Dear Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea. . . It was a cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen. . . It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. . . We the people. . .how […]
Yearly Archives: 2022
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A rare three-day swim meet was held, April 1-3, in Mollala, Oregon. This was the 2022 Northwest Zone Short Course Yard Championships. For those unfamiliar, the Northwest Zone is a geographic area within US Masters Swimming, which includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Alaska. Zone meets are periodically conducted […]
Yesss!!! The first real meet since I had to go out of state way back in December. Not that it wasn’t worth it to swim in a blizzard. Heck, I’d swim at a meet on the moon if the Chinese would let us. Oh! I-I’ve just been informed the Chinese […]
If you travel the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri, to its end, you will find yourself in Oregon City, Oregon. Arriving there on the second weekend in March 2022, you would need to reset your watch for the start of Daylight Saving Time. At this confluence of Trail’s End and […]
By Dan Underbrink and Vic Pace While TWIM Milers and support staff gathered for the Bellevue Club Masters Mile Meet, two other TWIM members, Valerie Thompson and Karin Williams were feeling the glow after their Virtual Mile, swum the day before. First we will hear about the Bellevue gathering, and […]
What a way to kick off the inauguration of the Betsey Award. TWIM is all about competition. It is the keystone of everything that we do. It promotes the unique, expansive camaraderie that defines us. So it was only fitting that there was nothing but competition when it came to […]
By Karen Chapman “Comparing summer swims to winter swims is like comparing Mondays to apples,” quipped my friend Kevin recently. He has a point. As much as I love the warm, languid swims of summer without being limited by time, temperature or excess clothing, there is something transcendent about the […]
We are pleased to present our first Swim Clinic in a couple of years! Register now on Club Assistant for “A Better Freestyle”, a hands-on Swim Clinic at the beautiful Snohomish Aquatic Center (SAC) on April 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come join us to improve your stroke […]
Holly and Brent Rock It the TWIM Way Our Dynamic Duo takes Top Age Group Honors! We wake up every day and live what’s in our heart, we sail toward the True North, undaunted by obstacles. We never turn back from our call; we are faithful to who it is […]