Karin Bivens A year ago, the SaddleBrooke Swim Club and other community friends were shocked to learn of the passing of Stephen Proffitt. Stephen was an M.D. who gravitated to the warm climate of the Arizona desert with his wife Rebecca upon retirement. He became an integral part of the community and was extremely active…
Lynne Vieth and Terese Butler Saturday, Feb. 8 dawned sunny and windless to the relief of those members of the SaddleBrooke Masters Swim Team who were about to participate in the Southern Arizona Masters Relay Meet. If you were riding a stationary bike or jogging on the treadmill in the DesertView Fitness Center at noon,…
Terese Butler On Sunday, Jan. 26, 30 of SaddleBrooke Swim Club’s members descended on the U of A Hillenbrand Aquatic Center for the 30th annual Polar Bear Classic Masters swim meet. Due to the time of the year that this swim meet is held, it rightfully earns its name. This year, however, the team was…
Lyn Moreno Six swimmers representing the SaddleBrooke Swim Club brought home 15 gold and seven silver medals from the Tucson Senior Olympics held Jan. 30 at the Sunnyside Pool in Tucson. The swim meet was one of the many events that were part of the 2020 Tucson Senior Olympic Festival. Athletes ages 50 and over compete in…
Terese Butler The annual Arizona Short Course Meters State Swim Meet was held in Tempe, Arizona, on Oct. 26th and 27th of last year. This year the meet was held almost one month earlier than normal, so many of the team’s members had not returned from their summer sojourns and were thus unable to attend…
Lyn Moreno “A great swim clinic” is the way participants describe the free Let’s Swim Clinic that is offered as a service to the community by the SaddleBrooke Swim Club. This October’s clinic was the fourteenth clinic that the club has given at the DesertView pool. Each clinic has had a full enrollment of 24…
Terese Butler The SaddleBrooke Swim Club still has openings available for the free swim clinics open to all SaddleBrooke residents during the month of October. The two clinics each have a special focus and are geared to different levels of swimmers. Both clinics will be held at the DesertView Swimming Complex. The Adult Learn-To-Swim clinic…
Terese Butler The SaddleBrooke Swim Club will once again offer free swim clinics to all SaddleBrooke residents during October. The two clinics each have a special focus and are geared to different levels of swimmers. The Adult Learn-To-Swim clinic is designed for adults who have beginning to no prior swimming experience or may even have…
Karin Bivens The National Senior Games were held in Albuquerque this June. Nearly all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Mexico and Canada were represented. Competition in all sports was at a top-level. The swim competition was held June 15 through 19, in an indoor pool facility, and several SaddleBrooke Masters swimmers competed and…
Karin Bivens The Arizona State Long Course Championship Swim Meet took place March 31–June 2 at the Oro Valley Aquatic Center. For the long course meet, the pool is set up for 50 meters (as compared to 25 yards). To put that into perspective, the DesertView Pool is 25 yards long. Fifty meters is equivalent…