Championship Season is Here! Hello SWAT, The IES Jr. Championships mark the beginning of the Short Course Championship Season. We’ve got a lot of moving parts this next month and a half. Don’t forget to talk to your coaches if you have any questions regarding the upcoming meets. Cougar Sr. Invite This past weekend the Senior swimmers raced at the Cougar Sr. Invite in Pullman, WA. The competition schedule was brutal, with 12 events in 24 hours. This meet has proved excellent training for the competition marathon our athletes will...

Follow the links below to see the Inland Empire's Top 16 Ranked Swimmers in each age group: 8 & Under Boys 8 & Under Girls 9-10 Boys 9-10 Girls 11-12 Boys 11-12 Girls 13-14 Boys 13-14 Girls 15-16 Boys 15-16 Girls 18 & Under Boys 18 & Under Girls

Hello SWAT, Attached are some Time Reports for our athletes. First up are Meet Results & Improvements from the Winter Invite this past weekend in Moses Lake. We had another great weekend of racing and our swimmers have set up some great opportunities going into the championship season starting February 16 with Jr. Champs. The second attachment is a Top 20 List for all age groups with active swimmers on the team. This is an excellent metric for swimmers to see where they rank against some of the older swimmers...

Hello SWAT, Click the Links for SWAT's All Time Top 10 Rankings by Age Group and the Wa. State Meet Results & Improvements We have some New Names on our Top 10 list (Attached) We had a great December.... Don't forget we are only halfway through the season and the second half takes just as much effort if we want to see the same results. In the meantime, we hope everyone can take a few days to relax over the weekend and enjoy the Holidays with family and friends. Celebrate...

Thank you SWAT parent volunteers for making the Winter Invite a great experience for our guests and athletes. There’s always a few challenges to overcome during meets. Because we have experienced volunteers and officials we are easily able to overcome any challenge that comes our way. SWAT created the Winter Invite five years ago to fill a gap in the IES meet schedule. Up until this meet, the LSC didn’t have a Championship Prelims/Finals competition for Age Group/Non-Qualifiers in December. The meet this past weekend served its purpose and our...

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...

Hello SWAT, This weekend marks the beginning of our Midseason Championship Meets. Over the next three weekends our athletes will be racing against teams in the greater Washington area at Prelims/Finals competitions. While these competitions are primary focusses of the Short Course Season, they still only mark the halfway point in the process and training of the athletes. These meets give coaches a lot of information moving forward into the back half of the season. For our younger swimmers the Winter Invite provides the experience of competing at a Prelims/Finals...

Regular Practice this Friday, October 27 The Whitworth Dual Meet was canceled. There is regularly scheduled practice for all Whitworth groups this Friday. Practice Tuesday, October 31 (Happy Halloween!) There are some practice scheduled changes next Tuesday on Halloween so swimmers can enjoy the holiday. EWU- Gold and Platinum Swimmers have practice from 3:30-5:00pm. All other groups canceled. Whitworth- Combined practice from 5:30-6:15pm for all groups Colder Weather Is on Its Way Parents, please make sure your swimmers are dressed appropriately and prepared for the colder weather. We know its...

Hello SWAT, We hope everyone had a great time at the meet this past weekend and was able to decompress a little yesterday. We had some outstanding swims from our athletes. For many, this was the first meet of the 2023-2024 Short Course Season. Our age group swimmers got to see how much they improved over the summer and our Senior athletes got to see where we are with their training early in the season. Thank you, parents, for running excellent meets. We have a reputation for being excellent hosts...

Sectionals, IES Championships, Senior Zones, Jr. Nationals and Age Group Zones All took place in the last four weeks. Spokane Waves athletes finished the 2023 Long Course Championship season with some outstanding performances. 101 New Individual All Time Top 10 Swims 24 Individual Team Records Michael Theckston 8 & Under 50 Breaststroke (54.36) Benjamin Morgan 11-12 Boys 400 Free (4:57.60), 1500 Free (19:53.77), 100 Back (1:12.96), 200 Back (2:31.60) Congratulations to Benjamin Morgan Benjamin raced to a 3rd Place Finish in the 400 IM and was the IES All Star...