OSI News Archive - February, 2006

Kyle Wicks, of BRSC, set the lone OSI record ast the 11-14 championships this past weekend. Kyle swam 29.31 in the 50 breaststroke breaking Brian Allens' 1993 record. Great swim Kyle.

A starter clinic will be conducted at the Senior Championships in Canby on Friday, March 3, between prelims and finals. Please contact Bob McMillan at mcmillanbm@comcast.net if you are planning on attending.

Bend Swim Club is giving away 8 wooden starting blocks. If you are interested contact Mark Bernett at bendswim@coinet.com.

A training session for Stroke and Turn and Starter trainers is scheduled at the Senior Championships in Canby between preliminaries and finals on Saturday, March 4. Please contact Jacki Allender at seewun@proaxis.com if you are interested in becoming a trainer.

Officials please remember this is a championship meet. The dress code for the finals for the senior championships is long pants or skirt. Shorts are accepted for preliminaries.

Nolan Morrell of Bend Swim Club, swam the 12th fastest time in history for 17-18 men 200 free at the SEC Championships. Representing the University of Tennessee, Nolan swam 1:35.96 and placed third.

Officials please remember this is a championship meet. The dress code for the finals at 11-14 is long pants or skirt. For preliminaries, shorts are accepted.

Parking - Please do not park in the Linus Pauling School lot before 4:00 PM on Thursday and Friday. Parking is available on the west side of Osborn, around Garfield Park to the southwest and at the Rite-Aid parking lot 3 blocks to the east. Please do not park in areas marked for the Boys and Girls club to the west of the Aquatics Center.
--Thursday Warm ups - The Aquatics Center will have swim lessons on Thursday afternoon in the shallow end of the competitive pool. Please do not occupy the east end of the pool deck until after 5:00 when lessons are completed. Warm ups will be in the deep end of the indoor pool and the outdoor pool.
--Osborn WiFi - CAT has now installed a WiFi network at the pool and will have real time results posted on HYPERLINK "www.corvallisaquaticteam.org/realtime"www.corvallisaquaticteam.org/realtime.

The Holiday Inn Wilsonville and Canby Swim Club is offering a special lodging rate for Senior Champs! Special Lodging rate including Breakfast Buffet is $79.00 a night. For complete information click here.

Because the pool shares it's parking lot with several other facilities, special parking arrangments have been. Click here for the information.

Certified Starters, Stroke and Turn, and Electronic Timing Officials are needed for all sessions of the Senior Championship Meet being held March 2-5 2006 in Canby. The Meet begins Thursday March 2nd with warm-ups at 4:30 PM and the Officials Meeting at 4:45 PM. The schedule for Friday thru Sunday is warm-ups at 8:00 AM and Officials Meeting at 8:15 AM. The Meet format is Timed Finals on Thursday and Prelims-Finals on Friday through Sunday.

Officials Meet Polo Shirts will be available at cost ($5.00) on a pre-order basis for any Official serving at the meet. Please e-mail Canby Meet Director Ken Schuh at kdschuhmeister@aol.com with your officiating commitment and shirt size to ensure getting your shirt. The first 10 Officials (2 ET, 2 Starters, 6 S&T) to e-mail their commitment (and Shirt size) for the Friday Meet day (Prelims and Finals) and at least one other session will receive their shirt for FREE!

Corvallis Aquatic Team will be hosting the Oregon High School State Championships on February 16 and 17th. They will be posting realtime results at ww.corvallisaquaticteam.org/3A_state and ww.corvallisaquaticteam.org/4A_state.

WARM UP SCHEDULE 2006 10 and Under Championships:
SAT: 11:45-12:30 for 8 and Under swimmers
12:30-1:15 for 9-10 year old swimmers
no assigned lanes; coaches' choice. Start lanes will be opened up on Sat. from 12:15 until 12:30, and again from 1:00-1:15, at the discretion of the meet director.

SUN: 8:15-9:00 a.m. for 8 and Under swimmers
9:00-9:45 for 9-10 year old swimmers
no assigned lanes; coaches' choice. Start lanes will be opened up on Sun. from 8:45 until 9:00, and again from 9:30-9:45, at the discretion of the meet director.

Please do not use the phone number listed in the meet information for Osborn Aquatic Center. The number to use is:
541-766-7946.

The Hy Tek file for the 10 and Under championship has been corrected. If you previously downloaded the events file, please discard it and download the corrected file.

The official's meeting for the Pac 9 high school district meet held at McMinnville on Friday, February 10 will begin at 11:30

To Oregon Swimming Coaches and Athletes:
The Tier 3 Reimbursement times on page 75 of the 2006 Oregon Swim Guide need to be corrected for the Individual Men's freestyle times only. All other times are the correct Tier 3 Reimbursement times. The following are the corrected Men's freestyle times for reimbursement.

SCY/SCM/LCM
50 free= 21.69/23.99/24.79
100 free=47.09/52.09/53.99
200 free=1:43.09/1:54.19/1:58.09
400/500 free=4:39.59/4:02.09/4:09.79
800/1000 free=9:39.79/8:26.99/8:40.79
1500/1650 free=16:13.69/15:55.79/16:41.69