Olympian Clinic Spring 2020 As a reminder, WEST has the amazing opportunity to have Toni Armstrong again visit our athletes and parents via Zoom meetings to discuss performance leadership skills. We will also have Olympic Medalist Katie Hoff joining us to chat with our swimmers about her experience in the sport. Below is the timeline for our clinics: June 5 Friday 4pm: Toni with Senior Elite & Senior 5pm: Toni with Accelerate - Discover 6pm: Katie Hoff with Embark & Explore June 6 Saturday 9am: Katie Hoff with Senior Elite...

Good Morning WEST, June is right around the corner and the weather has been amazing in the Pacific Northwest! Make sure to get outside, wear sunscreen and drink plenty of water (on top of social distancing practices.) We hope to see some more swimming in our immediate future, so read on to see what we’re working on! WEST Ranked 58th in Top 100 Age Group Programs in USA Congrats to our strong community for the hard work! This is huge for our program as we are one of only two...

Hello WEST, Thank you for your patience. Our coaching staff has been receiving questions regarding the option of open water swimming from some of our swimmers and other members. While we are eager to hop back into training in any capacity we can, we are also prioritizing safety when exploring these options. We have two goals with these structured and supervised open water swims. First, we want to empower our athletes to embrace a capacity of our sport that is not usually explored with competitive swimming at the club level....

Good Morning WEST, We hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. Due to the pandemic, WEST is planning on running workouts for team through the month of August upon reopening. As outlined in our packet, we will not be billing for this month as we normally take this month off - however, we want to give our swimmers every opportunity to get back into their training in preparation for the coming 2020 - 2021 season. Please read below for the most up to date information! Washington Pools Reopening -...

Hi WEST Families! WEST will be holding a summer blow out sale to help support our organization through the pandemic. We have been going through our inventory during this time and will be selling hats, pants, shorts, shirts, and towels. Most items have been marked down from their original price, so if you were interested in getting a certain swimmer swag item, now is a great time! If you are a member we can charge your account if you are a non-member you can pay with cash or check to...

Good Morning WEST, We hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. The news is abuzz right now regarding states’ reopening plans, and WEST is working diligently to have a structured and safe plan for our approaching reopening date. Please read below for the most up to date information! WEST Duathlon Fundraiser Our fundraiser is live now and everyone can join! Just create a Strava account to log your exercise for the month of May and join our WEST Coast Aquatics club. Proceeds raised will directly benefit WEST Coast Aquatics,...

Good Evening WEST, In accordance with Washington’s plan for reopening, WEST would be slated to open in Phase 3. If all goes well, that would mean a late June reopening. There are many things that are still up in the air, but we are working to get our community the most up to date information. We appreciate the love and support we have been receiving from our members and community during this time. WEST Duathlon Fundraiser Our fundraiser is live now and everyone can join! Just create a Strava account...

Hello WEST Community, West Coast Aquatics is holding a competition for the month of May to see who can cover the most mileage running and bicycling. We will be awarding the overall total mileage, total running and total cycling and breaking into various categories both for our Swim Team and Non-Team Members, so anyone can participate! Simultaneously, we will be collecting donations to help offset operation costs and financial losses, along with donating to Food Lifeline - non-profit organization aimed at feeding those in need in our area. This event...

Good Morning WEST, WEST is hopeful to reopen on Tuesday, May 5, however it is still unclear if our facility will be included in the state’s partial reopening. Whenever we are allowed to reopen, programs will likely not be allowed to resume right away. We have several different plans for different scenarios, but until we know more information, we can’t make any firm decisions.We are prepared to work with what we are given to maintain safety amongst our community. WEST is waiting to hear more information on how Washington will...

Thank you all for your patience. I’ve received many inquiries from parents regarding the safe Sport Recognition Program, and I wanted to clarify some frequently asked questions. If I did not respond to you, I wanted to address everyone with one email that should help everyone get started on the right foot. Q: I or my swimmer missed the Zoom meetings last week? Are there make up times? A: Yes, USA Swimming will hold these training’s weekly starting April 22nd and every meeting will be held from 3:00-4:00pm Eastern Standard...