August will be a busy month of pool swimming, especially for TWIMmers Maoz, Zena, Kathy, Betsey, Carl, and the two Toms! Who are we missing? Let us know… Very soon, TWIM Warriors, Maoz Alsberg, Zena Courtney, and Kathy Pelham will be vying for glory August 2-6 at the 2017 USMS […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
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Last Sunday the TWIM Senior Contingent, consisting of Betsey “The Machine” Kassen, Carl MC “Hit Man” Haynie, Father Tom Fritschen “The Swimming Priest”, and your own beloved COB competed in the 2017 Washington State Senior Games. Led by our ever wonderful (and young!) Coach Heather Shields, we took this meet […]
Bret Bryan from Adna, Washington has just joined TWIM, so please join me in welcoming him on board! As part of our “TWIM South” contingent, Bret is yet another talented swimmer added to our ranks! See you at the next meet, Bret!
Earlier this month, TWIMmer Voni Oerman – no stranger to long distance swims – did something amazing yet again. She completed the prestigious Portland Bridge Swim on July 9th. This annual open water swim event on the Willamette River covers 11 miles! This is a sanctioned USMS open water swim every year, […]
By Tom, Tammy, and Carl It was a clear and pristine morning last Saturday at Madison Park on the shores of Lake Washington as the eye swept the impeccable blue horizon, from the lofty white majesty of Mt. Rainier on the right to the clear and glimmering line of the […]
TWIMmers have been very busy recently. Briefly, here is what you need to know to get up to speed 🙂 New TWIMmer, Ben Hohmann, won 3rd place in the 1.2 mile non-wetsuit division at Friday Night Swim Races in Lake Meridian, June 9th! Word has it he and his son […]