Status:	Current Member
Name:	Elaine K Howley
LMSC:	New England
Most Recent Club:	New England Masters Swim Club (NEM)

Swimming Achievements for Elaine K Howley:

• Meet results for Elaine K Howley (9 swims)
• Top Ten achievements (1 individual, 1 relay)

USMS Service & Recognition for Elaine K Howley:

• Previous USMS National Committee Positions Held:
  Long Distance Committee Ex-Officio 2015 - 2017
  Open Water Committee Ex-Officio 2015 - 2017
• USMS Certified Coach:
• Level 1 – achieved May 13, 2012
• Level 1 – achieved May 13, 2012
• Level 2 – achieved May 13, 2012
• Level 2 – achieved May 13, 2012
• Level 3 – achieved May 5, 2013
• Level 3 – achieved May 5, 2013
• USMS Adult Learn To Swim Instructor – achieved Jan 17, 2015
• Contributed 28 articles to USMS.org
• SWIMMER magazine contributions and references:
  • November-December 2023 Issue: "'The Best Swimmer to Ever Swim the Potomac'"
  • November-December 2023 Issue: "A Heart Set on Swimming"
  • November-December 2023 Issue: "Out in the Open: Weighty Matters"
  • September-October 2023 Issue: "Great Water Escapes"
  • September-October 2023 Issue: "Out in the Open: What's in the Water?"
  • September-October 2023 Issue: "A Splash for Good"
  • July-August 2023 Issue: "From the Web: How to Find the Best Goggles for Open Water"
  • July-August 2023 Issue: "Ending the Great Depression With Swimming"
  • July-August 2023 Issue: "Splashing in the Fountain of Youth"
  • July-August 2023 Issue: "The Misunderstood Shark"
  • July-August 2023 Issue: "Out in the Open: Let's Go on a Training Trip!"
  • May-June 2023 Issue: "The Origins of Aqua Aerobics"
  • May-June 2023 Issue: "When (Swimming) Life Imitates Art"
  • May-June 2023 Issue: "Out in the Open: Tapering for the Big Day"
  • March-April 2023 Issue: "From American Crawler to Six-Beat Superstardom"
  • March-April 2023 Issue: "Out in the Open: Building Core Strength With Pilates"
  • January-February 2023 Issue: "The Countess of Open Water"
  • January-February 2023 Issue: "Out in the Open: Eating for the Long Haul"
  • January-February 2023 Issue: "Head West for Open Water Nationals"
  • November-December 2022 Issue: "The Ambassador of Aloha"
  • November-December 2022 Issue: "Starting Their Second Century of Swimming"
  • November-December 2022 Issue: "Out in the Open: Leveraging Pool Training for Next Summer's Open Water Adventures"
  • September-October 2022 Issue: "But Why 25 Yards?"
  • September-October 2022 Issue: "SCAR-ed for Life"
  • September-October 2022 Issue: "Out in the Open: How to Reframe Your Thinking About DNFs"
  • July-August 2022 Issue: "Size Matters"
  • July-August 2022 Issue: "Bragging Rights"
  • July-August 2022 Issue: "Out in the Open: Watching the Weather"
  • May-June 2022 Issue: "Floating Frogman"
  • May-June 2022 Issue: "Out in the Open: What's in Your Gear Bag?"
  • March-April 2022 Issue: "2022 Open Water National Championships"
  • March-April 2022 Issue: "A Voice for Good Trouble"
  • March-April 2022 Issue: "Heroic Swim"
  • March-April 2022 Issue: "Out in the Open: The Delicate Art of Peeing in Open Water"
  • January-February 2022 Issue: "A Short History of Goggles"
  • January-February 2022 Issue: "Out in the Open: Get Your Z's"
  • November-December 2021 Issue: "Couch to Channel"
  • November-December 2021 Issue: "The Birth of Marathon Swimming"
  • November-December 2021 Issue: "Out in the Open: Becoming the First"
  • September-October 2021 Issue: "Perfecting the Fin"
  • September-October 2021 Issue: "Finding Relief in the Water"
  • September-October 2021 Issue: "Out in the Open: Pacing for the Long Haul"
  • July-August 2021 Issue: "Undaunted du Toit"
  • July-August 2021 Issue: "Out in the Open: Learning From the Elites"
  • May-June 2021 Issue: "The March of World Records"
  • May-June 2021 Issue: "Out in the Open: Time, Distance, and Speed"
  • March-April 2021 Issue: "The Swimmer as Hero"
  • March-April 2021 Issue: "If You Can Make It There"
  • March-April 2021 Issue: "Around the World in 80 Million Strokes"
  • March-April 2021 Issue: "Out in the Open: Getting Recognized"
  • January-February 2021 Issue: "Shaving Hair and Seconds"
  • January-February 2021 Issue: "Reset Your Competition Gears in 2021"
  • January-February 2021 Issue: "Out in the Open: Clinical Operations"
  • November-December 2020 Issue: "De Arte Natandi"
  • November-December 2020 Issue: "'A Place Where I Belong': Mahogany Mermaids Provide a Welcoming Space"
  • November-December 2020 Issue: "Out in the Open: How to Help Protect Open Water Swimming"
  • September-October 2020 Issue: "The Rise of Winter and Ice Swimming"
  • September-October 2020 Issue: "Sharing the Joy of Swimming"
  • September-October 2020 Issue: "Out in the Open: A Heart-Stopping Experience"
  • July-August 2020 Issue: "When Open Water Rejoined the Olympics"
  • July-August 2020 Issue: "USMS and College Club Swimming: Stronger Together"
  • July-August 2020 Issue: "Out in the Open: What to Know Before Your First 10K Open Water Swim"
  • May-June 2020 Issue: "Paper Suits"
  • May-June 2020 Issue: "Rhythm and Stroke LLC Helping to Change Swimming Narrative"
  • May-June 2020 Issue: "From Fearful to Fearless"
  • May-June 2020 Issue: "Out in the Open: Addressing Anxiety in Open Water"
  • March-April 2020 Issue: "Splashback: Bridging East and West"
  • March-April 2020 Issue: "In the Interest of Justice"
  • March-April 2020 Issue: "Out in the Open: Fueling Long Events"
  • January-February 2020 Issue: "U.S. Masters Swimming at 50"
  • January-February 2020 Issue: "Terror at the 1972 Olympic Games"
  • January-February 2020 Issue: "Seize the Day in 2020"
  • January-February 2020 Issue: "Out in the Open: The Bane of Foggy Goggles"
  • November-December 2019 Issue: "How One Woman Changed the Sport of Swimming"
  • November-December 2019 Issue: Featured in "Out in the Open: The Importance of Swim Buoys When Training"
  • September-October 2019 Issue: "Out in the Open: Diff'rent Strokes"
  • September-October 2019 Issue: Featured in "Descent Into the Maelstrom"
  • July-August 2019 Issue: "From Fearless to Fast"
  • July-August 2019 Issue: "The First Family of Australian Swimming"
  • July-August 2019 Issue: "Out in the Open: In Hot Water"
  • May-June 2019 Issue: "Cutting Drag"
  • May-June 2019 Issue: "Back to Swimming"
  • May-June 2019 Issue: "Out in the Open: Drafting in Open Water Races"
  • March-April 2019 Issue: "In the Age of Greatness"
  • March-April 2019 Issue: "Finding Refuge in the Water"
  • March-April 2019 Issue: "Out in the Open: Different Strokes"
  • March-April 2019 Issue: Featured in "The English Channel Pace-Setters"
  • November-December 2018 Issue: "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!"
  • November-December 2018 Issue: "Out in the Open: How to Pick the Right Swim Cap"
  • September-October 2018 Issue: "Swimming at the White House"
  • September-October 2018 Issue: "Out in the Open: What to Wear"
  • July-August 2018 Issue: "Nan the Newsboy"
  • July-August 2018 Issue: "Out in the Open: Current Affairs"
  • May-June 2018 Issue: "Olympians on Post Street"
  • May-June 2018 Issue: "Out in the Open: Pregnancy and Open Water"
  • March-April 2018 Issue: "Swimming for the Cure"
  • March-April 2018 Issue: "The Poop on Pigeons: A different kind of Twitter communicated news of English Channel swims in the 1900s"
  • March-April 2018 Issue: "Out in the Open: Goggles Galore"
  • January-February 2018 Issue: "Revolution Evolution: A brief history of the flip turn"
  • January-February 2018 Issue: "Out in the Open: Fresh or Salty?"
  • January-February 2018 Issue: "Long Distance Event Preview"
  • November-December 2017 Issue: "The Master Builder"
  • November-December 2017 Issue: "Out in the Open: Communing in and With Open Water"
  • November-December 2017 Issue: Featured in "In Walden Pond"
  • September-October 2017 Issue: "Celebrating 100 Golden Years"
  • September-October 2017 Issue: "Out in the Open: Swimming Far With a Kayaker"
  • July-August 2017 Issue: "She's Such a Doll!"
  • July-August 2017 Issue: "Bewitching Belief"
  • July-August 2017 Issue: "Out in the Open: Your First 5K"
  • May-June 2017 Issue: "Faith, Film, and Freestyle"
  • May-June 2017 Issue: "Sirens of the Deep"
  • May-June 2017 Issue: "Out in the Open: Nose Clips"
  • March-April 2017 Issue: "Supernova Sarah Thomas"
  • March-April 2017 Issue: "Straight Across the Strait"
  • March-April 2017 Issue: "Out in the Open: Uncramp Your Style"
  • March-April 2017 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Ricardo Valdivia"
  • January-February 2017 Issue: "Out in the Open: Bilateral Breathing"
  • January-February 2017 Issue: "Recently Read: Evolved"
  • January-February 2017 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Mike Freshley"
  • January-February 2017 Issue: "Spring Nationals and Open Water Nationals Preview"
  • November-December 2016 Issue: "Early Origins of a Modern Day Swim: Peaks to Portland"
  • November-December 2016 Issue: "Out in the Open: Millitary Precision"
  • November-December 2016 Issue: "Meet Your At-Large Directors"
  • November-December 2016 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Rick Walker"
  • September-October 2016 Issue: "As Seen On TV"
  • September-October 2016 Issue: "Uppsala Swimming Society: Swedish swimming has deep roots and long branches"
  • September-October 2016 Issue: "Out In the Open: Know Your Tides"
  • September-October 2016 Issue: "Online Workouts: A resource for swimmers and coaches alike"
  • September-October 2016 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Christian Vanderkaay"
  • July-August 2016 Issue: "Standing Tall: Small victories add up to huge strides for Theo St. Francis"
  • July-August 2016 Issue: "Drawn to Water"
  • July-August 2016 Issue: "Terror and Causality: A paralyzing fear of polio kept some children out of the water in mid-20th-century America"
  • July-August 2016 Issue: "Out in the Open: In Praise of Earplugs"
  • July-August 2016 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Cecilia McCloskey"
  • May-June 2016 Issue: "Take Your Mark: The obscure origins of the now-ubiquitous starting block"
  • May-June 2016 Issue: "No Fly Zone"
  • May-June 2016 Issue: "Out in the Open: Managing Anxiety"
  • May-June 2016 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: David Quiggin"
  • March-April 2016 Issue: "Out in the Open: See Ya Later, Alligator"
  • March-April 2016 Issue: "Samurai Swimmers"
  • March-April 2016 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Lexie Kelly"
  • March-April 2016 Issue: "Sanctioning and Safety"
  • January-February 2016 Issue: "Sweet Home Helena"
  • January-February 2016 Issue: "Sand Swimming - A Neolithic mystery endures in the eastern Sahara"
  • January-February 2016 Issue: "Out in the Open: A Journalist's Open Water Primer"
  • January-February 2016 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Charlotte Davis"
  • November-December 2015 Issue: "Out in the Open: Know Thyself to Achieve New Goals"
  • November-December 2015 Issue: "The Case for "Birdfly" How did the butterfly get its name?"
  • November-December 2015 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Cheryl Gettelfinger"
  • November-December 2015 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Christine Dahlstrom Maki"
  • November-December 2015 Issue: "Divas, Drama Queens, and the Rest of Us"
  • November-December 2015 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Robert Poiletman"
  • September-October 2015 Issue: "Duck, Duck, Witch: How swimming was used in the cruel tradition of witch hunting"
  • September-October 2015 Issue: "Pulling Together: Harry and Max Boucher swim together to raise awareness"
  • September-October 2015 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Jim Miller"
  • September-October 2015 Issue: "Out in the Open: Don't Shun the Pool"
  • September-October 2015 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Stuart McDougal"
  • September-October 2015 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Fall Willeboordse, Egoless swimming"
  • July-August 2015 Issue: "A Second Chance at First Place"
  • July-August 2015 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Meg Smath"
  • July-August 2015 Issue: "Out in the Open: Sturm and Drang"
  • July-August 2015 Issue: "Flying Gull, Tobacco, and Trudgen"
  • July-August 2015 Issue: "Ties That Bind: Two swimming families take on San Antonio"
  • July-August 2015 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Hermine Terhorst"
  • July-August 2015 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Philipp Djang"
  • May-June 2015 Issue: "Bearing Witness"
  • May-June 2015 Issue: "Waste Not, Want Not: A retired teacher turns one society's throw-away goods into brighter futures overseas"
  • May-June 2015 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Tom Boak"
  • May-June 2015 Issue: "Out in the Open: Burn, Baby, Burn"
  • May-June 2015 Issue: "Round and Round: The swim around Manhattan Island Turns 100 in 2015"
  • May-June 2015 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Michael Kazek"
  • May-June 2015 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Noriko Inada"
  • May-June 2015 Issue: "Race to the Bottom"
  • March-April 2015 Issue: "Long distance and open water rule changes"
  • March-April 2015 Issue: "Out in the Open: Hiding in Plain Sight"
  • March-April 2015 Issue: "Vision Quest: Champion paratriathlete Patricia Walsh aims for the top tier of triathlon and finds her life's purpose along the way"
  • March-April 2015 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Erin Sullivan"
  • March-April 2015 Issue: "P.O.T.U.S. in the Potomac"
  • March-April 2015 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Laureen Welting"
  • March-April 2015 Issue: "Recently Read: Blind Ambition"
  • March-April 2015 Issue: "From The Center Lanes: Eric Nilsson"
  • March-April 2015 Issue: "Reflexive State"
  • January-February 2015 Issue: "Rowdy Gaines"
  • January-February 2015 Issue: "The Men Behind the Records"
  • January-February 2015 Issue: "Out in the Open: Dodging the Doldrums"
  • January-February 2015 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Darian Townsend"
  • November-December 2014 Issue: "Out in the Open: Cold Water Acclimation Training"
  • November-December 2014 Issue: "Meg Gill"
  • November-December 2014 Issue: "So Near Yet Far: How the Cataline Channel became one of the world's most iconic marathon swims"
  • November-December 2014 Issue: "Second Life: With a bit of creativity, you can find new uses for old swimming gear"
  • November-December 2014 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Jane Moore"
  • November-December 2014 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Whitney Hedgepeth"
  • November-December 2014 Issue: "From the center lanes: Ann Hirsch"
  • November-December 2014 Issue: "I see London, I see France..."
  • September-October 2014 Issue: "Out in the Open: Zen and the Art of Open Water Swimming"
  • September-October 2014 Issue: "Good, Clean Fun: How a poisonous chemical became the go-to disinfectant for swimming pools"
  • September-October 2014 Issue: "Dogging It: Think your training partners are dogging the set? Not like this, they aren't!"
  • September-October 2014 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Hill Carrow"
  • September-October 2014 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Wendy Neely"
  • September-October 2014 Issue: "From The Center Lanes: All in the Ritter Family"
  • September-October 2014 Issue: Featured in "From the Poop Deck"
  • July-August 2014 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Chris Stevenson"
  • July-August 2014 Issue: "Coaching the Whole Person"
  • July-August 2014 Issue: "Out in the Open: Interval Training for Open Water"
  • July-August 2014 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Tom Reudy"
  • July-August 2014 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: The Doctor Is In"
  • July-August 2014 Issue: Featured in "Marathon Moderation"
  • May-June 2014 Issue: "Kathy Wingert Builds Guitars"
  • May-June 2014 Issue: "Thicker Than Water"
  • May-June 2014 Issue: "Out in the Open: Avoiding the Scrum"
  • May-June 2014 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Greg Danner"
  • May-June 2014 Issue: "Swimming For Life"
  • March-April 2014 Issue: "Out in the Open: When Nature Calls"
  • March-April 2014 Issue: "Partners in Crime"
  • March-April 2014 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Bob Bruce"
  • March-April 2014 Issue: "Recently Read: Open Water Swimming Manual"
  • March-April 2014 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Jay Peluso"
  • March-April 2014 Issue: "In Synch"
  • March-April 2014 Issue: "From The Center Lanes: Mallory Mead"
  • March-April 2014 Issue: "By Degree"
  • January-February 2014 Issue: "Not Just for Men"
  • January-February 2014 Issue: "Deep Eddy Pool: A historic freshwater pool offers generations of Austinites a serene place to splash and swim"
  • January-February 2014 Issue: "Quizzical Gear: Open water swimmers use a lot of unexpected gear to cover great distances"
  • January-February 2014 Issue: "Desert Butterfly"
  • January-February 2014 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Sally Dillon"
  • January-February 2014 Issue: "From The Center Lanes: David Guthrie"
  • January-February 2014 Issue: "The Dryland Difference: Rock Solid"
  • January-February 2014 Issue: Featured in "Becoming a Better Swimmer"
  • January-February 2014 Issue: Featured in "Ask the Coach: Mary Gibson"
  • November-December 2013 Issue: "Marathon Woman"
  • November-December 2013 Issue: "Polar Plunging, Brownie Style"
  • November-December 2013 Issue: "Out in the Open: Fueling Marathon Swims"
  • November-December 2013 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Mark Moore"
  • November-December 2013 Issue: "Mastering Nutrition: Got Kale?"
  • November-December 2013 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Diann Uustal"
  • November-December 2013 Issue: "The Dryland Difference: Row, Row, Row Your Erg"
  • September-October 2013 Issue: "Out in the Open: So You Want to Try an Open Water Swim?"
  • September-October 2013 Issue: "Volunteer Profile: Patty Miller"
  • September-October 2013 Issue: "Are You Dense? Not your brain, silly, your breasts."
  • September-October 2013 Issue: "Mastering Nutrition: World's Healthiest Meal...Or Is It?"
  • September-October 2013 Issue: "Ask the Coach: Laura Schuster"
  • September-October 2013 Issue: "From the Center Lanes: Rich Burns burns up the competition"
  • September-October 2013 Issue: "The Case for Fitness"
  • September-October 2013 Issue: "The Dryland Difference: Restoring Rubber Ankles"
  • July-August 2013 Issue: "Cigarette Cards"
  • July-August 2013 Issue: "Out in the Open: It's All in Your Ears"
  • July-August 2013 Issue: "Keep Your Pearly Whites White"
  • July-August 2013 Issue: "The Work-Life Aquatic"
  • May-June 2013 Issue: "Sister, Sister"
  • May-June 2013 Issue: "Out in the Open: Favorite Mistakes"
  • March-April 2013 Issue: "Pioneering Open Water Women: Women helping women across the waves and the ages"
  • March-April 2013 Issue: "The Big Squeeze"
  • March-April 2013 Issue: "Out in the Open: Float Like a Butterfly, Swim Like a Bee"
  • January-February 2013 Issue: "Water Music"
  • January-February 2013 Issue: "Out in the Open: It's Ok, I'm with the band"
  • November-December 2012 Issue: "Fit Phoenix"
  • November-December 2012 Issue: "Out in the Open: Suiting Up: The Pros and Cons of Wearing a Wetsuit"
  • September-October 2012 Issue: "Out in the Open: Who's Afraid of the Dark?"
  • July-August 2012 Issue: "Andrea Kremer"
  • July-August 2012 Issue: Featured in "Is Fun Returning to Your Pool Soon?"
  • May-June 2012 Issue: "London Calling"
  • May-June 2012 Issue: "Out in the Open, Try, Try Again"
  • March-April 2012 Issue: "Faster, Farther, Colder, First"
  • January-February 2012 Issue: "History's Keeper"
  • November-December 2011 Issue: "Marisa Churchill"
  • September-October 2011 Issue: "Where's the Beef?"
  • May-June 2011 Issue: "Spectrum of Ability"
  • May-June 2011 Issue: Featured in "Teammates"
  • January-February 2011 Issue: "Body of Work"
  • November-December 2010 Issue: "A Journey of a Thousand Miles"
  • September-October 2010 Issue: "The Whole IX Yards"
  • July-August 2010 Issue: "Once Larger Than Life, Now Living Large"
  • November-December 2009 Issue: Featured in "SWIMMER Writer Completes OW Triple Crown"
  • September-October 2009 Issue: "A Thousand Points of Data"
  • July-August 2009 Issue: "Cartoonist Jef Mallett"

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