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Events / Open Water
Whether you live for fighting swells, whitecaps, and currents or you’re getting ready to leave the safety of lane lines for the first time, it’s hard to beat the allure and challenge of open...
Drills / Open Water / Stroke Technique / Training / Triathlon
It's undeniable: many triathletes consider themselves cyclists or runners and regard the first part of the race as something to be tolerated, or worse, feared. Swimming in a frenzied open-water pack...
USMS Clubs
US Masters Swimming Coach Scott Bay is an ASCA Level 4 Coach. He has been actively coaching for over 20 years. He coaches 3 practices at the Port Orange YMCA, Ormond Beach YMCA and Daytona State College. Daytona Beach Masters is affiliated with Daytona Beach Speed, which is the home team of Ryan Lochte.
Events / USMS Clubs
Hosted by Cambridge Masters Swim Club, this annual meet was held at Blodgett Pool on the campus of Harvard University in Boston, MA. 1,064 Swimmers registered for this swim meet, making it one of the...
Whats New?
Because of the devastating effects of the “Super Storm” known as Hurricane Sandy, the Long Distance Committee, with the support of the USMS Executive Committee, has extended from November 15 to...
Because of the devastating effects of the “Super Storm” known as Hurricane Sandy, the Long Distance Committee, with the support of the USMS Executive Committee, has extended from November 15 to November 25 the date by which all swims must be completed for the 3000/6000 USMS Postal National Championships. Entries will still be due by November 25, 2012. For those swimmers whose birthday occurs between November 16 and November 25, their age will be their age of record as of November 15, 2012. For everyone else, it will still be as of the day they swam, and results will be compiled accordingly. This extension shall apply to all swimmers regardless of their LMSC.
Events / Human Interest
Rob Butcher and Misty Hyman recap Day 3 of the 2012 Marriott U.S. Masters Swimming Summer Nationals. Each year hundreds of Masters Swimmers participate in these nationals, this year however it means something special to swim in the U.S. Swimming Trials Pool.
Events
Rob Butcher and Misty Hyman recap the final day of competition of the 2012 Marriott U.S. Masters Swimming Summer Nationals. Masters Swimmers have so many reasons why they participate in this event, Misty finds out from many of them how important it is to be part of Nationals.
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