Congrats to all of our swimmers that participated at our Swimathon 2021 event on April 17-18! Below are the total yards swam for the swimmers that were in attendance for the event. It’s incredibly impressive what everyone was able to accomplish! Swimathon will be open to get in any last minute donations through May 24th! As a team, we swam over 432,575 yards that weekend! That's over 245 miles! We could almost swim a relay of our team alone to the Idaho boarder swimming straight across the state! Click here...

Hello WEST Families, I hope everyone is enjoying the sun these past few days! WEST is busy prepping for spring and summer and we can’t wait to unroll our plans for our swimmers. Much of these plans are HEAVILY dependent on the pandemic and how our state is handling it’s reopening processes and we are working as quickly as we can to get that information out to you ACCURATELY. We thank you for your patience through this busy time! Until then, please enjoy these news items. Dryland Reminder: Dryland has...

Hello WEST Families, As a reminder, Swimathon is this weekend! Please review what practice changes look like by clicking on our News item here. We are so excited to do some distance swimming for a cause! With warmer weather and schools reopening, we have made the following changes to practice schedules. Changes go into effect Monday, April 19th. Senior Group AM Practices: Monday - Friday 5:00 - 7:00am Lap Swim: Begins at 7:00am on Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays. Dryland: All groups will have dryland added to their practices as 30...

Hello WEST Families, Our coaches have been hard at work educating our groups about the importance of Swimathon and I hope you are too! For this weekend, we have made a few changes to schedule that can be found online here. A PDF can also be viewed here. The most notable changes are below: Practice Schedule For Saturday & Sunday, April 17 - 18: Saturday Senior: 7:00 - 10:00am Challenge + Discover: 10:00am - 12:00pm *M/W/Sat PreComp & SwimFit: 2:00 - 3:00pm Sunday Accelerate: 7:00 - 9:00am Explore: 9:00 -...

Hello WEST families, It’s that special time of year again! Welcome to our annual team fundraiser, Swimathon! Swimathon is for all of our club team swimmers to help WEST but to also share with others the impact swimming has had on them. Below is all the info you'll need to start your 2021 fundraising off with a bang: What is Swim-A-Thon? Every year, swim teams across the nation host a fundraiser, SwimAThon, during which the kids swim 200 laps (or for 2hrs, whichever comes first) and ask for donations from...

Dear West Community, In the spirit of transparency we must share with everyone that we've just been notified about a positive Covid case within our Lessons Program. We've had a lessons family test positive today and the last time any family member was in the facility was Wednesday 3/31. This family also has a swimmer in Pre-Comp, however the last time the swimmer was at Pre-Comp practice was Saturday 3/27. If anyone in these groups or adjacent programs is at all symptomatic please let us know immediately and get tested....

Hello WEST Families, Congrats to all of our swimmers that just finished their short course season for 2020-2021! Thank you to all of our wonderful parent volunteers that worked these meets, prepped hospitality, officiated & helped cheer on their swimmers. Meets can’t run without your hard work! We understand that this season has operated much differently compared to past seasons, but our community has persevered & has never been stronger and more supportive of one another. We would like to say a huge thank you to each and everyone of...

Hello WEST Families, This week marks the beginning of our state entering Phase 3 in our Reopening Process. It has taken some time for us to receive updated guidelines, and changes to the West Reopening Guidelines are summarized below. We will continue to take a conservative approach, for example our allowed facility capacity has been increased to 85 people (excluding staff) but we plan to operate well below that at all times to ensure safety at WEST. We plan to continue to run programs adjacent to each other and without...

Hello WEST Families, March has been flying by and we are well into our Championship season! Congrats to our Embark, Explore & Discover swimmers that competed this past weekend! Our coaching staff was happy to watch fast swims all around! Good luck to our Challenge, Accelerate, and Senior swimmers that are prepping for their long meet this weekend! Age Group & Senior Championships - This weekend! Meet information is available online here. Please double check your volunteer sign ups - If you are unable to make your job sign ups,...

WEST Coast Aquatics stands in mourning, solidarity, and compassion with our Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) family in the Greater Seattle area and around the country after the events of last week. In the wake of a shooting spree in Atlanta that left eight people, including 6 Asian women dead last week, our hearts go out to all the victims’ families and communities. We condemn these racist actions and encourage individuals to both acknowledge this violence and support the people of color in their communities. As a nation, we...