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Masters? Do I need to be a pro to swim here? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heck no! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In swimming, MASTERS simply means 18 and older<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Okotoks Masters Swim Club supports and encourages adult swimmers to come join us in active healthy living. Our goal is to promote: fun, friendship, health, wellness, participation and achievement. If you can swim 100 metres (4 laps) of freestyle and are wanting to increase your stamina and learn other strokes and drills, you will find a place with OMSC.<\/p>\n\n\n

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OMSC Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Okotoks Masters Swim Club operates solely at the Okotoks Recreation Center located at 99 Okotoks Drive in Okotoks Alberta. Please refer to the registration tab<\/a> for contact information, available sessions and schedule, and inquiries about OMSC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OMSC History<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OMSC was started in 1991 as the Okotoks Orcas. Over the years it has gone through phases of competitive masters swimming and more of a fitness club for local swimmers and tri-athletes with ad hoc workouts written on a white board. The club was run out of the original four lane Swindel\u2019s pool prior to the expansion of the Okotoks Recreation Centre in 2006 that resulted in a six lane competition pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OMSC\u2019s membership was capped at around 50 swimmers due to lane space and numerous potential members were turned away. Volunteer coach Leslie Posein entered the program in 2007-2008 adding needed structure to the Monday and Wednesday evening workouts. Interest in Masters swimming continued to grow in the greater Okotoks area and the club\u2019s organizers were keen to accommodate more members. The pool management provided an opportunity for Tuesday and Thursday morning lane space in the 2008-2009 season and structured coaching continued under Todd Melton. The membership jumped to 72 swimmers but potential members still had to be turned away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of that season, the organizers realized that the club was at a size that required structure and process and the amount of money being handled justified formalizing the club under bylaws. A provisional board of directors was established in June of 2009 and an ambitious new program designed with a significant increase in lane space and practice times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OMSC now operates between 70-85 members solely at the Okotoks Recreation Centre. Our wonderful coaches help make this club the fun, open, healthy, active environment that it is. We hope you are able to be a part of this great team and if you have any interest in joining, please contact us through our contact page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Swimming!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Masters? Do I need to be a pro to swim here? Heck no! In swimming, MASTERS simply means 18 and older. The Okotoks Masters Swim Club supports and encourages adult swimmers to come join us in active healthy living. Our goal is to promote: fun, friendship, health, wellness, participation and achievement. If you can swim … <\/p>\n

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