Oregon City Swim Team and the Oregon City Tankers recently held a SCM competition March 11-12, at the Oregon City Municipal Swimming Pool. Over 100 swimmers competed and traveled from as far away as North Carolina, Washington D.C., California, and Washington State. A “ton” of records were set including: 45 Oregon records, 29 Northwest Zone records, two U.S. National records, and two FINA World records.
Dan Kirkland – 1 National record, 1 World record, 3 Northwest Zone records, 3 Oregon records
Janet Gettling – 7 Northwest Zone records, 7 Oregon records,
Sara Shepherd – 2 Northwest Zone records, 5 Oregon records
Karen Andrus-Hughes – 3 Northwest Zone records, 5 Oregon records
Sara Shepherd – 2 Northwest Zone records, 4 Oregon records
Christine McClafferty – 3 Northwest Zone records, 4 Oregon records
Bob Bruce – 2 Northwest Zone records, 3 Oregon records
Leslie Kragt – 2 Northwest Zone records, 2 Oregon Records
Valerie Jenkins, Colette Crabbe, Arlene Delmage, and Francie Haffner teamed up to set a new Oregon, Northwest Zone, National and World record in the 400-meter Medley Relay.
Francie Hafner, Karen Andrus-Hughes, Arlene Delmage, and Valerie Jenkins set a new Oregon and Northwest Zone record in the 400-meter Freestyle Relay.
Dan Kirkland has set 3 individual SCM M75-79 WORLD RECORDS in the past two months: 400 Free in Oregon City in March, and both the 800 and 1500 Freestyle at the Bellevue Club Mile meet in February. Big Congratulations to Dan!