World Record!

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Barry Lewis

emsc wrCongratulations to Stephanie Cholyk, Ceilidh Osland, Gail McGinnis, and Michelle MacWhirter on setting a new world record in the 120-159 women’s 4 x 100 free relay!

4:03.01 is the fastest time EVER across all masters age groups!

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Christian Berger – Statsman!

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Barry Lewis

If there’s a statistic, record, or ranking in masters swimming, chances are that Christian Berger knows it.  A masters swimmer since 1981, Christian has been the visionary and leader behind tracking Canadian masters swimming statistics for more than 25 years.

An avid swimmer, Christian held Quebec Provincial Records in relays and ranked in the Quebec Top 10 in the 1980s.  But with his computer specialist background, he also made his mark on masters swimming by developing unique software, including the Aquabec program, a meet management tool that was used at all Quebec meets from 1985 to 2003.  He also wrote the Aquaplus program in 1991, which is team management software that keeps Quebec’s registration, swimmer, and performance information.

Christian has used his programs to produce club, provincial, and national rankings.  He’s also moved along with the times, developing and maintaining a website full of statistics and articles of interest about masters swimming and hosting a masters discussion forum, both favourites of many of our members.  Just yesterday,  Christian added “In Memoriam” entries for EMSC swimmers Tim Salpeter (2012) and Harold Johnston (2008) to his website.

Thanks, Christian, for everything you do for Canadian masters swimming.

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Two Laps

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Barry Lewis

Two friends. One race. Two laps. No prisoners.

Val and Pete have been swimming together every morning for the past seventeen years. Once a year they have a race, two laps, up and back.

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The People We Met at the 2012 Canadian Masters Swimming Championships

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Barry Lewis

Masters meets are about so much more than what happens in the water.
Nationals are no different – see for yourself!

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EMSC Relay Team

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Barry Lewis

Watch and be inspired by these 4 swimmers at the 2012 Alberta Masters Provincial Swimming Championships, held April 14-15 in Edmonton.

Jack Boddington (86), Terry Dewhurst (78), Larry Judge (89), and Bob McRory (86) are members of the Edmonton Masters Swim Club.

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