Chinook Pentathlon Meet Recap

IST Communications

2023 CHINOOK PENTATHLON RECAP

 

On November 5th, 114 IST athletes traveled to Mary Wayte Aquatic Center for the 2023 Chinook Pentathlon. Pentathlon-style meets serve as a great opportunity for IST swimmers to demonstrate their comfort, familiarity, and expertise in the four competitive strokes. Typically, pentathlon meets will have athletes swim in one event from each stroke discipline plus an individual medley. Pentathlon awards usually reflect the cumulative quality of those five races as measured by PowerPoints or time. 

 

A meet format rewarding well-rounded athletes serves IST well as it reflects a core principle of our coaching philosophy: the importance of developing swimmers in all aspects and disciplines of the sport by offering broad and varied experiences in the aquatic environment. We take pride in our balanced curriculum, and that emphasis shows strongly in meets such as this.

 

Our meet goals at this competition for all training groups included:

  • Experiencing the pentathlon meet format (5 events in one day!)
  • Correcting mistakes and learning from previous meets
  • Having fun and RACING!