Welcome Back--we hope you enjoyed your Spring Break!  We're hitting the ground running with lots of stuff going on, so here we go: Age Group Sectionals was fantastic--click here to read all about it. Triple Pentathlon Entries are due TODAY--get them in ASAP Triple Pentathlon Job Sign Up for Parents is coming soon Masters Championships Recap Dr. Asdrubal I. Lopez, Chairman of Sports Science and Sports Medicine for USA Track and Field, will give a Sports Performance and Injury Prevention Talk on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 @ 5:30 PM.  Click here...

USMS Northwest Zone SCY championships Recap: Dan and Eileen Harris were the only swimmers from SWAT.  We swam both days and scored 62 points for SWAT On Sat the first event was the 50 Free - Dan went 27.4 (not fast enough) and came in 2d to a  guy from Tacoma.  Eileen swam a 31.25 and placed 1st.  Next was the 100 Free Dan did a 1:01.01 (not fast enough) and placed 1st and Eileen did a 1:09.46 to win the women's 45-49 race.  Think these were all PRs for...

Madi Lydig and I flew to Florida last week to compete in her first ever Jr. Nationals.  It was a blast!  Madi had been on a tear of the last 7 weeks, starting her championship season with a bang at the Missouri Grand Prix, and this was the final meet in Orlando, Florida.  This meet was competed in and 25 Yard pool, very different from the Olympic 50M course, which she swam best times in at both the Grand Prix and Sr. Sectional meets.  She Kicked it off with the...

Coach Kevin and Madi Lydig had a great trip to NCSA Junior Nationals in Florida-- click here to read all about it. We have 11 athletes heading to Federal Way this weekend for Age Group Sectionals.  Please keep Tommy Madill, Delaney Phillips, Makenzie Norman, Dani Sherven, Robby Jones, Stephanie Bayless, Ali Bumann, Ashley Christoff, Karen Kiehl, Meghan Merrick, and Jacob White in your thoughts as they race this weekend--good luck guys and gals! TRIPLE PENTATHLON ENTRIES ARE DUE TUESDAY, APR 10-- CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP   Spring Break begins...

Annual Team Parent Meeting TONIGHT—6 PM @ Weyerhaeuser Hall on Whitworth’s campus.  Click here for a campus map (Aquatic Center is #23, Weyerhaeuser is #27)   PRACTICE CHANGE: All Team Skills Clinic—6 PM @ Whitworth.  All other practices cancelled, and all swimmers welcome. Coach Kevin is off in Florida with swimmer Madi Lydig for the NCSA Junior National Championships.  Click here to follow the results. Speaking of Coach Kevin, he has arraigned for a Sports Performance and Injury Prevention workshop starting at 5:30 PM on Wednesday, April 11.  Click here...

7 of the teams top swimmers headed over to the King County Aquatics Center for the Western Regions Speed Champion Series (Sr. Sectionals).  It was a blast.  Every Olympic year, instead of running the usual 25 yard shorts course events(scy), the meet was long course, 50 Meters (lcm).  Our kids, who had not had a chance to train or race in a 50 meter pool since the end of summer, swam awesome.  We broke 10 individual team records, and 1 relay record.    Thursday: The meet kicked off with the...

Extra, extra, read all about it: Shamrock was awesome!  A huge thank you to all of our parents--you guys rock!  You made the meet happen, and the feedback that we heard from other coaches, officials, and parents was incredibly positive.  Thank you, thank you, thank you! Coach Kevin and the Senior Sectional Crew had a solid weekend at Federal Way--here's the recap. Annual Parent Meeting: Tuesday, March 20 @ 6 pm--Weyerhaeuser Hall Auditorium. One parent from each family, please attend! Annual All Team Skills Clinic: Tuesday, March 20 @ 6...

134 swimmers, representing nearly 2/3 of our entire team, participated in our annual Shamrock Shake Up Invitational at Whitworth this past weekend.  It was a fantastic meet, with lots of fast swims and loud cheers.  12 & under swimmers represented nearly 71% of all swims this past weekend, with several competing in new events for the first time ever.  Nearly 60% of all 12 & under swims were lifetime best performances—a pretty cool number considering we had many DQ’s in breaststroke, butterfly, and IM.  While we’re still working on refining...

{cke_protected}{C} {cke_protected}{C} SHAMROCK THIS WEEKEND  -- CLICK HERE FOR THE TIMELINE Our Masters Swimmers rocked in Coeur d'Alene this past weekend--read all about it! All Team Parent Meeting Mark your calendars--TUESDAY MARCH 20 @ 6:00 PM Weyerhaeuser Hall At least one parent from every family needs to attend For Swimmers--All Team Swim Clinic: 6:00-7:30 (instead of regular practice) Swim-A-Thon is Coming-- click here for more info Upcoming Events Mar 7-11: Western Region Senior Sectional Championships @ Federal Way, WA Mar 9-11: Shamrock Shake Up @ Whitworth Mar 20: All Team...

7 Swimmers to Coeur d'Alene! This past Saturday, seven Waves Masters swimmers went to Coeur d'Alene to their before last meet of the season. The swimmers were Kathryn Shaw, Eileen Harris, Emily Johnson, Jaime Giraud, Rick Mocabee, Dan Sheahan and Harm-Jan Steenhuis. None of us swam the longer distance events (1500 Free and 400IM) and the first event was the women's 200M freestyle relay where the ladies took first place. It was one of many that the SWAT swimmers took home. Even newbies Kathryn and Eileen did very well in...