Phil Simpson On the weekend of April 2 and 3, 50-plus members of the SaddleBrooke Swim Club’s U.S. Masters Swim Team ventured north to Paradise Valley to compete in the Arizona State Short-Course-Yards Championship Meet, hosted by the Phoenix Swim Club. In a record setting, eye popping performance, Coach Doug Springer’s intrepid natators dominated the…
Phil Simpson Members of the SaddleBrooke Swim Club are known to be a very close-knit, “all for one, one for all,” force to be reckoned with in Senior Olympics and U.S. Masters competitive swimming. On Saturday, February 13, 38 SaddleBrooke swimmers found themselves in the uncharacteristic position of facing off against one another as two…
Phil Simpson On the weekend of October 31-November 1, 35 SaddleBrooke Masters swimmers of the SaddleBrooke Swim Club ventured to the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center at Arizona State University in Tempe to compete in the Ron Johnson Invitational and Arizona Short Course Meters Championships. A spooky omen, the event’s Great Pumpkin – inspired, Halloween-theme emblazoned…
Terese Butler For the third time in three years the SaddleBrooke Swim Club (SSC) has won the Arizona Short Course Yardage State and Regional Swim Meet. The swim meet, which is sanctioned by the United States Masters Swimming Association, was held at the spectacular Oro Valley Aquatic Center. The event was co-hosted by the Aquatic…
The SaddleBrooke Swim Team finished three days of intense competition over the weekend of April 10, 11 and 12 at the Oro Valley Aquatic Center. This was the annual USMS Arizona short course yard state championship swim meet. As they have done in the past, the swimmers asked the members of the Digital Imaging Group…
At a time in their lives when many health professionals might recommend a more sedentary lifestyle, five SaddleBrooke Swim Club swimmers received the ultimate honor from U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS): 2014 All American. This very prestigious award is only awarded to those swimmers who achieve the nation’s fastest time for an individual or relay event…
SaddleBrooke Swim Club’s expectations for a high team ranking at the Misty Hyman Classic swim competition in Mesa on February 14 and 15 were not particularly high given the numerical strength of the host club Mesa Aquatics over the smaller contingent of SaddleBrooke swimmers competing in the two day event. However, at the end of…
Edward Thompson US Masters Swimming (USMS), the governing organization of nearly 60,000 Masters Swimmers across the United States, has just announced the recipients of All American status for the 2013 swim competition season. To become an All American, the USMS swimmer must have achieved the fastest time either individually or as part of a relay…
Edward Thompson The SaddleBrooke Swim Club, very proud of their very first US Masters Swimming (USMS) State Championship won last year, set their sights on a repeat performance in 2014. Last year’s championship was won in the Oro Valley Aquatics Center so SaddleBrooke had a definite home field advantage over the stronger Phoenix area swim…