OSI News

Columbia River Swim Team won the Senior Championships this past weekend beating second place Maverick Aquatics 939 to 869. Mt. Hood Aquatics, Hillsboro Heat Swim Team and Superior Stingray Swimming rounded out the top 5. For complete team scores, click here.

Alex Kronberger of Maverick won the girls high point competition. Sarah Fay Fierson of Superior Stingray and Andrea Young of Columbia River Swim Team placed second and third. In the boys high point competition, Ben Nierman of Albany Aquatics Association beat out Clark Snyder and Aaron Ghiglieri both of Superior Stingray. Top 10 high point finishers can be found here.

Grace Carlson of Lake Oswego set three individual records at the 11-14 Championships this past weekend. She set a new record in the 13-14 girls 100 free swimming 50.25 to beat Kaylin Bing's 2008 record of 50.53. Grace broke the 13-14 girls 100 backstroke by almost a second swimming 54.25 to Karen Turner's 2008 record of 55.20. Her final record came in the 200 backstroke, swimming 1:58.84 to Karen Turner's 2009 record of 1:59.61.

Two 11-12 boys relays went under the 400 medley relay. The Tualatin Hills team of Andre A La Rosa, Cortlandt Nelsen, Jorge Casas and David Spurgeon swam 4:09.17 shattering the record the same team swam earlier this year. The old record stood at 4:13.75. In the same heat, the Multnomah Athletic Club team of Tristan Furnary, Grant Goodring, Jackson Locke Harris and Bailey Pearson swam 4:09.97. Judging by the splits, this must have been an amazing race.

In the team race, Tualatin Hills Thunderbolts placed first with 898.5 points. Bend Swim Club placed second with 486.5 points and Lake Oswego Swim Club placed third with 413.5. For a complete listing of team scores, click here.

In the high point competition, there were two ties for first place and several close calls.

The 2011 Meet Date Application form has been posted on the website. Please fill out the form and send it to the office by March 31.

The 2011 Championship Meet Bid form has been posted as well.  Bids are due by March 31 and will follow with a vote by all teams. Voting instructions will be sent to each team after March 31. Next year's championships will be as follows:

• SC 10 & Under Championships: February 19-20, 2011
• SC 11-14 Championships: February 24-27, 2011
• Senior Championships: March 3-6, 2011
• LC 10 & Under Championshps: July 9-10, 2011
• LC 11 & Over Championships: July 28-31, 2011

Finally, the 2010 Club Leadership and Business Management School form has been posted. Registrations are due by March 31. The Club Leadership and Business Management School will held on Saturday April 10, 2010 from 9:00AM – 2:00PM at the THPRD Aquatic Center, 15707 SW Walker Rd, Beaverton, OR. Registration is free.