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Biography / Human Interest
Six years ago, a happy but exhausted Inge Clark had a toddler and three infants on her hands. “Four kids does a number on your body,” explains Clark, making what might be the understatement of...
Fitness / Health and Nutrition / Sports Medicine
Swimming might be the single best thing you can do to avoid the diseases that plague our sedentary society and to vastly improve the function of both your body and mind.
Open Water
It’s alive! History, that is. And a lot of other stuff, but if you plan your swim well, you’ll probably avoid the sharks.
Vito Bialla wants to help you with that planning. “We want to bring...
Open Water
One of the best parts of organizing your own swim is that the start is a low key affair. No one is sprinting. There are no bullhorns. You just walk into the water when you’re good and ready. Sure,...
Biography
Bill Brenner is USMS’s new Club and Coach Services Director, and he is dedicating himself to expanding the quantity and quality of our local clubs and coaching. A mid and long distance freestyler...
Biography
A long time member of the Florida Aquatic Combined Team, iconic Masters swimmer Bunny Cederlund passed away in 2011 at the age of 89, or “FINA 90” as she liked to think of it. Bunny (Agnes)...
Fitness / USMS Promotional
The Nike Go the Distance program is one of the most popular participation programs offered by USMS. The year-long event has seen tremendous growth since GTD was conceived by the Fitness Committee in...
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