Due to family matters, Bruce Ludwig has stepped down as General Chair of Oregon Swimming. Skip Runkle has been named interim chair until the end of the year.

Jacob Pebley of Corvallis became the second 15-16 US male to ever go under 2:00 in the 200 back, posting a final time of 1:58.96, finishing 2nd overall at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships this past weekend.  He broke the Oregon Swimming Open record by two seconds.  On the first night of competition, Jacob finished 3rd in the 100 back, in :55.88, one hundredth of a second off the Oregon Swimming Open record held by Whitney Woolard.  On day two, he finished 10th in the 400 I.M., in 4:28.33, breaking the Oregon Swimming 15-16 held by Matt Rankin.  Jacob broke the 15-16 200 IM record swimming 2:04.30 to place fifth. In his final swim of the meet, he lead off the USA's B medley relay swimming 55.61 to tie the National Age Group record. The Jr. Pan Pac Championships includes the top 18 and under swimmers in Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand.

Morgan Scroggy, formerly of Tualatin Hills before moving on to college in Georgia, recently competed at the Pan Pacific Championships in Irvine, California. At the meet, Morgan placed second in the 200 free with a time of 1:57.13. She placed second in the B final of the 200 IM with a time of 2:13.08. The women's 800 free relay placed first with Morgan joining Dana Vollmer, Katie Hoff and Allison Schmitt and finished in 7:51.21. Great job Morgan.

Olympians Jason Lezak and Jessica Hardy will be conducting a series of clinics on September 11th and 12th in Eugene. The clinic is open to USA Swimming registers swimmers age 13 to 18 and coaches. Applications will be taken in the order in which they are received, and a waiting list will be compiled if necessary. Please send the application as soon as possible.

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