2023 OSI 11-14 State Champioships

2023 Oregon Swimming State championship 

This was an amazing championship meet for our swimmers despite the challenges we faced.
Our area was hit hard by the snowstorm and getting to Corvallis was quite a challenge for all of
us. Our swimmers then stepped it up in such a way that many coaches congratulated me for
our swimmers great performances. We have a small but mighty team. We should all be proud
of our families that have committed to being a part of our growing team. I am grateful for the
opportunity to develop our swimmers into the best that they can be, in and out of the water.
This cannot be a reality without the support of management and our parents. Thank you!
We had 5 swimmers make finals and score points for our team:

Owen Jacobs
Ethan LeGrand
Owen Yam
Katherine Zhang - 4 Team Records!
Winston Zhang

This team has been scaling spots year after year, last year the Warriors finished in 17th place
with 37 points and this year Gold’s Aquatics finished in 11th place out of 35 teams and scored
95 points. This is an inspiring performance that is going to serve as a steppingstone for our
younger swimmers as they look to the future with confidence in themselves and confidence in
being part of the best swim program. Congratulations to all our Swimmers!

Hudson Barros
200 fly – 21 st place
1000 Free – 12 th place (7.97 seconds dropped)

Henry Butler
50 Backstroke – 21 st place (.12 second dropped)
50 Breast – 17 th place
100 Back – 16 th place (.28 second dropped)
200 Free – 16 th place (.70 second dropped) 
200 Free relay – 11 th place
400 Free relay – 10 th place 
100 Breast – 14 th place
100 Free – 21 st place (.43 second dropped)
200 Medley relay – 8 th place 

Owen Jacobs - 17 points
50 free – 11 th place (1.00 second dropped) 
50 Breast – 2 nd place (1.31 seconds dropped) 
200 Breast – 23 rd place
100 IM – 5 th place (7.97 seconds dropped)
200 Free Relay – 11 th place

400 Free relay- 10 th place
100 Breaststroke – 3 rd place (5.18 seconds dropped)
100 Freestyle – 17 th place (2.61 seconds dropped)
200 Medley relay – 8 th place
50 Breaststroke time trail – 1 st place 

Ryker Jun
200 I.M. – 15 th place (.31 second dropped)
100 Fly – 22 nd place (.63 second dropped)
400 Medley Relay – 11 th place
100 Backstroke – 24 th place (1.11 second dropped)
200 Free relay – 15 th place
400 Free relay – 15 th place
200 Medley Relay – 11 th place 
Faith Knoeppel
50 Breaststroke – 16 th place
100 Back – 23 rd place
100 Breaststroke – 9 th place (2.78 seconds dropped)

Frederick Kotynek
50 free – 14 th place
50 Breast – 12 th place
100 Back – 11 th place (.91 seconds dropped)
100 IM – 11 th place
200 free relay -11 th place
400 free relay – 10 th place
100 Breast – 13 th place (2.56 seconds dropped).
200 medley relay – 8 th place

Aarnav Krishna
200 back – 19 th place (2.81 seconds dropped).
200 I.M. – 9 th place (2.14 seconds dropped).
100 Fly – 11 th place (.11 seconds dropped).
400 Medley relay – 11 th place
200 breast – 11 th place (1.57 seconds dropped).
100 back – 21 st place (.88 seconds dropped).
200 free relay – 15 th place
100 Breast- 21 st place
200 Medley relay- 11 th place.

Ethan LeGrand - 3 points
50 Backstroke – 12 th place
200 Backstroke - 14 th place.

500 free – 8 th place (7 seconds dropped).
100 Backstroke – 7 th place
200 free – 12 th place
200 free relay – 11 th place
400 free relay- 10 th place
50 fly- 18 th place
200 medley relay- 8 th place
200 backstroke time trail – dropped 1 second and got the Northwest Region Age Group
Standard.

Owen Yam - 6 Points
200 I.M. – 6 th place
100 Fly – 26 th place
400 Medley relay – 11 th place
200 breaststroke – 6 th place. 3 second drop and a new Northwest Region Age Group Standard.
200 free relay – 15 th place
100 Breaststroke – 9 th place
200 Fly – 12 th place
200 medley relay – 11 th place
100 Breaststroke time trail – 1 st place

Eric Zhang
100 Breaststroke and dropped 2.99 seconds!

Katherine Zhang – 54 points (High points awarded)
200 I.M. – 1 st place (.54 second dropped) (Team Record)
100 Fly – 1 st place (.38 second dropped) (Team Record)
500 Free- 1 st place (3.05 seconds dropped)
200 Free – 1 st place (2.03 seconds dropped) (Team Record)
100 I.M. – 1 st place (.92 second dropped) 
50 Fly – 1 st place (.78 second dropped) (Team Record)

Winston Zhang – 13 points
1650 Free – 5 th place (2.67 seconds dropped) 
100 Fly – 7 th place
400 Medley Relay – 11 th place
200 Breast – 14 th place
400 I.M. – 6 th place (3.21 seconds dropped)
200 Free relay – 15 th place (.66 second dropped)
400 free relay – 15 th place
100 Breast- 11 th place
200 Fly – 5 th place (6.94 seconds dropped)
200 Medley Relay – 11 th place