From Cheryl Wagner of the Terrapin Masters club:
It is with great sadness that I tell you that Debbie Morrin-Nordlund passed away today. She was 51 years old. I first met Debbie in 1993 when I joined Terrapin Masters. She was one of the original lunch-time Terrapin Masters swimmers at University of Maryland College Park. She quickly joined the Potomac Valley LMSC board (and talked me into joining) and served ever since. She also served as Colonies Zone chair and on numerous committees at the national USMS level. She was a tireless promoter of USMS and an accomplished open water swimmer having completed the Snake River Swim, the Chesapeake Bay Swim, the Lake Tahoe Swim and numerous East Coast ocean swims. She was my friend for over 20 years and inspired me to try the Chesapeake Bay swim in 1993. I will miss her. --Cheryl Wagner
Debbie was the current sanctions chair for the Potomac Valley LMSC and a member of the USMS Legislation Committee. She was a fixture at the annual USMS convention. My condolences go out to her husband, Eric Nordlund.
Anna Lea Matysek
Did Deb and Eric meet through Masters Swimming?
Yes. They met at the 1997 USAS convention in Burlingame (San Francisco). Eric was a delegate from Michigan. A few years later they married and Eric moved from Michigan to Maryland.
Attached is a picture of the PV delegates from that 1997 convention (L-R: Dave Diehl, Deb, Rob Whitters, Lynn Hazlewood, Jeff Roddin).
Did Deb and Eric meet through Masters Swimming?
Yes. They met at the 1997 USAS convention in Burlingame (San Francisco). Eric was a delegate from Michigan. A few years later they married and Eric moved from Michigan to Maryland.
Attached is a picture of the PV delegates from that 1997 convention (L-R: Dave Diehl, Deb, Rob Whitters, Lynn Hazlewood, Jeff Roddin).
