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Remembering Hugh Genualdi
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of our colleague and friend Hugh Genualdi. He has been a dedicated member of our officiating community and will be missed dearly. Hugh has been an official for the last 8 years and became a referee 2016. Even though Hugh did not have an athlete competing he volunteered to support his local swim community and all OSI athletes. Hugh was a volunteer at heart; that made the motto of his life "Here to serve". We are lucky to have had worked beside him.
A memorial/ celebration of life will be held by his family on February 5th at 11:00am located at Grace Church (598 E Ellendale Ave) in Dallas Oregon. Those who might like to attend are welcome, otherwise a live stream can be shared once that information is available. COVID protocols will be in place.
livestream link
The service will start at 11am. Will also be recorded for anyone who might like to watch later.
Officiating Opportunities
2022 SC OSI 10 and Under Championships
February 19 - 20, 2022
Willamalane Pool
1276 G Street
Springfield, OR 97477
Referee: Bill Shreeve
2022 OSI SC OSI 11-14 Championships
February 24 - 27, 2022
Osborne Aquatics Center
1940 NW Highland Dr
Corvallis, OR 97330
Referee: Darrell Geymann
2022 OSI Senior/Region XII ARENA SC Championships
March 3 - 6, 2022
Tualatin Hills Rec. Swim Center
15707 SW Walker Rd
Beaverton, OR 97006
Referee: Sheila Lovell-Otterstrom
OSAA / OnPoint Community Credit Union 2022 Swimming State Championships: Application to Officiate
February 18th - 19th, 2022
Tualatin Hills Rec. Swim Center
15707 SW Walker Rd
Beaverton, OR 97006
Timeline
OSAA
All officials, volunteers and event staff will need to upload their vaccination information in to the OSAA Vaccination portal to be verified. If you have not yet entered your information, please do so through this link: https://www.osaa.org/vaccination Please use "Other Officials Form" tab.
***WALK ON OFFICIALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED*** application required to officiate
High School Districts - please contact the listed meet referee to officiate
February 12 | Astoria | Tom Ishii - [email protected] |
February 11-12 | Molalla Aquatic Center | Johan Van de - [email protected] |
February 11-12 | Albany Community Pool | Bill Shreeve - [email protected] |
February 11-12 | Warren H Daugherty AC- Cottage Grove | Aimee Hoeffs - [email protected] |
February 11-12 | Parkrose | Chad Vassallo - [email protected] |
February 12 | Cottage Grove-Midwestern | Aimee Hoeffs - [email protected] |
February 12 | Osborn Aquatic Center | Jacki Allender - [email protected] |
February 12 | Hood River | Dan Rawding - [email protected] |
February 11-12 | Matt Dishman Pool (PIL) | Julie Carpenter - [email protected] |
February 11-12 | Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center (Metro) | Darrell Geymann - [email protected] |
February 12 | McMinnville Aquatic Center | Ray Jentges - [email protected] |
February 12 | David Douglas-Mt Hood | Judi Creech - [email protected] |
February 11-12 | Three Rivers-Tualatin HS | Ken Chard [email protected] |
February 12 | Juniper Swim Center Bend | Sheila Lovell-Otterstrom - [email protected] |
February 4-5 | Warren H Daugherty AC- Cottage Grove | Margie Zerr [email protected] |
February 18 | Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center | Judi Creech - [email protected] |
February 19 | Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center | Julie Carpenter - [email protected] |
February 19 | Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center | Julia Murphy - [email protected] |
USA Swimming National Championship Meets
If you are interseted in appling to natonal meets please review USAS website and contact OSI Officials Chair Judi Creech for more information
Official's Assistance Relief Fund ***extended***
We are very excited to announce that Judi Creech has been selected as Oregon Swimming’s new Official’s Chair. She began her term on January 1, 2021.
- Things are going to look different as we begin swim meets again until the pandemic is over. Plan on:
- Wearing a mask and social distancing
- Knowing and understanding the local, state and facility restrictions for swimming events.
- Advance planning and commitment.
- Official’s meetings via Zoom.
- Deck rotations being assigned in advance and communicated via email.
- Deck training being assigned in advance with the opportunity for the Trainee and Trainer to meet prior to the meet via Zoom.
- “Walk on” officials will not likely be accommodated
- Being prepared for difficult conditions on deck.
***It is very important that all officials read the meet document
News and Updates - December 2020
- The boundaries for our areas for each Area Chair have been re-defined. Please see the OSI website for details.
- A big thank you to Reed Sloss who has been serving Oregon Swimming for 17 years and will be stepping down due to the current situation. He was the Central Oregon Area Chair, the Sanction Chair, was certified as ET/AO/S & T/ Starter/Referee and a trainer. He was also very supportive of HS swimming. Oregon Swimming is very appreciative of Reed’s long-time support.
- Concussion training reminder – Referees must complete their concussion training annually; all other officials must complete it once.
- The USA Swimming Professional documents and videos are available on the USA Swimming website under Education & Training. Look them over when you have time to keep your officiating principals fresh in your mind.
- The tech suit restrictions, proposed by the Age Group Development Committee, went into effect for 12-and-under swimmers on September 1, 2020.
- The format for the Oregon Swimming winter championship meets is still being determined. Stay tuned…information will be on the website when it is available.
- Plan ahead for Western Zones for next summer – 2021. The WZ mentoring and reimbursement program will be available for both the WZ Age Group meet and the WZ SR meet for all of those officials that make a full commitment to the meet.
- If you are interested in officiating at a National meet (and qualified), applications will be posted on the USA Swimming website 180 days before the event. The applications will be pulled 120 days before the event, and they will select approximately 60 officials per meet.
- Please use current information from this website and USA Swimming for any training.
- Dive Certification - If an athlete is not dive certified, they MUST start in the water. If they are dive certified, they MAY start from the block, the side or in the water.
- Block rules with relay starts - A swimmer must have at least part of one foot in contact with the starting platform in front of the adjustable back plate during a relay exchange.
- When using backstroke ledges, at least one toe from each foot must be in contact with the wall.
- DQ slips - make them clear and legible - fix clerical errors.
- Deck changing & suit issues - get the coach involved.
- There is no "I" in TEAM - Our purpose is to work together for the common good - every job at the meet is very important. Accept any assignment as a Team Player!
- Stick to the rule book and avoid rumors – use common sense and good judgment…and remember…the benefit of the doubt always goes to the swimmer!
Awards and recognition:
- The 2020 Dick Parker award for excellence in Officiating went to Pat Allender!
- He has served as ET / AO and S & T. He is one of the experts in Oregon with the Hy-Tech and computer operations. His behind the scenes support for HS Swimming is instrumental in preparing and running the championship meets. We appreciate the MANY years that Pat has served Oregon swimming…this is very well deserved!
- Newbee Award - 2020 ET – Karen Arpag - HRST
- Newbee Award - 2020 S & T -Christie Semualo - LHST
- Official of the Month - 2020
- January – Pat Allender
- February – Mike Ahten
- March – Patrick & Sonya Huskey
- April – Bob Heymann
- May – Bob Sommers
- June – Amit Kumar
- August – Ricci Huling
USA Swimming Safe Sport - MAAPP
MAAPP – The Minor Athlete Prevention Policy is a Congressional mandate from US Center for Safe Sport. Please take time to read and understand the policy. USA Swimming Safe Sport has come out with a new policy. Please review policy for details
- When hosting a meet – be proactive!
- Ensure that Athletes that are 18years & older are current in their APT.
- Have your plan in place for Timers and Volunteers.
- Have your bathroom / locker room situation figured out
RECOGNITION
Official of the Month
Years | Years | Years | |||
Fran Hart | 27 | Bill Shreeve | 16 | Sheila Lovell-Otterstrom | 11 |
Norm Hart | 27 | Keri Hanke | 15 | Peggy Sue Luffred | 11 |
Jacki Allender | 25 | Alex Arizala | 14 | Darcy Smith | 11 |
Pat Allender | 25 | Liam McMahon | 14 | Anne Stansell | 11 |
Mark Rieniets | 24 | Tony Ranno | 14 | Aaron Tam | 11 |
Betty Ishii | 22 | Otilia Sapienza | 14 | Bryan Watt | 11 |
Tom Ishii | 22 | Walter Monk | 13 | Margie Zerr | 11 |
Julie Carpenter | 21 | Sandie Ashland | 13 | Glen Champlin | 10 |
Dan Gipe | 21 | Kristen Holbo | 13 | Jerry Chang | 10 |
Andrew Guyler | 21 | Stephanie Schultz | 13 | Jim Corbeau | 10 |
Jeff Gudman | 20 | Patricia Furrer-Hatzikos | 12 | Shannon Corbeau | 10 |
Joe Dahl | 20 | David Galbraith | 12 | Gary Dalrymple | 10 |
Dan Rawding | 19 | Margaret Kincaid | 12 | Aimee Dhakhwa | 10 |
James Hayden | 18 | Debbie Laderoute | 12 | Ray Jentges | 10 |
Tom Smallwood | 18 | Martha Pagel | 12 | Vicki Krutzikowsky | 10 |
Dave Twenge | 18 | Michael Reed | 12 | Jeff Miller | 10 |
Hal Beamer | 17 | Rhonda Soule | 12 | Jenifer Mittelstadt | 10 |
Bob Heymann | 17 | Kimberly Cheren | 11 | Tom Pierce | 10 |
Cliff Lyons | 17 | Chris Engler | 11 | Jennifer Smith | 10 |
Reed Sloss | 17 | Gracie Goddard | 11 | Teresa Steinbock | 10 |
Julie Greenaway | 16 | Tom Holt | 11 | Lori Stevens | 10 |
Stacie Holmstrom | 16 | Amit Kumar | 11 | Joy Suppes | 10 |
Julia Murphy | 16 |
Years | Years | Years | |||
Ken Adams | 9 | Jack Burnett | 7 | Monique Kellerman | 5 |
Mike Ahten | 9 | Lee Cannon | 7 | Desi Kurtz | 5 |
Stephen Bruss | 9 | Kyounghee Choi | 7 | Aaron Leatherwood | 5 |
Bryan Carroll | 9 | Tim Cook | 7 | Adebimpe Ajayi | 5 |
Joe DeRisio | 9 | Judi Creech | 7 | Patricia Alexandre-Schoenheit | 5 |
Darrell Geymann | 9 | Liz Cruthers | 7 | Amber Beck | 5 |
Michelle Gould | 9 | Christy Curtis | 7 | Rick Brindos | 5 |
Pamela Hewitt | 9 | Jason Fincher | 7 | Kim Brown | 5 |
Aimee Hoefs | 9 | Kim Hay | 7 | Chris Brun | 5 |
Toni Kerr | 9 | Wei Huang | 7 | Sunny Burden | 5 |
David Larmouth | 9 | Mark Kim | 7 | Angelina Buswell | 5 |
Karen Nguyen | 9 | Manoj Kumar | 7 | Joe Caron | 5 |
Will Noftsker | 9 | Steve Lane | 7 | Jennifer Chang | 5 |
Pam O'Shea | 9 | Ed Magee | 7 | Ken Chard | 5 |
Pete Perez | 9 | Denis Makarenko | 7 | Bernadine Doan | 5 |
Steve Steiner | 9 | YJ Park | 7 | Daniel Duran Garza | 5 |
Roy Yotsuuye | 9 | Nathaniel Price | 7 | Cindy Eiynck | 5 |
Jason Barnes | 8 | Mike Shaw | 7 | Cindy Gingalewski | 5 |
Anicia Criscione | 8 | Elena Tsyvian | 7 | Hathanh Goswitz | 5 |
Matthew Beasley | 8 | Johan Van de Groenendaal | 7 | Bill Hayhurst | 5 |
Grover Blackburn | 8 | Christian Wiedholz | 7 | Shelly Hochstetler | 5 |
Sean Cho | 8 | Leslie Witt | 7 | Vali Ignatescu | 5 |
Sid Davidson | 8 | Cindy Wornath | 7 | Andrew Jones | 5 |
John Fairbank | 8 | Hutch Hutchison | 7 | Kim Kayfes | 5 |
Hugh Genualdi | 8 | Liz Bruss | 6 | Stacey Kiefer | 5 |
Barbara Halferty | 8 | Claudia Dicey | 6 | Lucinda Kolo-Kistler | 5 |
Kelli Kang | 8 | Becky Dobler | 6 | Shylow Landis | 5 |
Lynnette Konop | 8 | Dale Empey | 6 | April Larsen | 5 |
Jenny Lee | 8 | Jonathan Flecker | 6 | Soozie McDonald | 5 |
Yasutaka Maruki | 8 | Owen Hammack | 6 | Missy McPherson | 5 |
Frank McKeen | 8 | Gabrielle Johnston | 6 | Ben Miriovsky | 5 |
Jeff Nason | 8 | Robert Jokinen | 6 | Deborah O'Brien | 5 |
Alan Reitz | 8 | Mary Ann Kahler | 6 | Hiren Patel | 5 |
Stacey Rickman | 8 | Paul Lucas | 6 | Laura Pulley | 5 |
Jennie Scarborough | 8 | Audrey Lungershausen | 6 | Bill Reinhart | 5 |
Alex Settle | 8 | Jacque Reeves | 6 | Shari Scholz | 5 |
Kyle Shaver | 8 | Lisa Sandoval | 6 | Peter Sprengelmeyer | 5 |
Troy Tetsuka | 8 | Arun Somasundaram | 6 | Hai Hoang Ta | 5 |
Mariecel Torres-Young | 8 | Evangeline Swift | 6 | Mari Uchishiba | 5 |
Jason Tucker | 8 | John Thompson | 6 | Rick Vail | 5 |
Shannon Watt | 8 | Ronghua Wang | 6 | Mike Wagar | 5 |
Karen Wright | 8 | Shauna Winder | 6 | Jeff Warburton | 5 |
Fei Xie | 6 | Corie Young | 5 |
Record Setting Volunteer Committment 2020
Total Sessions | Total Sessions | Total Sessions | |||||
Creech, Judi Jessica | 59 | Pagel, Martha A | 31 | Alexandre-Schoenheit, Patricia | 23 | ||
Lovell-Otterstrom, Sheila Marie | 52 | Burnett, Jack Walter | 30 | Gipe, Dan | 23 | ||
Jentges, Ray | 46 | Hart, Fran | 30 | Spencer, Ken | 23 | ||
Chard, Ken | 38 | Hart, Norm | 29 | Carpenter, Julie M | 22 | ||
Huling, Ricci C | 36 | Shreeve, Bill | 29 | DeRisio, Joe | 22 | ||
Stahlmann, Marco | 36 | Smallwood, Tom | 29 | Lungershausen, Audrey Susan | 22 | ||
Stansell, Anne M | 36 | Allender, Jacki | 27 | Monk, Walter C | 22 | ||
Cobb, Hattie Christine | 35 | Conrad, Chris | 27 | Sommers, Bob | 22 | ||
Ahten, Mike | 34 | Huang, Wei | 27 | Genualdi, Hugh Joseph | 21 | ||
Magee, Ed | 34 | McMahon, Liam | 27 | Lajoie, Darrin Michael | 21 | ||
Swift, Evangeline Barber | 34 | Hayhurst, Bill | 26 | O'Brien, Deborah Ann | 21 | ||
Bakke, Ronette Marie | 33 | Lucas, Paul Francis | 26 | Price, Nathaniel Todd | 21 | ||
Van De Groenendaal, Johan | 33 | Smith, Darcy Koontz | 26 | Tetsuka, Troy Taiyo | 21 | ||
Vassallo, Chad Gregory | 33 | Ahten, Dina Kae | 25 | Beamer, Hal | 20 | ||
Waddell, Heather Marie | 33 | Champlin, Glen Duane | 25 | Choi, Kyounghee Ku | 20 | ||
Geymann, Darrell Floyd | 32 | Hoefs, Aimee E | 25 | Ignatescu, Vali | 20 | ||
Cannon, Lee | 31 | Miehl, Nick | 25 | Sharp, Glen Thomas | 20 |
2019 Special Olympics
2019 LC Senior Sectionals
2019 LC 10&U Championship
The Oregon Swimming Community is experiencing a great loss with the passing of John Haring on Feb 19, 2019. John has been an official with Oregon Swimming for the past 10 years, a referee since 2013. He was the Area Officials Chair for the Portland Eastside region of OSI. John served as the club president for the Canby Swim Club and was active as the official’s coordinator for many years. John and his wife Debby have continued to support our community even after their children no longer participated.
John was passionate about finding and training new officials for his club and OSI. He was an exceptional mentor for our officials. Many of the officials that you see on the pool deck received training and mentoring from John over the years. His work has created a solid foundation from which we operate today.
As a Referee John was well known for serving our athletes. He was always compassionate and supportive. He would do whatever he could to give every athlete a chance to complete and do their best. John always ensured that all athletes were treated with respect and fairness. His laughter and passion for our sport will be greatly missed and we are blessed to have had John serve Oregon Swimming for so many years.
In lieu of flowers to honor John's commitment to youth swimming, anyone wishing to do something in his name, donate to: Canby Swim Club-The Gators P.O. Box 21 Canby, Oregon 97013. Please note that the donation is in memory of John Haring to be used for scholarships, and is tax deductable.
Oregon Swimming is saddened by the loss of long-time official JoAnne Wisniewski. JoAnne passed away peacefully on Dec 29, 2018. JoAnne served our community as certified official for 22 years. She was a great mentor and friend and a joy to be around. She played a key – and patient – role in training hundreds of officials over the years. She had a great attitude, big heart and warm smile. She will be greatly missed!