Lake Oswego Swim Club shines at state meet

The Lake Oswego Review, Aug 9, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009 (1 Reader comment)

Forty-two swimmers from the Lake Oswego Swim Club qualified for and competed in the 11 & Over Long Course State Championship meet at Mt. Hood Community College on July 26-29 and made quite a stir in the swimming community. The swimmers’ months of hard work were rewarded with a second-place overall team finish, the result of points earned by many impressive swims.

“The kids put in so much hard work and determination this summer. It was great to see some of our swimmers who have never made the finals before step up big for our team by finishing in the top-eight for the first time in their careers,” head coach Coley Stickels said.

Nine state records were broken at the meet — seven of them by LOSC.

“We really swam well as a team. When our 11-12 Girls relay broke the state record on the first event of the night, it really set the momentum up for the other relays that followed. Watching their teammates swim at such a high level, the rest of the group had the confidence that they could do the same,” Stickels said.

Sixteen first-place individual finishes were achieved by:

Grace Carlson:

Girls 11 Year Olds 50 Meter Freestyle, 100 Meter Butterfly, 50 LC Meter Backstroke, 200 LC Meter Freestyle, 100 Meter Freestyle, 50 Meter Butterfly

Sarah Feil :

Girls 13 Year Olds 50 Meter Freestyle, 200 Meter Breaststroke

Celia Keany:

Girls 11 Year Olds 400 Meter Freestyle

Cassidy Robinson:

Girls 12 Year Olds 50 Meter Freestyle

Karen Turner:

Girls 13 Year Olds 200 Meter IM, 100 Meter Backstroke, 100 Meter Butterfly, 200 LC Meter Freestyle, 100 Meter Freestyle

Amy Wiley:

Girls 13 Year Olds 100 Meter Breaststroke

Ten 1st place relay finishes were achieved by the teams of:

Grace Carlson, Brenda Cha, Cassidy Robinson and Celia Keany

Girls 11-12 200 Meter Freestyle Relay, Girls 11-12 200 Meter Medley Relay, Girls 11-12 400 Meter Freestyle Relay

Karen Turner, Amy Wiley, Sarah Feil and Kemy Lin

Girls 13-14 200 Meter Freestyle Relay, Girls 13-14 200 Meter Medley Relay, Girls 13-14 400 Meter Medley Relay, Girls 13-14 400 Meter Freestyle Relay

Andrew Heymann, Nick Bode, Alex Lyons and Daniel Chen

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