2023 Corvallis Short Course Open
The 2023 CAT Short Course Open
What a great meet! Our team finished in 5th place out of 21 teams. Twenty-one of our swimmers' made a big splash by racing in 105 events. 63 of those events resulted in best times for a 60% improvement rate. I received compliments from two different coaches about how great our swimmers are looking at meets. Our parents led by example as they volunteered as timers and officials, which was a huge help to the meet directors. We are proud to have such amazing parents! We also want to congratulate Katherine Zhang, who broke the Oregon swimming record for the girls 9-10 age-group in the 200 Individual medleys with a time of 2:22.59. The previous record was set by Karen Turner from LOSC back in 2005.
Henry Butler- Swam in 6 individual events and achieved 3 best times. He dropped 18 seconds in the 200 Freestyle. He also competed in two relays and placed second in both.
Ella Goodwin- Swam in 6 events and achieved 6 best times. She got 3 first places, 2 second places, and 1 third place. With her time in the 25 Breaststroke, Ella is ranked #1 in her age group in Oregon. Go Ella!
Gracey Goodwin- Swam in 5 individual events and achieved 4 best times. Gracey dropped 11 seconds in the 200 Individual Medley and she participated in two relays.
Lily Grabenkort- She recently moved to the Gold group, and she is putting in a lot of hard work. Lily Swam in 3 individual events and in two of them got very close to her best time. Lily also got a personal best in the 100 Freestyle.
Haylee Hardin- Swam in 6 individual events and achieved 3 best times. Haylee also participated in two relays.
Jamie Harris- Swam in 4 events and achieved 3 best times. Jamie got best times in the 200 Freestyle, 200 Individual Medley, and the 500 Freestyle. She also got very close to her best in the 100 Freestyle.
Owen Jacobs- Swam in 6 individual events and achieved best times in the 100 Individual Medley and 200 Breaststroke. Owen placed second in the 50 Breaststroke, won the 100 Breaststroke, and placed second in his Freestyle relay.
Tenzin Kelsang- Swam in 3 events. Tenzin got a best time in the 50 Freestyle, was 0.01 away from a best time in the 200 Individual Medley, and 0.17 away from a best time in the 100 Breaststroke.
Faith Knoeppel- Swam in 6 individual events and achieved 4 best times. Faith also participated in two relays.
Dash LeGrand- Swam in 6 events and achieved 4 best times. Dash also placed 5th overall in the 50 Backstroke. Good job Dash!
Ethan LeGrand- Swam in 6 individual events and achieved best times in each event. Ethan dropped 25 seconds in the 500 Freestyle, placed first in the 100 Backstroke, and got 2 second places in both the relays he was apart of.
Sam LeGrand- Swam in 6 individual events and got very close to best times in 5 events. Sam achieved a 2 second best time in the 100 Backstroke and participated in the medley relay.
Lawrence Lee- He recently moved to the Gold group and is working hard in the pool. Lawrence swam in 3 individual events and achieved best times in all of them. He dropped 3 seconds in the 100 Breaststroke, he also swam the medley relay and got a second place.
Chauncey Louie- Swam in 3 individual events and achieved best times in all of them. Chauncey also dropped 15 seconds in the 100 Individual Medley and swam in the medley relay.
Luna McMahon- Swam in 6 individual events and achieved 3 best times including a 2-second drop in the 100 Backstroke, she also swam the two relays.
Caroline Oates- Swam 6 individual events and got 3 best times she also got a third place in the 50 Backstroke with an overall solid meet.
Kai Raimo- Swam 5 individual events and got 4 best times and 4 new state times in the 50 free, 50 Breaststroke, 100 free, and 200 free he also swam the medley relay.
Atali’i Seumalo- Swam 3 events and got 2 best times in the 200 Individual medley and the 100 Breaststroke. Atali’i dropped two seconds in both.
Owen Yam- Swam 3 events swam close to his best time in all 3 and finished in 3rd place in the 100 Breaststroke.
Katherine Zhang- In her last meet as a 10-year-old, Katherine swam 6 events and placed first in all of them. Katherine dropped 4 seconds in the 500 Freestyle, but most impressive was her 4-second drop in the 200 Individual Medley that led to her breaking the Oregon record that was standing since 2005.
Winston Zhang- Swam 7 individual events and got 6 first places. Winston also got a third place in the 400 I.M. by dropping 22 seconds! He also swam 2 relays and got second in both.
