USMS Announces Its 2023 National Championships sports-masters June 16, 2022 Breaking News, Events, Featured, Sports, Swimming 21 Irvine, California, will host Spring Nationals, and Sarasota, Florida, will host Summer Nationals U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) recently announced the locations for its national championships for 2023. The...
How to Start Swimming Again After an Injury or Hiatus sports-masters May 31, 2022 Featured, Sports, Swimming 36 By Scott Bay Whatever the reason for your absence, getting back in the pool is a process 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...
More Than 50 Records Fall at USMS Spring Nationals sports-masters May 2, 2022 Breaking News, Events, Featured, Sports, Swimming 61 By Daniel Paulling U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) recently wrapped up their Spring Nationals in San Antonio, Texas and a total of 57 records were set during the four-day event. Puget Sound Masters member Ri...
Catherine McKenna: Why Swimming Matters sports-masters October 7, 2021 Athlete Profiles, Featured, Sports, Swimming 187 Swim Drink Fish is a nonprofit organization working to connect people with water since 2001 which uses citizen science and communications technology to safeguard local waters. They are worthy advocates for the...
Essential Medical Needs for Masters Swimmers sports-masters March 5, 2021 Featured, Health, Sports, Swimming 269 What medical treatments every Masters Athlete should be undertaking By John Post, MD We don’t think about it much, the hidden inner workings of the athlete’s body. It’s just sort of there. It’s always don...
Craig Walker: A Decorated Swimmer sports-masters November 25, 2020 Featured, Sports, Swimming 683 Craig Walker is a dedicated and decorated 80 year old Masters Swimmer from Redlands, California who is preparing for the upcoming USA Masters Games in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After the 2020 Games were postpone...
Swim Team Brings African American Women to the Pool sports-masters November 15, 2020 Breaking News, Featured, Health, Swimming 688 Mahogany Mermaids is a swim team based in Charlotte, NC and is geared toward adult African American swimmers. For most of her life, Tara Johnson-Drayton stayed on the pool deck, watching others play in the ...
What Athletes Over 60 Should Know About Working Out sports-masters July 7, 2020 Featured, Sports, Swimming 902 By Jim Miller, MD Is improvement in performance and conditioning possible after you turn 60? Yes! What are the keys to this seemingly daunting task? This answer is complex. First, the Basics The fir...
How You Should Approach Getting Back in the Pool sports-masters May 23, 2020 Featured, Health, Swimming 750 A perspective shift might be needed as you transition back to swimming regularly By Scott Bay It seems like with every news report, things are getting worse. That constant messaging makes it hard to see w...
How to Spend Your Time Away from the Water sports-masters March 24, 2020 Featured, Health, Swimming 685 Can’t swim right now? Try doing these things! By Terry Heggy, U.S. Masters Swimming Being denied access to water workouts feels like condemnation to the pit of despair. Yet whether it’s because of a public he...
