December Update

8th PLACE TROPHY

“Nothing Will Work Unless You Do” - Maya Angelou

Coach Monique's Message:

Quote for the year and it is truly paying off. We are super proud of the work that has been done thus far and are looking forward to a successful conclusion to the short course season in March. Hard work pays off, period. 

We are embarking on new territory during our construction process.  This is NOT going to be hard, just different.  Everyone else in the swimming world that doesn’t live on an island has to travel to their pools.  We will do the same, we will embrace it in this next chapter. We tell the kids we can do hard things all the time, and I would not consider this hard in the grand scheme of things……Just different. It's not COVID, and we can do this.  

We are grateful for the opportunity to have access to another facility while the Ray is under construction (thank you Jenette) for working so hard to make this happen.  This allows us more water time, better lane space, use of blocks and cooler water temps.  It's all good and I'm looking forward to a prosperous 2025!!!

Meet Highlights:
Washington State Senior Championships, WKCAC

686 athletes from all over WA state competed at this Championship meet. BISC with a team of 18 swimmers finished 15th out of 30 teams. Placing highest  for BISC was Tessa Hurguy who was 3rd in the 1650 & 6th in the 500 free. Placing 9th-16th were: Rylee DuPont 16th 50 Fly & 50 Breaststroke,Tessa Hurguy 10th 400 IM & 16th 200 IM, Ian Letson 10th in 1650, and Harper Rich 16th in 1650. There were so many impressive time drops, especially for those athletes that competed in both 14 & Under champs the weekend before.  We were particularly happy that we had tripled the number of athletes qualifying for this meet this year.  Several athletes made it back to finals and our relays nabbed some valuable points. Thank you to our parent volunteer timers: The Michaels, Letsons, Inoues, Boydons, Hurguys, Majors & Hilgers. Thank you to officials: Kay DuPont & Julee Longridge.

PNS 14U Championships,WKCAC

BISC brought a team of 26 swimmers, we placed 8th overall bringing home a trophy for the trophy case! 15 out of our 17 relays scored! This is massive. Thank you to our relay swimmers! We had several event champions as well: Wyatt Livingston in the 200 Breast, William Browning in the 100 Back, 50 Back & 100 IM, and Tessa Hurguy in the 500 FR,1650 & 400 IM. Placing top 16.  Tessa made her first Futures Cut, as well as qualifying for Open Water Jr Nationals based on her mile time.  Wyatt Livingston is a skosh off of that cut as well and will likely be joining her with that same cut  soon.  Rylee DuPont made her first Sectional Cut as well, and will be joining 8 others with that same distinction. Very proud of these mid season performances. Placing top 16 were: William Browning: 1st 100 BK, 5th 50 FR & 50 Fly, 1st 50 BK, 1st 100 IM, Rylee DuPont: 11th 100 BK,6th 50 FR, 15th 100 BRST & 11th 100 FR, Jonathan Fort:16th 50 FR, 16th 50 BK, 15th 100 FR, 5th 50 BRST,  Leland Hilgers:9th 100 BK, 12th 200 IM, 12th 500 FR, 5th 200 BK &14th 200 FR, Tessa Hurguy: 6th 200 Fly, 1st 400 IM, 2nd 200 BRST, 1st 500 FR, 6th 200 FR & 1st 1650, Surya Jain: 6th 400 IM, 14th 200 IM, 7TH 500 FR, 10TH 200 FR& 8TH 1650, Aiden Johnson 12th 1650FR, Fiona Livingston: 14th 100 BRST, 9th 400 IM, 9th 200 BRST, 14th 200 IM, 15th 200 BK & 15th 200 FR, Wyatt Livingston: 2nd 100 BRST, 3rd 400 IM, 1st 200 BRST, 3rd 500 FR, 7th 200 FR & 1st 1650 FR, Wyatt Majors: 16th 100 BK, 11th 100 BRST, 3rd 200 BRST, 12th 200 BK, Louis McKibbin: 6th 200 Fly, 13th 50 Fly, 16th 500 FR &12th 100 Fly, Aria Michael: 10th 100 BK, 5th 200 Fly, 13th 400 IM, 10th 100 FR, & 5th 100 Fly,Lily Rehder:14th 200 BK, Spencer Slowik:12th 50 FR & 8th 50 BK, Winston Williams: 13th 100 FR,13th 500 FR,16th 100 FLY& 16th 1650. Thank you to our parent volunteers who helped time at this meet:Amy Michael, Melissa Jasperson, Maggie Jain, Brian & Megan Livingston, Shanna Majors & RJ Hilgers.Thank you to Kay DuPont for officiating.

Fall Divisional Championships, WKCAC

1,426 athletes competed in 3 different sessions. The 10 & under girls & boys swam a pentathlon, swimming 5 events and adding up times from all 5 events to find an overall winner. Placing top 8 in their individual swims were: Spencer Slowik: 2nd 50 FR, 3rd 50 BRST, 1st 50 BK, 8th 50 FLY, & 6th 100 IM,and  Larry Killigrew: 8th 50 BRST.  The 11& 12’s had early morning swims each day. Placing Top 8 were: Bennett Atchison: 3rd 200 IM, Avery Britt: 6th100 Back & 7th 50 Back and Bailey Greer: 6th 200 Fly. The 13 & overs swam later afternoon into the evening. Placing top 8 were: Bradley Roloff: 5th 50 Fly, 4th 50 BRST, 4th 100 Fr, 5th 200 Fr, 1st 50 Fr, 1st 100 IM and Tej Pal 3rd 200 BRST & 2nd 100 BRST. There were also so many great time drops as well with most everyone swimming at least one personal best time. Thank you to our volunteer timers: Daniel Britt, Beckon Wyld, Nate Frederickson, Kathry Horn & Barbara Zehentner-Wilkinson.

Congratulations to the Attendance Stand Outs for December:

Sectional: Wyatt Livingston

Regional:Tessa Hurguy, Wyatt Majors, Aria Michael

Champs:Surya Jain, Fiona Livingston, Winston Williams

Gold: Bennett Atchison, Avery Britt, Abigail Cimprich, Margot Crawford, Jonathan Fort

Copper: Bailey Greer, Noah Gerlach, June Reeves, Spencer Slowik

Silver: Emme Feldman, Bailey LeMaster-Donahue & Brooklyn Jarmuz

Bronze: Everett Crawford, Campbell Feldman, Lukas Fort, Moses Wang

On the Horizon

Holiday Party date ????- We haven’t forgotten, and do want to celebrate with you all.  We need everyone to be back home and in school again so no one misses out.  This date will be coming soon.

All Star Meet

1/4- 1/5 Wyatt Livingston, Tessa Hurguy and William Browning qualified for PNS All-Stars and will be  representing BISC as a part of the Pacific Northwest Team headed to Oregon this weekend. Go get em’ you guys!

Parent Meeting

1/14/25 time TBD and will be in the Nakata Room. This meeting is to wrap up the year and to answer  FAQ’s about the pool closure, and all updates etc. Jenette and the Booster Board will be there to answer all we have answers to.

Bluefin Invite 

2/1-2/2 Our Final home meet until construction is completed. This is an All comers meet, meaning all swimmers can participate. Parent Volunteers needed as well. Sign up to work a session or even 2. :)  This will be a fun send off into the next chapter.