• 2010 Inducted into the New England LMSC Hall of Fame (Pool Performance)

• USMS Records – 24 lifetime, 0 currently held

• USMS All American – 79 (553 points)

• USMS Top Ten – 299 Individual

• NE LMSC All Time Top 3 – 101 points

In his book “Good Swimming” Win shares a lifetime of swimming vignettes and the wisdom gained on his journey from a junior lifesaving swimmer in the 1930s to a top middle-distance college swimmer, and later on, record-breaking Masters swimmer.

At Brown University, Win set records in the 220-, 440-, and 1500-yard freestyle events. He was inducted into Brown’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980. Even more impressive is the fact that he had never swum competitively before he entered Brown. The coach needed a distance swimmer, saw possibilities in Win’s stroke, and proceeded to “fashion a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.”

Win made his return to competition in the mid 1970s, earning many honors during his Masters swimming career.

Excerpt from the Brown University Hall of Fame website:

You don’t become a Master’s Swimmer merely by sending in your application fee. In Wilson’s case, the price he pays is between 2,500 and 3,000 yards in the Smith Swimming Center pool each morning, back and forth until his lungs curse at him.