The Winter Challenge was held at Hazen High School on January 25th and 26th. Athletes in the Senior, Sockeye, and Surge programs competed in their first challenge meet of SC2. Sockeye swimmers embraced the challenge of swimming four events per day, they tackled longer races such as the 500 Freestyle and 200s of strokes, some of them for the first time! IST brought over 200 swimmers to this meet and it was clear they showed up to race. IST swimmers achieved over 750 best times throughout the course of the...

The Washington Open was held at King County Aquatic Center from January 16-19th. Senior program swimmers competed at their first meet of the new year and second half of the short course season. Eighty-two teams competed at the meet culminating in over 6,000 individual swims. Swimmers at this meet got to be a part of some serious competition and take note of how other teams from across the state approached this meet. Some teams held off on their taper for this meet and took advantage of the Prelims/Finals format, others...

This past weekend, swimmers in the Surge program competed at their first meet of the new year and second half of the short course season. The Snowflake Classic was held at Hazen High School on Sunday and athletes age 9&Under from 6 different teams came together to compete. IST had 31 Sockeyes compete, they combined for 42 personal bests, including 21 first time swims. Several swimmers were able to achieve new Gold and Silver time standards, way to go everyone! Keep up the hard work during practice Sockeyes, your time...

Dear IST Families, It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to the 2019-2020 competitive year with Issaquah Swim Team! To those of you joining us for the first time, I say hello and welcome to the Sockeye Family. To those of you returning, I say welcome back and welcome home. The beginning of the season is one of my favorite parts of the year. Everything feels new and exciting, many possibilities lie ahead, and it’s easy to be optimistic about the future. Swimmers return to practice (or begin...

Members of the Surge and Sockeye Squads competed at the 2019 Age Group Seattle Open meet at Colman Pool in West Seattle July 19-20th. IST athletes achieved 165 best times, with 15 of those coming in first time swims, as well as multiple new Silver, Gold, Champs, and Zones cuts. The Age Group Seattle Open meet represented the final long course competition for our age group-level swimmers prior to their end-of-season championship meets. Competitively, coaches and athletes were looking for quality execution and aggressive racing. The meet served as a...

Members of the Senior Squads competed at the 2019 Senior Seattle Open meet at Colman Pool in West Seattle July 11-13th. IST athletes achieved 43 best times, with 8 of those coming in first time swims, as well as multiple new Gold & Silver, Champs, and Zones cuts. The Senior Seattle Open meet represented the final long course competition for our senior-level swimmers prior to their end-of-season championship meets. Competitively, coaches and athletes were looking for quality execution and aggressive racing. It was phenomenal to watch teammates working together to...

Members of the Senior, Sockeye, and Surge Squads competed at the 2019 Pacific Coast meet at the King County Aquatic Center June 15-16th. Over the course of the weekend, IST athletes achieved 512 best times, with 208 of those coming in first time swims, multiple new Gold, Silver, Champs, and Zones cut times, and three new team records. For some athletes, Pac Coast served as their fourth long-course meet of the year. This means they have had a chance to swim each race at least once, acclimated themselves to the...

Members of the Sockeye, Surge, and Steelhead Squads competed at the 2019 IST Spring Time Trial meet at Julius Boehm Pool on Sunday, June 23rd. IST athletes achieved 234 best times, with 94 of those coming in first time swims, as well as multiple new PNS Silver times. The IST Spring Time Trial served as a great opportunity for our members who may not have had other chances to race to experience the competition environment. Since many of our long course meets require either cut times, experience in a given...

Members of the Senior, Sockeye, and Surge Squads competed at the 2019 June Jubilee meet at King County Aquatic Center June 29-30th. IST athletes achieved 397 best times, with 111 of those coming in first time swims, as well as multiple new Gold & Silver, Champs, and Zones cuts. Competitively, coaches and athletes continued to refine long course races. For most swimmers, June Jubilee was at least their second long-course meet of the year. For other swimmers, it could have been their fifth meet. As swimmers gain more experience in...

Members of the Senior, Sockeye, and Surge Squads competed at the 2019 Apple Capital invitational in Wenatchee, WA the weekend of May 31-June 2nd. This meet represented the third long-course meet of the season and served as a great opportunity for swimmers to compete in new events or first-time swims as it did not require any previous racing experience or cut times. IST athletes achieved mulitple new best times and cut times over the course of the meet. Our theme for this meet was “One Team Having FUN!” We wanted...