Team Walker International Masters
Team Walker International Masters

About TWIM

About Us

Established in 2015, Team Walker International Masters grew out of the vision of one very friendly guy, Thomas Walker, whose love of swimming was legendary and whose drive inspired us all.  We are a growing workout group registered under Club Puget Sound Masters in the Pacific Northwest LMSC of United States Masters Swimming (USMS). Join Us!

Going Places

At Team Walker International Masters, we enjoy competing in just about any kind of swimming event from pool meets to postals to open water swim races. And we are known to travel far and wide for them. From the World Championships in Singapore, recently, to the Championships in Doha, Qatar, TWIM is there!

Our Mission

Each year, TWIM and its 501(c)(3) TWIM Booster Club give back a portion of your donations and clinic participation fees to support important programs like Adult Learn To Swim (USA Swimming Foundation) and Washington State Special Olympics.
TWIM is a collection of individuals who swim competitively, but we are much more than that. We have individuals among us who not only advocate for new pool construction but also work to keep pools open that are threatened with closure.
In addition to this, we are obsessed with increasing the skill level of adult competitive swimmers as well as non-competitive individuals. We do this through the swim clinics we run. We have members among us who instruct children in swimming and those who work with special needs kids through Special Olympics programs.

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Join Us

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Our Credo

  • We Believe in United States Masters Swimming; in its Principles and Guiding Spirit.
  • We Believe in Swimming as a Way of Life.
  • We Believe in Fun, Friendship and Striving for Aquatic Excellence through Local, National and International Competition.
  • We will Always Embrace the Opportunity to Get Up on the Blocks and Give it Our All for Ourselves and For Our Teammates.

As Tom always liked to say to us before each swim meet: “Once again the Hour is upon us. Time to live out our Credo, which is to get up on the blocks at every opportunity and give it our all, for ourselves and for our teammates. In keeping with sacred tradition, I have lit the Victory Torch high atop TWIM Tower and started the Ceremonial Meet Clock. For it is in this very act, the summoning up of all within to step up upon these blocks, that our most enduring Victory lies. Rally around the Old Blue and White!”

The Victory Torch dimmed at your passing, Tom, but your spirit has it once again burning bright.

Thomas W. Walker
1947 – 2024