The TWIM machine rolled on this past weekend in the enchanting little hamlet of Gresham, Oregon as we had the honor of competing in the annual Gil Young Memorial LCM meet which also served this year as the NW Zone Champs!
It’s always a beautiful meet, splendidly hosted by Mr. Dennis Baker, the Aquatic Mastermind down in those parts. This year was no exception – The weather was gorgeous, the tank was smooth, blue and sublime, and the swimming was sizzling hot!
We five TWIM true believers provided the core for the nine person PSM contingent. Our two newbies, Jessi Gable and Bret Bryan swam brilliantly and were joined by Betsey “The Machine” Kassen, Tom Fritschen “The Swimming Priest” and yours truly, Thomas W. Walker.
Jessi blew the 200 IM away and Bret provided the dramatic highlight of the meet when he touched first in a three way swim off with Betsey and Father Tom in the 200 Free. They all touched nanoseconds apart and it was Bret, FT and Betsey in a spectacular TWIM finish! It was TWIM going away!
Betsey broke PSM records in both the 1500 free (by over 2 minutes) and the 200 breast! Father Tom logged a personal best in the 200 Back, and all of us bettered our seed times in every event save one.
I say we start marketing the TWIM Magic to the world! It needs us badly!
Another event of significance is that Willard Lamb, the 95-year-old Oregon Masters swimmer who swam with us in Gresham and swam a few weeks back at Short Course Nationals in Minnesota has broken every freestyle record in his age group, ranging from the 50 to the 1500 free. He set a few more records this weekend, just for good measure!
For my money “Wink” Lamb is the greatest swimmer alive today and is a true beacon for every USMS swimmer everywhere!!!
And now my friends, on to BAMfest as we Style on the Isle with Lady April!
Hail TWIM Long Live!
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Great work TWIM! Sounds like it was a super meet.