2019 Inducted into the New England LMSC Hall of Fame (Contributor - NEM Trailblazer)
Member 1971-1984 (deceased)
Inaugural NEMSC BOD member
NEMSC Secretary/Treasurer (1972-1977)
NEMSC Treasurer (1972-1982)
NEM News Editor (1972 – 1977)
National Top Ten Recorder for Women – 1974-1979
National Top Ten Recorder for Men and Women – 1980-1987
1978 Summer Nationals Meet Director
National Masters Committee (of the AAU) Secretary (1978-1981)
1980 Capt. Ransom J. Arthur M.D. Award
1st USMS National Registrar – 1982-1990
Enid Uhrich was a dominant force in keeping Masters swimming running smoothly behind the scenes during the first decade of its existence. While she attended numerous competitions, she rarely competed, choosing instead to be part of the management of the competitions. Enid seeded heats and formulated and ran software programs for recording results. She was never averse to rounding up “volunteers” from the deck or audience to fill missing slots of timers and officials.
Enid’s career in Masters swimming began when she served as the meet director for New England’s first Masters meet in 1972. She developed a cutting-edge database program to manage the club. Eventually Enid was tapped to compile records and Top Ten finishes for all the women in USMS. She also served as USMS Secretary from 1978-1981. Enid received the Captain Ransom J. Arthur M.D. Award along with Ed Reed in 1980.
The following is from the 1982 NEM News profile of Bill and Enid Uhrich:
In Bill Uhrich’s words, his wife Enid is “a lousy swimmer but great at paperwork and record-keeping.” That is certainly true, but it is too succinct to give any idea of the nature and extent of her decade of contributions to Masters swimming, both here in New England and throughout the country. It was Enid who, at the first long-course national Masters Championships in 1972, conceived the idea of combining small Masters groups from the Greater Boston area, New Hampshire and Rhode Island into one organization, the New England Masters Swim Club. For several years, as the club’s treasurer, newsletter editor, membership chairman, and the arranger, organizer, conductor and record-keeper of all its meets, she was almost by herself the administration of NEMSC.
The following appeared in 1985 in SWIM Magazine:
To me, Masters swimming has been the people. They are sociable, and there’s an aliveness. No matter what the age, there’s certain joie de vivre and I like the mixture of different ages all enjoying one another. Masters are intensely competitive without being aggressive. My times are getting better. I’m still at the bottom, but who cares? I’m better than I was, and that’s what counts. Everyone is a happy for you as for anyone else.