WEST Weekly

Dear WEST folk,

Here we are in November and it is starting to feel like winter. Daylight savings helped with those early morning workouts this week and we are starting to get geared up for the Thanksgiving and the holidays to follow. 

NWAC Halloween Invite Recap

We had some great swims and a strong team showing at the NWAC Halloween Invite in Oak Harbor. Lots of best times, not quite as many DQs and fun all around. Thanks to everyone that made the trip.

WEST Hosted - November Age Group Invite - Nov 23-24

We plan to host our first meet of the year in a few weeks, make sure you sign up to volunteer to get credit for your service hours. Swimmers must have gold standards to qualify for the meet and we encourage parents to volunteer even if their child isn't swimming (if your swimmer isn't competing, they can help work off the family's service requirement and still show support for their teammates).

Meet Protocol Reminders

We coaches want to remind parents and swimmers of a few basic rules we have regarding meets:

1) all swimmers should wear WEST apparelt and sit with the team during the meet.

2) swimmers need to check-in with their coach before and after each event.

These two items will help foster team spirit and the swimmer's individual accountability and responsibility. Checking in before and after each event is important so we can discuss race strategies and gather constructive feedback.

Veteran's Day Practice Schedule - Monday, Nov 11th

Pre-Comp and Lessons - Normal Schedule

Explore, Discover, Challenge, Senior 2 - Normal Schedule

Accelerate & Senior - 8-11am (Any Accelerate or Senior Swimmers than cannot attend 8-11am may attend practice with Challenge group 6-8:30pm).