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Sean Muncie

Hello SWAT, We hope everyone is excited about the Winter Invite this weekend at Whitworth! Reminder: this is a Prelims/Finals Championship Meet for 11 & Over Swimmers. Athletes need to check their ranking after each session to make sure they know if they have made Finals. There are no spectators allowed during prelims One Spectator per family is allowed during the 10 & Under Session and Finals Poole's Public House (Viewing Live Stream) Poole's Bar and Grill at Poole's Public House North has agreed to show the Live Stream of...

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Performance Accolades SWAT Swimmers Sign National Letters of Intent SWAT would like to congratulate swimmers Janie Richards and Drew Kistler. This past Wednesday was National Signing Day. In other words, Wednesday marked the day when athletes all across the country were eligible to sign their National Letters of intent to compete at the Collegiate Level. Both Janie and Drew signed committal and scholarship papers. Janie will be attending and competing for St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin and Drew will be attending and competing for the University of Minnesota...

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Great Job SWAT on an excellent weekend of racing at the 2021 October IMX Kickoff In all SWAT had 123 swimmers competing this past weekend in 906 Individual Events. This was a great introduction to competition for all our new teammates competing for the first time and good meet for our veteran swimmers to see where we are in our training in preparation for the next phase of training. Thank you to all our parent volunteers. SWAT has a tradition of hosting organized competitions and this weekend was no exception....

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MRA Sprint Shootout Hello SWAT, We hope you’re ready for the first meet of the Short Course Season! We have a lot of new team members competing this Saturday so veterans please help guide the newer athletes and parents so they can learn to navigate the ins and outs of competitions easier. Find a team area and sit together. Make sure you are all abiding by facility rules and staying masked and six feet apart as much as possible. Warm-up: 12 & Under @ 7:30am 13 & Over @ 8:00am...

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Hello SWAT! We hope the end of Summer is going great for all you and you’ve had the chance to relax and unwind after Long Course Season. SWAT is back in the water for the 2021-2022 Short Course Season tomorrow, Monday, August 23. Reminder: Next week’s practices are in the morning. Beginning Monday, August 30 practices will in the afternoon outdoors at Witter. Swimmers return to EWU and Whitworth training sites beginning Monday, September 13. (See Schedule Below) We had an excellent finish to the Long Course Season with our...

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Tryout Week Monday through Thursday (August 30-September 2) at Witter Pool from 5-6pm Swimmers can attend all four days if they like and need to come ready for practice with: a good practice suit, water bottles, goggles, a towel and a cap. Click Here to complete the New Swimmer Tryout Form Below is our two week schedule at Witter pool. Beginning Monday, September 13 we will return to our North and South training sites at Whitworth University and EWU. New families can expect practices at EWU & Whitworth to be...

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Hello SWAT, Just a few more things before we start competition tomorrow 1. Attached are the Junior Olympic Heat Sheets. We will not be selling hard copy of preliminary heat sheets. Parents may print their own or purchase from Meet Mobile 2. Please note that we pushed back the start of final on Saturday to 5:30p so that we can take an opportunity to recognize graduating seniors. 3. Parking in the pool parking lot is reserved for coaches, officials, key volunteers, and food trucks. Parents may pull in and drop...

Sean Muncie

Junior Olympics this weekend! Hello SWAT, We hope everyone is ready for the 2021 Long Course Junior Olympics beginning this Friday at Witter Pool. We will have a few more updates today and tomorrow regarding the meet so please make sure you read the incoming emails. With 89 Swimmers entered in the meet (New Team Record!) SWAT is looking to continue our IES Championship Streak with our sixth consecutive IES 1st Place Finish. Like always this is going to be a team effort. This time not only in regard to...

Sean Muncie

Hello SWAT, The Summer Solstice begins this Friday, June 25. Because we had so many entries in the Friday PM Session we have moved up the meet start time to 3:30pm (warm-up @ 2pm). We are happy to announce that everyone entered in Friday’s Session will get the opportunity to race. There are 118 swimmers from SWAT entered in the meet and over 370 swimmers overall. This is one of the largest Solstice Meets in recent history. This will also be the first time in team history that SWAT is...

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SWAT Outperforms Seasonal Bests at the Tri City Open 46 swimmers traveled to Pasco, WA this past weekend for the Tri City Open. SWAT athletes outperformed previous swims accomplished only two weeks ago at the Fazzari’s Invite resetting the All Time Top 10 List and breaking multiple Team Records in the process. Congratulations swimmers on an excellent weekend! Click Here for Tri City Open Meet Results and Improvements Click Here for Individual Best Times and “BB” Junior Olympic (JO) Qualifiers Click Here for the Updated All Time LCM Top 10...