At Tara's Ph.D. dissertation defense party, the Chinooks presented her with a T-shirt from the short course nationals swim meet from which she had to scratch in order to prepare...it was the weekend before her Monday defense! On the reverse side it says "Dr. Coach."

Tara's goodbye party came soon after her dissertation defense when she announced that she would be moving to the westside to do a post-doc. We gathered at Joan Alexander's house for the party.

Tara is incredibly excited with her Ph.D. gift from the Chinooks: money for new ultimate frisbee cleats.

Tom Lamar relates a "Tara story."

Steffen Werner, Aly Lamar, Debbie Bell and Suzi Billington.

Kevin Brackney and John Sweeney.

Gene Allwine and Jackson Alexander.

Dick Zimmer

Steffen, Aly, Debbie B, Suzi, George Spomer and Martina Ederer.

Barb Cosens watches Tara open her "personalized" gift.

And here is the personalized gift: a platter with the Chinook on it signed by the whole team.

Bob Brown

A grand gathering of Chinooks.

Dave White and Shelley Pressley (of the "Shelley IM" fame - splitting the 50 fly into 25 at the beginning and 25 at the end)

George, Aly, and Glen Murray.

Nate Lowe, Carrie Caselton-Lowe, Shawn & Kristen Berens, and Ursel Schuette (of "Ursel 100" fame - 100 Free with first 3 strokes off each wall swimming butterfly).

Sherry Nelson, Dick Zimmer, Paige Buehler, Brian Johnson, Debbie Johnson, and John Sweeney.

Tara's new ultimate frisbee cleats. She says "I never would have chosen pick on my own, but now that i have pink I totally dig it. Thank you everyone, they are beyond comfortable and they make me feel fast."