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…
Tag: SaddleBrooke Swim Club
Sports, May 2015
It’s a three – peat for the SaddleBrooke Swim Club
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…
Sports, May 2015
SaddleBrooke Swim Team salutes DIGS members
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…
Sports, May 2015
SaddleBrooke Octogenarian All-American Swimmers
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…
Front Page, April 2015
SaddleBrooke Swimmers photo finish in Mesa
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…
May 2014
SaddleBrooke Swimmers achieve All-American status
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…
May 2014
SaddleBrooke Swim Club wins state championship
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…