Attention Champions! The first event on the TWIM Calendar in 2019 is a Blockbuster! It is the Thorbeckes New Year’s 10K Swim in beautiful Centralia, hosted, organized and led by Coach Erin! This is our opportunity to make a definitive aquatic statement on the first day of the New Year! […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
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The Puget Sound Masters SCM & Pacific Northwest Zone Championships sponsored by our own PNA were a thing of beauty, showcasing the incredible talent our area and our team can turn out on a regular basis. We heard all day, both days, of World Records falling, but many of you […]
Beautiful Hood River down Oregon way, that is! Our new and improved version of the Dynamic Duo in the form of Holly Lickwala and her sidekick Brent Barnes rocked the world yet again as they swam in the Hood River SCM Meet on November 10th, accompanied by a handful of […]
The Last Gasp of Summer Open Water Swim took place this past September 15th on Angle Lake in Seatac. And our Coach Tammy was there to chronicle the event! It was a cool crisp morning with a little drizzle but the water was warm and TWIM was strong. Dan the […]
Seven motivated TWIM swimmers made the trip to the beautiful Snohomish Aquatic Center for the Snohomish Aquatic Masters Meet on Sunday, November 4th, 2018. The pool was fast and the TWIMmers showed up and made their presence felt. The six men swimmers managed to get TWIM 2nd place in team […]
I received a call yesterday from the organizers of the International Senior Games of the Americas in Cancún, Mexico where the swimming events will be held Dec 6-9th. If you are aching to get away from the dreary Northwest at this time, and you are 50 or older, this sounds […]
Dan Underbrink represented TWIM at the 31st annual Huntsman World Senior Games October 10-12, 2018. This was a great 3-day International competition that definitely needs more Northwest representation, and particularly more TWIM attendees! The only other PSM swimmers at this meet were Mary Underbrink and Frank Warner. The competition was […]
On a spectacular fall day here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, the TWIM legions gathered from the far corners of Puget Sound this past Saturday to swim in the 17th annual BAMFest, hosted by Bainbridge Aquatic Masters and presided over by their always marvelous Coach April! This year’s meet lived […]
One of our newest TWIMmers, Kainoa Pauole-Roth, USA Triathlon Certified Coach and leader of the ever awesome Pauole Sport Team (pauolesport.com) danced on the waves as she competed in the first ever SwimRun San Juan Islands on September 23rd! Her own words best summarize this nearly ineffable experience: ” … […]
Over the last couple of weeks, three TWIMmers traveled far and wide across our great country to compete in everything from the Pan Am Championships in Florida to the deep blue Open Waters of Michigan and Washington. Nine Puget Sound Masters swimmers competed in Long Course Meter action at this […]
(Note: Updated Aug 13th to reflect Betsey’s and Colleen’s escalation in the standings now that the lists are final!) Nine TWIMmers have achieved Top Ten rankings in United States Masters Swimming Short Course Yards for 2018 according to the preliminary top ten lists for relays and individual events. Congratulations to all! […]
With most of us keeping an eye on Albuquerque next year, TWIM swimmers did a whole lot more than just qualify in every event under the sun. Six State Records were either broken or established on Sunday, and absolutely every swim was a National qualifier (or came in a 25-yard […]
As the main TWIM army was duking it out at the Washington State Senior Games on Sunday, our two newest members, Holly Lickwala and Brent Barnes, carried the TWIM Banner to Mt. Hood Community College in the quaint little hamlet of Gresham, Oregon and scored a spectacular and sizzling success […]
As their website accurately describes, “Bremerton’s West Sound Senior Games is not only a fitness program but also an athletic adventure that initiates a healthy life-style for women and men, ages 50 and better.” But it’s also where herculean accomplishments are born! Valerie Powell – our own intrepid reporter in the […]
Four of our noble and brave aquatic warriors in the form of Kathy “Energizer” Pelham, Tammy Koppelberger, Jenny Ferries, and Ben Hohmann powered through the choppy waters of Lake Washington on Saturday, July 14th at the ever glorious Fat Salmon extravaganza, hosted again by our very wonderful friends at Orca […]
TWIM goes Senior! Senior Age Group swimming that is! Vince Carmosino and our COB, Thomas Walker, competed with the kids last weekend at Colman Pool.
Tammy’s husband, Jason Koppelberger, from Rochester has just joined TWIM, so please join me in welcoming him on board! As part of our “TWIM South” contingent, Jason is yet another talented swimmer added to our ranks! See you at the next meet or open water swim, Jason!
Our band of intrepid reporters are constantly beating the bushes, pools, and open water for news of glorious summertime TWIM finishes. This reporter recently caught wind of two TWIMMERs who excelled. Father Tom (“FT”) Fritschen cleaned up in two pool meets in June and early July while Emily Castillo showed […]
Fina Masters Swimming recently posted their World Top Ten rankings for last year’s Short Course Meters (SC) season. We are busting with pride that our own Betsey Kassen made top ten in two individual events, and that two other TWIMmers, Brad Jones and Carl Haynie, contributed to a World Champion […]