2023 SOCKEYE SPRINTS RECAP On September 24th, 236 IST athletes traveled to Snohomish Aquatic Center. This competition was the first of our season and was a massive success! All athletes came into this meet feeling excited, loose, and relaxed. The first meet of the season is always exciting and allows everyone to get off to an excellent start! For younger athletes in the Surge Groups, this was the first competition of their careers. These athletes were able to experience all the aspects of a swim meet for the first time...

October Sockeye Scoop News and Announcements Squad Spotlight Schedule Adjustments Upcoming Swim Meets & Team Events Knowledge Deep Dive Team Resources News and Announcements Possible Date Change for PNS Long Course Senior Champs We would like to share that PNS, the governing body of local swimming, may be changing the date for our Long Course Senior Championship meet this Summer. This change may occur due to other USA Swimming meets Junior Nationals and Futures being scheduled for the same weekend. There are several possible alternatives that we would like to...

2023 February AGI recap From February 24-26th, 94 IST athletes and coaches traveled to Snohomish Aquatic Center for the 2023 February Age Group Invite. This was our fourth competition of the SC2 2 season and the second in which a qualifying time was needed to compete. Meet goals and entry strategies for this competition varied widely by group. IST athletes and coaches worked to keep their focus on executing excellent race strategies while staying loose and enjoying the competition. While it can be easy to become fixated on certain time...

2023 IST SPRING TIME TRIAL & DISTANCE MEET RECAP On February 5th, 203 IST athletes traveled to Snohomish Aquatic Center for the 2023 IST Spring Time Trial & Distance meet. This competition was the second for Surge, Sockeye and some Senior athletes. The Time Trial was also the Steelhead squads second competition opportunity during our short course season. Spring Time Trial served as another opportunity for our Surge, Sockeye, and Senior athletes to compete in core events (25s, 50s, or 100s of the strokes). This meet was also the second...

2023 WINTER CHALLENGE RECAP From January 28th-29th, 213 IST athletes traveled to Mt. Tahoma High School for the 2023 Winter Challenge meet. This competition was the first of our Short Course 2 meets for all Surge and Sockeye athletes. This was the first meet for Senior athletes who did not attend WA Open and the second for those who did. Swimmers competed in events of 50, 100, 200, 400, and 500 yards while continuing to master race strategies for each. Athletes continued to exercise excellent meet habits such as: Checking...

2023 WASHINGTON OPEN RECAP On January 12th-15th, 41 IST athletes traveled to King County Aquatic Center for the 46th Annual Washington Open meet. This competition was the first of our Short Course 2 event cycle for Senior athletes. Before the meet, athletes and coaches discussed setting appropriate expectations for a competition occurring relatively quickly after our winter training break. Athletes had the opportunity to swim events that they had not swam since early December and still found success in achieving second swims. As this was a designated championship meet, athletes...

2022 SC1 CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP IST ended the 2022 Short Course 1 season with a flurry of championship meets! Championship meets represent the culmination of an entire season's worth of lessons learned and hard work. Every athletes’ goal was to enter competitions feeling loose and relaxed, prepared to have fun and excel in a prelims/finals format. Vandal Invitational Coach Matt and Coach Tim traveled with 28 IST Senior athletes to Moscow Idaho for the 2022 Vandal Invitational meet. This meet is a unique opportunity to both travel and compete in a...

2022 AGE GROUP INVITE On November 19th-20th, IST athletes and coaches traveled to the Snohomish Aquatic Center for the 2022 Fall Age Group Invite. 82 IST athletes participated in this competition. The November AGI represented the first meet that required swimmers to possess a certain time standard in order to participate. In this instance, swimmers must have achieved at least a PNS Gold Time in one event in order to enter the meet. Meet goals for this competition included: Senior Squads: Fine-tuning race details and strategies heading into December Sockeye...

2022 FALL DISTANCE MEET On November 13th, IST athletes and coaches traveled to Snohomish Aquatic Center for the 2022 IST Fall Distance Meet. This competition represented the first time that most IST athletes swam the mile event. Some were participating in this event for the first time ever! For swimmers new to the event, the goal was to welcome the challenge of competing in the mile for the first time while practicing the mental focus required for distance freestyle events. For swimmers who had done the race before, the goal...

2022 FALL TIME TRIAL RECAP On November 13th, IST athletes and coaches traveled to Snohomish Aquatic Center for the 2022 IST Fall Time Trial. This was our sixth competition of the season and the first for our Steelheads program. Fall Time Trial served as another opportunity for our Surge, Sockeye, and Senior athletes aged 14&u to compete in core events (25s, 50s, or 100s of the strokes). It also represented the first of two meet opportunities for our Steelhead swimmers. Surge, Sockeye, and Senior athletes also got one step closer...