Open Water Zones Championship, CA

We recently took 9 athletes down to Coronado for Western Zone Open Water Championships.  Not only was it all of their firsts in Open Water Racing, it was also in the Ocean.  The even had over 400 athletes participating in a 1.25K, 2.5K or 5K race.  These races took anywhere from 30 minutes to over an hour to complete......IN THE OCEAN.

1.25K - 101 athletes in this race, Surya Jain 30th overall and placed 7th in 11/12 boys.

2.5K - This race had 106 athletes.  Tej Pal 44th overall and top 6th in his age group, Aria Michael 19th overall and 5th in her age group, Winston Williams 82nd overall 4th in his age group and the youngest in the field, Louiis McKibbon 79th overall and 3rd in his age group, Lola Jasperson 61st overall and 19th in her age group , Fiona Livingston 55th overall and 5th in her age group

5K - The Womens race had 108 athletes, Tessa Hurguy 33rd place overall and 1st 13 year old girl.  This race had 108 athletes Wyatt Livingston 18th place overall, 2nd 14 year old boy and just missing a Junior National qualification.  This race takes over and hour and is an open evert......any age.

I'm super proud of these athletes and how they showed up, not only for themseleves, but for Bainbridge Island Swim Club.  Go Bluefins!

Updates and Announcements:

Please sign up to help out at the BAMfest.  They need timers to help run their meet.  We would like the kids to step up and support our adult swim team in the pool.  Sign up is on the website and community service hours will get signed off on.

Tomorrow (Friday) the construction crew will be removing the glass panels on the starting block end of the pool.  This will not effect our sessions that are in the Nakata Pool tomorrow and will only effect earlier swim times in the Ray.  That said, we will keep you posted, should that take them longer than anticipated and we have to pivot.

Our Snohomish meet is around the corner, preparations have been good so far this fall.  We are looking forward to some nice time drops, new race attempts and solid team outing all together.

Congratulations for our Best attendance winners for September: Bronze: Otis, Campbell & Lukas; Silver:Chloe, Emmeline; Copper: Larry, JJ, Jonathan; Gold: Sydney, Bennett; Champs: Surya, Winston; Regional: Wyatt Majors, William, Leland; Sectional:Wyatt Livingston, Ian

Fall weather is here, so please start dressing for it.  Wear warmer clothes to and from the pool on these cooler days, make sure to hydrate and wash those hands frequently.

New time standards are out and posted on both bulletin boards.  They are a bit faster.  This means we work harder and pay attention to the details.

"SUCCESS SEEMS TO BE LARGELY A MATTER OF HANGING ON AFTER OTHERS LET GO" - Willam Feather.

See you on deck!