WEST Weekly

Dear WEST fans,

Halfway through May, and spring is certainly here. It has been busy around the pool as we gear up for the Pac Coast meet this weekend.

Help Needed at Pac Coast

SSC was very nice to let us squeeze into the meet after it filled, and have asked if we could help with some of the timers. If you are planning to be at the meet, why not come be part of the action and hang out on deck while timing?

Timeline

Please get to the pool approximately 15-30min before warm-ups start. Here is the most recent timeline: http://www.pns.org/pnws2/__eventform__/240175_paccoast12sessions.pdf

Practice Friday & Saturday

There will be no AM practice on Friday - enjoy the sleep and get ready to RACE this weekend!

There will be practice on Friday afternoon for anyone NOT at the meet, normal schedule.

Practice on Saturday will be 9-11am. All groups please attend at this time if you are NOT swimming at the meet.

New Electric Switches Installed Thanks to Donation

After a very generous donation from the Run of the Mill organization, we were able to install light switches on the most commonly used circuits in the building. This makes it much safer for the staff to open and close each day. Run of the Mill puts on a 5k run in Mill Creek every year and would like WEST to help participate. For more info check out their website: http://mcrunofthemill.com/

Banquet - May 26 11am-1pm

Make sure you RSVP for the Annual Spring Banquet as soon as possible.

Summer Schedule

Here is the tentative summer practice schedule: (note that we will plan to attend Colman once it opens in July).

Accelerate:
Mornings - Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri: 7-9am (dryland 9-9:45) - Wed: 7-10am (dryland 10-10:45) - Sat: 6:30-9am
Afternoons - Mon, Tues, Thurs: 1-3:30pm - Fri: 1:30-4pm

Challenge:
Mornings - Tues, Thurs: 10-11:30am - Sat: 6:30-9am
Afternoons - Mon, Tues, Thurs: 3:30-5:30pm (dryland 3-3:30) - Wed: 12:30-3pm (dryland 3-3:30) - Fri: 11:30-1:30pm (dryland 1:30-2)

Discover:
Mon, Tues, Thurs: 2:30-4pm (dryland 2:15-2:30) - Wed 3-4:30pm (dryland 4:30-5) - Sat: 9-10:30am

Explore:
Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs: 5:30-6:30pm (dryland 5:15-5:30) - Fri: 2-3:30pm - Sat: 9-10:30am

Masters:
Mon, Wed, Fri: 10-11:30am

Do You Wonder?

There is so much to learn in the world of swimming. This is a new feature in the WEST Weekly for parents, by parents. Each week, we'll answer, briefly, one of those questions that come up, about swimming, watching, volunteering, meets, pools, etc. Have a question? Submit it to: [email protected].

Question #2: What is the difference between LONG COURSE and SHORT COURSE?

Swimmers refer to yard pools (25 yards) as "short course." "Long course" refers to 50 meter (Olympic length) pools and races. A handful of pools are short course meters (25 meters), but our swimmers rarely compete in these pools. The WEST swim year will typically be broken up as short course, from October through April, then long course, from April through August. Meet information will confirm which type of facility is being used. The meet information for most of the meets WEST swimmers attend can be found at www.pns.org. Recorded times will be short course yards (SCY), short course meters (SCM) or long course meters (LCM).