Category: News
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Your First Swim Meet
This time last year, you wouldn’t have called yourself a swimmer. Look at you now. You’ve picked up the lane etiquette. You’ve expanded your repertoire of stroke drills. You’ve nailed all the turns and you streamline off every wall. You learned how to swim butterfly, and Coach says you’re a natural. You joined a workout
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Last Weekend in Calgary
There are swimming families. Jane’s son is about to overtake his mom in the 100 breaststroke. Her cousins can pick her out in the heats from the look of her strokes. At the 2023 Masters Nationals in Calgary, the three of them sit in the stands and cheer for their aunt, who is also competing.
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What we learned in Chilliwack
You can learn a lot by attending a swim meet. Maybe it’s all new to you: the heats, the whistles, the nerves, what it’s like to race. Everything is unfamiliar, and you are picking it up as you go along. As you become more experienced, your focus shifts to the details — turns, breathing strategy,
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Swim Meet News: VMSC Long Course Swim Meet
It was a small crew, and we couldn’t even assemble a proper relay, but we did our best to represent East Van all the same at the VMSC Long Course Swim Meet in Victoria over the weekend. For Jane, it was her first swim meet in over a decade. Forget about easing back into it:
Legacy Masters Swim Club 