Another year has passed and that means it’s time to bestow the Betsey Kassen award onto one of our stellar TWIM teammates
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It’s that time of year again to celebrate TWIM teammates and award the Betsey Kassen award! If you are newer to TWIM and wondering what this is all about, it points back to the beginning when TWIM was just a mere twinkle in the founders’ eyes. Betsey was there from […]
Our Betsey finalists for 2023 all have that very attitude in common…
Scott recounts the story of his dad who turns 99 today (!) and who is a generous contributor to TWIM.
Our board has just inaugurated the Elizabeth Kassen Achievement of Excellence Award, which will be bestowed annually on an individual who exemplifies the core values that Betsey has demonstrated as a person, as a swimmer and as a teammate. Betsey is a cofounder of TWIM and has been one of […]
“There are three types of people on this earth: Those that make the world noticeably a worse place by their being here, those that really have little affect and those that make it a better place. Dawn not only was in that last group, she was one of their leaders.” — Scott Neuhaus
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 […]
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 […]
(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 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 […]
Good morning TWIMChampions! In keeping with sacred tradition I am sending you this message to wish all of you and your families a great Holiday season! 2017 has indeed been a truly great year for us with so many awesome swims both as individuals and as a team! Congratulations to […]
By the looks of this past month and by the looks of the soon-to-be-published 2016 USMS Short Course Meters Top Ten rankings, TWIMmers have been driven, determined, and rewarded recently! Drive Following in Betsey’s armstrokes, both Voni and Tammy competed in the 2017 Speedo USMS 1-Hour ePostal last month. On February 23rd, Voni […]
Good afternoon TWIM and the happiest of holidays to you and to your families! We can all be very proud of our aquatic accomplishments this year, both as individual swimmers and as TWIM! So many great swims, so many great relays, and so much heart!!! As I look back through […]
TWIM is finishing off the year with a cosmic blast! Where to begin? The 2015 Long Course Meters (LCM) season came to a close and the official Top Ten National rankings have just been published by age group. Three TWIM-mers: Betsey Kassen, Zena Courtney and Carl Haynie secured individual Top […]
Mega Kudos to our CTO Carl B. Haynie for creating this world class website for TWIM! This awesome site reflects the quality at the core of TWIM- Thanks Carl! TW COB