OSI News Archive - January, 2011

Jacob Pebley of Corvallis set the first long course records of the season. Swimming at the Austin Grand Prix, he twice lowered the 17-18 100 backstroke record swimming 56.47 and 55.40 to demolish Trent Staley's 2000 record of 57.39. Jacob's 55.40 was also good enough to beat his own Open record of 55.61. Jacob also beat Trent's 17-18 record in the 200 backstroke, swimming 1:59.19 to Trent's 2:01.80.

There will be an Electronic Timing clinic at the Aquatic Center in Forest Grove on Thursday, February 3 at 6:30. To sign up contact Rachel Sandage: rachelsor@gmail.com

The Club Leadership and Business Management School will held on Saturday April 9, 2011 from 9:00AM – 3:00PM at the Willamalane Pool, 1472 G Street, Springfield, OR.  The fee is $10.00 per person. We will provide lunch.
New clubs are required to participate in the School.
Bill Krumm from USA Swimming will be hosting the school.

Contact the Oregon Swimming office at office@oregonswimming.org for more information. Sign up for the school should be in the office by March 31.

There will be a Stroke and Turn Clinic offered in Newport on Tuesday, January 25th at 6pm at the Lincoln County P.U.D. office. For more information please contact Kym Jacobson at margarita.ville@charter.net

Attention Swim Teams! The TTSC Winter Qualifier still has room if you would like to attend January 28-30. We will extend the deadline to Sunday, January 23. Go to our website for more details, TTSC.org.

A Stroke and TUrn clinic will be held January 29, 2011 at the conclusion of Saturday Session of the B/C? championships at the North Bend Pool.  Contact Jim Quisenberry at jimquiz@comcast.net ,Julia Murphy at murphyhwdfloors@msn.com or John Waller at johnwaller4@charter.net for more information or if you plan on attending the clinic.

A starter clinic will be held at the Roundtable Pizza, 616 NE 81st St, #A, Vancouver, WA on January 25, from 5:15-7:00PM.  Contact Chris Cook for more infromation.  christine.m.cook@comcast.net

Mount Hood Aquatics Swim Team is conducting a Food Drive as part of our Winter Invitational Swim Meet. We will be collecting non-perishable foods and personal hygiene items which will be donated to Zarephath Pantry, a Gresham-based food pantry that serves East Multnomah County.

The Winter Invitational Swim Meet will include 500 athletes from 16 Club Swim teams throughout the Metro Area and as far away as Washington and Idaho.

The holidays bring many donations to the food pantries they also bring increased demand so at this time, there is a great need to replenish the shelves. And, while swimmers are always hungry, most are fortunate to never truly know hunger. Donations can be brought to the meet at Mt Hood Aquatic Center on January 14-16, 2011. Donations will also be gathered from the Mt Hood Aquatics teams and lessons participant at David Douglas High School Pool, Reynolds Pool, and Sam Barlow High School Pool.

All officials, non athletes and coaches are required to pass the back ground screening.  No need to forward the results to the office.  USA Swimming will update your file and notify us.  Officials and non athletes deadline is February 15, 2011, coaches April 30, 2011. Check officials page or USA Swimming website for more details.

Chehalem Swim Team is hosting a meet in Newberg and are in need of starters for the afternoon sessions.
Friday, January 7, 5-6:40PM, Saturday and Sunday 1:00 - 4:40PM.
Contact Dina Aldred if you are able to help at one of more of these days gregdina1@frontier.com  

Portland Aquatic Club hosts a Stroke and Turn Clinic, January 19, 7PM, at 3915 SW Plum Street, Portland OR 97219.

Contact Mia Mahedy-Sexton, mmahedy1@yahoo.com if you are interested and have questions.

Greetings 2011 All Star Team!

Congratulations! I hope that you are as excited as I am about this weekend!

By now, you all should have turned in your medical release forms to the Oregon Swimming office. If not, please do so immediately. You are meeting at the Holiday Inn Gresham,  2752 NE Hogan Dr, Gresham, OR 97030 at 12noon Saturday, January 8^th. Upon arrival, you will get your goodie bag with t-shirts and All Star cap, and be checked into your hotel room. Please pack everything else you will need for the meet (suits, goggles, towels), as well as overnight stuff. The team will all travel together by bus from the hotel to the pool. We will have a designated area for our team to sit together. There will be vendors at the meet including Fine Designs, Peacock Sportswear, and Northwest Sports Photography.

I am making a plea to any parents who will be attending the meet, to please contact meet director Julie Greenaway (agreena833@aol.com 503-667-4465). As of now, we don’t have very many volunteers to help run the meet – hospitality, etc. Help support the Oregon team!! We’ll make sure that you are on deck when your swimmers race so you don’t miss anything good. I encourage everybody to come watch our kids swim fast!
Schedule:

Saturday: Warm ups 2:30-3:30PM.  Competition: 3:45PM
Sunday: Warm ups 8:00-9:00AM. Competition: 9:15AM

I look forward to meeting all of you!!!

 Cheers, Nina