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2010 Jingle Bell Recap 61 Waves swimmers participated in the 2010 Jingle Bell Splash hosted by the Coeur d’Alene Krocs. While most of our veteran 13&overs were preparing for another meet, the future of our team had a chance to show off. We broke 6 relay records with a combined 17 different people. Our 215 best times, and great racing earned our team 2nd place to the host team who had nearly double our numbers. Keddy and I were thrilled to watch our kids swim new events and learn a...
Happy Tuesday everyone! A huge thank you to all our families for making the Red/Green Meet such a huge success; please click here to read all about it. Way to go Waves! Due to the Jingle Bell Splash meet this weekend in Coeur d’Alene, there will be NO PRACTICE for ALL GROUPS on Friday and Saturday. Please check the Calendar for details. Speaking of Jingle Bell, please click here for the Timeline. Make sure you are aware of the Christmas training schedule, found under the Calendar tab of the website. If you...
Waves Red-Green Recap We had 100 swimmers participate in the annual Red-Green inter-squad meet. I’m happy to announce that the Red team squeaked out a win over the Green team. Next year green team will be back to take back team bragging rights! 11 kids swam in their first meet ever, helping our team earn 145 best times, 4 team records, and one of the best ever attended Waves showdown. We also gathered dozens of pounds of food, several hats, coats, and other winter attire for the needy. Thanks...
Happy Tuesday! We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving—we know that we have a lot to be thankful for, both personally and professionally, and we hope you do too. The main thing to check out is the Christmas break schedule found under the Calendar tab of the website. Aside from that, here are the meets that are coming up: Red/Green Meet—Saturday, December 4: Whitworth University Our annual charity dual meet--tons of fun!!! Entries due TODAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. Jingle Bell Splash—December 10-12: Kroc Center, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Great meet, great pool,...
Great swimming Waves! It’s starting to get to the holiday season, and winter weather is upon us. Please stay safe as you’re driving to practice. Remember to check our web-site for weather closures. I will post in the scrolling text below the main picture. Check out what's coming up: Schedules for Thanksgiving and Christmas Please check the web-site for the calendar. [Wave Calendar} After you select a workout calendar group (ie. Ripples, Age Group, etc.) If there IS practice: There will be a location & time If there...
This year’s Turkey Trot was one of the largest Inland Empire invitationals of all time. With 505 swimmers at the meet it was crowded, loud, and tons of fun. Our Waves swimmers were awesome, racing to 335 individual best times, 8 team records, and had several kids qualify for some high level meets. Congratulations Waves, it was a great weekend, thanks to everyone for braving the winter weather and getting yourselves and families safely to and from the pool. Here’s a few of the main highlights. Remember you can check...
Happy Tuesday everyone! It’s a BIG week, with Turkey Trot this weekend. Under the Turkey Trot event page, scroll down and you’ll find the Timeline and Psyche Sheet. Due to time constraints, the host team did remove several swimmers from distance events on Friday and Saturday. Also, several swimmers were accidently over-entered in more than 3 events per day, which was the maximum for this meet. You should have received an email if you had a swimmer affected; the complete list of scratched swimmers can be found below the Timeline...
Happy Tuesday! This week will mostly be a calendar check for the next month or so. Before we get into that, here's a general update on the team: things are going very, very well! We have by far the largest group of swimmers we've ever had in Spokane, and Cheney is nearly 50 strong. On top of that, our award winning coaching staff is six strong and is working hard to help the kids improve. A huge thank you to all of our parents who are bringing kids to practice...
It's Tuesday; not only is it Election Day, but it's time for the Coaches Note (Go out and Vote too!). This week we have a lot of results to post, and meets to attend, take a look and start planning. There is one major announcement, we have our first swimmer going off to college with a Full Scholarship for swimming! Congradulations Rachel Millet, (Picture of Rachel shaking hands with Tom Jager, Idaho coach and Gold Medalist!) First and foremost, we had a solid weekend at the Trick or Treat Meet...
