34 Results for group: member-spotlight

Michael Kessler

Current Age Group: 30-34 Team you are a part of: BKTS When did you start competitively swimming? I joined the middle school swim team in the 7th grade to follow in the soaking wet footsteps of my father and grandfather. Following the conclusion of that season, I immediately enrolled into the club team in my ... More

Kate Burns-Jager

Current Age Group: 50-54 Team you are a part of: MAC & East Lansing Master's Swim When did you start competitively swimming? I started competitive swimming when I was 8 years old and competed through my second year of college at Ferris State (when they still had a team). How long have you been in Michigan ... More

Jim Izzi

Current Age Group: 60-64 Team you are a part of: MAC (Milford Athletic Club). I am a Coach, Manager (COO), and Member. When did you start competitively swimming? 2008. I was a distance runner/triathlete in the early 2000’s.  In 2007, while training at the Milford pool for a Tri, I stumbled upon a MAC masters ... More

Taylor Oberson

Current Age Group: 30-34 Team you are a part of: Stray Cats When did you start competitively swimming? 2018 How long have you been in Michigan Masters? Since I began swimming competitively in 2018. What is your favorite swim event/race? I'm developing a love for the breaststroke events, mostly the 100 ... More

Jim Pogue

Current Age Group: 60-64 Team you are a part of: mostly FAST but also MM & OFIS  (a/k/a Old Farts In Speedos) When did you start competitively swimming? Started when I was 10 or so.  My younger sister Kim was kicking my butt and the summer swim club coach (Sandy Graham) suggested that I might want to give ... More

Patricia (Pat) Mankin

Current Age Group:  70-74 Team you are a part of:  MAC.  I was so lucky to meet Jacqueline Thorpe at a meet.  She introduced me to the MAC coaches Kris, Lyndsey, Jim, Diane and Janette as well as the wonderful swimmers on the team.  So much has changed since I last competed and they have all been so kind and ... More

Lisa A Hypnar

Current Age Group: 70-74 Team you are a part of: BKTS When did you start competitively swimming? My first swim meet was in 2010, at age 56, and my first Masters swim meet was the 2012 State Meet in Lake Orion. How long have you been in Michigan Masters? 2012 (12 years) What is your favorite swim event/ra... More

Andy Fillmore

Current Age Group: A lady never discloses! (Also, it's on every results sheet, and I kind of like the thought of someone going to the trouble of looking it up 😙) Team you are a part of: Michigan Queer Aquatix (MINQX)www.minqx.org When did you start competitively swimming? I think when I was about 6 years ... More

Tamara Steil

Current Age Group: 70-74 Team you are a part of: STRAY CATS When did you start competitively swimming? 2.22.2003 How long have you been in Michigan Masters? 10.28.2002 What is your favorite swim event/race? Definitely 200 breast - though I also like the 100 and 50 breasts, 400 and 200 IMs, and 200 fly. I ... More

Ryan Papa

Current Age Group: 45-49 Team you are a part of: Ann Arbor Masters When did you start competitively swimming? I was told around 3-4 yrs old. I leared how to swim at 2 1/12 yrs old and was competing in the 6 & under age group by 3 or 4. I swam in 92 & 96 Olympics for the Philippines until I was in college ... More