INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: WORLD AQUATICS MASTERS COMMITTEE CHAIR (JULY, 2022-present); FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DECK COACH (2012, 2014, 2015, 2019); USAS FINA WORLD CONGRESS DELEGATE (2013); YOUNGEST PRESIDENT IN USMS HISTORY (2012-2016); PAN AM MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS LIAISON (2022); UANA MASTERS COMMITTEE MEMBER (2012-2023); UANA AGE GROUP SWIMMING CUP LIAISON, (2018); UANA MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – OPEN WATER LIAISON AND EVALUATOR (2018); UANA PAN AMERICAN OPEN WATER SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS LIAISON, CAYMAN ISLANDS (2018); UANA MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS, ON-DECK COACH (2015, 2018); UANA CONGRESS DELEGATE (2015, 2011); USAS CONVENTION CHAIRPERSON (2019); USAS CONVENTION COMMITTEE MEMBER (2018); USAS ATHLETES MENTOR (2015-
2019); USAS BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTING MEMBER FOR USMS RECOGNITION & AWARDS COMMITTEE (2017-2022); USMS GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE EX-OFFICIO (2015); USMS WORKOUT GROUP TASK FORCE (2011-2013); USMS SWIMMING SAVES LIVES FOUNDATION MEMBER (2011, 2013-2018); USMS SPORTS MEDICINE & SCIENCE COMMITTEE EX-OFFICIO (2010); USMS COACHES COMMITTEE EX- OFFICIO (2010); USMS VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNITY SERVICE (2009-2011);
USMS TASK FORCES COMMITTEE (2008-2013); USMS PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (2006-2007); USMS CLUB DEVELOPMENT/MENTOR (2006-2009); USMS SAFETY EDUCATION COMMITTEE (2004-2005); USMS MARKETING COMMITTEE (2003-2008); USMS SPORTS MEDICINE & SCIENCE COMMITTEE (2003-2007); GREAT LAKES ZONE DIRECTOR (2005-2008);
Born in Hawaii, Nadine’s introduction to swimming was natural. Her participation in the Amateur Athletic Union program at the age of seven was the beginning of a lifetime commitment to the sport. Her success in age group swimming led to a full scholarship to Northwestern University where she earned All-American honors and competed in the 1988 Olympic Trials. A back injury her freshman year curtailed her
collegiate competitive career, but the injury and healing process inspired her to become a physical therapist.
In 2001, she discovered Masters Swimming. Masters was the chance to resurrect her competitive career. Nadine has earned USMS All-Star Honors in long distance and in the pool, achieved All-American honors in all four strokes and the Individual Medley, has set Masters World Records and is a multi- time world and national champion in both the pool and open water.
But Nadine’s competitive resume pales next to her volunteer achievements within the swimming world. After attending her first United States Masters Swimming convention in 2003, Nadine put her toe in the ‘volunteer’ water by joining several committees. Since that initiation, Nadine has been a working member of the Recognition and Awards, Governance, Convention, Policy, Coaches, Compensation and Benefits, and Sports Medicine and Science Committees. She also participated in the creation of the Swimming Saves Lives Foundation. Concurrently she served her LMSC as Vice Chair, and ultimately Chair. Nadine’s progression through USMS includes election to the Board of Directors in 2005, where she served for 17 years. Her deep immersion in all things Masters Swimming led to her election in 2011 as the youngest President in the history of the organization. Upon completion of her eight-year term, Nadine expanded her focus to FINA, initially as a World Championship Deck Coach, then as a USAS/FINA Delegate to the World Congress in Barcelona and beginning in 2021, as Chairperson of the World Aquatics Masters
Committee. Nadine is also involved with Pan Am Aquatics (formerly UANA) volunteering in many capacities, from Deck Coach, to conducting Masters Swim Clinics, as an Open Water and Masters Member, and as an Open Water Masters Representative.
As part of her term on the United States Aquatic Sports Board of Trustees, Nadine took over planning and running the USAS 2019 annual convention in St. Louis, Missouri. Her team’s execution of the convention’s weeklong meetings for over 1,000 delegates was flawless.
Through her tireless devotion to all things Masters Swimming, Nadine has been recognized with numerous awards including the Dorothy Donnelly Service Award, Ted Haartz Staff Appreciation Award, United States Aquatic Sports Women in Swimming Award, the Illinois Masters Swimming Association Coach of the Year Award, and USMS’s most prestigious honor, the Capt. Ransom J. Arthur M.D. Award.
With her selection to the Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame, Nadine has secured a place as one of swimming’s most valuable contributors.