OSI News Archive - June, 2005

The 10 & Under championship meet information has been revised and posted. Please discard any old copies you may have received or downloaded and use the new version posted on the website.

In support of the US Paralympic Nationals being held July 15-17, 2005, The Canby Swim Club is announcing the cancellation of the July 16, 2005 Canby B-C Sprint Title Challenge. While it is a mission of this meet (and our Swim Club) to extend opportunity and encouragement to the B-C swimmer, we support all aspects of competitive swimming including the Paralympic swimmers. It was not an easy decision to reach, but we felt that it is important to support both OSI 10 & U State and the Nationals. With the Nationals, resources and families would be spread too thin to hold the B-C Sprint. We encourage families and swimmers not involved in 10 & U Championships to go to (and volunteer at) the Paralympic Nationals. We will be back in the same time frame next year, though, so please plan ahead for July 2006!

Tori Simenec of Bear Cat Swim Club had two record breaking swims at the Mt. Hood Long Course Meet. She lowered the 1997 100 fly record of Kristen Kilroy with a time of 1:06.66. She also set a new record in the 400 IM with a time of 5:21.29, lowering Taylor Lakey's month old record.

Afternoon warm ups and start times have changed. Friday afternoon warm ups are at 12:00 with the first event at 1:15
Saturday Warm ups are at 12:30 first event at 1:45 Sunday warm ups are at 11:30 first event at 12:45.

On July 15-16-17 the United States Paralympic Nationals will be held at Mt Hood CC in Gresham. These are the best physically disabled swimmers in the US and several teams from around the world. We are looking for volunteers to work at the meet. There are prelim ( starts at 9:00 ) and final ( starts at 5:00 ) sessions each day. There is a need for timers ( 16-24 per session ) and basket runners ( 8-10 per session ). This is a great opportunity to see some of the best swimmers America has to offer and more and work up close and personal with them. For more information or to sign up please email Mark Maxwell at maxwell4@teleport.com.

will be held at Mt Hood CC in Gresham. These are the best physically disabled swimmers in the US and several teams from around the world. We are looking for volunteers to work at the meet. There are prelim ( starts at 9:00 ) and final ( starts at 5:00 ) sessions each day. There is a need for timers ( 16-24 per session ) and basket runners ( 8-10 per session ). This is a great opportunity to see some of the best swimmers America has to offer and more and work up close and personal with them. For more information or to sign up please email Mark Maxwell at maxwell4@teleport.com.

The Rooker family of Forest Grove, Ore., has been named the 2005 Mutual of Omaha Swim Family of the Year. Daniel Rooker, 14, wrote the essay that earned his family the title of Swim Family of the Year along with a trip to the 2005 Duel in the Pool and $1,000 for the Forest Grove Swim Club. Read Daniel's essay. Read the essay.

Anyone interested in participating at the 2005 Zone Championships in Utah this summer is invited to download either an Officials Application or Zone Team Chaperone application in the Forms section of the website.

With the summer season, teams increasingly attend meets outside of Oregon. In order to get the results into the OSI qualifiers and top times database, please consider the following points.

1. Please make sure that your team is entered with the proper LSC designation. We import only OR results, and if your team was not entered with the LSC information, your team's information will not be imported.
2. To get the results into the database, please email Robbert van Andel with either an importable results file (commlink or SDIF) or send him the link to where he can download the results.

New records were set at the CAT Open and Cactus Classic (AZ).
Tori Simenec 11-12 Girls 50M Free, 27.96, she bettered the time 28.20 set by Rachael Auwae ECSC in 1993 .
THSC (Louise Nister, Megan McCarroll, Taylor Lakey, Taylor Scroggy) 11-12 Girls 200M Medley Relay 2:11.48, bettering THSC record, 2:14.10 set in 2004.
Congratulations athletes and coaches.