Welcome to 2020 WEST! We are so excited to be entering 2020, especially since it is an Olympic year and swimming will be taking the world stage at the end of July in Tokyo. The coming year is filled with opportunity; our hopes are that our community is successful in everything that we do over the coming year. We are happy to see familiar faces back around the pool deck. We hope everyone had a refreshing break and is ready to have fun getting back into the rhythm of everything....

Hello WESTonian Parents, Now is a great opportunity to join a great team of WEST and Pacific Northwest Officials. The next Stroke and Turn Clinic is this Sunday January 5th at Snohomish Aquatics Center (9:30-12:30) – email RSVP to Aline Bensen. No swimming experience needed, just an interest in becoming more involved in your child’s sport of swimming. WEST will reimburse you for the annual registration requirements. WEST is always looking for helpful parents that want to make an impact in their swim community - as swim meets cannot run...

WEST Weekly Hello WEST, PNS Short Course Champs starts this weekend! Good luck to all our hard working swimmers that will be competing! Please read these announcements: Holiday Party for Embark & Explore REMINDER This Saturday 12/21 (during regularly scheduled practice) we will have our annual HOLIDAY PARTY. It is time to let loose and have some fun to celebrate the end to a great year! There will be fun games and cookie decorating! And of course, the highlight of the party, "THE GIFT EXCHANGE". Please bring a gift (valued...

Hello WEST Folk It’s been pretty busy, but as a reminder we have our competitive team holiday party planned for TOMORROW night at 6:30pm. Food will be provided by our amazing hospitality for the swimmers, all your swimmers need to bring is themselves and their swimsuit as there will be games around the pool. Please be aware of the following changes to schedule for Tuesday, December 17th: Senior Elite & Senior Champs qualifiers: 3:15pm - 6:00pm Champs Qualifiers in Accelerate, Challenge, Discover: 5:30 - 6:30pm NO PRACTICES for Embark, Explore,...

Hello WEST, Below is our Winter Pool / Training Schedule. Any changes made to this schedule will be updated here accordingly, and notified within a WEST Weekly email leading up to our holiday training. Please notify Coach Tim with any questions / inconsistancies. For PDF VERSION Click Here. WINTER POOL SCHEDULE: 12/23/19 - 1/6/2020 OFFICE CLOSED: Will reopen normal schedule 1/6/2020 PreComp: NONE, practices resume 1/6/2020 SwimFit, Jr SwimFit: None, practices resume 1/6/2020 Masters: NONE, practices resume 1/6/2020 Water Aerobics: NONE, will resume 1/6/2020 Group Lessons: NONE, will resume 1/6/2020...

Hello WEST Family, Here’s a couple quick reminders before the weekend: Team Shirts As our swimmers head out to meets this weekend, we are encouraging them to show their team pride by wearing their 2019 Team Green shirt on the Saturday session of their meet, and the Blue American Flag shirt on the Sunday session of their meet. GO WEST! Extra shirts are now on sale for any parents for $20 / per shirt, while supplies last. Coach Theresa Participating in Iron Man this weekend WEST’s adult lessons and summer...

Welcome to December! Winter Championship meets are upon us and holidays are just around the corner. Add increased schoolwork to the mix and we are all under a fair amount of stress. Staying healthy during this time can be challenging, but is a major difference maker in performance both in and out of the water. There are lots that we can do to stay healthy and don't wait until you are (or your swimmer is) sick to take action. We must be proactive and like they say "an ounce of...

Hello WEST Folk, We hope everyone had a restful holiday weekend with friends and family this past week. We’re very thankful for all the bright and shiny faces that pass through our doors regularly. Remember to stay warm and dress in layers top combat the winter chill that has arrived. A healthy swimmer is a happy swimmer �� WEST athletes will be spread out in 3 different cities this weekend competing! Good luck and safe travels to everyone! Here’s the weekend line up: Senior Elite: Toyota US Open in Atlanta,...

Great job to all of our swimmers and parents that participated at November AGI this past weekend! As you all know, it’s the time of year to give thanks, and we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of the swimmers who participated in the 2019 - 2020 short course season. We are proud of your accomplishments and even prouder that we get to be a part of them. Thank you. We are also incredibly thankful for our hard working parents behind the swimmer. Thank you for the...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. While away with family over the next few days, I wanted to take this opportunity to share some parent education info that I hope everyone can reflect on. A major pillar of our program is personal ownership of each individual's athletic career. I was amazed by how many parents, both within our team and others, I overheard this past weekend talking about their swimmer's best times, cut times and pace times the swimmer needed to hold. As coaches we purposefully do not memorize each of our swimmers...