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Longtime USMS Volunteer Suzanne Rague Dies at the Age of 71
Skip Thompson fondly remembers how he met Suzanne Rague. Their 30-plus-year friendship started through a mutual friend who attended Stanford University.
How Coaches Can Work With Older Swimmers
Without planning on it, I’ve coached many outstanding, let’s say, senior–seniors since starting a training group in 2002 and the Sharks Masters in 2006. As a Masters swimmer for 35-plus years and a coach for 20, I’ve learned a...
How to Start Swimming Again After an Injury or Hiatus
As you age, your body doesn’t bounce back quite as quickly from an injury or a break in training as it did when you were younger. So how do you approach getting back in the pool? Very carefully is the short answer. Here are a few guidelines to...
Spring Nationals Provides Former Lanemates an Opportunity to Reunite
David McCarty didn’t need much persuasion to compete at the 2022 U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship. The Puget Sound Masters member was convinced after a close friend texted him telling him that McCarty was going.
Two USMS Members to be Inducted Into the Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2022
Doris Steadman and Jane Katz will be inducted this year into the Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame on Oct. 15 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Steadman, who swam for Garden State Masters, will enter posthumously as an Honor Swimmer, and Katz, a...
USMS Volunteers Help Make Swimming Possible
Simply put, the sport of competitive swimming couldn’t exist without volunteers. Deck officials. Hospitality crew. Administrative officials. Timers. Pool Marshals. Computer and console operators. Coaches. The list goes on and on. During Nation...
The Three Ways to Swim Faster
For swimmers of any age to improve, they need to know exactly what to work on to improve their technique. This series will distill swimming down to its critical components, focusing on what really matters. Although it doesn’t seem like it, swim...
Chris Brearton Making His Mark at MGM Studios
Chris Brearton grew up in Houston like many other Texas schoolboys: with hopes of a long football career. He held his own at free safety, but when he entered the ninth grade, he was just 5-foot-2 and 120 pounds. His chances of playing in high school ...
How Swimming Might Prevent Cancer
A large study published in October 2021 in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine, attempts to quantify the relationship between physical activity and cancer incidence among adults aged...
Fitness: Starting a Swimming Routine
Are you considering becoming a swimmer? Good choice! Swimming is probably one of the most healthy, fun, challenging and low impact forms of exercise you can do. Regardless of ability level and experience, people of all ages can swim. As we age, it is...
