OSI News Archive - August, 2006

The 2006 Mini Expo will be in the Inn of Seventh Mountain in Bend, September 30 - October 1. Coaches clinic schedule and registration form are available. Reservations can be made by using the group code 1048C3, through the website www.seventhmountain.com or call 1-800-452-6810, special rate is available until Wednesdat September 13.

Pat Allender from CAT is going to be giving an Electronic Timing Officials clinic this Saturday, August 19th from 12:00-1:30PM, at Osborn Aquatic Center in Corvallis. It will be held in the meeting room near the lobby at Osborn.
The clinic will last 1 ½ hours and will consist of an introduction to all aspects of ET, including the timing console and timing resolution. If you are interested in attending or have questions call Stephanie Olbrich, at 541-745-5215.

Congratulations to Mark for being selected to officiate at the 2006 IPC World Swimming Championships to be held in December in Durbin, South Africa! This is an great opportunity for Mark and reflects well on Oregon Swimming. He'll be too modest to mention it, so please slap him on the back... of course... he'll probably respond that these atheletes deserve the best, and he's just proud to be able to associate with them... he'd be right. --Bruce Ludwig

Swimming at the Western Zone Championships, Jacob Pebley of CAT, bettered his still dripping wet record set at the 11 and Over Championships. Jacob swam 1:05.38 to better his old record of 1:05.85.

Swimming at the USA Swimming National Championships, Alesha Trattner of HEAT lowered her own 15-16 50 free record of 26.73 by the narrowest of margins. The new record sits at 26.72, bettering the time she set in July at Senior Sectionals.

Swimming at the Junior Nationals, Logan Storie of CAT broke his own 17-18 200 Free record twice. In prelims, Logan swam 1:53.12, breaking the old record of 1:53.47 he set at the Spring Championships. In finals, Logan dropped almost a second to finish at 1:52.21.

There was a tie for first place for 12 year old girls high point score at the 11&Over Championships, Taylor Scroggy (THSC) and Karen Turner (LOSC) each earned 56 point.
Congratulations to Taylor and Karen.

At the recently concluded 11 & Over Championships, a swimmer in each age group who scored the most points won a Speedo backpack donated by Speedo. The winners are Cassidy Robinson of LOSC and Mattew Cook of LGSC in the 11 year old age group; Karen Turner of LOSC and Aaron Ghiglieri of RST in the 12 year old age group; Megan McCarroll of THSC and Austin Ringquist of HEAT in the 13 year old age group; Carissa Burke of THSC, who edged out Jordan Iverson by half a point, and Brendan Liu of THSC in the 14 year old age group; Jackie Leung of MHST and Mike Stratton of DDSC in the 15-16 age group; Camille Vasquez of MHST and Tim Wagner of MHST in the 17 and over age group. Congratulations swimmers.

Tualatin Hills won the team competition with 1415.50 points, Mt. Hood was second with 882.50 and Bend was third with 627.50 points. The top 10 teams win a plaque, and they are:

1. Tualatin Hills Swim Club 1415.50
2. Mt. Hood Swim Team 882.50
3. Bend Swim Club 627.50
4. David Douglas Swim Club 598.50
5. Lake Oswego Swim Club 549.50
6. Hillboro Swim Club 498
7. Corvallis Aquatic Club 450.50
8. Bearcat Swim Club 342.50
9. The Dolpins 292
10. Multnomah Athletic Club 222.50