Howdy folks, Hold on tight as we got some great information in this week’s WEST Weekly: Girl’s State Finals Recap Amazing job to all our WESTies that competed at Girls High School State this past weekend! Congrats to our finalist competitors: Grace Morgan - 8th in 500 free Elli Straume - 7th 200 free relay, 7th in 400 free relay, 1st 200 free, 2nd 100 free Jenna Kim - 16th 100 Back Heidi Ly - 6th 200 IM, 2nd 200 free relay, 6th 100 back, 3rd 400 free relay. Sophia...

Happy Friday Team! Great job to our wonderful girls who rocked Districts this past weekend! We can’t wait to see how State pans out this weekend, good luck! :) Read on for this week’s important info: Coach Visit University of Alabama assistant coach Rebecca Westfall will be stopping into WEST to watch practice while in the area for other business. We are incredibly honored to have her spend some time with us on Saturday morning. No Schedule Changes this week. All practices & programs run as normal. No Saturday afternoon...

WEST Weekly Nice swimming to all of our WEST swimmers that competed at the Veteran’s Day Recognition meet! Meets are a great way for coaches to see how training is going for their swimmers, as well as a time for parents to come together within the team. It’s always nice to see our friends from BBST compete at our home pool as well! Good luck to our WEST High School girls swimmers who are heading to Districts this weekend! Read on for this week’s important info: Volunteers / Officials We...

WEST Weekly Great job to all of our swimmers that competed at Cascade Fall Classic and swam their way closer to their goals! It was a very busy meet and our swimmers did a great job of supporting one another, following warmup rules, and cheering on each other through their races. As a coaching staff, we can’t wait to see what else we can accomplish as a team! Read on for more Weekly happenings: Volunteering! WEST is in search of Meet Announcers, Computer / Timing system operators, and Clerk of...

Welcome to another week at WEST everyone! We have a lot going on so hold on tight and lets dive right in! Northwest Coaches Clinic Recap This past weekend, WEST’s coaching staff had the opportunity to participate in the first annual Northwest Coaches Clinic at Whitworth University in Spokane, WA. The goal of this clinic is to create a collaborative environment where coaches from all over the area were free to discuss, ask questions, and learn from each other’s experiences to further develop a positive, elite competitive swimming community in...

Hello WEST Families, Hope everyone is getting into the spooky spirit of the season and watching 31 Nights of Halloween on Freeform (previously known as ABC Family). We have a lot of exciting things happening around WEST, so get ready for another WEST Weekly! Distance Meet Friday 10/18 - Meet Info is here on PNS. Practice Changes due to meet: Senior Elite, Senior & Accelerate: Should be participating in meet. Embark, Explore, Discover, Challenge: NO PRACTICE Northwest Coaches Clinic - This Saturday 10/19 Our WEST coaching staff has the opportunity...

PreComp & SwimFit Families, As part of our year round team registration fee, each year round competitive swimmer paid $100 to help book this Team Excellence Olympian Clinic this year. We have opened up Friday afternoon’s clinic to ALL PreComp & SwimFit groups as an optional clinic, however we do ask that any these swimmers who wish to attend pays $30 per swimmer. We will have a sign in sheet with WEST coaches the afternoon of the clinic that the swimmers can sign in for. The $30 fee will be...

Hello WEST Families, Congrats to all our swimmers that competed at October Challenge this past weekend at Kamiak High School. It was a great first meet that showed all our kiddos’ hard work paying off as they chased their goal times down, while holding their technique. Great Job! Please read on for more important news items! WEST OFFICIALS NEEDED – Volunteer Hours Covered October Challenge was a challenge (no pun intended) to have sanctioned. After our coaches meeting at the meet, we learned WEST was the only team there that...

Hello WEST Families, I hope everyone is staying warm in this recent cold weather we have been having – definitely missing those sunny summer days, but extremely excited for the action packed fall season. Please read on for the following news items: October Challenge: This weekend! Meet will be at Kamiak High School on Saturday and Sunday. For more information regarding warmups for each group, timeline, etc. please review the meet announcement here. Lets get pumped up for some fast racing! Swimmers should have received their WEST cap this week....

Hello Embark & Explore Parents, Due to a last minute team entry, our timeline on Friday's Senior Circuit meet has been pushed back to a point where we will need to cancel Embark & Explore's practice tomorrow evening. Practice will resume as normal on Saturday. Discover, Challenge & Accelerate will be able to practice as normal, with an extended dryland in the gym. Thank you for your cooperation & we apologize for the last minute cancellation. Best, Coach Tim & WEST Coaching Staff