2021 Foster Lake Cable Swims (Featuring the USMS 2-Mile Cable Swim National Championship)

11^th Annual FOSTER LAKE CABLE SWIMS

• Swimmers MUST follow all announced safety rules without exception, under penalty of possible disqualification.
• Swim Safety:  All swims will be unescorted.  Spotters in safety boats will monitor the entire course in zone coverage and medical personnel will be on-site.  Swimmers must wear the brightly-colored swim cap provided, have their race number on their arms (or hands when wearing sleeved wetsuits), and provide their emergency contact information with entry.
• COVID-19 Safety:  We cannot foretell the status of the pandemic on the event date.  As we get closer, we will post and distribute requirements for event pandemic protocols.  Anticipate masks, hand cleaning, and social distancing on land.  As vaccination becomes available to you, get your shots!

• 2-Mile Cable Swim (featuring the USMS Open Water Swim National Championship)
• 1-Mile Cable Swim

• Category I suits are required to be eligible for the 2-Mile National Championship, relays, and records. 
• Category II suits—including wetsuits—are welcomed in both swims but tabulated separately from Category I suits.  Swimmers wearing Category II suits are not eligible for records and national championship awards.
• See event website for swimwear details.

• There will be a practice cable set up in the enclosed swimming area and spotters provided there for supervised warm-up & warm-down.  Choosing to swim on the course or elsewhere is at the swimmer’s own risk.  
• Warm up before the pre-race meeting, as swimmers go directly from this meeting to marshaling to racing!

• Medals to eight places in each age group in the USMS Two-Mile National Championships.  Championship patches to the USMS winners, who must be full USMS members.
• Custom ribbons to three places in each age group in both Category I & II suit divisions in the One-Mile swim and the Category I & II suit divisions in the non-championship Two-Mile swim.

• From the North:  Take I-5 south to exit 228.  Drive east on Oregon 34 to Lebanon, then south & east on US 20 through Sweet Home.  2.2 miles past the Weyerhauser mill, turn north on Quartzville Rd.
• From the South:  Take I-5 north to exit 216.  Drive east on Oregon 228 to Sweet Home, then continue east on US 20.  2.2 miles past the Weyerhauser mill, turn north on Quartzville Rd.
• From the East:  Take US Route 20 west over the Cascades towards Sweet Home, then turn north on Quartzville Rd.
• Final Approach:  Drive 1.2 miles north on Quartzville Rd., turn left on N. River Rd, and drive .8 miles to Lewis Creek Park.  Turn left into the entrance, turn right, and park in the lower lot.