OSI News

Uniform for officials planning on working the meet will be white over navy.  Shorts OK for prelims and long pants or skirts for finals.

Warm-up times for finals will be at 4:30 each day with the final session starting at 5:30.

Mt. Hood Community College is hosting the Long Course Masters National Championships August 13-17.  Meet organizers are looking to fill about 550 shifts covering 15 jobs for all abilities and interests.  Most shifts  are 4 hours long. The meet has 1150 entrants, with many former World Record holders and Olympians competing.   Mt. Hood Community college is a fast pool and volunteers will definitely see some record-breaking swims.

Please come out and help make this a memorable and successful meet.  Sign up online at http://www.volmanager.com/LCNatnls/VolMan(1).php or call Marisa Frieder at 503-452-7053. 

The Olympic Trials are over and we have several weeks to wait for another exciting week of swimming to begin. While Oregon had no swimmers on the final day of swimming, days six and seven of the eight day meet saw a new Oregon record and several second swims from Oregon swimmers. Morgon Scroggy of THSC just missed the Open 200 backstroke of 2:12.40 record in the prelims with her 2:13.52. Morgan placed 16th and earned a trip to the semi-final. During the semi-final Morgan dropped over two seconds swimming 2:11.36 and took the Oregon record held by 1994 World Championships team member Rachel Joseph. More impressive is her time bumped her up 8 places and earned trip to the final, the only OSI swimmer to do so. During the final, Morgan couldn't quite match her semi-final time and swam 2:12.89 for eighth place.

Logan Madson of BEND placed 16th in the 100 fly, making him the only OSI man to earn a second swim. His time of 53.49 just missed the OSI record of 2004 Olympian Igor Marchenko which stands at 53.30. Logan placed 16th in the semi-final with a 53.97.

Emile Ewing of Auburn/THSC also earned a second swim in the 200 back with her 11th place swim of 2:12.88. She repeated the place with a 2:12.94 in the semi-finals. Kathryn Thompson of Tucson Ford/RST placed 23rd with a 2:14.41.

In the 50 freestyle, Kyle Maese of Auburn University/Mt Hood placed 48th swimming 23.12 while Morgon Henderson-Kunz of THSC was 57th with a 23.24.

Saturday saw the final preliminary session of the meet. Logan Storie of CAT swam 15:27.01 in the 1500 free, just missing 2000 Olympian Chris Thompson's 15:23.72 record. Logan's swim was good enough for 11th.

Kim Jasmer of King Aquatics/SCAT swam to a three way tie for 64th in the 50 free, while 12 year old Grace Carlson of LOSC placed 85th with a time of 26.72.

The 2008 Olympic Trials was a very fast meet, with several world, American and Oregon records bettered at the meet. Oregon's swimmers, alumni and coaches did the LSC proud.

After the conclusion of the preliminary rounds at the Olympic Trials, Oregon swimmers continued to record some very fast times. Morgan Scroggy of THSC swam the 100 free in 56.02 just off her best time of 55.82 from the Santa Clara meet in May. That time placed her 34th. Kim Jasmer of King Aquatics swam 56.83.

Logan Madson of Bend placed 49th in the 200 IM with a best time of 2:06.09.

The women's 200 breaststroke featured two former OSI swimmers. Jessica Embick of Tucson Ford placed 30th with a 2:33.46 while Mari Embertson of Club Wolverine placed 57th with a 2:36.40

**Editor's Note**: due to family commitments, updates for the remainder of the Trials will be delayed until Sunday.

The morning prelims were a short one for Oregon and the meet overall with three contested events and only two with Oregon swimmers.

The men's 200 breaststroke featured four current and former swimmers, highlighted by Dan Nyaradi of Bend setting a new OSI record. Dan's time of 2:17.71 dipped below Brad Bachulis' 1991 Open record of 2:17.87. His time was good enough for 29th. Tom Cole, a former swimmer with TTSC and now swimming for the University of Arizona placed 25th with a time of 2:17.38. Alex Larkin, formerly of Bend, was 51st by way of his 2:21.81 time and Jake Salaz of MHST was 63rd with a 2:29.43.

The men's 100 free featured two Oregon swimmers. Morgon Henderson-Kunz of THSC was 64th with a 50.83 while Nolan Morrell, formerly of Bend was 109th swimming the race in 51.85.

While no Oregon records were set on the third day of trials, Oregon swimmers continued to have a fast meet. Morgon Scroggy placed 34th in the 200 free with a time of 2:01.54 and Laura Miller of David Douglas placed 87th swimming 2:04.12. Kim Jasmer of SCAT now swimming for KING was 38th with a time of 2:01.78 and Emile Ewing of THSC now swimming for Auburn was 80th with her time of 2:03.82.

In the men's 200 Fly, Logan Madson of Bend placed 34th with a time of 2:01.76 while Brett Nagle of David Douglas was 60th with a 2:03.54.

The final prelim of the morning was the 200 IM. Oregon was well represented with 5 current and former swimmers in the event Topping the list is Kathryn Thompson(Roseburg/Tucson Ford) was 35th with a 2:18.39. Mari Embertson (Corvallis/Club Wolverine) was 37th with a 2:18.47. Jenni Stratton of David Douglas was 61st with a 2:19.57. Emile Ewing, swimming the second event of the day, was 81st in 2:20.96 and Brittney Iverson of CAT was 84th with a 2:21.06.

On the report from day one, we failed to recognize Nelson Westby, formerly of McMinnville and now swimming for Minnesota Aquatics.  Nelson placed 67th in the 100 breaststroke swimming the race in 1:05.36.

Day two of the Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska saw another OSI record bettered. Morgon Scroggy of THSC placed 19th in the 100 backstroke, swimming 1:02.45, good enough to beat Rebecca Sturdy's 2003 Open record of 1:02.71. The 100 backstroke was a loaded even for Oregon as Karen Turner (LOSC) swam 1:03.46 and Kaylin Bing (RST) swam 1:03.87. Former Oregon swimmer Emily Ewing (THSC/AU) swam 1:02.30 good enough for 15th and a second swim in the semi-finals where she placed 16th with a 1:02.66. Kathryn Thompson formerly of RST and now swimming for Tucson Ford swam the 100 back in 1:03.61

Logan Storie of CAT and Brett Nagle of David Douglas went 1:52.18 and 1:52.95 respectively in the 200 free while Nolan Morell swimming for the University of Tennessee and formerly of Bend swam 1:53.02.

Other swimmers with Oregon ties who swam yesterday are Jessica Embick (MHST/FORD) swam the 100 breast in 1:10.06 good enough for 18th place while Genna Paterson (THSC/Washington) swam 1:11.90. Kim Jasmer of King Aquatics and formerly of SCAT swam the 400 free in 4:20.75.

Day one of the US Olympic Trials came and went. The meet has featured two world records, one American record and a lot of fast swimming. Logan Storie of Corvallis set the lone Oregon record when he smashed 2000 Olympic bronze medalist Chris Thompson's Open 400 free record. Logan's time of 3:53.98 chopped nearly two and a half seconds off Chris's 3:56.58 set back in 1996. Logan's time was good enough for 13th.

Morgan Scroggy of Tualatin Hills earned the only second swim when she stopped the clock at 59.85 in the women's 100 butterfly, good enough for 15th. Morgon finished 16th in the semi-final with a time of 1:00.25.

Three other swimmers from Oregon competed yesterday in Omaha. Tori Simenec of BearCat Swim Club swam close to a best time in the 100 fly with a 1:02.45 (103rd). Hannah Points of Tigard Tualatin Swim Club swam 4:58.02 in the 400 IM (66th). Jake Salaz of Mt. Hood swam 1:06.14 in the 100 breaststroke (68th).

Three Oregon Swimming alumni competed as well. Mari Embertson of Club Wolverine and Kathryn Thompson of Tucson placed 28th (4:50.56) and 30th (4:51.07) respectively in the 400 IM while Alex Larkin of Wyoming placed 68th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.45.

The Howard Jones Memorial meet held at Mt. Hood Community College saw many new OSI records as swimmers tried to make cuts for the Olympic Trials.

Grace Carlson of Lake Oswego bettered her own 11-12 50 free record three times, getting closer to the Trials cut with each swim. She swam 26.60, 26.45 and finally 26.39. The Olympic Trials cut is 26.39, so Grace earned a trip to the Olympic Trials with the barest of margins. Grace also became the first 11-12 Oregon girl to swim the 100 freestyle in under a minute. She bettered Tori Simenec's 2005 record twice. First with a 58.29 and then again with a 58.14. Grace's final record came in the 50 fly. Once again, she bettered Tori's 2005 record with a time of 29.44 to Tori's 29.65.

Kathleen McCarroll of THSC continued her assault on the 11-12 200 fly record as she once again lowered her own record. She swam 2:24.69 at Mt. Hood bettering the old time of 2:25.34.

Karen Turner of Lake Oswego bettered two of her own records. She just missed the Olympic Trials cut in the 50 free when she swam 26.45, taking four one-hundredths of a second off her old time. Karen swam the 200 IM twice at the meet, first swimming 2:20.81 to better her old time of 2:20.90. She next swam the IM again in the pursuit of the Trials cut. She swam 2:20.19, dropping under the qualifying time of 2:20.49.

Lake Oswego Boys bettered the 13-14 boys relay. The team of Daniel Chen, Nick Bode, Alex Lyons and Gunnar Wolfe swam 4:19.64 bettering the 2006 record of 4:23.06 held by Tualatin Hills. The same team bettered the 13-14 400 free relay with a time of 3:49.91. The time betters the 2006 Tualatin Hills record of 3:55.96.