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Open Water
As the sport of open water swimming grows, more and more swimmers have experimented with open water swimming gear. One piece of gear that open water swimmers can use to their advantage is the...
Fitness / Open Water
The Lake Del Valle Open Water Swim is sponsored by the TriValley Masters. It offers a .75 mile swim followed by a 2.5K swim. The lake is nestled in the hills outside of Livermore, Calif. It’s a...
Biography / Open Water
If Tina Neill could re-design the world, everyone would be comfortable around open water. Instead, she volunteers her time and incredible energy to make Minnesota, her current corner of the world, a...
Events / Open Water
Since the 1800s swimmers have enjoyed the water surrounding New York City. The first recorded competitive swim through the Harlem River was held in 1872. This year, U.S. Masters Swimming...
Human Interest / Open Water
File this story under L for “Love of a lake,” and under W for “Wow, we have a lot of really interesting people in U.S. Masters Swimming.” Put your two files together and you also have the...
Events / Open Water
What happens in Virginia doesn’t always stay in Virginia, especially what happened at the U.S. Masters Two-Mile Cable Open Water National Championship at Chris Green Lake in Charlottesville where four national records were broken and three major milestones were achieved.
Open Water
Since many swimmers who like to swim open water don’t always get the chance to train there, we asked world-class open water swimmer and coach Gerry Rodrigues for some pool drills to help with open...
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