Bearcat News

 Intersquad Team Announced - Special Practices

The Cardinal-Gold Intersquad meet is a Bearcat team event. The coaching staff encourages all swimmers to particpate. This will be a wonderful opportunity for all the swimmers to have fun together in...

 Season Starts Today!

Welcome back Bearcat swimmers and families!!! Our short course season starts today and our coaching staff is excited for the new challenges and future successes for our team. We have grown in the pa...

 2010 Annual Fall Club Potluck & Social

2010 Annual Fall Club Potluck & Social Where: Sparks Center Basketball Gym at Willamette Schedule: 5:30pm Team suit and apparel try-on 6:00pm Season Kick-Off & Dinner This is a fun, social event for a...

 Sept. 7-17th Practice Schedule Adjustments

NOTICE: Potluck time change for Monday, September 13th 5:30PM apparel and suit try-on 6:00PM dinner Due to the closure of the Kroc Center pool during the first two weeks of the season, the groups will...

 56 Team Records Set This Summer

The Bearcat Swim Club broke 56 team records this long course season!!! There were 12 relays records and 44 individual records re-written by the Bearcat swimmers! New record holders include: Colby Ev...

 Short Course Season Information

Congratulations to everyone on a fantastic long-course season! Many highlights include: Several team records set (records should be updated by end of week on website!) Overall meet participation is up...

 Bearcats Are Successful at State Championship!

This past weekend we had the largest group of athletes in club history to compete at the 11 and over State Championship meet. 34 Bearcat athletes competed at the Mt Hood Community College Aquatic Cent...

 Amber Boucher and Tori Simenec will compete at National Championships

Amber Boucher and Tori Simenec will compete at the USA Swimming National Championships August 3 through August 7 in Irvine, California. The girls along with Coach Charlson depart on Monday for Irvine...

 Bearcat Swim Club Earns USA Swim Level 1 Club Recognition

Bearcat Swim Club has acheived Level 1 for the Club Recognition Program from USA Swimming! The Club Recognition Program offers club members a working blueprint for developing strong, stable, financia...

 Bearcats send 34 athletes to State!

34 Bearcat athletes are preparing for the 11 & Over 2010 Oregon State Long Course Championships. It's the largest team in history going to State!!! Last summer the Bearcat sent 18 athletes and three...

 Bearcat Swim Club Adds Coaching Depth

Bearcat Swim Club is pleased to announce the hiring of Tim LaDuke as Assistant Coach. Coach Tim currently is the Head Coach for the Salem YMCA Sharks. He has held the position of Head Coach at the S...

 Bearcats Finish 5th at Sectionals

Gresham, Oregon 11 athletes from Bearcat Swim Club competed at the Western Sectional Championship at Mt. Hood Community College July 20 - July 24. The Bearcats sent its largest team in history to comp...

 11 Bearcat Athletes Prepare for Sectional Championships at Mt. Hood

11 Bearcat athletes are putting the finishing touches on 15 weeks of training as they prepare for the 2010 Summer Sectional Championships at Mt Hood. Last season?s short course Sectional Championship...

 10 & Under Champs

10 & Under State! Bearcat Families 10 & Under state champs was this past weekend and it was a huge success! The Bearcats took 12 athletes, 8 individual swimmers ( Colby Evenson, Marissa Kuch, Tyler ...

 High Altitude Training Trip Journal

Check it out! The Bearcat swimmers that attended the high altitude training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona tracked each day with a journal entry. Pictures from the trip can also be found on the club's F...

 Four Bearcats Prepare for Santa Clara International Grand Prix

Amber Boucher, Crystal Kibby, Natascha Mangan, and Tori Simenec leave Thursday to compete in Santa Clara, CA at the International Grand Prix. The four Bearcat ladies will represent the club in their ...

 Hired Senior Prep Coach Announcement

Willamette Aquatics would like to announce the selection of Guy Gniotczynski as the new Bearcat Swim Club Senior Prep Coach and Willamette University Assistant Coach. Guy will replace both Coach Kei a...

 Bearcat Talent Show

When: Saturday, May 22 Time: 1:00pm Where: Willamette University, Sparks Center - Main Gym Cost: $10 admission fee Proceeds go to help fundraise for high altitude training trip for Senior athletes. ...

 Willamette Swim School

Summer 2010 Willamette Swim School Session 1: June 22 - July 2 Session 2: July 12 - July 23 Session 3: July 26 - August 2 Click here for details and registration

 Willamette University Swim Clinic

2010 Willamette University Swim Clinic July 12-16 12:30-3:30, Monday through Friday Click here for details and registration

 Bearcat Talent Show Tryouts

The 2010 Bearcat talent show is coming up very soon! It is time for everyone to show off their talents outside of the pool (dancing, signing, playing an instrument, reading a poem...etc). The talents ...

 Bearcat Banquet Huge Success!

This year's banquet was a huge success. Thank you to? Salem Alliance Church Parents for donation of auction items and support on bidding for items. Mike & Will Teri Daniels Lisa Cook Mike Mischkot Bre...

 Sammi Mischkot Signs National Letter of Intent

University of Idaho head swim coach Tom Jaeger has announced that Sammi Mischkot (Salem, OR.) has signed a National Letter of Intent and will join the Vandals swim program next fall. Sammie is a Secti...

 Team Try-On & Apparel Orders - April 10th

It is a team priority to look like a team on the pool deck. The togetherness of the swimmers should be reflected in team apparel and uniform. Therefore, we would like to see swimmers wear team apparel...

 USA Swim Clinic comes to Bearcat Swim Club

Our club has been offered a clinic from USA Swimming April 11-13. The clinic is intended for everyone at the club, including parents. Below you will find a timeline of the activities going on for swim...

 Fast Swims and New Stars at Age Group Sectionals

Eleven swimmers from the Bearcat Swim Club competed at the 2010 Northwest Section Age Group Championships in Federal Way, Washington March 19-21. For three consecutive days, the Bearcats competed agai...

 Women's Team 9th at Senior Sectionals, 2nd best in Oregon

Bearcat women shine to 9th place team finish at the Western Regional Sectional Championship in Federal Way, WA March 10-14. Leading the way for the Bearcats was Tori Simenec. Tori?s highest finish was...

 Donations for Silent Auction

We are still looking for donations for our silent auction. In order for everyone to be able to participate in the club fundraiser we are putting together themed baskets representing each of our Bearca...

 Senior State earns swimmers AG Sectional qualifications

After last week?s superb 11-14 State Championships, the Bearcats kept swimming fast at the Senior State Championships in Gresham. 11 athletes took part of the competition at Mt. Hood Community College...

 Bearcat Honor Banquet

Bearcat Honor Banquet Thursday, April 22 5:30 Social & Silent Auction, 6:00 Dinner & Program Salem Alliance Church Click Here for Banquet Informational Flyer

 Bearcats Swim Fast at 11-14 State Championships

Following a successful 10 & Under State Championships, the Bearcat Swim Club continued to keep the momentum at the 11-14 State Championships in Corvallis . 17 athletes competed at the Osbourne ...

 Fitter & Faster Swim Tour

The Fitter & Faster Tour is coming to the Portland area, to the Tualatin High School Swim Center on Sunday, April 18, 2010, and you don?t want to miss the swimming opportunity of a lifetime! Three-tim...

 Boys Earn Age Group Sectional Time at 10 & Under State Championships

Congratulations to 12 Bearcat athletes who made it to the 10 & Under State Championships - Levi Burres, Noah Burres, Tyler Cook, Colby Evenson, Alex Feng, Daisuke Fitial, Mikayla Foster, Spencer Gar...

 Bearcats at Washington Open

The Bearcat Swim Club traveled to Federal Way, Washington January 21-24 to compete at the 34th Annual Washington Open. 17 Bearcat athletes loaded up in two vans to make the 3 1/2 hour trip up to th...

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 Bearcats Shine at USA Nationals

Two swimmers from the Bearcat Swim Club competed at the USA National Swim Meet held at Federal Way, Washington. Crystal Kibby and Tori Simenec helped the Bearcats finish 27th as a team in the Women's...

 Kibby & Simenec Prepare for Short Course Nationals

Crystal Kibby and Tori Simenec are getting ready for the 2009 Short Course USA National Championships at Federal Way, Washington. Both Crystal and Tori finished their long course championship at the U...

 Crystal Kibby Signs National Letter of Intent

Oregon State University head swim coach Larry Leibowitz has announced that Crystal Kibby (Turner, OR.) has signed a National Letter of Intent and will join the Beavers swim program next fall. ...

 Oregon Awards Ceremony

2009 OSI Awards Ceremony Congratulations to our Top 5 swimmers. The following swimmers will be recognized at a ceremony November 22 in Canby Oregon. Each swimmer was ranked as one of the top 5 swi...

 USA Swimming Releases National Age Group Top 10 Rankings

USA Swimming has released the 2008-09 National Age Group Top 10 rankings. The times compiled for this list were from Sept. 1, 2008 through Aug. 31, 2009. To view the complete list of rankings, go to t...

 Time Standards

Oregon A/B and B+ Time Standards are updated for 2009-2010. All National Time Standards are calculated as well. Click here to view all the time standards, or you can find them under the Bearcat ...

 69 New Team Long Course Records

This past long course season, the Bearcat swimmers set 69 new individual club records! You can view all our team records under the Bearcat Info tab or clicking here . Congratulations to the many Be...

 Bearcats Amongst Oregon's Best

Bearcat Swim Club continues to do their best amongst other Oregon swim teams. Nine Bearcat swimmers have placed in the Top Five against all of Oregon swimmers. The nine Bearcats represent 82 total e...

 11 & Over State Championships

Twenty swimmers from the mighty Bearcat Swim Club competed at the 2009 Long Course 11 & Over State Championships last weekend at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon. The Bearcats swam a...

 Bearcat Women Finish 7th at Sectionals

The Sectional Championships concluded on Saturday as the Bearcat Women?s Team took 7 th place. The Colorado Stars finished 1 st , Denver Hilltoppers 2 nd and BEST from Arizona in 3 rd . For the wom...

 Crystal Kibby Qualifies for US Open

At the Mt. Hood Sectional Championship Day Two Prelims, Crystal Kibby swam a best time of 2:38.66 in the 200 Meter Breaststroke, dropping 1.38 seconds off her previous best set two years ago. This ti...

 Oregon Zone Team Announced

This year Oregon Swimming will bring a team of 60 athletes to the Western Zone Championships, August 4-8. They will compete at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Waipahu, Oahu, Hawaii. Bearcat me...

 10 Bearcat Athletes Prepare for Sectionals at Mt. Hood

10 Bearcat athletes are putting the finishing touches on 15 weeks of training as they prepare for the 2009 Summer Sectional Championships at Mt Hood. Last season?s short course Sectional Championship...

 10 & Under State Championships!!!

The 10 & Under State Champs that were held the weekend of July 10 were as successful as any meet I?ve ever been to. We started out the meet on Saturday with 10 swims and ended up with 10 Lifetime best...

 Tori Simenec at the National Championships

Tori had a great first National meet experience of her career. She competed in the 200 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle and time trialed the 200 IM and 400 Freestyle. While Tori might not have posted all be...

 Kibby & Simenec at Santa Clara Grand Prix

Crystal Kibby and Tori Simenec were simply outstanding at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix, June 11-14. The competition field included world record holders Stephanie Rice and Leisel Jones of ...

 Crystal Kibby & Tori Simenec Train at Altitude

Crystal Kibby and Tori Simenec were chosen amongst Oregon swimmers to practice at altitude over the weekend of April 23-26 in Colorado Springs. The girls had the opportunity to train amongst Oregon?s...