Welcome to Dual-Sanction Meets! This past June 11 and 12, the 2022 Pacific Northwest MET-SEAL LCM Cannonball Classic, a dual sanction PNS-PNA meet, was held at the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. The pool was set up in the less-common 50 meter Long Course configuration. Due to the enrollment of […]
Long Course Meters
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The Tunisia Open Masters held its Fifth meet in Tunis, Tunisia between May 11 and 15. The LCM pool events were held the 11th thru 13th at a complex built for Olympic style events with multiple venues in one location. The indoor 50-meter pool also had an outdoor 50-meter pool […]
Two separate events occurred this last, long weekend (the 6th through the 10th of October), and they were just a short jaunt down I-70 from each other. Their concurrence was weird I think but nonetheless, there it is: the Huntsman Senior Games and Long Course Nationals. The jaunt wasn’t really […]
Thomas Walker and Carl Haynie fled the states this past weekend to swim in a Long Course Meters (LCM) meet.
The TWIM spirit was soaring high at Mt. Hood Community College last weekend.
TWIMmers log 46 points for Puget Sound Masters at Summer Nationals. With just 16 swimmers PSM snagged 3rd place among the Regional Clubs.
While PNA elected not to score the meet, just looking over the results reveals TWIM would have been the runaway winner!
Over the last couple of weeks, three TWIMmers traveled far and wide across our great country to compete in everything from the Pan Am Championships in Florida to the deep blue Open Waters of Michigan and Washington. Nine Puget Sound Masters swimmers competed in Long Course Meter action at this […]
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 […]
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.
Our band of intrepid reporters are constantly beating the bushes, pools, and open water for news of glorious summertime TWIM finishes. This reporter recently caught wind of two TWIMMERs who excelled. Father Tom (“FT”) Fritschen cleaned up in two pool meets in June and early July while Emily Castillo showed […]
It was a superhero kind of Sunday this past weekend. No, we’re not talking about the triumphant Philadelphia Eagles. We’re talking about Tom Fritschen, Carl Haynie, Val Thompson, Dan Underbrink, and Tom Walker swimming two meets in two countries on the same day! That’s right. TWIM sported the Dynamic Duo […]
The TWIM machine rolled on this past weekend in the enchanting little hamlet of Gresham, Oregon as we had the honor of competing in the annual Gil Young Memorial LCM meet which also served this year as the NW Zone Champs! It’s always a beautiful meet, splendidly hosted by Mr. […]
A slightly biased account based on some fact and some hearsay with a tiny bit of first hand knowledge pieced together by the swimmer who spent the least time there…. 1016 swimmers registered for USMS Masters LCM Nationals at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. 15 swimmers from Puget Sound […]
August will be a busy month of pool swimming, especially for TWIMmers Maoz, Zena, Kathy, Betsey, Carl, and the two Toms! Who are we missing? Let us know… Very soon, TWIM Warriors, Maoz Alsberg, Zena Courtney, and Kathy Pelham will be vying for glory August 2-6 at the 2017 USMS […]
It’s been an eventful past month in TWIM land. Victoria, BC Hey, the I in TWIM stands for International, right?! On January 28th, nine Puget Sound Masters – including two from Team Walker (Father Tom and Carl) – ventured north into British Columbia to swim in the annual Victoria Masters Meet (Long Course […]
Photos by: Tammy Koppelberger, Valerie Powell, Kirk Nelson, Gary Campen, and Maoz Alsberg Eleven TWIMmers returned from Gresham, Oregon this past weekend with smiles on their faces, and why not? With the exception of Zena who stood loyal to her Blue Wave Aquatics team (we forgive you, Zena), TWIMmers contributed strongly […]
So far, this has been anything but the dog days of summer as TWIMMERs have been busy tearing up the pools and lakes in July! Continuing from our last post, the Senior Seattle Open meet at Colman Pool July 7-9 wrapped up with a bang. Thomas “COB” Walker started us off […]
(updated July 6, 2016) Father Tom Fristschen, “The Swimming Priest”, hereafter referred to as “FT”, performed another Aquatic miracle at the Summer Solstice Long Course Meters meet in Spokane this past weekend. By his own individual effort, he raised our TWIM banner even higher! Hallelujah! That’s what it’s about- Each of […]
Some ninety-five masters swimmers competed in the Tualatin Hills Long Course Meters meet in Oregon this past weekend including four adventurous folks from Puget Sound Masters. So, who were these four brave souls? They were all TWIMmers, of course!!! Jenny “The Fearless” Ferries, “Father Tom” FT Fritschen, Carl “MC” Haynie, and […]