OSI News Archive - December, 2004

Tualatin Hills Barracudas are looking for a referee, starters, electronic timers, and stroke/turn judges for their masters pentathlon swim meet on February 19.
Please contact Rachel Skoss at skossr@yahoo.com.au or 503 644 2622

Congratulations to the following swimmers. They were selected to the All Star team competing in January.

11 & 12 Girls
Kelsye Coyle- Canby
Rachel Heaney- SCAT
Jordan Iverson- CAT
Yuca Kosugi- MHST
Kaila Lee- EYAC
Elaina Ransford- PAC
Tori Simenec- BRSC
Amanda Zaragoza- BRSC

11 & 12 Boys
Will Gunderson- HEAT
Kevin Jones- DDSC
Tomas Mendz-Beck- HEAT
Anthony Nguyen- DDSC
Jacob Pebley- AAA
Austin Rinquist- HEAT
Jeff Sloss- CAC
Kyle Wicks- BRSC

13 & 14 Girls
Kristyn Deckard- BEND
Victoria Hartman- BRSC
Katelyn Johnson- AAA
Nycole Klauder- RAYS
Elizabeth Mahalic- MAC
Sloan Storie- CAT
Caroline Wells- CAT
Lauren Zehner- MAC

13 & 14 Boys
Robert Ellertson- PAC
James Gilmore- RAYS
Nathan Losch- BEND
Brett Nagle- PRSC
Mike Stratton- DDSC
Cory Williams- RST
Matt Wood- BEND
Chris Wright- WHAT

The All Star Team for the January All Star meet will be picked on December 22. As soon as the team selection has been completed, the names will be posted on the website. Information for team members will be mailed after January 1.

Congratulations to Karen Turner of LOSC who lowered the 9-10 girls 50 yard freestyle. Her time of 26.81 lowered Morgan Scroggy's 1999 standard of 26.85.

Officials interested in being assigned to the Winter championships can download the application by click here. Applications are due by January 29, 2005.

The applications for the All Star meet in Los Angeles are due Monday December 20. They will be swimming 200's and you can add them to the appplication. In addition, Jim Bowe would like a hytek printout of each swimmers
times.

An ET training will be given on December 18, 2004, at Noon at the Tualatin High School Pool. This will be between sessions at the TTSC Invitational that weekend. Anyone who takes the training can get hands on experience, as well.
If you are interested contact Jim Alexander at pamelajgriffith@comcast.net.

The Canby Swim Club announces that spots are still available in the Anita Nall Olympic Gold Medal Clinic at the Animal Meet! The swim clinic is being led by 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist Anita Nall and is being held in conjunction with the Animal Meet on Saturday December 18th. Cost is $20.00 for swimmers registered in the Animal Meet. See the Clinic Registration form posted under Camps/Clinics on the OSI Home Page or contact as noted below. Entries must be mailed by December 11th.

Also, spots are still available in the 2004 Canby Animal Meet Open (13 & O-Sunday December 19) and Animal Meet Jr. and Jr. II Open(12 & U-Saturday December 18). With the addition of the an additional session last year we have additional time and room in each of the sessions. Entry deadline is Thursday December 9. E-mail entries accepted for the meet.

For Clinic or Animal Meet entries please contact Ken Schuh at "kdschuhmeister@aol.com" or 503-266-1345.

North Bend is looking for a referee for High School District 4 meet on February 11&12 in North Bend. Contact Chris Richmond nbpool@ucinet.com

We still have room for more swimmers at the LAC Aquastars Open (was invitational) that will be held on December 10 - 12. Lebanon Aquatic Club is changing it to a single format rather than split. Anyone needing information may contact Ed Gunselmam at egunselman@centurytel.net or look for details on LAC website at www.lebanonaquaticclub.org ..

Three Oregon swimmers have been selected to participate at the National Select Camp in Colorado Springs in January 2005. The girls camp will be January 20-23 and boys from January 27-30.

Morgan Scroggy and Kara Nelson of THSC and Logan Storie of CAT are the selected athletes. Congratulations swimmers.

Swimmers are selected to the camp based on the STAR database of top times. The fastest two eligible athletes in each event aged 16 and under on the first day of the summer 2004 national championships are picked.

Former Oregon swimmer and 2000 Olympic bronze medalist, Chris Thompson will also attend the boys camp representing the US National team.

For more information on being selected to the Select Camp click here.

For a complete list of attending athletes, click here.