We are thrilled to announce that two new leaders have joined the TWIM Booster Club board, which is our governing body. You as members have elected DTM ( Dan Underbrink) to serve as our new President. Dan has long as been a foundation for us on deck and his sense […]
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I want to wish all of you and your loved ones in our extended TWIM family a joyous and safe holiday celebration! Yes, 2020 has been a challenge of biblical proportions on almost every level for all of us and we have seen a huge impact on our ability to […]
Holly and Brent laid down plenty of fast times in Beautiful Bend, Oregon, recently.
Tatiana’s Freestyle Clinic a success!
The TWIM spirit was soaring high at Mt. Hood Community College last weekend.
It’s official from the FINA World Rankings. Betsey “The Machine” Kassen ranked 6th and Colleen Wahlstrom ranked 9th in the World last year for their dazzling performances in the 1500 SCM (Short Course Meter) Freestyle at the Bellevue Mile! Betsey and Colleen are two of the premier female distance Freestylers […]
Those two indomitable TWIM Warriors Brent and Holly were at it again this past weekend at the Oregon SCY Championships at the Hills, Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center, that is! It was truly the TWIM Way on steroids as Holly blazed her way to Personal Bests every time she got in […]
The Redoubtable and Ever Amazing TWIM Tag Team of Holly Lickwala and her trusty Side Kick Brent Barnes brought the Way this last weekend to the Arizona Masters SCY State Championships at the beautiful Hillenbrand Aquatic Center at the University of Arizona! They were just in town for Spring […]
TWIM Posse Comes Up Big at the LWM Invite! Number One was the order of the day for TWIM on Sunday February 17th at the 2019 Lake Washington Masters Invitational! Yes, the TWIM Posse, comprised of Jenny Ferries, Dan Underbrink, Vince Carmosino, Carl Haynie and yours truly, rode, or rather […]
TWIM’s own version of the Dynamic Duo, Holly Lickwala and her sidekick Brent Barnes, boldly faced off against Oregon’s finest at the Chehalem SCY Meet on January 27th in the charming little hamlet of Newberg, Oregon. And the results were truly spectacular once again as these two awesome swimmers gave […]
TWIM Coach Erin McPeak staged yet another aquatic masterpiece on the first day of 2019 as 31 intrepid Masters swimmers got it on at the 2nd Annual New Year’s 10K swim at the venerable Thorbeckes Athletic Club in Centralia! There were 10 more swimmers this year than last as this […]
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! […]
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 […]
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: ” … […]
(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! […]
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 […]
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.