Jan/Feb. Update

Monthly Update February:

Coaches corner:

Thank goodness January has come to a close and we are that much closer to SPRING!  We had a really nice training block in January and the times at the Bluefin Invite were indicative of that work.  We closed out our last Bluefin on a high note and are looking forward to the next chapter until construction concludes. We are ready to go full steam into spring training, spring meets & HS Boys State. Good luck gentlemen! We are looking forward to breaking down some barriers training wise, and making some quantum leaps into the next levels of performance.

I would like to thank my staff (Leilani and Katherine) for their help and support this past year, it certainly has made the transition to the PNW much easier.

Bluefin Invite:

Wow! What a way to close out hosting swim meets for our club at the Ray pool (for a while). Over 550 athletes and 13 teams participated and were on Bainbridge spurring the winter economy. BISC had 90% participation with 1 swimmer: senior Sara Kriegh at her last home meet of her BISC Career. We had 11 swimmers: Abigail Gavigan, Amelia Nickum, Amelia Sawin, Bea Thwaites, Camille Ferris, Claire Takeshita, Klara Koesel, Cyrah Carson, Leora Landreth, Silas Peet, and Virginia Williams, at their very first meet ever!

We had lots of ducky heat winners along with several new Regional cuts and Jonathan Fort making his first Regional time in the 50 Breaststroke. With so many teams in attendance there was stiff competition to bring home ribbons. Placing in the top 3 for their age group in 1 or more events were: Calder Brelsford-LaBadie, William Browning, Rylee DuPont, Lena Everett, Lukas Fort, Tessa Hurguy, Surya Jain, Audrey Keigley, Larry Killigrew, Sara Kriegh, Ian Letson, Fiona Livingston, Wyatt Livingston, Wyatt Majors, Aria Michael, Lily Rehder,Spencer Slowik, and Winston Williams. 

I watched many great races and some learned skills put to work under pressure. That’s how we do it!

Our volunteers kept everything running so smoothly. We CANNOT do it without you. We heard lots of positive feedback, “we love this meet”, “We love coming to Bainbridge”, “The food is amazing”, “Everyone is so nice”.

Thank you to RJ Hilgers, the BISC Board of Directors and its band of power workers for another successful Bluefin Invite.  Special thank you to all the leads: RJ (Meet director), Shanna Majors (AO) Julee Longridge, (meet referee) Kay DuPont (starter) Elli Koskella (volunteer coordinator) and all you who helped officiate, announce, time, run hospitality & concessions, clerk of course, chaperones, meet marshall set up and tear down crew, STAGING etc. None of this would be possible without your efforts. Way to knock it out of the park Bluefins!

 

Construction Update: Our new schedule has been pushed back an additional week and is slated to begin March 3rd. Down at AOC.  Until then, our training schedule remains the same.

 

Custom Cap Orders were placed and here are the next steps if you ordered them:

We expect delivery in approximately 3 weeks. 

 If you signed up to order caps, please see the updated Google spreadsheet (link below) to make your payment. We request that payment be made by February 15th.

 You have a few options for payment;

Square, using a credit card. Please use

     this link, https://square.link/u/JxED1O99 and

1.      select the quantity you signed up for on the spreadsheet to make payment.

Cash/Check Please make checks payable to “BISC

     Boosters” and place it in the BISC drop box (next to the trophy case) in

2.      the aquatic center lobby. Please note that it is for the custom caps.

 All payment details can be found in the following Google spreadsheet. The payment method you choose does adjust the amount due. Both totals are listed in the spreadsheet. The order has already been placed, so quantities cannot be adjusted/changed from what is already in the spreadsheet.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P4eDWzMqJ8otVXY9zhDg9EQQfG-kaTxVZHuzZHYjBdA/edit?usp=sharing

 

If you have any questions, please contact Kat Johnson ([email protected]).

 

Upcoming Events:

No Practice President's Day Monday 2/17/25 Bronze/Silver will swim 3-4 Tuesday

 

SRST Champs Qualifier Feb. 21-23 in Snohomish. Entries sent.

No BISC practice Saturday 2/22 (swim meet)

 

Boys State Meet @ KCAC 2/21 &2/22 purchase tickets at WiAA to watch the meet.

 

CSC Mystery Meet March 1 & 2 in Snohomish. Sign up open.

 

PPST Spring Splash March 8 & 9 at Olympic Aquatic Center in Silverdale. Sign up open.

 

Spring Sectionals March 13-16 in Boise, Idaho (Senior team meet) Sign up open.

 

Age Group Regional March 20-23 in Boise, Idaho (cut times) Sign up open.

 

SMAC Spring Finale March 29-30 in Snohomish (for those that do not swim Regional or Sectional meets)

 

Team Movie at Lynnwood Movie Theater April 19th 11am

 

January attendance stand outs:

Sectionals: Sara Kriegh, Wyatt Livingston

Regionals: Wyatt Majors, Aria Michael, Lily Rehder

Champs: Surya Jain, Fiona Livingston, Louis McKibbin

Gold: Bennett Atchison, Avery Britt, Abby Cimprich, Jonathan Fort

Copper: Bailey Greer, Mika Moskin, June Reeves, Spencer Slowik

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

Bronze: Everett Crawford, Campbell Feldman, Lukas Fort,Jay Kowren, Calder & Elinor Brelsford-LaBadie, Leora Landreth, Enoch & Moses Wang

*You can see your swimmer’s attendance in your Ondeck account and in Team Unify. Attendance is a huge factor in performance and sense of belonging.

 

Please extend a warm Bluefin welcome to new swim Families: In Bronze: Amelia Sawin, Abigail Gavigan, Camille Ferris, Claire Takeshita, Klara Koesel, Leora Landreth, and Virginia Williams. In Silver: Max Morrison, in Gold: Silas Peet.

 

Teamwork makes the dream work!  Many other great pictures of our heat winners can be found on our instagram.  The file was too big to attach with all the great pictures.