him to Alaska two weeks out of every month where he navigatesa 400-foot ship from port to port along the coast of Alaska. When hedocks in Juneau he does what he calls his “four hour workout.” Thisentails biking 14 miles from the ship to a pool in Juneau, swimming twohours and then biking back to the ship, by which time his hunger haskicked into high gear! He started competing 7 years ago after a 33-year hiatus, and quickly found that competition was in his blood. “Ilike to race and love the water,” he says. Even during the 33 years I went without competing, I wasalways around water. I was an avid surfer, having lived in Florida, The Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.Though he loves to race others, he ultimately measures his swimming success against himself. Since hestarted swimming Masters meets, 80-90% of his swims (or splashes as he puts it) have been personalmasters best times! Maintaining this high level of performance is his primary goal. As a ship pilot healso pushes the “performance envelope” by navigating one of the most difficult bodies of waters in theworld: The Wrangell Narrows. It is a 21-mile section of water that connects Summer Straits andFrederic Sound in southeastern Alaska. It’s only about 100 yards wide, with an abundance of hazards tonavigate including rocks, shoals, extreme currents and tides. He is writing a technical book that will bepublished next spring to serve as a piloting aid for other professional pilots who plan to navigate thesewaters.

Elke Marion Asleson, 57Occupation: Teaches PE classes at Western Oregon UniversityLocal Team: Corvallis Aquatics Team (CAT)

Elke, an OMS member since 1997, says she swims because she loves competition. “Even getting allworked up before my events can be fun, as it brings back memories of my younger days,” Elke says.“USMS gives me the opportunity to workout, train, compete and keep striving to do my best. It is agreat venue with no real pressure.” Elke also swims for the health benefits, specifically to mitigatefamily health risk factors without the aid of medication. In college, she was on the swim andsynchronized swim teams for the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Though born in Germany, shemoved to Canada at age 2 and became a naturalized citizen of Canada. As a masters’ swimmer shecompetes in many of the tough events including the 200 & 400 IM and 100 & 200 fly. She’s a roadwarrior too, and has completed more than 20 marathons. Shecompeted in the 70.3 Half Ironman this past summer (1.2 mile lakeswim, 56 mile bike ride and 13.1 mile run), and if just finishing wasn’tchallenging enough, Elke was first to cross the finish line in her agegroup! At WOU, she teaches a wide variety of classes each termincluding swimming, a walk/jog class, pilates and cardio kickboxing,and says it’s swimming that helps her stay in shape to teach theseclasses to college youngsters. Due to her varied schedule, she isn’table to regularly swim with CAT, so she’s learned to stay motivatedtraining on her own by simply using the clock as her coach.Enthusiastically she adds “As I grow older, it feels great to continueto be refreshed in body, mind and spirit through OMS!!!” If you meetElke, you’ll be the likely recipient of boundless, positive energy and abeaming smile.


Doug Stewart, 46Occupation: Chief Operations Officer for Mercy FlightsLocal Team: Southern Oregon Masters (SOM)

Doug started his swimming career as an age group swimmer and continued through high school andcollege. “When I reached my 30s, my metabolism started slowing down and I was having a lot of jobrelated stress, so I went back to what I know best … swimming!” Doug explains. “I joined OMS when Iwas 33-years-old and haven’t stopped swimming since. He says that OMS provides him the purpose and

structure to swim. And though he occasionally competes in poolcompetitions, what he really loves is open water events – and ofcourse Oregon is the place to be if you like open water swimming.“It’s great to be outdoors in the sun with laid-back, fun people,” hesays. He believes swimming has been one of the main, contributingfactors to where he is in his life today, including the success he’shad professionally. “Swimming has taught me work ethic values,tenacity and goal setting. I have approached many things I wantedto accomplish in my life like a swim workout. It has given me thehealth and confidence to go after what I want,” says Doug. “Threeyears ago I became Head Swimming Coach for South Medford HighSchool, primarily because I wanted to give to young people whatswimming has given to me. The proudest thing I’ve ever accomplishedas a swimmer is passing along the gift of swimming to my 13-year-oldson Taos,” who Doug explains “is now kicking my butt in the openwater competitions, and I couldn’t be happier about that!”

November and December are good times tothink about goals for the new year. It may behard, of course, to plan for definite meets as the2010 Masters meet schedule is not out yet, butthe basic form of the year stays the same.

The focus of Winter and Spring is usuallythe State Championships in April. The focus of thesummer depends if you are a pool swimmer or anopen water swimmer. If you are the latter, themeets have already been decided, and all you haveto do is choose which venues you’ll go to.

For me the first decision has already beenmade. I want to swim all five Postal events in2010. I made 4 out of 5 this year, skipping the10K. I have had to reconfigure my head for the10K, and it wasn’t until the 6000 this fall that Ifigured out how to do it.

For that I have decided I need to swimmore in local lakes. As a change in training and asa challenge with some friends of mine, we tried to

swim this year as many times as possible in locallakes. I made 12 in August; 9 in September and 3in Oct, the last at 60 degrees, all but one withouta wet suit. When the water turns 60 again in thespring, I’ll be ready.

Not everyone will want to do that! So whatwill you do, that will be different than last year?That is the important point for 2010. You need tofigure out what type of swimming you want to do,what meets you want to go to, and last, what willyou do different this next year to achieve yourgoals.

Notice, please, that I have offered nosuggestions what that may be, other than my ownplan for 2010. Talk to your coach or talk toswimming friends who may have been mulling overtheir own 2010 plans. Perhaps a group of you canget together and plan for next year. Whatever youdo, get a calendar out and look ahead to the NewYear.

Swim Bits — Goals 2010by Ralph Mohr

Because the FINA Masters Congress passed a rule change that now allows the 400 and 800relays to count for World Records and Top 10, you need to submit World Record Applications when youswim these relays. Since there are currently no published records, the first to get them in (with properdocumentation) will get a World record. Also, be sure you have enough timers to make it official.


One does not celebrate a 75th birthday every day.It is a rare occurrence that, when reached, is theentry way to the fourth quarter in the game of life.As in football, the fourth quarter is just as importantas the first three: you cannot let up late in the game.(Dave Radcliff, who is considerably older than I, canverify that.)

So I decided to blast my way into my fourthquarter in a big way. Okay, a moderately big way.This year, by coincidence, my September 7 birthdayfell on Labor Day (or was it the other way around?).Now those of you who have lived in Oregon for a longtime (probably less than half of AQUA MASTERreaders) are aware that there is a longstandingtradition in our state of battling Beavers and Ducks.Every Labor Day for the last 67 years a contingentof swimmers has dared to traverse the waters ofthe Columbia River, going from the Washington sidesouth to Oregon, coming ashore on the north side ofHood River. “That is how I will celebrate mybirthday,” sez I, “I will do a heroic interstate swimacross the torrential waters of one of the world’sgreat rivers.” And Sylvia, my helpmate of 52 years,responded with, “Is that all? You did that a coupleof years ago.”

She was right, of course. I had done that swimbefore. “But I wasn’t 75 then. I am old and enfeeblednow.” (Is “Horsepucky!” a printable word? becausethat is what she said next.) “Okay, okay, when Ifinish the swim, I will go to the Bridge of the Godsand run across, back to the Washington side.” Thatseemed to satisfy her, but I wondered if she hadchecked my insurance policy lately.

I contacted the Hood River Chamber ofCommerce, the organizers of the event, got myapplication and sent it in early. That is importantbecause the number of swimmers accepted is limitedto the capacity of the ferrythat carries them across.More on that later. In acouple of days I got myacceptance via the Internet.

Now I had to come upwith a game plan. The swimis listed as 1.1 miles, butdistances of open waterswims in moving water arenotoriously inaccurate. Idecided to be ready for aswim of 1.5 miles, just in caseI swam an erratic (no, I saiderratic, not erotic) course: It

is not always easy to keep a straight line when thereis no line painted on the bottom of the river. Thefocus of my six weeks of swim training would berepeats of 500 yards, with very little speed workand NO strokes other than freestyle and a littlebackstroke. My plan was to do exactly that duringthe event: I would swim a moderately hard 500 yards,do about 25 yards backstroke to loosen up, and repeatall the way across.

If you are am immigrant to Oregon, as I am, oran Oregonian who has been in the dark about theRoy Webster Columbia River Cross Channel Swim, itwas started during WWII by an orchardist namedRoy Webster, just for the fun of it. From thebeginning it was, and still remains, non-competitive,the object being that it is both very low key fun anda bit of a challenge. There is no timing and there areno awards. Everyone gets the same tee shirt. Theapplication clearly states in bold letters: This is nota race! (Roy Webster was, however, a competitorand a Masters swimmer who won a lot of age groupawards in the northwest and internationally.) Nextyear will be the 68th iteration of the swim. I amaware of only one American open water swim thathas been around longer, the Boston Light Swim, atover 100 years young.

I do not like to get up very early. Hood River isnot much more than an hour east of Portland, butwith check-in beginning at 0545 and the boat leavingat 0715, Sylvia and I decided to spend the night atthe Best Western Hood River Inn. We would make aweekend of my special birthday. (Many of the otherPortland area swimmers just got up early and droveto Hood River in time for the start.) There weredozens of local volunteers manning the check-intables, and even though they had hundreds ofswimmers to deal with, it went along fast andsmoothly. At check-in each swimmer was assignedto a “flight,” a group of ten swimmers who jump fromthe ferry together when their flight is called.

Did I tell you aboutthe ferry? The sternwheelerColumbia Gorge operates outof Cascade Locks and is hiredto take the swimmers fromHood River across to theWashington side. With acapacity of 550 and a lot ofseating on two decks, it wascozy but not over-crowded ona drizzly September LaborDay morning. A few minutesout of Hood River, a couple

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of my friends started an impromptu “Happy Birthday,”and I suddenly had hundreds of well-wishers at mybirthday celebration. As we got close to theWashington side the sky cleared and a huge rainbowappeared to arch over Mount Hood in the distance.What a way to start a swim!

We had been assigned to flight ten. As the firstflights jumped several feet into the water it wasclear that the only criterion for starting the nextflight was that the previous one had to be safely outof range of the next jumpers. “Flight ten on deck!”came the call, and into the Mighty Columbia weleaped, feet first, clutching goggles, moving awayfrom the boat quickly. I wasprepared for cold water, maybeAlcatraz-like temperatures in the50’s, but Mama Nature was kind andhad warmed up the river to almost70 degrees for us. As soon as I hitthe water I pushed the start buttonon my stop watch. The brochure hadstated that the fastest swimmersmake the crossing in just under 30minutes. I wanted to see how closeI might come to that. (Did I mentionthat I was wearing a speedy new pairof fins that I got at J. D. PENCE? Iwas also wearing an insulated cap,but no wetsuit.)

Many pool swimmers are notcomfortable more than 25 metersfrom the nearest wall. To allay thosefears and to provide a high degreeof safety for the swimmers, theorganizers had built their own ‘wall’ stretching allthe way across the river. Sailboats, power boats,lifeguards on surfboards and police vessels werenever more than a few strokes away, lining the courseon both sides to keep us from straying. Most of themwere at anchor with several people on board cheeringus on.

The flow of the Columbia is held back by severaldams operated by the Army Corps of Engineers, whoover the years, have been kind enough to slow theriver a bit for this swim. But they do not stop it, andI had to figure the current into my strategy. Themore inexperienced swimmers sighted from boat toboat all the way across. Sneaky Old Joe had his ownplan: I would swim ‘high,’ about 25 yards to the leftof the pack, and let the current help me get to thefinish line. I was also far enough to the left that Ihad water to myself: no one was swimming over me

nor getting in front of me. The surface was calm,little wind, and the temperatures of both the waterand the air made for a very pleasant swim.

My mantra of 500 yards freestyle (I countstrokes) followed by 25 yards of backstroke wasgoing smoothly. I had gone through a few cycles whenI turned from my last backstroke and found myselfpulling at the grass that lines the bottom. My swimwas over, and it seemed all too soon. I clicked mywatch and, with the help of plenty of wet volunteers,walked up the rocky beach behind the Best Western.I didn’t want it to be over yet; I was having too muchfun! When I took off my goggles and could read thetime, I was astonished that I had finished in 28minutes and 43 seconds. I must be a fast swimmer …the brochure says so. Or maybe it was the fact that

I was wearing fins, or maybe mysneaky swim course. Or maybe ….But it was over and I was elated.

Sylvia and I had a fillingbrunch with an old friend, Sally Baily.(Sally was one of my original partnerswhen we started the Escape FromAlcatraz almost 30 years ago. Shenow lives in Mount Hood.) As Idowned my last morsel, Sylvia said,“Okay, Big Shot, now you have to runacross that bridge.” I was hopingthat she had forgotten about it, butmy Sylvia forgets nothing. The shortrun across the Bridge of the Godswas anticlimactic except for onething: The bridge is made of opengrillwork and it is a long way downto the Columbia River. AND you mustrun in the traffic lanes. After onevertiginous glance downward, I kept

my eyes high, focused on the high girders of thebridge. And all of a sudden there was Sylvia waitingfor me, camera in hand, and a huge hug when I gotthere. I got my birthday smacker and was in Heaven.

What a birthday! What a woman!What’s next? Well, my next big birthday will be

my 80th in 2014. You are invited to join me at the72nd annual Roy Webster Columbia River Cross ChannelSwim. Better register early or you might miss out.

Joe Oakes has written a book called “With A SingleStep;” it is the story of his non-motorizedcircumnavigation of the earth. You can read aboutit at josephoakes.com. Books can be ordered fromthe website, or from Piano!Piano! Press, 18057 NWChambray Street, Beaverton, OR 97006. The priceis $15, including shipping.

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Multnomah Athletic Club Short Course Meters Meet

WARM-UPS: 7AM

MEET STARTS: 8AM

ALL ENTRANTS MUST SUBMIT A PHOTOCOPY OF THEIR CURRENT USMS REGISTRATION CARD OR 2010 REGISTRATION FORM WITH THIS ENTRY.

NAME

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AGE GROUPS: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, ETC. UP TO 100+. RELAY AGE GROUPS: 72-99, 100-119, 120-159, 160-199, 200-239, 240-279, 280-319 AND

320-359 ETC. YOUR COMPETITION AGE IS THE AGE YOU WILL BE AS OF DEC 31, 2009. YOU MAY ENTER A MAXIMUM OF 5 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS.

THE 400 FREESTYLE WILL BE DECK SEEDED. CHECK IN FOR THAT EVENT WILL CLOSE AT 7:30AM. ALL EVENTS WILL BE SEEDED SLOW TO FAST.

RELAY ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 9AM.MEDLEY RELAYS WILL BE 200 & 400 DISTANCES. FREE RELAYS WILL BE 200, 400 & 800 DISTANCES.

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SIGNATURE DATE

BIRTHDATE AGE SEX

2009 OR 2010 USMS #

USMS CLUB (OREG, MACO, PNA, ETC)

IS THIS YOUR FIRST MASTERS MEET? YES NO

SUNDAY, December 13, 2009

400 FREE (1) : .

* break- 20 min. warm-up* (event 2 will start no earlier than 9am)

50 FLY (2) : .

200 BACK (3) : .

100 FREE (4) : .

200 IM (5) : .

50 BACK (6) : .

* break*

MIXED MEDLEY RELAYS (7-9)

200 FLY (10) : .

100 BREAST (11) : .

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2009

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50 FREE (12) : .

* break*

FREE RELAYS (13-18)

200 BREAST (19) : .

100 FLY (20) : . 50 BREAST (21) : .

* break*

MEDLEY RELAYS (22-25)

100 IM (26) : .

200 FREE (27) : .

100 BACK (28) : .

* break*

MIXED FREE RELAYS (29-31)

SEND FORM(S) AND FEE(S) TO: OMS DATA MANAGER, PO BOX 1072, CAMAS, WA 98607-1072


Chehalem Short Course Yards Meet

WARM-UPS: 8AM

MEET STARTS: 9AM

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E-MAIL AGE GROUPS: 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, ETC. UP TO 100+. RELAY AGE GROUPS:18+, 25+, 35+, 45+, 55+, 65+, 75+, ETC. YOU MAY ENTER A MAX-IMUM OF 5 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS PLUS UNLIMITED RELAYS. ENTER RELAYS AT THE MEET. IN EACH RELAY EVENT, RELAY TEAMS MAY SWIM DISTANCES OF 200Y, 400Y OR 800Y (800Y FOR FREE RELAYS ONLY). THE 500 & 1000 FREESTYLES & 400 IM WILL BE DECK SEEDED. CHECK

IN FOR THESE EVENTS AND FOR THE RELAYS WILL CLOSE 30 MIN. BEFORE EVENT IS TO BE SWUM. ALL EVENTS WILL BE SEEDED SLOW TO FAST.

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2010 USMS #

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SATURDAY, January 30400 IM (1) : .50 FREE (2) : .200 BACK (3) : .100 FLY (4) : .* break*MIXED MEDLEY RELAYS (5-6) 50 BACK (7) : .200 FREE (8) : .100 BREAST (9) : .* break*FREE RELAYS (10-15)500 FREE (16) : .

FRIDAY JANUARY 15, 2010

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50 FLY (17) : . 200 BREAST (18) : .100 FREE (19) : . 100 IM (20) : .* break*MEDLEY RELAYS (21-24)50 BREAST (25) : .200 FLY (26) : .100 BACK (27) : .200 IM (28) : .* break*MIXED FREE RELAYS (29-31)1000 FREE (32) : .

SEND FORM(S) AND FEE(S) TO: OMS DATA MANAGER, PO BOX 1072, CAMAS, WA 98607-1072


Animal Sprint Masters100 I.M. (1-2) : .50 FLY (7-8) : .200 FREE (13-14) : .

Seventh Annual Animal Masters MeetOREGON MASTERS SWIMMING SHORT COURSE YARDS MEET

Eligibility: Currently registered USMS swimmers, 18 years and older.

Location: Canby Municipal Pool

PM

2:30PM

Meet Starts: 3:30PM

Hosted by: Canby Swim Club “The GATORS”

Southbound

Northbound

Ask for the Canby Swim Club preferred rate.

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MEET ENTRY FEE: WITH T-SHIRT $30.00 OR WITHOUT T-SHIRT $18.00MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO OREGON MASTERS SWIMMING.

MAIL FORM(S) AND FEE(S) TO: OMS DATA MANAGER, PO BOX 1072, CAMAS, WA 98607-1072

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2010 USMS #

USMS CLUB (OREG, SWMS, PNA, ETC)

Animal Masters200 I.M. (3-4) : .100 FLY (9-10) : .500 FREE (15-16) : .

swimmers plus 5 seconds for Disqualifications. Slowest swimmers plus 15 seconds for Disqualifications. Slowest

TWO OPTIONS OR cool .

only one

Date: Sunday, February 14, 2010

Animal Grand Masters400 I.M. (5-6) : .200 FLY (11-12) : .1000 FREE (17-18) : .

2010Local Team Registration

This form must be postmarked by the entry deadlines of the 2010 OMSAssociation Championship and the 2010 OMS Open Water Championships,

in order for a team to compete as a “Local Team” at those events.

Team Name Abbreviation

Mail to: Christina Fox, Membership, 30587 Stout Lane, Corvallis OR [email protected]

Team InformationApproximate number of swimmers on teamPractice Schedule

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OREGON MASTERS SWIMMINGUNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING

YEAR 2010 REGISTRATIONRenewal - 2009 USMS # New Member

Last Name: First Name: M.I.:(Please register with the name you will use for competition.)

Address:

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Albany YMCA Tiger Master Sharks ................ YTSMBaker Area Seasoned Swimmers ..................... BASSCentral Oregon Masters .................................... COMACircumnavigating Beavers Aquatic .................... CBATColumbia Gorge Masters ........................................ CGMColumbia River Masters ......................................... CRMCorvallis Aquatic Team Masters .......................... CATDowntown Athletic Club ........................................ DACEmerald Aquatics ....................................................... EAFit Athletes Swimmers & Triathletes ............. FAST

Klamath Basin Masters .......................................... KBMKiller Whales Swim Club .................................... KWSCLaCamas-SW Wash. Masters Swimming .. L-SWMSMittleman Jewish Comm. Cntr. .......................... MJCCMultnomah Athletic Club ....................................... MACNorthwest Blue Crush Aquatic Club ................. BCACNorth Clackamas Masters ................................. NCMSOregon Pool-Less Elite Narwhals ..................... OPENOregon Reign Masters .......................................... ORMPendleton Masters ................................................ PEND

Portland Comm. College Masters ....................... PCCMRogue Valley Masters ............................................ RVMSeaside Masters ........................................................ SMSherwood YMCA Dragons ..................................... SYDSouth Coast Aquatics Masters ......................... SCAMSwimmers in Sweet Home .............................. SWISHTornadoes Master Team ....................................... TORTualatin Hills Barracudas ...................................... THBVancouver Swim Club ............................................... VSC

$40.00 Single$20.00 Age Group 18 to 24 years and Seniors 65 years and older (To get this discount, you mustregister via paper copy, not internet)Fee breakdown: USMS = $27.00, Benefi ts of Membership include: A subscription to USMS’s magazine, SWIMMER, during thelength of the membership year. OMS = $13.00 (OMS covers the additional cost for our younger and older members.)

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I have added a contribution of $________________ for Oregon Masters Swimming. We value your support!

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I have added a contribution of $1.00 (or $____________) to the United States Masters Swimming Foundation.I, the undersigned participant, intending to be legally bound, hereby certify that I am physically fi t and have not been

otherwise informed by a physician. I acknowledge that I am aware of all the risks inherent in Masters Swimming (training andcompetition), including possible permanent disability or death, and agree to assume all of those risks. AS A CONDITION OF MYPARTICIPATION IN THE MASTERS SWIMMING PROGRAM OR ANY ACTIVITIES INCIDENT THERETO, I HEREBY WAIVE ANYAND ALL RIGHTS TO CLAIMS FOR LOSS OR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ALL CLAIMS FOR LOSS OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THENEGLIGENCE, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, OF THE FOLLOWING: UNITED STATES MASTERS SWIMMING, INC., THE LOCALMASTERS SWIMMING COMMITTEES, THE CLUBS, HOST FACILITIES, MEET SPONSORS, MEET COMMITTEES, OR ANYINDIVIDUALS OFFICIATING AT THE MEETS OR SUPERVISING SUCH ACTIVITIES. In addition, I agree to abide by and begoverned by the rules of USMS.

Use of Image/Likeness: I grant permission to U.S. Masters Swimming and its affiliates to use my likeness and/or image inphotographs, video, motion pictures, recordings, or any other record for legitimate purpose.

Signature:____________________________________________________________Date:______________

MAIL TO: SUSIE YOUNG, OMS REGISTRAR, 14565 NW Salvia Ct. Portland, OR 97229This form is available on the OMS website: www.swimoregon.org

*Contact the OMS Registrar for more information on forming an OMS club. Susie Young: [email protected] or 503-475-8004

Aqua Master - Electronicdelivery is automatic. Please checkthe box if you would prefer a papercopy.

Club: OMS is comprised of the following clubs as of 10/14/09,oryou may form a new club*, or you may register unattached(unattached members cannot swim in relays). Please select one.

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Pool Meets*Dec. 13 SCM MAC 11/27/2009 swimoregon.org*Jan. 30 SCY Chehalem, Newberg 1/15/2010 swimoregon.org*Feb. 14 SCY Canby Animal Meet 1/29/2010 swimoregon.orgApril SCY Association MeetMay 16 SCM Hood River swimoregon.orgMay 20-23 SCY USMS Nationals, Atlanta, GA USMS.orgJuly LCM Gil Young Meet/MHCC, GreshamAug 9-13 LCM USMS Nationals, Puerto Rico USMS.org

•ENTRY BLANK INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE OF THE AQUA-MASTER

Board MeetingsAll Board Meetings are open and OMS members are encouraged to attend.Contact Jody Welborn, OMS Chair, or Tim Waud, OMS Vice Chair, for details.

Meeting Dates:Jan. 12, 2010 ....................... RivermarkFeb. 9, 2010 ......................... Oregon ClinicMar. 9, 2010 ........................ RivermarkApril, 2010 ........................... Association MeetMay 11, 2010 ........................ Oregon ClinicJune 8, 2010 ........................ RivermarkJuly, 2010 ............................ Gil Young MeetAug. 24, 2010 ...................... Oregon Clinic

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Results: Lincoln City, Huntsman World Senior Gamesand 5 K & 10 K Postal Swims

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