Guy Davis

Member 1980s-2007 semicontinously, 2008-Present continously

• U.S. Masters Swimming National Honors & Achievements

  • USMS Long Distance All-Star Honors: 1 Year

  • USMS All-American Honors: 1 Year (1 Individual)

  • USMS Long Distance All-American Honors: 3 Years (6 Individual)

  • USMS Top-Ten Achievements: 95 Individual

• National Volunteer Leadership & Roles

  • Current National Roles:

    • At-Large Director (Colonies Zone)

    • Finance Committee Member

    • Investment Committee Member

    • Delegate to the USMS House of Delegates

  • Previous National Roles:

    • Finance Committee (Chair, Vice Chair & Member)

    • Investment Committee (Vice Chair & Member)

• Awards & Certifications

  • 2024 USMS Dorothy Donnelly Service Award

  • 2024 NELMSC Distinguished Service Award

  • Coaching: USMS Certified Coach (Levels 1 & 2)

• Regional Performance & Leadership (NELMSC)

  • Board Membership (2014–2023): Vice Chair (2015–2023)

  • Pool & Open Water Records: 16 Individual Records

USMS Profile | HOF Open Water / Long Distance Profile

I was surprised and honored to be selected for the Contributor class. Masters Swimming has been an important part of my life for a very long time, both while living in the United Kingdom and in the United States.  I’m extremely grateful to the pioneers who built our sport and community from its origins in the 60s and 70s, and I can only guess at the many millions of hours that those pioneers and their successors have devoted to developing our sport since that time.

I was happy to find opportunities to “give back” in recent years to support my club, the New England LMSC, and USMS, but my contributions feel quite modest in comparison to the many wonderful volunteers, coaches, administrators, race directors, and others who are the lifeblood of our community. I also want to recognize the many members who make rich grassroots contributions to our community in a quiet and informal way as lane leaders, group swim organizers, relay wranglers, and so on. My sincere thanks to the New England LMSC Board and Hall of Fame Subcommittee for this honor.

Bill Meier

Member 2010-Present

• Previous USMS National Volunteer Roles:

  • Ad Hoc Adult Learn-to-Swim Programming Committee

  • Swimming Saves Lives Foundation

  • New England Delegate to the USMS House of Delegates

• Awards and Recognition:

  • 2025 USMS Coach of the Year

  • 2024 USMS Kerry O’Brien Coaches Award

  • 2024 NELMSC Coach of the Year

  • 2019 USMS Fitness Award

  • 2014 USMS Dorothy Donnelly Service Award

• USMS Certified Coach – Level 1, 2, 3 & 4

• USMS Adult Learn-to-Swim Program Co-Creator & Lead Instructor

• NELMSC Board Member – 2011-2022

  • Chair 2011-2015

 USMS Profile

My swimming career started when I was 10, attending a Catholic Youth Organization, once-a-week practice. I’ll never forget Coach Lou Arlwater taking a special interest in me and constantly commenting on my strokes. I won every race I entered. Lou set the bar high for coaches — I never had another coach as attentive and knowledgeable.

I got on a "real" team because of Boy Scout camp, where I achieved the Mile Swim Merit Badge and was encouraged to join a swim team. I swam for an AAU age-group team until heading to college. At SUNY Albany I was one of many sprinters — I loved that team and was elected captain my senior year.

As an ocean lifeguard on the south shore of Long Island, I competed in many East Coast lifeguard tournaments. In 1987, the summer I got married, I was named MVP of the Northeast Lifeguard Championships — it’s the only trophy I still have. I did not swim much during the 1990s, but in 1997 I did win the New England Longboard Surfing Championship. Between swimming, lifeguarding, and surfing, I suppose I consider myself something of a "waterman."

I began competing in swim meets again in my forties, while coaching the Simon’s Rock PaceMakers swim team and swimming myself three to four times a week. I started competing regularly, and open water became a big part of my swimming experience. I love the energy of competitive events and connecting with people from around the New England LMSC.

Like everyone, my times are getting progressively slower. When racing I usually find myself in the middle of the pack, even in my “age-up” years. But I’m okay with it because I truly enjoy seeing my friends’ and teammates’ excitement when they achieve a personal best time, a record, or local or national recognition. The community and wellbeing that swimming engenders are an incredible gift.

My notable swimming-related activities include:

• Coaching the PaceMakers for over 20 years, for which I’m most proud and grateful.

• Chairing the New England LMSC board for four years.

• Helping introduce affordable International Swimming Hall of Fame Safer Swimmer buoys to Masters open water swimmers in New England. Thankfully, tow floats are now standard equipment for most open water swimmers. If you don’t use one, please start.

• Teaching adult learn-to-swim instructors. With the NELMSC board’s support, I initially trained 250 NELMSC members to teach adults in their communities to swim. That regional pilot program quickly evolved into the nationwide USMS Adult Learn-To-Swim program, which has benefited tens of thousands of adults nationwide. All told, I’ve taught nearly 2,000 ALTS instructors.

• Serving as head coach of the USMS High Performance Camp in 2016.

• Receiving numerous accolades, including the USMS Dot Donnelly Award, USMS Fitness Education Award, NELMSC Coach of the Year, and USMS Coach of the Year Award.

But being inducted into the NELMSC Hall of Fame is a highlight beyond compare!

None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the support, camaraderie, and adventurous spirit of New England swimmers, the LMSC board, and most of all the PaceMakers. My heartfelt thanks for this recognition and your friendship and support.

Alana Aubin

Member 2012-Present

USMS National Achievements and Volunteer Roles

• USMS Long Distance All-Star: 1 Year (2019)

• USMS All-American: 2 Years (2 Individual)

• USMS Long Distance All-American: 1 Year (1 Individual)

• USMS Top Ten Achievements: 91 Individual

• Prior National Volunteer Roles: Long Distance Committee

USMS Awards & Certifications

• 2025 Dorothy Donnelly Service Award

• 2019 June Krauser Communications Award

• Certified Coach – Levels 1, 2 & 3

• Adult Learn to Swim Instructor

New England LMSC Leadership & Awards

• Board Member: 2018–2025

  • Board Chair: 2021–2023

  • Communications Chair: 2018–2020

• Awards & Recognition:

  • 2025 Appreciation Award

  • 2022 Frank Wuest Open Water Swimming Award

Open Water & Marathon Swimming

Solo Swims & Course Records:

• 2024: Around Nahant — 3:44:36 (Course Record)

• 2019: Double Boston Light Swim (16 miles) — 6:18:01 (Course Record) [1, 3]

USMS National Championships (2019):

• All-Star Status: USMS Long Distance All-Star (F25–29)

• Sprint Distance (1 Mile): Lake Willoughby — 9th Woman, 2nd in 25–29

• Long Distance (5 Miles): Lake Willoughby — 10th Woman, 2nd in 25–29

• Marathon Distance (10 km): Bridges to Bluffs (TN) — 10th Woman, 3rd in 25–29

Major Event Highlights:

• Kingdom Swim (Border Buster & 10k):

  • 2022: 6th overall, 4th woman (25km Border Buster)

  • 2021: 1st overall, 1st woman (10km)

  • 2018: 2nd overall, 1st woman (10km)

  • 2017: 3rd overall, 2nd woman (10km)

  • 2016: 5th overall, 2nd woman (10km)

• Winter Swimming Festival:

  • 2022: 1st overall (50m Freestyle)

• Boston Light Swim:

  • 2018: 4th overall, 1st woman

• Swim with a Mission:

  • 2019: 1st overall (10km)

• Glen Lake Swim (2 Mile):

  • 2023: 3rd overall woman

  • 2021: 2nd overall woman

• Charles River Swim (1 Mile):

  • 2016: 1st overall

  • 2015: 2nd overall

Other Open Water Podium Finishes:

• 2024: Champion of Champions (12 miles) – 1st overall

• 2024: Nubble Light Challenge – 3rd woman

• 2018: Nubble Light Challenge – 2nd woman

• 2017: Landshark 2-Mile Swim – 3rd woman

• 2016: Alcatraz Classic – 3rd woman

USMS Profile

Alana is a longtime competitive swimmer from Massachusetts who has achieved substantial success in both pool and open water events, making significant contributions to local and national Masters and open water swimming communities. 

Alana began swimming at age 10 with the Boys & Girls Club of Taunton. She competed for Taunton High School and later Worcester Polytechnic Institute (NCAA Divison III). Captain of the WPI team for two years, she held four individual and five relay school records upon graduation and won the Patricia A. Graham Sportsmanship Award, given to an outstanding senior woman athlete.

Alana transitioned to Masters Swimming after college, competing with Worcester Area Masters and Charles River Aquatic Masters before joining the Boston University Masters Swimming program. She started open water swimming after college through a brief stint in triathlon before diving into marathon distrances with a 10K swim in 2016. 

A dedicated volunteer, Alana helps grow the sport in New England by serving as vice president and treasurer of the nonprofit, volunteer-run Massachusetts Open Water Swimming Association. In these financial and business operations roles, she helps organize several annual events, including the flagship Boston Light Swim — an 8-mile race across Boston Harbor that was first staged in 1907.

Alana is also a USMS Level 3 coach, with more than eight years of coaching experience across WPI, WAM, CRM, and the Belmont Aquatic and Commonwealth Swimming age-group teams. 

Professionally, Alana works as a data analyst. She and her husband recently welcomed their first child, a daughter. Outside of swimming and motherhood, she is a multi-instrumentalist who enjoys playing the trombone, guitar, piano, and ukulele. Her other personal interests include cycling, traveling, and walking her dog, Maple.

Guy Davis

Member 1980s-2007 semicontinously, 2008-Present continously

• U.S. Masters Swimming National Honors & Achievements

  • USMS Long Distance All-Star Honors: 1 Year

  • USMS All-American Honors: 1 Year (1 Individual)

  • USMS Long Distance All-American Honors: 3 Years (6 Individual)

  • USMS Top-Ten Achievements: 95 Individual

• National Volunteer Leadership & Roles

  • Current National Roles:

    • At-Large Director (Colonies Zone)

    • Finance Committee Member

    • Investment Committee Member

    • Delegate to the USMS House of Delegates

  • Previous National Roles:

    • Finance Committee (Chair, Vice Chair & Member)

    • Investment Committee (Vice Chair & Member)

• Awards & Certifications

  • 2024 USMS Dorothy Donnelly Service Award

  • 2024 NELMSC Distinguished Service Award

  • Coaching: USMS Certified Coach (Levels 1 & 2)

• Regional Performance & Leadership (NELMSC)

  • Board Membership (2014–2023): Vice Chair (2015–2023)

  • Pool & Open Water Records: 16 Individual Records

• Open Water Swims

  • 2025 USMS National Champion – 1 Mile OW Swim, 5K OW Swim

  • 2020 Solo English Channel crossing – 33K

  • 2019 - Kingdom Swim - 25K, Lake Willoughby – 7K, Bridges to Bluffs - 10K

  • 2018 - Boston Light Swim 1st Place Finisher - 12.6K

  • 2016 Kingdom Swim - 16.1K

  • 2015 - Bermuda Round-the-Sound - 10K

  • 2019 USMS Long Distance All Star 

  • USMS Long Distance All American

    • 2019 Sprint Distance (1 Mile OW)

    • 2019 Long Distance (5 Mile OW)

    • 2019 Marathon Distance (>6 miles <9 miles)

    • 2018 Long Distance (5K OW)

USMS Profile | HOF Contributor Profile

I was reportedly introduced to open water swimming at age one while my family was living in Trinidad. During a day out at Maracas Beach, my father took me for a ride on his surfboard and accidentally dropped me into the surf. Although I was briefly submerged before he managed to retrieve me by the ankle, fortunately, it didn't give me a lasting fear of the water. Instead, I became an enthusiastic swimmer throughout my childhood. I started competitive open water racing as a teen in Dover Harbour, where my London-based swimming club conducted an annual 1,000-yard challenge. I've maintained a great enjoyment of open water competition ever since, including a continued fondness for the traditional post-race ice cream.

Relocating to New England in 2008 was a huge boost to my open water swimming. Living in close proximity to both inland lakes and the Atlantic coast throughout the 2010s allowed me to become a dedicated member of local swimming communities and a regular entrant in the region's open water events. I feel lucky to have access to such a great variety of races, and it’s been immensely satisfying to complete so many of them. While I have always viewed myself as a versatile swimmer comfortable in both the pool and in the wild, my transition into ultra-endurance distances arrived relatively late in my journey.

Drawing inspiration from the remarkable accomplishments of my training partners, I progressed via the Boston Light Swim in 2018 and the Border Buster in 2019, back to Dover beach in 2020 to attempt a crossing of the English Channel. My preparation for that crossing during the global pandemic was a significant departure from my original training plan. With the cancellation of a training camp in Croatia and the renowned Cork Distance Week, I improvised a schedule of sessions and qualifying swims with the help of my training partners.

The camaraderie and support of the swimming community was key to my success; I very fondly recall long-distance sets at Bow Lake with NH companions, finishing my six-hour qualifier in the New York Finger Lakes with a close friend, and a final preparatory session at Rye Beach. That particular day, organized with the Great Bay Masters club using the Champion of Champions format, was a gathering of New England's most resilient and accomplished swimmers.  It was the perfect conclusion to my training before flying over to swim the English Channel.

Open water swimming continues to be a great adventure for me and I look forward to new challenges and experiences for as long as I can.

Courtney Bartholomew

Member 2019, 2024-Present

• World Records – 2

• USMS Records – 7 Current, 12 Lifetime

• USMS All America Honors – 3 Years, 17 Individual

• USMS Top Ten Achievements – 19 Individual

• NELMSC Records – 11 Individual

USMS Profile

I grew up swimming for Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics (MLA) in Holland, Michigan, before continuing my career at the University of Virginia, where I earned 19 All-America honors. During my junior swimming career and throughout college, I represented Team USA internationally and had the privilege of breaking both an American and a world record. After graduating from UVA, I retired from competitive swimming and moved to Boston, where my career took a different direction. Today, I lead Design for the Customer Experience Platform at Toast, where I've spent the past five years helping build products that make restaurants more successful businesses.

A few summers ago, I found my way back to the pool during a difficult time. My Nana, who first introduced me to swimming, drove me to countless practices, and was my biggest supporter, was nearing the end of her life. Wanting to spend more time close to her, and curious whether I could fall in love with the sport again, I reached out to Todd Whitford and joined the Great Bay Masters. It turned out to be one of the best decisions I've made. The community, the coaching from Brendan, Todd, and Steve, and my Lane 1 buddies (you know who you are!) have made swimming fun again. There's nothing better than wrapping up a workday, heading to practice, and knowing you're guaranteed a great workout and a good belly laugh. 

Outside of work and swimming, I have the best husband, Nick, and our golden retriever, Hobbes, who keeps us entertained. When I'm not at the pool, you'll usually find me skiing, golfing, or with my nose in a good book.

Rich Baughman

Member 2023-Present

• World Records – 1 Individual

• USMS Records – 1 Current, 1 Lifetime

• USMS All American Honors – 3 Years, 14 Individual

• USMS Top Ten Achievements – 35 Individual

• NELMSC Records – 20 Individual

USMS Profile

I started AAU swimming in the Chicago area when I was 8 years old. I was on a private club team and traveled all over the Midwest for meets, year-round. Along with three of my siblings, we were all slow to take to the sport initially, then totally got into it. I was a distance swimmer in the 1970s in college, but by my senior year I was pretty burnt out from all the grueling distance training. I took a break from swimming that ended up lasting for 48 years.

In December of 2022, I decided I needed a year-round physical activity instead of the road cycling I had been doing just in the warmer months. I started out at a local YMCA pool for a few weeks, but then found the Beede Community pool in Concord, Mass., a beautiful facility close to where I live in Bedford. I trained almost every day for months and found that the much shorter workouts of 2,500 to 3,000 yards (compared to my college twice-per-day workouts) were far easier to stick with.

I entered my first Masters Swimming meet on a whim in March 2023, and that reminded me of the fun days I had at meets as a child. I also found that my solo workouts had gotten me in pretty good shape. I met other Masters swimmers at that meet (and subsequent meets) and realized it is a wonderfully friendly group of people of all ages that are very supportive of everyone’s efforts.

Joining a team, first with the Granite State Penguins so I could compete on relays (my favorite swimming events), and then for training with a local Masters swim team (the Otters at the Beede pool) has been another great addition to my swimming life.

It has been truly wonderful and positive experience meeting so many kind and outgoing people, as well as reconnecting with several college teammates (shoutout to John Seelen ‘77 and Tom Wolf ‘76!) at Masters meets over the past few years. I am so happy I took that first step in deciding to get back into the pool four years ago!

Brittany Butcher

Member 2018-2019, 2022-Present

• USMS All American Honors – 2 years, 13 Individual

• USMS Long Distance All American Honors – 2 Years, 2 Individual

• USMS Top Ten Achievements – 52 Individual

• NELMSC Records – 27 Individual

USMS Profile

A lifelong New England swimmer, Brittany competed for Belmont Aquatics, Belmont High School, and Amherst College, and was the NCAA Division III Swimmer of the Year in 2007 and 2008. She was later named one of the CSCAA’s 100 Greatest Women Swimmers & Divers of the first 100 years and inducted into the inaugural class of the Division III Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame.

Welcomed back on deck by New England Masters Swim Club while cheering on her mom at USMS Nationals, Brittany now trains with the Otters Swim Club workout group in Concord, Mass.

Brittany works as a Business Architect and lives in Lexington, Mass. with her husband, two children, and two dogs.