2022 MET-SEAL CANNONBALL CLASSIC On the weekend of June 11th-12th, IST athletes and coaches traveled to the King County Aquatic Center for the 2022 Cannonball Classic. This competition was ISTs third meet of the 2022 LC season and our second competition at KCAC this Summer. IST was well-represented at this competition with 147 athletes attending! Since this was ISTs third LC meet of the season, most athletes in attendance were able to excel with their familiarity of the course and expand on skills/strategies practiced at our first two LC competitions....

2022 SOCKEYE SPRINGTIME MADNESS On the weekend of June 20th-22nd, IST athletes and coaches traveled to King County Aquatic Center for the 2022 Sockeye Springtime Madness meet. This meet was both ISTs first Long Course meet of the 2022 LC season, and the first that we have hosted this season. IST would like to extend a huge thank you to our volunteers and meet coordinators that allowed this event to run smoothly! This competition represented either the first experience many of our athletes had with a long course meet, or...

MARIN MORRISON MEMORIAL MEET Coach Carter and 14 of our Steelhead A and B group swimmers traveled to the Hazen Aquatic Center for the Marin Morrison Memorial Meet on Sunday, April 24th. This meet was established to memorialize former US Paralympian Marin Morrisson. Marin lived in Washington and attended the 2008 Paralympic games. IST is happy to honor the memory of Marin and grateful for the opportunity to participate in this meet. Our athletes achieved 26 best times on Sunday! Meet goals for the weekend included embracing the first chance...

IST is pleased to announce that five athletes have been selected to represent the Pacific Northwest Swimming team at the 2021 Western Zone Age Group Championships in Lewisville, TX. FRANÇOIS PIERRE and NATALIE RALPHS will compete in the 10&U age group, TYLER LEWIS and BRETT WANG in the 11-12 age group, and DANIEL LAZAR in the 13-14 age group. The PNS Age Group Zones team is limited to no more than 80 total athletes across three age groups (those listed above). Interested swimmers must submit applications for review and then...

Congratulations to ANDREW NGUYEN (Senior 3) on his new team records achieved at the 2021 IST June Invite held at the Snohomish Aquatic Center. Andrew set a new benchmark in the 13-14 Boys 100Y Backstroke with a time of 55.15, improving upon the old record of 55.17 previously held by Ivan Graham from 2015. He also broke the 13-14 Boys 50Y Freestyle record with a time of 21.84, bettering the old record of 22.66 set by Brandon Leu in 2013. At the time, Andrew's 50 Freestyle placed him 31st in...

IST is proud to announce that CHARLES LEE was invited to participate in this year's USA Swimming Western Zone Select Peformance Workshop. The workshop is being held in lieu of the traditional training camp due to COVID-19. Zone select camps bring the top swimmers in each zone together for a unique motivational experience. Selection is done automatically using the SWIMS times database. Each zone's camp traditionally consists of 34 athletes from each competing category. The fastest two available athletes in each Zone is each Long Course Meters (LCM) Olympic event...

ISSAQUAH SWIM TEAM is pleased to announce our new Senior Swimming College Guidance Program, a comprehensive program available to every high-school aged athlete in our Senior groups spanning from matriculation into 9th grade through graduation from 12th grade that will provide them with support and guidance about their futures in the sport. The program will be led by Justin Morin, IST’s former Head Coach and CEO, in coordination with Tim Kearney, IST’s current Head Coach and CEO, and the other coaches in our Senior Program. Coach Justin has a strong...

We're excited to announce that registration for the upcoming 2020-21 season is now available through the team website. Returning families can visit the IST homepage (www.istsockeyes.org) and click on the 2020-21 Season Registration button immediately below the photo carousel to get started. As part of the registration process, we have produced an information packet that contains important details for the season such as start dates and order deadlines, training fees, a tentative meet calendar, and links to updated team policies that can be found on our website. You can access...

VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOURS POLICY The Board of Directors voted to suspend enforcement of this policy for the remainder of the 2019-2020 season. With the lack of hosted meets, team events, and general volunteer opportunities, it did not make sense to penalize members for a failure to meet the required minimums. Thank you to those of you who were able to meet or exceed your service hours requirements before the pandemic; we sincerely appreciate your time and dedication! For those who were not able to do so, we hope you will...

Are you interested in becoming more involved with IST’s social or membership activities? Are you interested in supporting IST as part of its Board of Directors? On Thursday, May 14th at 7pm the IST Board is hosting an overview session for members who might be interested in filling one of our open board positions. We’ll talk through the roles and responsibilities of the available board positions, talk about what it’s like to be a board member, and answer questions about board membership. When: May 14th at 7pm Join Zoom Meeting:...