USA Swimming has implemented a nationwide training standard for all officials. Training materials for each position Stroke and Turn, Starter, Referee, Administrative Official and Chief Judge will be released on a rolling basis. Currently Stroke and Turn is available on the USA Swimming website.
All trainees must complete items below prior to deck training:
*USAS non-athlete registration (request unique registrarion link from your club, if you are unattached
*Athlete Protection Training (APT).
*Level 2 Background Check.
*Concussion Protocol Training (Certificate of completion must be emailed to ([email protected]).
*Online Foundation of Officiating
*Complete a clinic (currently only stroke and turn is available on USA Swimming University, all other clinics will be held in person or zoom with a certified trainer)
Stroke and Turn Clinic (including testing) ONLY, please use the link below.
Stroke and Turn training record
We will continue to reference OSI training materials as a resource. All current trainees must indicate if they want to continue with OSI training or start over and proceed with the new USAS training.
Current OSI trainees please complete questionnaire HERE
2024 OSAA High School State Swimming Championship
February 16th - 17th, 2024
Tualatin Hills Rec. Swim Center
15707 SW Walker Rd
Beaverton, OR 97006
6A Referee: Julie Carpenter
4A-1A Referee: Jack Burnett
5A Referee: Judi Creech
Application to Officiate
EVENT SCHEDULE
2024 OREGON SWIMMING, INC ARENA SC 10 & Under CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 17-18, 2024
Willamalane Park Swim Center
1276 G Street
Springfield, OR 97477
Application to Officiate
2024 OREGON SWIMMING ARENA SC 11-14 AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
February 22 - February 25, 2024
Osborn Aquatic Center
1940 NW Highland Dr.
Corvallis, OR 97330
2024 OSI Senior/Region XII ARENA SC Championships
February 29-March 3, 2024
Tualatin Hills Rec. Swim Center
15707 SW Walker Rd
Beaverton OR 97006
Officials can update club affiliation and email preferences within their USAS account. Your account is not synced to the OSI website; please let me know if you have made changes and I will update the OSI website.
- Complete certification/recertification test
- Open the scored test by clicking on the score link
- Scroll to the bottom of the scored test
- This will also allow for a review of missed questions
- Click on the NEXT button
- This will take the official to a completion screen and should sync the test result (passed) to their account
Please note the location for 9/30/2023
Oregon State Bar Association
16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road
Tigard, OR 97281-1935
Officials schedule
9:00 am - 9:45 am Referee Meeting
9:45 am - 11:00 am Train the Trainer Clinic
11:00 am - 11:45 am General Meeting
11:45 am - 12:30 pm Guest Speaker
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm LUNCH
Clinics start 1:15pm
Stroke and Turn Clinic
Starter Clinic
Electronic Timing Clinic
Admin Referee Clinic
Referee Clinic
Administrative Official Clinic - 7:00 pm 9/29/2023 zoom
Meet Director Clinic - 7:30 pm 10/11/2023 zoom
Location:
Oregon State Bar Association
16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road
Tigard, OR 97281-1935
Administrative Official Clinic - via zoom 7:30 pm 9/29/2023
Meet Diretor Clinic - via zoom 7:00 pm 10/11/2023
Officials Mini Expo 9/30/2023
Oregon State Bar Association
16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Road
Tigard, OR 97281-1935.
Traveling south on I-5:
- Take exit 291, the Carman Dr./King City exit.
- Turn right onto Carman Dr. and continue on SW Upper Boones Ferry Road down the hill passing Sequoia Parkway and train tracks.
- Turn left at the T in the road (SW 72nd Avenue/SW Upper Boones Ferry Road).
- Turn right at the next light into the driveway of the Oregon State Bar Building.
Traveling north on I-5:
- Take exit 291, the Carman Dr./King City exit.
- Turn left onto Carman Drive and continue down the hill on SW Upper Boones Ferry Road passing Sequoia Parkway and train tracks.
- Turn left at the T in the road (SW 72nd Avenue/SW Upper Boones Ferry Road).
- Turn right at the next light into the driveway of the Oregon State Bar Building.
Oregon Swimming Championship Officiating Opportunities
2023 OSI Arena 11&O LC CHAMPIONSHIPS
July 20th - 23rd, 2023
Mt. Hood Community College Aquatic Center
3545 NE 17th St.
Gresham, OR 97030
Application to Officiate
This meet will be an OQM offering National Evaluations
2023 OSI Arena 10 & Under LC CHAMPIONSHIPS
JULY 8th - 9th, 2023
Albany Community Pool
2150 SE 36th Ave
Albany, OR97321
Application to Officiate
Officiating Opportunities Western Zone
2023 SPEEDO SECTIONALS - Boise, ID
JULY 13 – 16, 2023
Idaho Central Aquatic Center
3575 S. Findley Ave.
Boise, ID 83705
Application to Officiate
2023 Western Zone Senior Championships
JULY 25 – 29, 2023
Clovis, CA
(The meet will be contested over five full days)
2023 Western Zone Age Group Championships - Boise, ID
August 2nd – August 5th
Idaho Central Aquatics Center
3575 S. Findley Ave.,
Boise, ID 83705
Information Western Zone Mentorship Reimbursement Program WZ Senior Championships and WZ Age Group Championships
OSAA / OnPoint Community Credit Union 2023 Swimming State Championships: Application to Officiate
February 17th - 18th, 2023
Tualatin Hills Rec. Swim Center
15707 SW Walker Rd
Beaverton, OR 97006
Timeline
OSAA
All officials, volunteers and event staff will need to upload their vaccination information in to the OSAA Vaccination portal to be verified. If you have not yet entered your information, please do so through this link: https://www.osaa.org/vaccination Please use "Other Officials Form" tab. Proof of Vaccination status provision (OSAA) is only required once, if you completed last year you do not need to complete again.
***WALK ON OFFICIALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED***
applications have been taken down, 6A is full, there maybe some availability 4A-1A and 5A please contact the meet referee to confirm availability
2023 Rulebook
Rulebooks will NOT be automatically sent to registered officials. Officials may request a hard copy of USA Swimming’s 2023 Rulebook. To do so, please use the link below. Please complete the order form by no later than Friday, December 16, 2022
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2023 Registration information SWIMS 3.0
You are now responsible for registering yourself for 2023. Your club is no longer able to register you. Once you have linked your existing account or created a new account you need to request a registration link from your club. If you are unattached please contact the OSI office [email protected] for a registration link.
How do I create an account in SWIMS as a new member - ARTICLE
Creating an Account for Existing Members - VIDEO
How do I set up my new SWIMS account if I already have a membership? - ARTICLE
USA Swimming - Login page
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The new Official Member Card looks a bit different. LSC and national certifications are not listed right now, that will change as updates are released. As always USAS registration is valid through the end of the year. Please keep and eye on your expiration date.
Officiating Opportunities
2022 SC OSI 10 and Under Championships
February 19 - 20, 2022
Willamalane Pool
1276 G Street
Springfield, OR 97477
Referee: Bill Shreeve
2022 OSI SC OSI 11-14 Championships
February 24 - 27, 2022
Osborne Aquatics Center
1940 NW Highland Dr
Corvallis, OR 97330
Referee: Darrell Geymann
2022 OSI Senior/Region XII ARENA SC Championships
March 3 - 6, 2022
Tualatin Hills Rec. Swim Center
15707 SW Walker Rd
Beaverton, OR 97006
Referee: Sheila Lovell-Otterstrom
OSAA / OnPoint Community Credit Union 2022 Swimming State Championships: Application to Officiate
February 18th - 19th, 2022
Tualatin Hills Rec. Swim Center
15707 SW Walker Rd
Beaverton, OR 97006
Timeline
OSAA
All officials, volunteers and event staff will need to upload their vaccination information in to the OSAA Vaccination portal to be verified. If you have not yet entered your information, please do so through this link: https://www.osaa.org/vaccination Please use "Other Officials Form" tab.
***WALK ON OFFICIALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED*** application required to officiate
High School Districts - please contact the listed meet referee to officiate
| February 12 | Astoria | Tom Ishii - [email protected] |
| February 11-12 | Molalla Aquatic Center | Johan Van de - [email protected] |
| February 11-12 | Albany Community Pool | Bill Shreeve - [email protected] |
| February 11-12 | Warren H Daugherty AC- Cottage Grove | Aimee Hoeffs - [email protected] |
| February 11-12 | Parkrose | Chad Vassallo - [email protected] |
| February 12 | Cottage Grove-Midwestern | Aimee Hoeffs - [email protected] |
| February 12 | Osborn Aquatic Center | Jacki Allender - [email protected] |
| February 12 | Hood River | Dan Rawding - [email protected] |
| February 11-12 | Matt Dishman Pool (PIL) | Julie Carpenter - [email protected] |
| February 11-12 | Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center (Metro) | Darrell Geymann - [email protected] |
| February 12 | McMinnville Aquatic Center | Ray Jentges - [email protected] |
| February 12 | David Douglas-Mt Hood | Judi Creech - [email protected] |
| February 11-12 | Three Rivers-Tualatin HS | Ken Chard [email protected] |
| February 12 | Juniper Swim Center Bend | Sheila Lovell-Otterstrom - [email protected] |
| February 4-5 | Warren H Daugherty AC- Cottage Grove | Margie Zerr [email protected] |
| February 18 | Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center | Judi Creech - [email protected] |
| February 19 | Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center | Julie Carpenter - [email protected] |
| February 19 | Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center | Julia Murphy - [email protected] |
USA Swimming National Championship Meets
If you are interseted in appling to natonal meets please review USAS website and contact OSI Officials Chair Judi Creech for more information
Official's Assistance Relief Fund ***extended***
- Things are going to look different as we begin swim meets again until the pandemic is over. Plan on:
- Wearing a mask and social distancing
- Knowing and understanding the local, state and facility restrictions for swimming events.
- Advance planning and commitment.
- Official’s meetings via Zoom.
- Deck rotations being assigned in advance and communicated via email.
- Deck training being assigned in advance with the opportunity for the Trainee and Trainer to meet prior to the meet via Zoom.
- “Walk on” officials will not likely be accommodated
- Being prepared for difficult conditions on deck.
***It is very important that all officials read the meet document
News and Updates - December 2020
- The boundaries for our areas for each Area Chair have been re-defined. Please see the OSI website for details.
- A big thank you to Reed Sloss who has been serving Oregon Swimming for 17 years and will be stepping down due to the current situation. He was the Central Oregon Area Chair, the Sanction Chair, was certified as ET/AO/S & T/ Starter/Referee and a trainer. He was also very supportive of HS swimming. Oregon Swimming is very appreciative of Reed’s long-time support.
- Concussion training reminder – Referees must complete their concussion training annually; all other officials must complete it once.
- The USA Swimming Professional documents and videos are available on the USA Swimming website under Education & Training. Look them over when you have time to keep your officiating principals fresh in your mind.
- The tech suit restrictions, proposed by the Age Group Development Committee, went into effect for 12-and-under swimmers on September 1, 2020.
- The format for the Oregon Swimming winter championship meets is still being determined. Stay tuned…information will be on the website when it is available.
- Plan ahead for Western Zones for next summer – 2021. The WZ mentoring and reimbursement program will be available for both the WZ Age Group meet and the WZ SR meet for all of those officials that make a full commitment to the meet.
- If you are interested in officiating at a National meet (and qualified), applications will be posted on the USA Swimming website 180 days before the event. The applications will be pulled 120 days before the event, and they will select approximately 60 officials per meet.
- Please use current information from this website and USA Swimming for any training.
- Dive Certification - If an athlete is not dive certified, they MUST start in the water. If they are dive certified, they MAY start from the block, the side or in the water.
- Block rules with relay starts - A swimmer must have at least part of one foot in contact with the starting platform in front of the adjustable back plate during a relay exchange.
- When using backstroke ledges, at least one toe from each foot must be in contact with the wall.
- DQ slips - make them clear and legible - fix clerical errors.
- Deck changing & suit issues - get the coach involved.
- There is no "I" in TEAM - Our purpose is to work together for the common good - every job at the meet is very important. Accept any assignment as a Team Player!
- Stick to the rule book and avoid rumors – use common sense and good judgment…and remember…the benefit of the doubt always goes to the swimmer!
Awards and recognition:
- The 2020 Dick Parker award for excellence in Officiating went to Pat Allender!
- He has served as ET / AO and S & T. He is one of the experts in Oregon with the Hy-Tech and computer operations. His behind the scenes support for HS Swimming is instrumental in preparing and running the championship meets. We appreciate the MANY years that Pat has served Oregon swimming…this is very well deserved!
- Newbee Award - 2020 ET – Karen Arpag - HRST
- Newbee Award - 2020 S & T -Christie Semualo - LHST
- Official of the Month - 2020
- January – Pat Allender
- February – Mike Ahten
- March – Patrick & Sonya Huskey
- April – Bob Heymann
- May – Bob Sommers
- June – Amit Kumar
- August – Ricci Huling
USA Swimming Safe Sport - MAAPP
MAAPP – The Minor Athlete Prevention Policy is a Congressional mandate from US Center for Safe Sport. Please take time to read and understand the policy. USA Swimming Safe Sport has come out with a new policy. Please review policy for details
- When hosting a meet – be proactive!
- Ensure that Athletes that are 18years & older are current in their APT.
- Have your plan in place for Timers and Volunteers.
- Have your bathroom / locker room situation figured out
RECOGNITION
Official of the Month
| Years | Years | Years | |||
| Fran Hart | 27 | Bill Shreeve | 16 | Sheila Lovell-Otterstrom | 11 |
| Norm Hart | 27 | Keri Hanke | 15 | Peggy Sue Luffred | 11 |
| Jacki Allender | 25 | Alex Arizala | 14 | Darcy Smith | 11 |
| Pat Allender | 25 | Liam McMahon | 14 | Anne Stansell | 11 |
| Mark Rieniets | 24 | Tony Ranno | 14 | Aaron Tam | 11 |
| Betty Ishii | 22 | Otilia Sapienza | 14 | Bryan Watt | 11 |
| Tom Ishii | 22 | Walter Monk | 13 | Margie Zerr | 11 |
| Julie Carpenter | 21 | Sandie Ashland | 13 | Glen Champlin | 10 |
| Dan Gipe | 21 | Kristen Holbo | 13 | Jerry Chang | 10 |
| Andrew Guyler | 21 | Stephanie Schultz | 13 | Jim Corbeau | 10 |
| Jeff Gudman | 20 | Patricia Furrer-Hatzikos | 12 | Shannon Corbeau | 10 |
| Joe Dahl | 20 | David Galbraith | 12 | Gary Dalrymple | 10 |
| Dan Rawding | 19 | Margaret Kincaid | 12 | Aimee Dhakhwa | 10 |
| James Hayden | 18 | Debbie Laderoute | 12 | Ray Jentges | 10 |
| Tom Smallwood | 18 | Martha Pagel | 12 | Vicki Krutzikowsky | 10 |
| Dave Twenge | 18 | Michael Reed | 12 | Jeff Miller | 10 |
| Hal Beamer | 17 | Rhonda Soule | 12 | Jenifer Mittelstadt | 10 |
| Bob Heymann | 17 | Kimberly Cheren | 11 | Tom Pierce | 10 |
| Cliff Lyons | 17 | Chris Engler | 11 | Jennifer Smith | 10 |
| Reed Sloss | 17 | Gracie Goddard | 11 | Teresa Steinbock | 10 |
| Julie Greenaway | 16 | Tom Holt | 11 | Lori Stevens | 10 |
| Stacie Holmstrom | 16 | Amit Kumar | 11 | Joy Suppes | 10 |
| Julia Murphy | 16 |
| Years | Years | Years | |||
| Ken Adams | 9 | Jack Burnett | 7 | Monique Kellerman | 5 |
| Mike Ahten | 9 | Lee Cannon | 7 | Desi Kurtz | 5 |
| Stephen Bruss | 9 | Kyounghee Choi | 7 | Aaron Leatherwood | 5 |
| Bryan Carroll | 9 | Tim Cook | 7 | Adebimpe Ajayi | 5 |
| Joe DeRisio | 9 | Judi Creech | 7 | Patricia Alexandre-Schoenheit | 5 |
| Darrell Geymann | 9 | Liz Cruthers | 7 | Amber Beck | 5 |
| Michelle Gould | 9 | Christy Curtis | 7 | Rick Brindos | 5 |
| Pamela Hewitt | 9 | Jason Fincher | 7 | Kim Brown | 5 |
| Aimee Hoefs | 9 | Kim Hay | 7 | Chris Brun | 5 |
| Toni Kerr | 9 | Wei Huang | 7 | Sunny Burden | 5 |
| David Larmouth | 9 | Mark Kim | 7 | Angelina Buswell | 5 |
| Karen Nguyen | 9 | Manoj Kumar | 7 | Joe Caron | 5 |
| Will Noftsker | 9 | Steve Lane | 7 | Jennifer Chang | 5 |
| Pam O'Shea | 9 | Ed Magee | 7 | Ken Chard | 5 |
| Pete Perez | 9 | Denis Makarenko | 7 | Bernadine Doan | 5 |
| Steve Steiner | 9 | YJ Park | 7 | Daniel Duran Garza | 5 |
| Roy Yotsuuye | 9 | Nathaniel Price | 7 | Cindy Eiynck | 5 |
| Jason Barnes | 8 | Mike Shaw | 7 | Cindy Gingalewski | 5 |
| Anicia Criscione | 8 | Elena Tsyvian | 7 | Hathanh Goswitz | 5 |
| Matthew Beasley | 8 | Johan Van de Groenendaal | 7 | Bill Hayhurst | 5 |
| Grover Blackburn | 8 | Christian Wiedholz | 7 | Shelly Hochstetler | 5 |
| Sean Cho | 8 | Leslie Witt | 7 | Vali Ignatescu | 5 |
| Sid Davidson | 8 | Cindy Wornath | 7 | Andrew Jones | 5 |
| John Fairbank | 8 | Hutch Hutchison | 7 | Kim Kayfes | 5 |
| Hugh Genualdi | 8 | Liz Bruss | 6 | Stacey Kiefer | 5 |
| Barbara Halferty | 8 | Claudia Dicey | 6 | Lucinda Kolo-Kistler | 5 |
| Kelli Kang | 8 | Becky Dobler | 6 | Shylow Landis | 5 |
| Lynnette Konop | 8 | Dale Empey | 6 | April Larsen | 5 |
| Jenny Lee | 8 | Jonathan Flecker | 6 | Soozie McDonald | 5 |
| Yasutaka Maruki | 8 | Owen Hammack | 6 | Missy McPherson | 5 |
| Frank McKeen | 8 | Gabrielle Johnston | 6 | Ben Miriovsky | 5 |
| Jeff Nason | 8 | Robert Jokinen | 6 | Deborah O'Brien | 5 |
| Alan Reitz | 8 | Mary Ann Kahler | 6 | Hiren Patel | 5 |
| Stacey Rickman | 8 | Paul Lucas | 6 | Laura Pulley | 5 |
| Jennie Scarborough | 8 | Audrey Lungershausen | 6 | Bill Reinhart | 5 |
| Alex Settle | 8 | Jacque Reeves | 6 | Shari Scholz | 5 |
| Kyle Shaver | 8 | Lisa Sandoval | 6 | Peter Sprengelmeyer | 5 |
| Troy Tetsuka | 8 | Arun Somasundaram | 6 | Hai Hoang Ta | 5 |
| Mariecel Torres-Young | 8 | Evangeline Swift | 6 | Mari Uchishiba | 5 |
| Jason Tucker | 8 | John Thompson | 6 | Rick Vail | 5 |
| Shannon Watt | 8 | Ronghua Wang | 6 | Mike Wagar | 5 |
| Karen Wright | 8 | Shauna Winder | 6 | Jeff Warburton | 5 |
| Fei Xie | 6 | Corie Young | 5 |
Record Setting Volunteer Committment 2020
| Total Sessions | Total Sessions | Total Sessions | |||||
| Creech, Judi Jessica | 59 | Pagel, Martha A | 31 | Alexandre-Schoenheit, Patricia | 23 | ||
| Lovell-Otterstrom, Sheila Marie | 52 | Burnett, Jack Walter | 30 | Gipe, Dan | 23 | ||
| Jentges, Ray | 46 | Hart, Fran | 30 | Spencer, Ken | 23 | ||
| Chard, Ken | 38 | Hart, Norm | 29 | Carpenter, Julie M | 22 | ||
| Huling, Ricci C | 36 | Shreeve, Bill | 29 | DeRisio, Joe | 22 | ||
| Stahlmann, Marco | 36 | Smallwood, Tom | 29 | Lungershausen, Audrey Susan | 22 | ||
| Stansell, Anne M | 36 | Allender, Jacki | 27 | Monk, Walter C | 22 | ||
| Cobb, Hattie Christine | 35 | Conrad, Chris | 27 | Sommers, Bob | 22 | ||
| Ahten, Mike | 34 | Huang, Wei | 27 | Genualdi, Hugh Joseph | 21 | ||
| Magee, Ed | 34 | McMahon, Liam | 27 | Lajoie, Darrin Michael | 21 | ||
| Swift, Evangeline Barber | 34 | Hayhurst, Bill | 26 | O'Brien, Deborah Ann | 21 | ||
| Bakke, Ronette Marie | 33 | Lucas, Paul Francis | 26 | Price, Nathaniel Todd | 21 | ||
| Van De Groenendaal, Johan | 33 | Smith, Darcy Koontz | 26 | Tetsuka, Troy Taiyo | 21 | ||
| Vassallo, Chad Gregory | 33 | Ahten, Dina Kae | 25 | Beamer, Hal | 20 | ||
| Waddell, Heather Marie | 33 | Champlin, Glen Duane | 25 | Choi, Kyounghee Ku | 20 | ||
| Geymann, Darrell Floyd | 32 | Hoefs, Aimee E | 25 | Ignatescu, Vali | 20 | ||
| Cannon, Lee | 31 | Miehl, Nick | 25 | Sharp, Glen Thomas | 20 |
2019 Special Olympics
2019 LC Senior Sectionals
2019 LC 10&U Championship
