OSI News Archive - November, 2006

Stroke and Turn Officials are needed at a Master's meet this Sunday Dec 3rd at the Multnomah Athletic Club. Warm ups are at 7am, should last until about 2:30.

The 2007 Swim Guides are available at the Oregon Swimming Office for $10.00. JD Pence will have them for sale also.

A Stroke and Turn Clinic will be conducted at the Lake Oswego Pool on Wednesday, December 6th at 5:30PM. Space will be limited. Contact Bob McMillan at mcmillanbm@comcast.net if you are interested.

There will be a Stroke and Turn Clinic offered on Saturday, December 9th at 11:00AM at the Sheldon Pool in Eugene.
Please contact Jacki Allender at seewun@proaxis.com if you are interested in attending.

At the Award Ceremony in Corvallis the 2006 Oregon Swimming Top 5, top 16 and record holders were honored. Oregon Swimming Award Winners were: Female Athlete of year awarded to Hannah Points from Tigard Tualatin Swim Club, Male Athlete of the Year to Logan Storie from Corvallis Aquatic CLub. Age Group Coach of the Year to Ben Swinehart from Tualatin Hills Swim Club and Senior Coach of the Year to Andy Carlisle from Tigard Tualatin Swim Club.
Dick Parker Officials Award: Michael O'Neil (RST), USA Swimming Award: Rick Guenther (CAT), Jon Arlin Award: Mark Maxwell (YSC), James Richardson Award: DawnMarie Woodward (WSC) and the Media Award: The Hillsboro Argus and the Albany Democrat Herald.
Congratualation to all athletes, coaches and award recipients.

Award Ceremony November 19, 2PM in Corvallis. Doors open at 1PM. Directions to La Sells Stewart Center:
From I-5 take the Corvallis/Hwy 34 exit towards Corvallis. Cross the bridge coming into town. Turn left on 4th Street. Go 8 blocks and turn right on Western. The center is on the corner of 26th and Western. Just past the intersection of 26th and Western is the parking lot entrance to Reser Stadium. Park and walk across 26th to LaSells Stewart Center.

From 99-W southbound: 99-W turns into 4th Street in town, follow 4th to Western. The center is on the corner of 26th and Western. Just past the intersection of 26th and Western is the parking lot entrance to Reser Stadium. Park and walk across 26th to LaSells Stewart Center.


From 99-W Northbound: 99-W turns into 3rd Street in town, follow 3rd to Western, then turn left. The center is on the corner of 26th and Western. Just past the intersection of 26th and Western is the parking lot entrance to Reser Stadium. Park and walk across 26th to LaSells Stewart Center.

WBST would appreciate any officiating help this weekend at our meet. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to get some hours or just help out.
Saturday sessions will run from 9am to 3pm, Sunday will run from 9am to 1pm. Our Referee is Sue Fuller along with Lynn Bruce in training; You will also be well fed!! Buffalo is on the menu this weekend.

Thank you, Coach Zell WBST

The LOSC relay team of Daniel Chen, Luke Marshall, Alex Lyons and Nick Bode set two other OSI records at as many meets. At the Chehalem Harvest Open in October, the boys broke the 11-12 400 Medley Relay with a time of 4:14.95, breaking the 2002 record of 4:15.54 held by THSC.

At the PAC Fall Invitational, the team swam 1:52.56 in the 200 Medley relay, bettering the old record by over 3 seconds. The old record was 1:55.61 set in 2002 by THSC.

Great job swimmers.

There will be a Stroke and Turn Clinic offered on November 16th at 5:30 pm in the Multi-Purpose room at the Lebanon Pool.
Please contact Kathy Coddington at wandawatermelon@centurytel.net if you are interested in attending.

The record breaking season has begun. Swimming at the PAC Fall Invitational, the relay team of Daniel Chen, Nick Bode, Luke Marshall and Alex Lyons swam 1:41.50 to better the boys 11-12 200 free record. THSC set the previous record in 2004 at 1:42.11.

A Stroke and Turn Clinic for officials is scheduled for Thursday, November 9th at 7:30PM in the Downtown YWCA (10th and Main. If you are interested contact at Robert.Hampel@xerox.com

The PAC Fall-IN is being held this weekend at Matt Dishman Community Center in Portland (starting Friday evening). Currently we only have one ET for the entire weekend. If anyone is available to help out we would greatly appreciate it. Please email Kim Jones at kkjones@msn.com.

Officials are needed at 2006 South Columbia County Artman Invitational at Eisenschmidt Pool on November 11th, 2006 In St Helens. If you are available to help out please contact Ann Collson at epool@colcenter.org.