The Mighty Seven in Snohomish

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 scoring for men out of 20 teams!! Next time, we need more women TWIMmers to come help Jenny, hint hint…Kathy Pelham!

Highlights:

C.O.B. Tom Walker swam a full load of events, five total, in the Men 70-74 age group. Tom looked strong, taking top 5 finishes in all his events, including a first place finish in the 100 Breast. Tom is planning for World Domination in a couple of weeks in Federal Way.

Dan Underbrink gets the “Iron Man” award (again!) after swimming in 6 events in the Men’s 60-64 age group. Dan placed in the top 3 in all of his events, with 4 First Place finishes! Great job, Dan!!

Jenny Ferries represented the women for TWIM with a dominating performance. Jenny swam four events in the Women’s 35-39 age group, she placed first in all the events that she swam! Way to represent the TWIM Women, Jenny!

Tom Fritschen continues to improve and dial-in his freestyle technique. Tom swam the 100, 200, and 500 Free. He had nice time improvements in both his 100 Free and 500 free, and took first place in the Men’s 60-64 100 Free!

Coach Vince Carmosino blasted in after coaching for WAVE Aquatics in the morning, to swim a couple of races in the Men’s 45-49 age group. Vince took first place in both the 50 and 100 breast stroke events. While Vince swam great, he had no explanation for the Philadelphia Eagles’ dismal start.

Carl Haynie continues to be Mr. Consistency with three great swims, in the Men’s 55-59 age group. Carl took first place in the 50 breast stroke and the 100 back, while placing second in the 50 back. Carl exhibited stellar counting skills as he generously counted for all of the TWIM swimmers who swam the 500 free. Thanks, Carl!!

Brad Jones swam 3 events in the Men’s 50-54 age group. Brad tried to scratch the 500 free, but after he received a tongue lashing from C.O.B. Walker and Carl, he swam the 500 and was glad he did. Brad is grateful for his teammates not letting him wimp out! [Editor’s note: Brad finished 1st in all 3 of his events which included the 50 and 100 fly. Way to go, Brad!]