Aug 24, 2010 Support the Portland Aquatic Club?s Ellertson Scholarship Fund by joining Scott and Mandy Ellertson at their home for "Cocktail and Nosh" Saturday, September 25, at 7 p.m. For just $25/person, share... Aug 17, 2010 PAC sent four swimmers to represent Oregon at the 2010 Western Zone Swimming Championships in San Jose, CA on August 10-14. Leading the way was our girls with Monica Bottelberghe (two second place fi... Aug 17, 2010 PAC participated in Summer Blast #4 at Mt. Hood on Friday, August 6th with hundreds of best times and records broken by Monica Bottelberghe (13-14- 50 Back and Breast) and Garen Marter in the 11-12 Bo...  Aug 17, 2010 Jessica Bottelberghe competed at the 2010 Speedo USA Swimming Junior Nationals in Irvine, CA on August 9-13 and she swam very well breaking two PAC records in the 200 Free (2:07.25) and 200 IM (2:22.1...  Aug 17, 2010 PAC sent 10 swimmers to the second annual Western Zone Senior Championships in Fresno, CA on August 6-8. Henry Fellows and Max Yakubovich led the way with Henry breaking the 200 IM record (2:12.74- 2...  Aug 2, 2010 Congratulations to Felicia Anderson, Monica Bottelberghe, Ethan Hanson, and Garen Marter for being named to the 2010 Oregon Zone Team! They will leave on Monday, August 9th to compete in San Jose, CA...  Aug 2, 2010 PAC finished fifth this weekend at the 2010 Oregon Swimming 11 and Over Swimming Championships at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center. It was a close battle for second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth with THSC ... Jul 31, 2010 The Last Summer Blast meet is a great way for our A/B/C swimmers on PAC to end their season. Please note the meet has been moved to Friday, August 6th due to a conflict at MHAC. We aplogize for a... Jul 26, 2010 PAC sent 17 swimmers to the 2010 Speedo Western Region Senior Sectional Swimming Championships at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center last week at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center. PAC swam extremely well having 32 best ... Jul 21, 2010 Videos of PAC's men and women relays are posted on YouTube. Search on "SwimPACOregon" to find the videos. Updates will be added each day. The following videos are available: 200 free relays for Women'... Jul 18, 2010 Nearly 100 PAC Swimmers participated in the third Summer Blast of 2010 with great results! PAC broke six team records and added several new state times and narrowly missed many more! On a nearly per... Jul 14, 2010 The third Summer Blast (#2 for PAC) meet is a great A/B/C level meet for all swimmers on PAC . This is your last chance to make 11 and Over State! Swimmers with new ?A? times must be submitted to y...  Jul 12, 2010 PAC's 10 and Unders started off the Championship season with a bang this past weekend in Albany, OR breaking two team records and bringing home three State Champions! At the meet Isabella Wallace (fo...  Jun 29, 2010 On Monday July 5th the Seniors and Senior Preps will train only at Montavilla from 10 am- Noon. Jesse's Creston group will swim from 5:15- 6:30 pm and Tom and Laurie's group will train at their regul... Jun 28, 2010 PAC sent 21 Senior and Senior Preps to Bend for the Sun Country Invitational on June 25- 27 and PAC came home with a victory in the Men's division (PAC 637.5 to Bend's 504.5) and the Women finished th... Jun 16, 2010 PAC swimmers showed how tough they were this past weekend at the Howard Jones Memorial Open smashing seven team records and recording over 200 best times! Our swimmers raced well in the cold, wet out...  Jun 15, 2010 Kyle Law and Daniel Volker competed in their first national championship event in Long Beach, CA on June 6th at the USA Swimming 5K Open Water Championships. Both boys swam admirably competing agains... Jun 1, 2010 PAC sent 30 brave swimmers and coaches to the CRST Decathlon this past weekend at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center. They braved up to 10 events in competition, wind, rain, and a ray or two of sunshine. Overa...  May 25, 2010 Three PAC Senior Swimmers competed on Sunday at the Hagg Lake Open Water Swim. Kyle Law (who will be joined by Daniel Volker at the USA Swimming 5K Open Water Nationals on June 6 in Long Beach, CA) l... May 17, 2010 PAC brought home loads of trophies this weekend at the 21st annual MHA Sextathlon and broke 14 PAC records! Here is the list of top 15 finishes from Coach Tom: 8 and U boys: Alex- 1, Gus H- 3, Bowen ...  May 4, 2010 PAC took nine senior swimmers up to Federal Way for the Bellevue Club's May Flowers meet and our swimmers worked hard, raced hard and had some great swims in doing a lot of events over two days. Coac...  May 3, 2010 PAC swimmers shined at the THSC Spring Open this past weekend in Beaveraton, Oregon breaking 14 PAC records and bringing homes tons of ribbons and hundreds of best times! Leading the way was 8 and un...  Apr 26, 2010 PAC took nearly 100 swimmers to the April Lincoln City Invitational and won the meet with ease over Bend (3178- 1414) and the host Lincoln City. Overall, PAC swimmers competed well, swam fast (16 rec... Apr 13, 2010 This past weekend weekend over 60 PAC swimmers competed at the MAC club in their first long course meet of the year! Our swimmers competed well, swam fast and showed that we are poised for another gr...  Apr 4, 2010 PAC took nearly 50 swimmers to the WBST Tulip meet to end the short course season on another high note for our team. PAC swimmers placed among the top eight in numerous events and had hundreds of bes... Mar 28, 2010 On April 6, some PAC swimmers from SWCC will begin working out at the Portland State University pool on PSU?s downtown Portland campus. Coach Laurie will coach at the PSU pool each Tuesday and ...  Mar 23, 2010 Twenty-five PAC swimmers competed in the 2010 NW Section Age Group Championships this past weekend at King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, WA. PAC was the 17th largest team among the 141 team ...  Mar 11, 2010 PAC had seven swimmers competing at the 2010 NW Section Speedo Champions Series at King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way, WA on March 10-14. On Wednesday night Kyle Law lowered PAC's 15 and Over...  Mar 9, 2010 PAC's Age Group Swimmers shined at the EMSL Invite this weekend scoring tons of ribbons, three team records and 100's of best times! Leading the way was 8 and Under Alexander Hatzikos with records in...  Mar 8, 2010 PAC took a small, but strong group of senior swimmers to the 2010 OSI Senior State Meet at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center this weekend. Jessica Bottelberghe competed in two events to prep for the Senior Sec...  Mar 5, 2010 body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial; While my child is swimming a race should I wait on the pool deck where he will finish? That is not a great place for a parent to ...  Mar 4, 2010 PAC has a bright future as the young ones keep impressing the State with outstanding swims (67 best times and 4 PAC records)! It was the 8 and U boys turn to win both relays (the girls did this last s...  Mar 1, 2010 PAC finished up the 2010 OSI 11-14 Champs with their best finish ever, finishing 4th overall behind THSC, BEND, and LOSC. At the the meet PAC smashed 31 team records , had two individual state cha...  Feb 25, 2010 PAC Senior Swimmers competed in three state meets in Washington and Oregon this past weekend with great success! Dana Emerson won his first state title representing Wilson in the 6A 100 fly winning wi... Feb 23, 2010 26 PAC 11-14 Swimmers with OSI ?A? times are participating in this Championship meet in Corvallis, OR. Meet Information PAC Entries PAC Fees (w/o PAC surcharge) PAC Relays with names as entered in th...  Feb 21, 2010 Boys swimming: Grant nips favorites, wins closest state meet since 1998 Amanda Miles, The Oregonian , February 21, 2010 5:20 p.m. GRESHAM ? If not for a faulty relay exchange in a relay at last week?...  Feb 20, 2010 Skyhawks splash up to win After tying for first in the dual meet season, Southridge?s boys swim away to win at district By Miles Vance The Beaverton Valley Times, Feb 18, 2010 BEAVERTON ? It was a vi... Feb 17, 2010 PAC's High School swimmers put on a show the past two weekends at High School District meets in Vancouver, WA, Lake Oswego, Beaverton, Gresham and Portland, OR. PAC swimmers won 11 events, broke four... Feb 16, 2010 PAC had another 10 and Under Snowflake Classic this weekend at Dishman pool with over 70 PAC swimmers participating and another 100+ swimmers from teams all over Oregon and Washington participating. ...  Feb 13, 2010 Crusaders win, forge three-way tie in Metro Jesuit comes through to beat Southridge, earns a piece of the Metro title By Miles Vance The Beaverton Valley Times, Feb 11, 2010 ( picture is of PAC's ow...  Feb 11, 2010 True Blue: Stranski enjoys swim success Prep Focus ? St. Mary?s Academy star caps prep career, with Kansas ahead By stephen alexander The Portland Tribune, Feb 11, 2010 Kara Stranski walked into the ... Feb 11, 2010 Dear PAC, This Sunday, February 14th, PAC is hosting the Snowflake Invitational. 149 athletes 10 and under will convene at Dishman Community Center to compete. It takes a lot of volunteers to make... Feb 8, 2010 Thirty plus PAC Swimmers competed in Woodburn this past weekend with great results. PAC had over 80 new best times and many new 'A' times. Thank you to all of the PAC parents who helped out at the m...  Feb 4, 2010 Twenty five PAC swimmers, one former swimmer (Robert Ellertson- pictured here) and one brave PAC coach (Laurie) gave outstanding performances this past weekend at the Swimmers of Note Concert to rai... Feb 3, 2010 WBST Last Chance Meet is this weekend! Parents please note WBST needs timers, officials and an ET (to either run a Colorado system or do paperwork) either morning. The more help they get the better ... Jan 26, 2010 PAC took a small group (11- the smallest group among the top 5) of senior swimmers to the Washington State Open this past weekend in Federal Way, WA and finished 5th overall (over 40 teams- we were be...  Jan 26, 2010 PAC took nearly 90 swimmers to the VSC Super Bowl Meet in Vancouver, WA with over half of our swimmers having three or more best times! In addition to the best times we saw many new 'A' times, Age Gr... Jan 23, 2010 New total: $22,202.19!! We have exceeded our goal of $20,000 for this years Swim-A-Thon!! Thank you to all those who helped make this years S-A-T a success. If you have sponsor money still ...  Jan 22, 2010 What do strokes, medleys and swimmers have in common? Why it?s the Swimmers of Note Concert for The Ellertson Family Scholarship Fund that supports need-based PAC Swimmers. We need experienced batter ... Jan 15, 2010 VSC?s annual Superbowl meet will be held January 22- 24 Here is an update on the afternoon sessions from the meet director: Saturday Afternoon Warm-Ups: 12:30pm Meet: 1:30...  Jan 11, 2010 This weekend over 60 PAC swimmers competed at the CAT A/B Open in Corvallis, OR and the Pacific Coast All- Star meet in Cerritos, CA with PAC breaking 13 team records and achieving over 200 best tim... Jan 10, 2010 We are over half way to our goal of $20,000 with one week left to turn in sponsor money for prizes! We would like all donations turned in by January 31st. Help PAC reach its goal of $20,000! Get ... Jan 5, 2010 Stroke and Turn Clinic at Columbia Pool January 5, 2010 A stroke and turn clinic for officials will be at the Columbia Pool, 7701 N Chautauqua Blvd, Portland, Saturday January 16 at 10AM. Contact Chr... Jan 5, 2010 This weekend PAC has six swimmers competing at All-Stars in Cerritos, CA and 54 swimmers at CAT! At All Stars PAC will have Monica Bottelberghe, Max Yakubovich, Alan Hermanns, Enrike Marquez, Ethan Ha...  Dec 25, 2009 By Columbian staff Friday, December 25, 2009 Jessica Bottelberghe, a junior, already has a solid swimming career at Columbia River. She was the All-Region girls swimmer of the year last year, too, wit...  Dec 21, 2009 By Tim Martinez Columbian Staff Writer Saturday, December 19, 2009 By anyone?s definition, Kyle Law is a distance swimmer. Last season as a freshman for Mountain View, Law won a district title and qu...  Dec 15, 2009 PAC took a small, but strong group to the 2009 USA Swimming IMX Xtreme Games at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center. Although there was the threat of Xtreme weather our swimmers and coaches did there best to wai... Dec 15, 2009 Congratulations to the six PAC swimmers named to the 2010 Oregon All- Star team (the most swimmers named to the team of any team in Oregon)! These swimmers will be competing in Cerritos, CA on Januar...  Dec 15, 2009 PAC's Senior Group cleaned up of our 13-14 and 15 and Over Short Course Meters records this past weekend at the 2009 Paul Bergen Jr. International Championships and the Chris Givens Holiday Classic at...  Dec 12, 2009 Jessica Bottelberghe lowered her best time by three seconds in the 200 Fly today with a new team record of 2:06.04 at Junior Nationals while Kara Stranski just missed her Save Changes team record in...  Dec 11, 2009 Kara Stranski and Jessica Bottelberghe are enjoying the 20 degree weather (0 degree windchill) in Columbus, Ohio with great swims and PAC records. Today Jessica broke two team records in the 200 Free... Dec 8, 2009 PAC's age group swimmers continued their assault on the record board with nine PAC records this past weekend at Forest Grove. Sylvia Leeb- Haigh broke two 8 and under girls records in the 100 Back ... Dec 5, 2009 Portland Aquatic Club 2009 Swim-A-Thon Donations Received Updated 12/05/09- 3:00pm Swimmer(s) Pool Direct mail Donations Received Pledge PKT Donations Received Total Received Jessica Botte... Nov 24, 2009 This is a great meet for our 90+ swimmers to get ready for the Holiday season and to get some additional 'A' and age group sectional or senior sectional times. Here are all of our entries, meet infor... Nov 22, 2009 PAC?s Senior Team took at one day trip to Bend on Saturday, November 21 for the Hi- Desert Classic Meet. As a team we finished fourth behind HEAT, BEND, and CAT and swam extremely well for an in seas... Nov 18, 2009 Nearly 60 PAC swimmers converged on the Multnomah Athletic Club this past weekend coming out with hundreds of best times and three team records! Sylvia Leeb- Haigh led the way with two records in the...  Nov 16, 2009 Bottelberghe stands tall at state swimming; Cannon surprises Saturday, November 14 | 11:06 p.m. BY PAUL VALENCIA COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER FEDERAL WAY ? Getting stronger and faster over the past three...  Nov 13, 2009 PAC?s own Kara Stranski signed her national letter of intent to attend the University of Kansas on a swimming scholarship yesterday! Go Jayhawks and way to go Kara!  Nov 11, 2009 Aquatic Therapy for River swimmer From the Columbian: Tuesday, November 10 | 11:27 p.m. BY PAUL VALENCIA COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER The bell rang and junior Jessica Bottelberghe dragged herself down the...  Nov 9, 2009 Portland Aquatic Club 2009 Swim-A-Thon Donations Received Updated 11/09/09- 8:00am Swimmer(s) Pool Direct mail Donations Received Pledge PKT Donations Received Total Received Jessica Bottelberghe ...  Nov 9, 2009 PAC swimmers competed well and swam even better at the 2009 Fall-In at Matt Dishman Community Center this past weekend. PAC easily won the meet with 4,325 points followed by Tualatin Hills Swim Club ... Nov 3, 2009 Fall-IN is our meet hosted at Dishman Pool this weekend and we have close to 100% participation! This is an ABC meet for all PAC swimmers! There will be no practice Friday night at Columbia, SWCC, o... Oct 29, 2009 Here are the dates of our pictures: Monday 11/2 @ 4:30pm SW Community Center Pool with Coach Laurie Monday 11/2 @ 4:30 pm Columbia Pool with Coach Tom Wednesday 11/4 @ 4:00pm Dishman Community C...  Oct 19, 2009 PAC made a strong statement at the first meet of the year this last weekend scoring 4561 points (Bend was second with 3295 and Hood River was third with 1974.5) at the Hood River Harvest of Gold Invit... Oct 19, 2009 THIS IS IT! Last FINAL push for getting those Heat Sheet Ads in. Portland Aquatic Club Families need to know that part of your PAC fundraising commitment can come from selling Heat Sheet Ads. For ev... Oct 16, 2009 Attention all PAC swim families, our annual Swim-A-Thon will start with a Letter Writing "Kick-Off". Start collecting greeting card addresses of your family relatives, your friends, your neighbors, a... Oct 13, 2009 Ok everyone, time to dig out those shining smiles? It?s TEAM PICTURE TIME! This year we will be snapping pictures and kicking off our Swim-A-Thon pledge drive all on the same morning. Trust me, i... Oct 13, 2009 This weekend is our annual early season ABC meet in Hood River! Click here for the meet information and here for a printable version of the meet entries. Please note you may pick your events...  Oct 7, 2009 FREE TO NEW PAC SWIMMERS! Only $15 Each For Everyone Else! YOCUTH SIZES ADULT SIZES JUST LIKE A MEET: Click on attend this event, select your name, select yes sign me up, then in the notes section ple...  Oct 7, 2009 ORDER YOURS NOW! Only $15 Each YOUTH SIZES ADULT SIZES JUST LIKE A MEET: Click on attend this event or here to view shirts, select your name, select yes sign me up, then in the notes section pleas...  Oct 1, 2009 Congratulations to PAC's own Jessica Bottelberghe for her selection to the Scholastic All- American Team. She was one of 22 Oregon Swimming 10th- 12th grade athletes with at least a 3.5 GPA and a Jun...  Oct 1, 2009 MONOGRAMED TEAM PAC BLUE CAPS! . Deadline: 1 November, 2009 You will be able to order new team PAC Caps in ?Blue? and have your name on them. The deadline to do this is 1 November, 2009. It will... Sep 22, 2009 Heat Sheet Business Card Ads Dear family dentist, insurance agent, favorite restaurant, business owner or special friend, will you please support PAC by advertising your services to all the swim teams... Sep 13, 2009 If you missed our tryouts on Saturday, September 12 (what a great turnout), please feel free to set up a tryout for the best team in Portland. Swimmers as young as 5 are encouraged to tryout! Feel fr... Sep 11, 2009 Sixteen PAC swimmers are listed on the first draft of the OSI Top 5 list for the 2008-09 season including #1 rankings for Alexander Hatzikos in the 8 and Under 50 Back and Felicia Anderson in the 10 a... Sep 9, 2009 2009 SWIM-A-THON INFORMATION Swim-A-Thon is a fundraiser in which participants earn money for their team by swimming lengths of the pool. Swimmers have a two-hour period to swim a maximum of 200 lengt...  Sep 8, 2009 NEW TEAM SWEATS FOR 2009/10 & 2010/11 SEASONS We are now taking orders for our new team sweats which is part of the Speedo sponsorship program. The new sweats a... Aug 14, 2009 Jessica Bottelberghe lowered her own 15 and Over girls 200 Fly record at the Speedo/ USA Swimming Junior Nationals this week in Federal Way, WA with a 2:20.45!  Aug 4, 2009 PAC finished the 2009 OSI 11 and Over State Championship in 5th place behind THSC, Bend, LOSC, and MHA! We scored 597.5 points narrowly missing fourth by .5 and we finished the meet as the number on...  Aug 4, 2009 Felicia Anderson, Monica Bottelberghe, Alan Hermanns, and Robert Macy will join 56 other athletes from Oregon at the 2009 Western Zone Swimming Championships, August 4-8. They will compete at the Vete... Jul 25, 2009 PAC?s Senior swimmers swam very well at the 2009 LCM Western Region Swimming Championships this weekend at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center. On Tuesday evening Kyle Law lowered PAC?s 15 and Over 800 Free reco...  Jul 22, 2009 PAC finished off the Summer Blast Series with eight team records and numerous best times, State times and Senior Sectional times! Jessica Bottelberghe and the girls led the way with five records. Je...  Jul 14, 2009 By Coach Tom: Once again, PAC has proven that they are among the best teams in the state of Oregon. Points are not kept for this meet, but it is quite obvious we are in the top five of clubs who comp... Jun 28, 2009 The PAC Seniors swam extremely well at the 2009 Sun Country Invitational in Bend this weekend. As a team PAC finished third behind the host team Bend and Corvallis Aquatic Team. In the Men?s scoring...  Jun 25, 2009 PAC sent a large group to the second Summer Blast of 2009 at Mt. Hood Aqautic Center on Saturday with outstanding results. PAC swimmers broke four records, made numerous new state times and nearly 20...  Jun 16, 2009 PAC swimmers continued their assualt on our record books by breaking nine PAC records this past weekend at the Howard Jones Memorial Open at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center. Our swimmers braved the wind, rai... Jun 16, 2009 PAC had an extremely strong showing this past weekend at the MAC B/C Invitational with 100's of best times and numerous new 'A' times. The list of swimmers with 100% or two or more best times is too ... Jun 8, 2009 This weekend is the MAC B/C Invitational. Here are links to the meet entries, meet information and updated warm-ups and timelines. Good Luck! Click here for meet information. Please note the ...  May 26, 2009 It?s time for my PAC fund raising plant sale. Last year was a big success so I decided to do it again this year with even more varieties of plants. I?ve almost doubled the number of selections fro... May 21, 2009 PAC Swimmers broke six records at the 20th annual Sextathlon at David Douglas last weekend with the 8 and Unders (Sylvia, Alexander, Aymara) leading the way with five of the records and Tess Fleming b... May 15, 2009 PAC took nearly 50 swimmers to Summer Blast #1 at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center and we had nearly 100 best times! It was a beautiful night at the outdoor long course facility in Gresham and our swimmers we... May 14, 2009 PAC Swimmers and Parents, Thank you for kindness and sympathy since my mother's passing last Friday. It has been a difficult time but with the support from PAC, Oregon Swimming and USA Swimming, it h... May 5, 2009 Over 70 PAC swimmers participated in the 2009 Thunderbolt Spring Open in Beaverton this past weekend with Felicia Anderson leading the way by breaking an eleven year old PAC record (yes her age) in ... May 5, 2009 Jessica Bottelberghe broke PAC?s 15 and over women?s 200 Back record with a 2:35.29 while Kyle Law broke PAC?s 15 and over men?s 800 Free record with a 9:10.07 this past weekend at the Bellevue Clu... Apr 28, 2009 Thanks to Maverick Aquatics for hosting a great dual meet two weeks ago in Gresham! PAC had nearly 30 swimmers participate with over 50 best times achieved. We just received the results today due to... Apr 27, 2009 PAC took over the Lincoln City meet this year with nearly 90 swimmers and over 3,000 points scored on our way to an easy victory! Our nearest competitors were Bend with 1500 followed by Nike with 700... Apr 10, 2009 For the first time in PAC?s history we have reached Bronze medal status with USA Swimming (only seven Oregon teams are on the list- two Silver and five Bronze)! I plan to see PAC reach Silver Medal s... Apr 7, 2009 PAC Swimmers and Parents show your PAC pride with our new Sweatshirts and T- Shirts . These shirts were designed with the help of Coach Jack with Ellen?s PAC logo. If you would like to order one ju... Apr 6, 2009 Sylvia Leeb- Haigh led 60+ PAC swimmers with three best times and two PAC records in the 8 and Under Girls 100 Fly and 100 Breast at the Woodburn Tulip Festival Swim meet! Sylvia lowered the 100 Fly ... Apr 3, 2009 Welcome to the 2008-2009 Annual PAC Awards Ceremony ! Who: We will be recognizing both our outstanding swimmers as well as our fantastic coaches. I hope to see our entire team there! What: Th... Mar 31, 2009 PAC nearly reached its goal of placing in the top 15 this weekend at Age Group Sectionals in Federal Way, WA finishing 16th with 61.5 points! At the meet we had 55 best times and six team records wit... Mar 22, 2009 Jessica Bottelberghe lowered her own PAC record in the 200 IM with a 2:06.15 on her way to first alternate in the event. She came back later to go 24.55 in the 50 Free while Kara Stranski went 24.10.... Mar 20, 2009 Today in Orlando: Jessica Bottelberghe went 1:00.12 in the 100 back and 57.38 in the fly (almost a full second drop). Kara Stranski went 56.35 in the fly (almost a 2 second drop and just missed fin... Mar 19, 2009 Kara Stranski qualified 17th in the Women?s 50 Breast today at the NCSA Junior Nationals with a 29.61. She finished 23rd with a 34.10, a new PAC record (finals are long course which makes it really t... Mar 18, 2009 Ivette Dailey-Deaton lowered her personal best time in the 200 Fly by 3 seconds on her way to a new PAC record with a 2:08.03 at the NCSA Junior Nationals in Orlando, Florida today! Mar 17, 2009 PAC took six swimmers to the 2009 NW Section Senior Champs at KCAC in Federal Way, WA last week with Ivette Dailey-Deaton and Dana Emerson breaking PAC records along the way. Ivette broke Jessica Bot... Mar 10, 2009 Kara Stranski and Jessica Bottelberghe continuted their attack on the PAC record book with new records this weekend at the 2009 OSI Senior State meet. Jessica lowered her own 200 IM record by 3 secon... Mar 10, 2009 Alex Hatzikos and Ethan Hanson led PAC to another outstanding swim meet at Parkrose High School breaking two PAC records. Alex broke the 8 and Under Boys 200 Free record with at 3.01.70 (Photo thanks... Mar 1, 2009 All Swimmers attending Age Group Sectionals will train at Dishman from 4:00- 5:30 pm starting on Monday, March 23 until Wednesday, March 25 (we should be done by 5:15 on Wednesday). On Thursday. Marc... Mar 1, 2009 PAC?s 11-14 Swimmers had an outstanding weekend in Corvallis, OR finishing 9th at the 2009 SCY OSI 11-14 Championships. While achieving nearly 100% best times (70+ best times) PAC also broke seven te... Feb 26, 2009 The PAC 10 and Under Champ swimmers were amazing! Time after time the kids swam better than their seed time and came up BIG! Medals were won by the handful and ribbons will stream from the rafters! ... Feb 22, 2009 Kara Stranski, a junior from St. Mary?s, led the way for PAC Swimmers competing on Saturday at the Oregon State 6A High School Championships at Mt. Hood. Kara won the 6A 50 Free with a new PAC record... Feb 16, 2009 Kara Stranski broke her own PAC record with a 51.61 on her way to winning the 100 Free at the Mt. Hood District Swimming Championships this past weekend. Kara just missed her team record in the 50 Fr... Feb 15, 2009 Zach Walker led the way for PAC swimmers at the PIL District Meet this weekend at Dishman winning both the 100 Fly and 100 Back. Also winning events were Ivette Dailey-Deaton (200 IM, 2nd 100 Fly), R... Feb 14, 2009 PAC Swimmers competed Saturday morning in a Last Chance meet at Dishman with VSC. PAC had nearly 30 best times in our short but sweet event at Dishman. Thank you parents for working so hard to pull ... Feb 9, 2009 PAC?s own Kyle Law won the 500 Free representing Moutain View High School this past weekend in Vancouver, WA. Kyle will compete in the 500 at the Washington State Boys High School Swimming Championsh... Feb 2, 2009 40+ PAC 10 and Under Swimmers achieved over 70 best times yesterday during the Snowflake Invitational at Dishman pool. Thank you swimmers, parents, officials, and Dishman?s staff for putting on such ... Jan 26, 2009 Felicia Anderson continued her record setting ways this weekend in Vancouver, WA with two new 9-10 girls records in the 50 back (31.87) and the 100 Back (1.09.40) while Jessica Bottelberghe added anot... Jan 15, 2009 Congratulations to PAC?s own Monica Bottelberghe and Daniel Fleury who were named to the Oregon Swimming All-Star Team. The Oregon Swimming All Star Team competed in the Pacific Coast All Star Meet... Jan 12, 2009 Felicia Anderson led PAC to a seventh place finish at the CAT A/B Open this past weekend in Corvallis, Oregon. Felicia had six best times and broke four PAC records at the meet. She broke the 9-10 ... Jan 5, 2009 Twenty PAC Senior Swimmers went up to Federal Way, WA for a Long Course Senior Meet this past weekend. The seniors just finished holiday training and were very tired for this meet. In addition to co... Dec 29, 2008 SWIM ? A ? THON 2008 Portland Aquatic Club & USA Swimming Packets Due 01/15/09 All: Given the adverse weather last week, we decided to extend the deadline to turn in your packets until January ... Dec 26, 2008 Athlete of the Year: Girls Swimming The Columbian, 12.25.08 Jessica Bottelberghe Columbia River High School Jessica Bottelberghe competed for her school, and more specifically, her chemistry clas... Dec 12, 2008 PAC?s own Jessica Bottelberghe was named Swimmer of the year by the coaches of the class 3A Greater St. Helens League! The Columbian Here is a picture of Jessica, her principal, Christina Iremonger,... Dec 9, 2008 Felicia Anderson continued her assault on the PAC record books at the Forest Grove Christmas Invitational this past weekend. Felicia broke the PAC 9-10 girls 100 Back record with at 1:11.53 . PAC ... Dec 5, 2008 Kara Stranski broke another PAC record today in Atlanta, GA at USA Swimming?s SCY National Championships with a 52.03 in the 100 Free! That is Kara and her friend Kayla (From PRSC). In addition to ... Dec 4, 2008 Kara Stranski competed in her first two events at the USA Swimming Nationals in Atlanta, GA today. In the 50 Free Kara smashed her own team record with a 23.93, placing 90th (she was seeded 118th). ... Nov 20, 2008 PAC?s own Jessica Botteberghe placed second in the Washington State Girls High School Swimming 3A Champs this past weekend in the 100 and 200 Free. Jessica set new PAC records in the 100 Free (52.60)... Nov 19, 2008 Hey, Kids?Order your 2009 PAC Team T-Shirts Now! Light Blue Cotton Shirts with Red, White & Blue Design on the Front Youth Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL ADULT SIZES: S, M, L, XL, 2X, 3X FREE TO N... Nov 10, 2008 Way to go PAC swimmers and Parents for a well run meet and great swims in the pool. We had nearly 600 best times, one team record- Kyle Law?s 13-14 1000 Free was a new team record and a Senior Sectio... Oct 23, 2008 Ok everyone, time to dig out those shining smiles? It?s TEAM PICTURE TIME! We are going to do things a bit different from previous years, so bear with me. Instead of schlepping cross town during ... Oct 20, 2008 Nearly 80 PAC swimmers spent the weekend in beautiful Hood River, Oregon this past weekend swimming their hearts out. For most this was the first meet of the year and for some it was their first meet... Oct 19, 2008 Congratulations to Kara Stranski for being named to the USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team. She was one of 17 Oregon Swimmers to make the team! Please read the press release below: USA Swimm... Sep 28, 2008 Here is a look at all of PAC?s Champions for the 2008 Season! Portland Aquatic Club Champions 2008 NAG (National Age Group)#1 USA Kevin Wallin ? #1 United States time, ... Sep 19, 2008 Kevin Wallin was ranked #1 in USA Swimming?s Times database for the 2007-08 season in the 13 year old boys 100 yard breaststroke and Alan Hermanns was ranked #12 in the 12 year old boys 50 meter butte... Sep 17, 2008 PAC placed 14 swimmers and had 72 swims on the OSI Top 5 listings for 2007-08. This is the largest group ever for PAC! We had seven number one swims, at least one swimmer in every age group, a swimm... Aug 22, 2008 Have you ever dreamed of being an Olympian? Did you watch the Olympics this year? Do you want to train like an Olmpian, race like one and learn how to be one? Now is the time to join a year round U... Aug 22, 2008 PAC Swimmers broke 10 records at the Western Zone Championships in Gresham and the Speedo USA Swimming Junior National Championships in Minneapolis over the first 9 days of August! Female 11-12 Mon... Aug 14, 2008 PAC ended the summer on a high note with the following swimmers achieving 100% best times at the Last Summer Blast: Bob Bates, Alex Chinn, Allison Cohen, Ann Coughlin, Nate Everett, Natina Gilbert, K... Aug 13, 2008 Young Portland swimmers nurture Olympic dreams Two Junior Olympic champions set higher goals as they cheer on Beijing star Michael Phelps Wednesday, August 13, 2008 TARA BALLENGER The Oregonian Staff ... Aug 9, 2008 Kevin Wallin was on Oregon Swimming?s 13-14 Boys First Place relay at the Western Zone Championships yesterday. Kevin split a 31.24 on the breast leg of the relay as the relay went onto a Zone record... Aug 8, 2008 Jessica Bottelberghe placed third in the 15-16 girls 200 Free with a 2:10.58 (a new PAC record) and Alan Hermanns placed third in the 11-12 boys 50 Fly with a new PAC record of 29.34! Aug 8, 2008 Kara Stranski broke her own 15 and over 100 Fly record with a 1:05.60 at USA Swimming?s Junior Nationals yesterday. Today she swims the 50 Free! Aug 7, 2008 Alan Hermanns placed second in the 11-12 Boys 100 Breast yesterday at the Western Zone Championships with a new PAC record of 1:17.76! Aug 5, 2008 Kara Stranski broke PAC?s Senior Girls 100 Free record with a 1:00.49 at the Speedo Junior National Championships in Minneapolis, MN today. Kara will swim the 50 Free and 100 Fly later this week. Aug 5, 2008 Kyle Law started off the 2008 Western Zone Meet in Gresham wih a big splash in the 1500 Free! He broke his own 13-14 Boys 1500 Free record with a 17:17.04 while placing third in his first event! If ... Jul 28, 2008 Congratulations to Jessica Bottelberghe, Monica Bottelberghe, Henry Fellows, Alan Hermanns, Kyle Law, and Kevin Wallin for being selected to the 2008 Oregon Zone Team! They will begin competition on ... Jul 28, 2008 15 PAC records were broken this past weekend at the 2008 OSI 11 and Over State Championships in Eugene! Along with the records PAC placed 9th as a team, our swimmers had over 50 best times and wo... Jul 22, 2008 PAC had nine swimmers at the Speedo Western Region Long Course Championships this past weekend at Mt. Hood Aquatic Center. Ivette Dailey-Deaton led the way with a NSCA Junior National cut in the 20... Jul 14, 2008 PAC?s trip to Albany for the 2008 Long Course 10 and Under Championships was a huge success! PAC came away with six individual titles, ten PAC records and 27 best times for our 12 swimmers. Felicia... Jul 14, 2008 After nearly a three hour delay, the July 12th Summer Blast finally started with a bang. For all of us it was the first time we had been to a swim meet that was delayed by another swim meet (Masters ... Jul 7, 2008 Nearly 40 PAC swimmers participated in meets in Portland and Bend this weekend with PAC swimmers breaking eight team records, adding four new 10 and under cuts and one Junior National cut! In additio... Jun 30, 2008 All PAC 10 and Under Champs participants please come to Dishman on July 9th at 4 pm! -practice at dishman for all/only 10 and under champs swimmers. -from practice we will walk to Sparky?s Pizza -swim... Jun 30, 2008 PAC swimmers, parents and coaches braved the heat on Saturday, June 28th for the second Summer Blast Meet at Mt. Hood! PAC swimmers came away with lots of new ?A? times, a new Zone cut, 98 best times... Jun 27, 2008 PAC coaches will be conducting stroke, starts and turns clinics this summer for all summer league swimmers (no USA swimmers)! Last year nearly 100 swimmers participated in our 10 clinics. This year ... Jun 26, 2008 PAC swimmers with ?A? times will be invited to special practices at Mt. Hood this year! Also, we will have an all team 11 and Over practice at Creston on July 19th! All 10 and Unders with at least on... Jun 23, 2008 PAC Swimmers broke 19 PAC LCM records this past weekend at the Howard Jones Memorial Open! Felicia Anderson (9-10 Girls): 50 Free (31.97) Monica Bottelberghe (11-12 Girls): 50 Free (30.24), 100 Free... Jun 18, 2008 Here is an upate on when and where you should be this weekend: Warm-ups: 12 and Unders please arrive at 6:45 AM each day (Fri- Sun) 13 and Overs swim in the afternoon and should arrive at (Tom and Je... Jun 16, 2008 Sydney Toops broke the 8 and Under Girls 100 Back record with a 1.39.86 at the MAC B/C Meet this past weekend and PAC swimmers recorded 140 best times over the weekend. Click here for PAC results a... Jun 11, 2008 Finn Terry?s Memorial Service will he held on Friday at da Vinci Arts Middle School, 2508 NE Everett St at 2 pm. Click here to read an article on his life. Jun 9, 2008 Boy?s death highlights peril of fast, cold rivers Water safety - Finn Terry, 11 (swam for Tom at Columbia Pool), is pitched into the Clackamas on a Scout canoe trip From the Oregonian, Monday, June 09... Jun 1, 2008 Enrike Marquez and Ethan Hanson started off the Summer Blast Series with a bang, setting two new PAC 9-10 Boys records! Ethan broke the 9-10 boys 50 Back record (39.04) and Enrike broke the 9-10 boy... May 27, 2008 Dear Parents: As you approach the summer competition season, take some time to reflect on your role as a swim parent and how you handle things with your swimmer. Click on the link below for a Parent Q... Apr 22, 2008 PAC coaches will be conducting stroke, starts and turns clinics this summer for all summer league swimmers (no USA swimmers)! Last year nearly 100 swimmers participated in our 10 clinics. This year ... Apr 14, 2008 Proclamation In recognition of nearly one and one half decades of service, membership, fellowship and friendship, the Portland Aquatic Club recognizes Scott, Mandy, Chels... |
