In 2017, the Tualatin Hills Barracudas ran the first USMS-sanctioned ePostal Two-Mile Relay. A relay team is made up of 2, 3, or 4 swimmers, each swimming 100 yds in rotation until they reach 3600 yards. If there are two swimmers, each swims 18 x 100. For 3 swimmers, each swims 12 x 100, and for 4 swimmers, each swims 9 x 100. Mixed relays are permitted for 2 and 4 swimmer relays. Swimmers may dive off the blocks or push off the wall.
Relays must be swum between October 1 and November 30. For more details and registration information, please go to https://tinyurl.com/2MileRelay
A survey was sent to relay participants to get their feedback on what they liked about the event. Their comments included:
- Fun, team oriented, hard.
- It was awesome and built team camaraderie.
- It was great to support each other. Relays are always WAY more fun than swimming an event by yourself.
- Diving off the blocks and sprinting. It’s a great workout.
- If was fun to do a relay with teammates of mixed gender and age. We were able to complete it during practice time. Great results in every way imaginable.
- Harder than I thought.
- Good workout! 7th, 8th, & 9th legs were brutal, but it set me up for a good multi-day meet in California later in the week.
- I am more of a fitness swimmer than competitor, so I loved the chance to try something new. I put together a team of women like me and we did it. We want to do more events like that.
- Not as boring as the other ePostals.
Two-Mile ePostal Relay Records
Women
Age Grp Time # Swimmers Club Year Swimmers
18+ 37:28.14 4 OREG 2018 Erin Cavender, Sara Shepard, Cailee Caldwell, Brianna Showell
25+ 37:49.07 3 UMAC 2018 Courtney Randolph, Laura Rose, Mollie Grover
35+ 43:18.02 4 NCMS 2018 Trista Mennen, Jennifer Kerestes, Meredith Moore, Elizabeth Kalka
45+ 39:37.42 4 OREG 2018 Gillian Salton, Diedra Cherzan, Cheryl A Morgen, Betsy A Hanson
55+ 43:02.07 4 MOST 2018 Susan Ingraham, Julie Eakle, Elaine Valdez, Suzanne Cuda
65+ 56:26.50 3 MOST 2017 Ann Vitt, Connie Lindsey, Randee Burke
75+ 01:24:02.08 3 SUSA 2017 Lynne Lund, Dorthy Kennedy, Ruth Sluder
Men
Age Grp Time # Swimmers Club Year Swimmers
18+ 37:51.22 4 OREG 2017 Ryan Clark, Darren McCarthy, Peter Kircher, Andrew Scott
25+ 35:52.16 4 OREG 2017 Paul Slotemaker, Michael Baele, Brian August, Steven Arms
35+ 36:48.31 4 OREG 2018 Matt Miller, Mike Oxendine, Mark Hageman, Mike Dix
45+ 35:14.03 4 WLOO 2017 David McClellan, Brian Buras, Ron Orris, Mike Varozza
55+ 37:38.76 2 TXLA 2017 Larry Wood, Jim Sauer
65+ 43:13.47 4 OREG 2018 Larry Philbrick, Michael Kelber, Robert Maestre, James Wiens
75+ 52:27.21 2 OREG 2017 Fred Anderson, Dave Radcliff
Mixed
Age Grp Time # Swimmers Club Year Swimmers
18+ 41:26.15 4 OREG 2018 Anna Daggett, Tim Cespedes, Rachel Tsu hyde, Brian Parrott
25+ 38:37.99 4 MOST 2018 Erica Kao, Stephen Nicols
35+ 39:10.50 4 MINN 2017 Peggy Kratz, Wendy Peterson, Eric Vogen, Sean Bateman
45+ 40:02.67 4 OREG 2018 Mark Frost, Toni Hecksel, Bill Sumerfield, Kathleen Collins
55+ 38:55.23 4 OREG 2018 Colette Crabbe, Robert Voll, David Hathaway, Arlene Delmage
65+ 51:44.60 4 OREG 2018 Sandi Rousseau, Lynne Pendleton, Mike Pendleton, Michael Stephenson
75+ 01:28:41.84 4 MOST 2017 Gail Marsch, Wendell Peters, Claire Gregg, Louis Raiborn