The Oregon LMSC is pleased to announce the 2017 Summer Open Water Schedule:
‘Beautiful Lake Juniper’ Clinic & Swim, Bend, OR. May 20-21. USMS-sanctioned. Advanced Open Water Clinic, a unique learning opportunity featuring Olympian & World Champion Alex Meyer, on Saturday morning. 1200-meter buoy swim on Sunday morning in 50 meter pool. Info: www.clubassistant.com/.../meet_information.cfm
Foster Lake Cable Swims, Sweet Home, OR. June 24. USMS-sanctioned. One & Two-mile cable swims on the only cable course west of Indiana. This year features the USMS Two-mile Cable Swim National Championships. Info: www.clubassistant.com/.../meet_information.cfm
Portland Bridge Swim, Portland, OR. July 9. USMS-sanctioned. 17-km swim downstream in the Willamette River under all of Portland’s Bridges, a unique way to see the city. The definitive point-to-point swim in the northwest USA. Info: portlandbridgeswim.redpodium.com/portland-bridge-swim-2017
Southern Oregon Swims at Applegate Lake, Jacksonville, OR. July 15-16. USMS-sanctioned. Simultaneous 10-km, 5-km, and 2.5-km swims on Saturday and 1500-meter and 3 x 500-meter Pursuit Relay on Sunday. Info: www.clubassistant.com/.../meet_information.cfm
Cascade Lakes Swim Series & Festival at Elk Lake, Bend, OR. July 28-30. USMS-sanctioned. 500, 1000, 1500, 3000, & 5000-meter swims over three days. This year features the USMS 5-km Open Water National Championships & the Oregon LMSC 1500-meter Open Water Championships. Info: www.clubassistant.com/.../meet_information.cfm
Info about the Oregon Open Water Series:
swimoregon.org/.../17-OMS-OW-Series-Description.pdf
And for those already planning for 2018, Oregon is proud to host ‘Your Oregon Swimcation’, a festival event featuring three USMS Open Water National Championships! Visit beautiful Oregon and participate in three great distance swims in one week. Here’s the 2018 festival schedule:
--Sunday, July 8: Portland Bridge Swim 17-km;
--Thursday, July 12: Foster Lake 2-mile cable swim;
--Saturday, July 14: Applegate Lake 10-km.
Kurt and Matt, thank you for your very kind words!
Flyswims, I have posted information about our cable swims on our team website. I invite you to visit www.comaswim.org/fosterlake /about.html for a good look at how we run them.
Kurt has spoken truly about the course. When I designed and COMA built it in 2011, my goal was to have the finest cable course in the nation, meeting all the best design characteristics and surpassing all of the standards in the rules while holding true to the concept of a surface cable. And he's right about the beautiful lake--we would welcome you to retire near there!
Matt has spoken truly about water temperature at this site--it varies a lot , depending on the winter snowfall, the rate of snow melt, the amount of water that the Corps of Engineers passes through the two-dam system to maintain water levels & flow in the rivers downstream, and the amount of sunlight on the lake in the two weeks before the swim. It has been as low as 65 and as high as 71 on our weekend in late June. Although I don't get to swim in this event much (as you might imagine, I'm usually occupied otherwise), I really like to swim on this course.
Kurt and Matt, thank you for your very kind words!
Flyswims, I have posted information about our cable swims on our team website. I invite you to visit www.comaswim.org/fosterlake /about.html for a good look at how we run them.
Kurt has spoken truly about the course. When I designed and COMA built it in 2011, my goal was to have the finest cable course in the nation, meeting all the best design characteristics and surpassing all of the standards in the rules while holding true to the concept of a surface cable. And he's right about the beautiful lake--we would welcome you to retire near there!
Matt has spoken truly about water temperature at this site--it varies a lot , depending on the winter snowfall, the rate of snow melt, the amount of water that the Corps of Engineers passes through the two-dam system to maintain water levels & flow in the rivers downstream, and the amount of sunlight on the lake in the two weeks before the swim. It has been as low as 65 and as high as 71 on our weekend in late June. Although I don't get to swim in this event much (as you might imagine, I'm usually occupied otherwise), I really like to swim on this course.
