WEST Weekly
Hello WEST Families,
Welcome to May! The trees are blooming, the days are getting long and the weather has been fantastic. There is so much to be thankful and happy about so be sure to enjoy the little things today! As Ferris Bueler once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
Read on for this week’s news:
This Weekend: WEST's May 14&U Intrasquad #1
This meet is for all of our non-gold qualifying swimmers and will be an amazing opportunity for our swimmers to chase down times and focus on their goals. Click the link here to jump over to our Events page that has Meet Information regarding sessions and Volunteer job sign ups.. If your swimmer did not compete this past weekend (May 1-2), they WILL be competing at this meet!
Practice Changes this Weekend:
Saturday, May 8th: Senior @ 5:30am-8:00am
Sunday, May 9th: Accelerate, Challenge and Discover Gold Meet Swimmers: 6:30am-8:00am
All other team practices will be cancelled due to the swim meet. Swimmers are expected to compete at the meet. PreComp, SwimFit & Swim Lessons run as normal.
Spring Olympian Clinic Dates: June 4-5
Team families, mark your calendars! More information regarding practice time adjustments will be sent out in a later email!
Memorial Day Weekend
All team practices for our Developmental & Age Group swimmers will be cancelled Saturday May 29 - Monday May 31st. Normal practices will resume on Tuesday, June 1st . Senior group WILL practice Saturday, May 29th at their normal practice time, but will have the 30th and 31st off. SwimFit, PreComp and Lessons will run as scheduled on Saturday & Sunday.
WEST will run a limited lap swim on Memorial Day (more info to come in a later email). All programs (Team, SwimFit, PreCcomp, Lessons) will be cancelled.
May Invitational #2 (May 15th -16th) job sign ups are open online.
It is currently limited to one job per family, please only sign up for sessions in which you have a swimmer competing. We will open up job sign ups to all without a 1 job limit by May 10th. Please make sure you can commit to that session before signing up. If you have to remove yourself, or have any questions regarding volunteering, please send Coach Emily an email.
Volunteer Hours Check-In
We are going to have a Midseason Service Hours Check in from September 1, 2020 - May 2, 2021. Please double check your total hours on TeamUnify and let Coach Emily know by May 10th if your hours are correct. After May 10th, hours from Service jobs prior to May 2, 2021 will not be able to be changed.
Please follow this link to see jobs and hours you did from September 1, 2020 - May 2, 2021.
Happy Swimming!
-WEST Coaching Staff
