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Danny Prear and His Mighty Kroc Masters Are Making Waves
Danny Prear can claim something few other Masters Swimming coaches can: He taught 80% of his club’s members how to swim and then persuaded them to compete.
USMS Partners With USA Swimming Foundation to Grow Support for Learn-to-Swim Programs
The USA Swimming Foundation and U.S. Masters Swimming today announced a new philanthropic partnership to create greater support for adult learn-to-swim efforts.
Online Silent Auction to Support USMS COVID-19 Relief Program for Clubs
Help support local USMS clubs’ effort to restart Masters programs when safe and appropriate
SSLF Grant Recipient Twin Cities Aquatics Cooperative Brings Inclusive Approach to Teaching Adults to Swim
In 2018, Alayane Beneke co-founded the Twin Cities Aquatics Cooperative in Minneapolis. It wasn’t your average Masters group.
SSLF Grant Recipient Texas Ford Aquatics Produces Lasting Impact on Melissa Bankard
When Melissa Bankard bought a new home in the Dallas/Fort Worth area about a year ago, it came with a pool. That pool would normally be a great addition to any home in a warm climate, but for Bankard it was a source of anxiety. “I realized that...
SSLF Grant Recipient Megan Cameron Swim Coaching Expands Client Offerings with ALTS Lessons
For the past year and a half, Megan Cameron has been teaching adults to swim, in addition to offering private lessons, clinics, and triathlon coaching and hosting a Masters program at the program she founded, Megan Cameron Swim Coaching, in Joplin, M...
SSLF Grant Recipient Rhythm and Stroke Aims to Help Minorities Learn to Swim
Andre Morton has always been a strong swimmer. He learned to swim when he was about 8 years old in a YMCA program and competed on an AAU team when he was growing up. He soon learned he had a knack for teaching others to swim too. “I’d hel...
SSLF Grant Recipient Gulf Coast Multi-Sport Helps Louisianans Learn to Swim
Like many adult learn-to-swim instructors, Mia Erickson Stevens has been an avid swimmer most of her life. She says she learned to swim before she could walk and swam all through grade school, high school, and at Radford University in Virginia. She p...
USMS Swimming Saves Lives Foundation Announces 2020 Grant Recipients
Nearly 70 adult learn-to-swim lessons providers nationwide will receive funding and education support from the USMS Swimming Saves Lives Foundation in 2020.
