SWAT, Update. Winter Invite this Weekend! Ind Events, Warm-Up Times, Volunteer Hours, Vandal Meet Results, Holiday Gift Exchange Registration
Update, December 5 2023
SWAT to Host the Largest Winter Invite to date!
The next Mid-Season Championship Meet on the schedule is this weekend with our own Winter Invite at Whitworth University.
SWAT has 120 (Individual Meet Entries Attached) swimmers registered for the meet leading to over 300 swimmers in attendance this weekend. This will be the largest Winter Invite SWAT has hosted so far.
Volunteer Hours!
This is a Prelims/Finals Meet! We want to make sure SWAT knows how to host a memorable Championship Meet for the athletes (we are also hosting IES Champs this Summer). If you have not signed up for your volunteer hours yet make sure you do so through the Winter Invite Event Tab ASAP.
Warm-Up Times:
Friday-
Timed Finals @ 5:30pm
Saturday-
Prelims @ 9:15am (11 & Over)
10 & Under Times Finals @ 2pm
Finals @ 3:45pm (11 & Over)
Sunday-
Prelims @ 7:30am (11 & Over)
10 & Under @ 11:30am
Finals @ 3:00pm (11 & Over)
Holiday Gift Exchange:
The EWU Gift Exchange is scheduled for December 19. You must register if you plan on participating.
If any Whitworth Parents are interested in a gift exchange for your child’s training group, please let the Coaches know.
(Note: Please do not hold any private gift exchanges during SWAT events. Just like School, we want all events to be inclusive and Team Building. This is the same for Party Invitations and the like. If you would like to host a private event with friends on the team that is understandable, please keep Invitations off deck and private.)
SWAT Achieves USA Swimming Bronze Medal Status for the Third Year in a Row!
Congratulations SWAT, this is a milestone for our program. The qualifications for the Club Excellence Awards is based off National Rankings.
National Rankings for each swimmers can fluctuate greatly through the career of an athlete. Coaches look for consistent improvement with each swimmers’ National Ranking to help keep us attune to what is going on in the rest of the country and to make sure our swimmers stay competitive Nationally.
To research your child’s National Ranking
- visit the USA Swimming Website
- click the Times tab in the upper left hand corner
- select the Top Times/Event Rank
- enter the Sex, Event, and Age
Vandal Invite Meet Results
Swimmers attending the Vandal Invite got the Championship season off to a great start!
Our athletes had a lot of personal bests and first-time finals performances at the Vandal Invite this past weekend.
Congratulations Swimmers, its hard breaking the ice, great to see so much improvement this early in the season.
