We have been blessed with yet another gifted swimmer, Sharon Arroyo, who has become one of us! Welcome Sharon! COB
Yearly Archives: 2015
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Good afternoon TWIM and the happiest of holidays to you and to your families! We can all be very proud of our aquatic accomplishments this year, both as individual swimmers and as TWIM! So many great swims, so many great relays, and so much heart!!! As I look back through […]
Four TWIMmers – Betsey “ The Machine” Kassen, Tammy RK, Father Tom “ The Swimming Priest”, and yours truly – rocketed through the annual Rudolph Plunge extravaganza at the Briggs YMCA in scenic Olympia Washington this past Saturday. Yes, the meet was a small one, but to paraphrase the theatrical genius […]
Good morning, again, TWIM! Yet another fabulous swimmer, Coach Laurie Jones, has joined our ranks! She coaches our Masters swimmers at the Pine Lake club and comes with impressive aquatic credentials! Laurie is ready and willing to Kick, anywhere, anytime- so bring it on people! Up with TWIM! COB
Good morning TWIM! More great news and are we on a roll or what? Coach Brian Guillen, our beloved TWIMmate is joining our coaching staff!!! He and our truly awesome Coach Heather will collaborate to lead us to ever more glorious victory in 2016! Brian is a very talented and […]
TWIM is finishing off the year with a cosmic blast! Where to begin? The 2015 Long Course Meters (LCM) season came to a close and the official Top Ten National rankings have just been published by age group. Three TWIM-mers: Betsey Kassen, Zena Courtney and Carl Haynie secured individual Top […]
There was great jubilation at the Pine Lake International Swim center early this morning as Rick “ Big Man” Schultz finished off his millionth yard for the year! He actually swam an additional 100 yards for good measure! Way to go Rick- Now that’s TWIM all over!
Led by the Magnificent Coach Heather Shields TWIM lit up the Aquatic Stratosphere with a truly earth rocking performance as the TWIM wave swept through the 2015 PNA &NW Zone Championship Meet at the beautiful King County Aquatic Center this past weekend!!! Powered by passion, desire and determination TWIM swam […]
Another All- Star swimmer has joined TWIM! Rick “ Big Man” Schultz is with us now and man, is he fast!!! Please join me in welcoming Rick on board! I see more awards in our future! COB
The results are in! Congratulations to our own Brian Guillen for capturing the High Point Award in his age group during open water season this year! He makes it look so easy. And our own Zena Courtney finished in the top three in her age group as well! Great swimming, you […]
TWIM scored big time yet again on two different weekends recently when they competed in the 2015 3000 meter ePostal National Championsip in beautiful Centralia. The ePostal continues through November 15th. On Halloween, our distance champions, Betsey “The Machine” Kassen and Tom Fritschen, our beloved Spiritual Advisor, were joined in the […]
Good afternoon TWIM! I am thrilled to report that another talented athlete has joined us! Mark is a very good marathoner and a very good swimmer as well! He likes the 200 Fly and the 400 IM so he qualifies as truly crazy, which is exactly what we are looking […]
Good afternoon TWIM! This is the main event! This is not a drill! TWIM will be showing up in force at KCAC on Saturday November 21st and Sunday November 22nd to claim aquatic glory! Registration closes on November 15th at 11:59 PM PT. Look for the TWIM banner waving proudly […]
Nick Thoman (2012 Olympic Silver medalist in the 100 back) and Megan Romano (2013 World Championships silver medalist in the 100 free) held a backstroke clinic in Kirkland recently, and our own Tom Fritschen was there! Nick is one of the best underwater kickers on the planet, and his 2009 short […]
Three TWIMmers swam the 10th Annual Monster Mile at Briggs Y in Olympia, today, October 24, 2015. This is a non-sanctioned, non-recognized fundraising meet the Briggs Y has held since 2006 and it is always at Halloween time. The electronic timing was working and manual timing verified that the timing […]
The TWIM wave swept through the 14th Annual BAM Fest SCY Meet at Bainbridge Island on Saturday and delivered yet another spectacular performance! Our beloved Coach Heather was at the helm and led us to victory, providing great coaching and great feedback on all of our swims! Thanks Coach H! […]
Good morning TWIM! Another great swimmer has joined us, none other than Jenny Ferries, who is also the Cover Girl on our Website. That’s her doing the Breaststroke at SCY Nationals in San Antonio this spring. She takes absolutely no prisoners so she’s going to make a huge contribution to our […]
TWIM delivered yet another stellar performance as our TWIMsters competed in the Last Gasp of Summer open-water swim at Angle Lake this past Saturday. Reliable sources tell us that the meet was very well run by Mike Murphy of USMS officiating fame. The lake was calm and water temperature was […]
Good morning TWIM! Make sure and pre- order your dazzling new TWIM T-shirt by September 18th:) Our beloved Maoz, Carl and Zena will be competing in the Last Gasp of Summer open-water swim at Angle Lake this Saturday. In addition, the ever amazing Zena will be the race Chairperson on Sunday […]