WEST Weekly
Parents, Swimmers and Members,
Welcome to another exciting week at WEST. Spring is here and this past weekend officially concluded the short course season. We had some amazing performances at the Northwest Age Group Regionals and finished 11th out of 104 teams, a major testiment to the hard work of our swimmers, as almost all the teams ahead of us have over 3 times the number of swimmers and relays. We had multiple #1 finishes, several meet records broken, a PNS record broken and multiple National Age Group Top 10 times.
Congratulations to all the swimmers that proudly represented WEST the past two weekends at Senior Sectionals and Age Group Regionals.
WEST vs. Pacific Dragons Dual Meet - THIS SATURDAY!
Please let us know ASAP if you cannot attend (and haven't already let us know). We will not have hospitality or concessions, instead we plan to have a potluck extravaganza and see this as an opportunity to interact with another swim community and simply have fun racing each other.
If your last name is A - L please bring a savory snack to share (examples: veggies, cheese, crackers, bread)
If your last name is L – Z please bring a sweet snack to share (examples: fruit, fruit leathers, muffins, sweet breads)
Yardsale - Saturday, May 4th
We are still looking for someone to help organize our annual yardsales. Let either Nick or Rachel know if you are willing to lead the charge!
New Masters Schedule!
In efforts to grow our Masters Program and eventually compete in more meets, we are expanding our Masters practice schedule. We want to accomodate those currently in our program and are hoping to compromise on a schedule that works with a wider range of availabilities. We've hired another coach and plan to implement more triathalon training to gear up for the upcoming summer season. Starting next week, practices will be offered at the following times:
Monday 6:30-8am, Tuesday 12-1:30pm, Wednesday 6:30-8am, Thursday 12-1:30pm and Friday 9-10:30.
We are open to adding times on weekends if people are interested, so let us know! We also are looking for a volunteer(s) to help spread the word about upcoming Masters Meets, Triathalons and other race events to help promote WEST participation in competitive events.
General Board Meeting - April 24th 7pm
We will be holding our next General Board meeting on April 24th at 7pm. All are encouraged to attend and we will primarily be discussing plans for Swim-A-Thon funds.
New Groups
We are restructuring the Training Groups to better balance the progression of our entire program and close the gap between our current Accelerate and Challenge groups. The new training groups will be: Explore, Discover, Challenge, Accelerate, Senior. Group placements can be found here: https://www.teamunify.com/pnswca/__doc__/move-ups%20april%202013.docx
ALL NEW GROUP PLACEMENTS WILL GO INTO EFFECT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27th.
Schedule Changes With New Groups:
Explore: Normal
Discover: Normal
Challenge: Monday-Friday 6:30-8:30pm, Saturday 9-11:30am
Accelerate: Monday-Thursday 6:00-8:30, Friday 3:30-6pm, Saturday 6-9am
Senior: Monday & Wednesday 5-6:15am, Monday-Friday 3:30-6:30pm, Saturday 6-9am
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Nick, Rachel, Kelli, Jordyn, Bryan
