Saturday June 7th we will be attending a one day duel meet with Pacific Northwest Diving. This event will be for all divers, lessons and competative team. This will be a drive up tp Seattle in the morning and drive back that night. All are encouraged to participate. All participants must be AAU registered.
Summer Region Meet Santa Clara June 20 to 22 2008
Gold Monday - Friday 11:00am to 2:00am and 4:30pm to 6:30 pm
Silver Monday - Thursday 11:00am to 2:00am and 4:30pm to 6:30 pm
Bronze Monday, Wednesday and Friday 11:00am to 2:00am and 4:30pm to 6:30 pm
Olympic Garden Monday and Wednesday 6:30pm - 7:30pm; 10:00am to 11:00am Tuesday and Thursday
Lessons: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00am to 11:00am; and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Bring a friend to dive day was a great success. There were 38 participants in the event, the youngest being 4 and a half, and the oldest being 18. Thank you to all the parents and divers who made it a success. We look forward to doing this again in the near future.
For those divers who are going on to the West National Championships, Please register at the sight below.
https://secure.meetcontrol.com/divemeets/system/meetinfoext.php?meetnum=329#1
Thanks to the support of all the parents of THDC, the Region 10 Championships ran without a hitch. The meet ran on schedule, and in the end, the Tualatin Hills Dive Club won the team competition. The individual results for THDC are as follows. The divers name is bold are those who qualified for the national championships.
| Diver | Place | |||
| Girls | Age Group | 1 meter | 3 meter | Platform |
| Cassie Anderson |
16/18 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Britni Fisher |
16/18 | 3 | 11 | |
| Sarah Braun | 14/15 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Sammy Lawson | 14/15 | 10 | 14 | |
| Cassie Weil |
14/15 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rebekah Rygh | 11 and under | 11 | 11 | |
| Boys | ||||
| Dan Helm |
16/18 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Kevin Olson |
14/15 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Tristin Versteeg |
12/13 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Nikki Han |
11 and under | 2 | 2 | |
The divers success is due to their hard work and dedication. Every diver THDC diver who competed earned points for our team. Congratulations to those 7 divers who qualified to dive in the West National Championships in Missouri.
starting
in January, bills for monthly dues will no longer be
sent to Lessons members. Instead, Lessons members
must purchase a “Lesson Pass”. Passes cost $75 for 5
lessons, $120 for 10 lessons, and $200 for 20 lessons.
Lesson Passes can be purchased from coach Joe
starting December 26th. After January 1st, only
Lessons divers who have purchased a Lesson Pass will
be allowed to practice. Practice times will remain the same.
Britni Fisher has formally accepted an athletic diving scholarship with the University of Illinois. Her hard work and determination has earned her this honor, and we are all so very proud of you! Congratulations Britni!
More opportunities for junior divers now available; USA Diving seeking bids for those meets
After listening to feedback in Town Hall meetings and member surveys, USA Diving found that members felt the organization was geared too much toward the elite level programs and not divers at all levels. We’ve listened to your input, and a restructuring of the summer junior program was passed at convention to allow more divers the opportunity to compete at more meets throughout the summer (An additional age group was added, and 150 divers can advance past regionals on each event in each age group – up from 80 under the previous rules. The number of divers advancing to nationals also increases.).
Here’s how it will work: First, choose the region you wish to attend. The top 15 divers on each event at regionals will advance to one of five zone meets. Divers can attend any region meet they wish and then track through to zones based on the region attended (For example, divers attending Regions 1 and 2 must compete at Zone A; Regions 3 and 4 to Zone B, etc.).
From zones, places 7-12 may attend the USA Diving Age Group National Championships. Places 1-6 may choose to attend the Speedo Junior National Championships or the Age Group National Championships. Divers who qualify for both may participate in the events they qualify for at each meet. (For example, let’s say a diver finishes third on 1-meter, sixth on 3-meter and ninth on platform at zones. The diver would be allowed to compete 1-meter and 3-meter at Junior Nationals and platform at the Age Group Nationals. The diver could also opt to skip the Junior Nationals and compete on all three events at the Age Group Nationals. The diver could not, however, compete 1- and 3-meter at both events. If the diver opts to attend only the Age Group Nationals, that spot would not be replaced at Junior Nationals).
International teams will be selected from the Junior National Championships.
Also, 11 and under divers will have their own age group throughout the entire process, including platform.
The age for all meets will be determined by the diver’s age on December 31.
These changes will go into effect beginning with the 2008 season, and thus, USA Diving is seeking bids to host these new events. Zones C and D will be awarded to Columbia , Mo. , and Moultrie, Ga. , as they were slated to host the East/West Championships, which have been replaced by the five Zone Championships.
Thanks to the efforts of Dan Helm, Kevin Olson and Cassie Weil, the Tualatin Hills Dive Club Finished 14th place in the Team standings at the 2007 Jr. Nationals. This is up from 34th place last year. Individual places are…
Kevin: 8th place on platform
Cassie: 7th place on Platform and 16th place on 1 meter
Dan: 9th Place on Tower, 6th place on 3 meter and 8th place on 1 meter.
Way to go divers. Let’s shoot for top ten in 2008!
Thanks to Floyd Helm for his help in sending this letter to the newspaper!
http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/sports/story.php?story_id=118365848607097900